Extremist Groups - The 'End the Fed' Movement

IGNORANT TRASH!!

best thing that ever happened to this country was when gas hit $4 a gallon. i hope it goes back up. otherwise we will waste it.

we are too far gone to worry now. the republicans and democrats have all done us in.

That's about the last thing we need.

Running a country based on someone's take of what a collection of opinions handed down from thousands of years ago, as modified by the opinions of everyone since, are interpreted to mean.

Some people would have us degenerate into what the Islamic countries are. If there is a God, He better help us pull back from the extremes or all will be lost. All these religious freaks, whether they are radical rag heads or Baptist bigots that think their way is the only way, are nothing but trouble.

They ought to lock em all up.

Gee Gary the Constitution Party sounds like warmed over Republicans. No wonder there's no membership in Georgia. The Republican idiots are still in charge here.

You should reconsider the name "Constitution Party" because it hardly resembles the document to which it refers.
The idea of a theocracy based on evangelical Christianity is extremely offensive now as it was to the founding fathers. The First Amendment reads "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." All religions have the freedom and opportunity to flourish. But you must do it on your own dime, not sponsored, perpetuated, or enabled in any way by the federal government. The founding fathers had the good sense to recognize diversity of belief and keep it entirely separate from government.

Members of the Constitution Party.

"Conservatives take the middle ground."

A man who surrounds himself with extremes feels normal, like he is in the middle and able to give advice to all about what normal is.

"The party opposes euthanasia and abortion. The party supports a state's right to administer the death penalty to those convicted of "capital crimes"."

Only a Christian would be so contradictory in his beliefs. What a bunch of freaks.

I don’t know where you got the idea progressivism is taking God out of the equation. I don’t put much faith into what a person says, only what they do. If man is created in the image of God therefore when human kind reaches a higher level of actualization it must be reflected is his doing or it is not fully actualized. I “must” believe humanity is progressively transcendent. If not what is the use of “doing” anything good at all.

Whose Interests Does Progressivism Represent?
Progressivism is a political movement that represents the interests of ordinary people in their roles as taxpayers, consumers, employees, citizens, and parents. To coin a phrase, progressivism champions government "of the people, by the people, for the people."Given this mission, one might expect all democracies to be made up predominantly of one or another Progressive parties. Unfortunately, this isn't the case.



Why Aren't All Democracies Progressive?
Economic elites emerge in every society and invariably seek to promote their own interests, all too often against those of taxpayers, consumers, employees, citizens, and parents. By definition, economic elites enjoy greater wealth, and therefore influence, than the ordinary citizen, and they typically attempt to exploit these advantages politically, using them as leverage to obtain still greater wealth and influence. And since the desire for wealth and power is rarely satisfied, there tend to be recurring cycles of concentrated political and economic power, together with the corruption that always attends these. One such cycle of corruption was seen in the United States around the turn of the 20th century, culminating in the economic crash of 1929. At the turn of the 21st century, the US is in the midst of another. (For a briefing on the economic elitist makeup of the cabinet of the Bush presidency, follow this link.)



Where Does Progressivism Fall on the Political Spectrum?
Progressives are typically portrayed in the corporate mass media as being "far left," and yet this characterization is misleading. It should never be forgotten that virtually the whole of the mass media are owned by the ultrawealthy, and objective studies have shown, for example, that corporate representatives outnumber labor representives in the mass media by enormous margins (on the order of 27 to 1).

Thus, the impression that Progressives are "far left" arises largely because the elitist mass media simplistically, and falsely, portrays American politics as being a one-dimensional split between "liberals" and "conservatives." In fact, American politics are far more complex, and can't be properly understood unless we add (at least) one more dimension: elitism vs. populism. When we do add this additional dimension, it becomes clearer that many self-styled "conservatives" are in fact ultrawealthy economic elitists who have little in common with cultural conservatives or cultural liberals, and that their distance from the political center is much greater by far than the distance of Progressives, whose views, when accurately represented, are far more mainstream than those of virtually any elitist. (See the linked diagram for the true political spectrum.) Indeed, polls have shown that many of the most important Progressive goals are endorsed by large majorities of the American populace on both the left and the right (as high as 95%).

This misportrayal of Progressivism has been intentionally cultivated because US economic elites typically seek to exploit highly emotional "wedge" issues on which cultural conservatives and cultural liberals differ most, so as to elicit the political and economic support of cultural conservatives. For this reason, it has become customary for pseudoconservative elitist politicians to pose as strong backers of American values. Yet sadly, when this type of individual is elected, cultural liberals and cultural conservatives both lose out, and the most fundamental American values are undermined.

For example, pseudoconservative elitist George Bush portrayed himself as a champion of education. However, a general rule of thumb is that real political priorities, as opposed to political posturing, can be judged by what a president spends money on; and this president did nothing to increase funding for education. Instead, he cut taxes (primarily among the wealthy) that might have funded such increases, shifted remaining spending to "defense," which benefitted conservative investors and underwrote aggressive foreign policy adventures for the sake of large corporations, and sent out his wife, and posed for photo opportunities himself, so as to present himself as the champion he falsely claimed to be. To choose another example, he talked a great deal about imaginary jobs while millions of real American jobs were exported to other countries, all to benefit his wealthy friends. He also talked about the value and importance of hard work, even as he sought to strip millions of Americans of overtime pay.

Few Americans would have endorsed Bush's actual policies on these issues, and a great many others, if they had been better informed concerning them, while few Americans would find much to object to in the typical platform of Progressive candidates.

Gary,
What is there here that I don't understand?

I believe the popular vote already acknowledges the presence of a greater power. The government specifies it on our money, in our pledge, when we swear in a court of law. The symbols and words of our belief are everywhere in our government. I do take issue that congress should be required to validate our nation’s belief by legislation. The scared right if the individual to choose other than would be in jeopardy.
It is the back water understand of what God is or could ever be is our greatest challenge as a nation. For example, when G.W. Bush said he believed God was on our side when he took us to war with Iraq. That’s ignorance to the point of arrogance. When it comes to killing your fellow man, God is no where to be found. In actuality, war only determines who has the greater might or who is left. What I find unsavory is when our government leadership uses a distorted concept of God to manipulate the subjective citizens.