Tea Party activists shout racial slurs at Congressmen

[ClassicalLib17]

WT Reader says: You use the term "progressive" a lot. I would be curious to learn how you define a "progressive" and a "Progressive political agenda."

And what evidence do you have that "ALL" those photographed in the above photo are "DEMOCRAT supporters"?

I define a Progressive by the words of President Obama's own " Regulatory Czar" Cass Sunstein. I feel proud to be the one that provides you with the information that will lead to your enlightenment. May God Bless you and your family.


In 2004 Sunstein authored a book entitled "The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need It More than Ever". The Second Bill of Rights was laid out by FDR in his 11th State of the Union Address in 1944 as a means to “assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness.” Equal outcomes, or as liberal newspeak has it, “level the playing field.” FDR listed these state guaranteed “rights” as:


“The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation; The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation; The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living; The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad; The right of every family to a decent home; The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health; The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment; The right to a good education.”

Each of these is a goal, something to strive for; the original Bill of Rights ensures we are able to strive for them, without the interference of government. Americans were the first people in the history of mankind to recognize that a higher power, our Creator and NOT our government, or our King, has endowed each of us with the liberties necessary to pursue these worthy goals. According to Sunstein, that is where we went wrong:


“…there are no "natural" rights - all rights are the product of government, defined by government, enforced by government, and protected by government. The "right" to ownership of property, for example, which most people think of as a primal right inherent to all who are born into society, is actually a product of law.”

According to Sunstein rights are a product of law, or more correctly, of the government that writes the law. Rather than being “endowed by our Creator” with liberties beyond the reach of government, we are endowed with our rights by our government. Sunstein would have us, to borrow from Thomas Jefferson, endowed by those “favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them [the mass of mankind] legitimately, by the grace of God.” Sunstein has even higher aspirations for his tyrannical theories on the origin of rights.