Progressivism

Dismantling a “positive activist government” is a bad thing?

May 20, 2013

Translation: what Katrina vanden Heuval, editor and publisher of the Far Left “The Nation” calls “a positive activist Government” I call a Progressive’s wet dream. What she, as truly a fine example of a far Leftist, wants is a Government that is invested in every aspect of our lives and has no problem with that [ Read more ]

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”no controlling legal authority”

May 16, 2013

That was the line Al Gore used back when he was campaigning against George W Bush back in 2000 in raising money at a Buddhist temple (where the monks has a vow of poverty). As I used to hear in Sunday school, and then say myself – an object lesson! By that, he just didn’t [ Read more ]

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Did uber-Obama confident put a pin into the Progressive ballon and made it go “Pop!”?

May 15, 2013

I know I keep harping on this but one of the main tenets of Progressivism is to bring about the Administrative State – a place in time where expert technocrats “guide” the rest of us through our lives. These are unelected, unaccountable, and most likely, unapproachable bureaucrats working in a centralized government situation sitting down [ Read more ]

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Tyranny – Some might say it is already here, Mr. President – Part II

May 12, 2013

When I wrote this post about Government Tyranny, I forgot to say anything at all about President Obama’s outlook – a VERY Progressive (which translates to “incremental Socialism”) outlook of what Government should be. Progressives are technocrats – they believe that Government should be stocked by experts that are there to organize Society to be [ Read more ]

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Yet another Teacher makes it known that kids don’t belong to their parents.

May 1, 2013

The US Left now believes that children belong to the community and not to their parents (the latest really public outburst was by Progressive Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC that I posted here). A while ago now, I was up in Moultonborough during a School Board meeting and there I saw a first hand account [ Read more ]

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You might be a Democrat if:

April 29, 2013

Heh! I love it when the Democrat definition of “Consistency” is spotlighted: You might be a Democrat if you believe… Fighting against government-subsidized contraceptives constitutes a “war on women,” but when Islamists stone a woman to death because she was raped, it is just “cultural differences.” Fighting against government-subsidized contraceptives constitutes a “war on women,” [ Read more ]

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On the news that US Senators Manchin and Reid will be trying to grab for gun control again this year….

April 28, 2013

After all, it was not US DHS MRAPs, the FBI SWAT teams, MA State Police, or the Watertown Police (and all the others) that found that 19 year old Bomber. Once again, with a single, solitary Citizen finding him, it could have been a case of “when seconds count, the police are only minutes away” [ Read more ]

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HB 135: State v. Craig Moses

April 27, 2013

“In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.” —Tacitus Liberals love to ignore inconvenient facts. Stick fingers in ears, close eyes and yell, “La-la-la-la-la!” Franklin resident Craig Moses was acquitted under the Granite State’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Moses was arrested nearly a year ago in Nashua outside a nighclub and charged [ Read more ]

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This Week On GrokTALK! – the after edition Part II

April 20, 2013

We also talked about this post from Instapundit so I figured somebody might want the text / link (emphasis mine): So, as tactical officers, 9 deep, hang off urban military assault vehicles, they feel great. I look at those things rumbling through empty streets and feel sick. Bad guy #2 was bleeding for 20 hours [ Read more ]

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Blog Thought of the Day: Which one should Government be able to do FIRST?

April 8, 2013

I point out here Reynolds’ Second Law (yes, it is my Shiny Object of the day): “The more a government wants to run its citizens’ lives, the worse job it will do at the most basic tasks of government.” From the lens of the above, which of these is the “basic” one: Our government says [ Read more ]

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Liberal Hypocrisy – Children are the adults in the Progressive world

April 8, 2013

The second one definitely breeches Reynolds’ Second Law. How can the Progressive mind believe that an 11 year old can make rational decisions about a powerful hormonal abortifacient but an adult can make a rational decision about how thirsty they are? Or is this ONLY about the money – another illegitimate baby on welfare for [ Read more ]

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“It’s for the Children!” – except when it is all about an adult

April 2, 2013

The Left’s second most rallying cry (and generally the lie most likely to be rolled out as a club) is “It’s for the children!” as if that is supposed to stop all debate by shaming their opposition (with the undertone of “what, you hate kids? Don’t much like puppies or Mom’s apple pie either, do [ Read more ]

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First New Yorkers, and now those in Connecticut

April 1, 2013

Well, it looks like the Esteemed Leaders in Connecticut have decided that they can no longer trust law-abiding citizens with what are standard capacity magazines for modern sporting rifles (AR-15s): Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December [ Read more ]

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A “be careful for what you legislate” moment…

March 31, 2013

…being brought to you by people who hate the idea that there are some in those that actually put the Constitution first. The first set of folks are those that are trying to put more gun control legislation into place. The latter set of folks are those that are saying that they will not enforce [ Read more ]

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Lying to Parents to have “power” over the child / Student? Head Teacher in Chicago is “all in” on this tactic

March 27, 2013

Sickening. And make no mistake, if it is happening there, it is happening in your child’s school too. Go ahead, watch the video and then ask yourself “Can I really trust my child’s teacher?” After all Karen Lewis is the head of the teachers union in Chicago – this is just a tactic of Chicago [ Read more ]

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Condon goes on a rant against a Regressive….

March 25, 2013

I just had an exchange with a so-called “progressive” today who wrote some nasty things in a blog about me and the Free State Project. I responded to the regressive (the true nature of “progressives”), and…I admit it…I went on a rant. Felt good. Here’s what the regressive said; and then what I said in response:

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Progressive Economics – what POSSIBLY (long term) could go wrong?

March 16, 2013

(H/T: Liberal Logic 101)

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Progressives: giving breaks to the lawless, declaring the guilt of the lawful

March 9, 2013

Hmmm. When I first saw this, I went “yup”! A warning to the lawless, the criminal class: “Now, now children, you need to behave. Please follow the rules, please obey the law. After all, it’s for the children.’ That seems to be the message – a slap on the wrist AND the expectation that it [ Read more ]

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“I wonder how the other Groksters are faring in the midst of the destruction….”

March 3, 2013

Tim posed that question yesterday, my answer is “Not too shabby, actually”. Sure, just like the Federal Government, I had to take a 2% haircut financially earlier this year (1/1/13) as Obama decided that His Progressive policy to “better perfect” tax policies, decreed that I had to give up not paying the FICA tax that [ Read more ]

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Guest Post by Susan Carroll, Rochester 912 – “Lie after Lie”

March 1, 2013

Yes, tonite is Guest Post nite – and can be almost any night. We try to have new and interesting content on the ‘Grok each and every day – but we Groksters all have full time jobs and full time families (to whom are are grateful in allowing us to soldier on in the fight [ Read more ]

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“Gun Control has Racist Roots” … Wait. What? Part II

February 22, 2013

Grokster Scott’s post was not what I was expecting and certainly the folks in the video were speaking their hearts. But in putting up some of the quotes, I think he missed one – and the one that makes the most importance, so I transcribed it. Rev. William Owens Jr., Founder, “God, Guns and the [ Read more ]

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We’re being followed…..again.. Welcome, NH Listens & the Carsey Institute!

February 17, 2013

It is always interesting (and sometimes, amusing) to find out who follow the ‘Grok on both FaceBook and Twitter. These two entries were interesting, amusing, and shows that the Progressive side of the battlefield has decided that we might be a threat in some way:

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Maybe the start of a Revolution? Pushback against the faux “freedom” of Progressivism?

February 16, 2013

This paragraph from Tim’s post on Zero Hedge really caught my eye: There is no other culture on earth that has the capacity, like Americans currently do, to defeat centralists, defend individual liberty, and end the pursuit of total global power in this lifetime. We are the first and last line. If freedom is undone [ Read more ]

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