The Progressive Movement of the early 2000′s did not spring out of nowhere. It is the culmination of a series of events that began with the French Revolution. Then Marxism appeared and spawned the Totalitarian Ideologies of Communism, Maoism, Nazism and the New Left. Who is the New Left you may ask. Well, I will try to be short and brief.
The Origins of the New Left are cloudy but clearly they come out of Marxism. At first considered a few radicals, they quickly emerged to become a disruptive force on college campuses. Their main arm during this time period was the Students for a Democratic Society. This radical group which was confounded by Tom Hayden and Alan Haber was against the Cold War and began to organize against our growing involvement in Vietnam. As the war escalated so did their protests. They went on to create the counter culture which rejected the traditional Judeo-Christian values and lead to a breakdown in our society. They used the tactics of Saul Alinsky to smear and demonize their opponents.
The New Left also openly supported the NVA/VC during the Vietnam War. This was due to the New Left’s support of the 3rd World Liberation Movement. The Progressives fell in love with this movement after the Cuban Revolution. Che Guevara and Castro became icons to them and links were made with Cuba during this time period. The Progressives fell in love with thugs like Idid Amin and Mugabe. They also began to support the PLO and this is where the modern Leftist Islamic alliance was formed. The effects of this alliance are felt to this day as Islam has become the one Religion that is not allowed to be insulted. Palestine has become a cool, hip cause for these people.
Terrorism was the hallmark of the New Left. In imitation of Che Guevara and Mao Zedong, the Weather Underground was formed. This group, which had a Maoist Ideology, began a terror campaign that would have made Che proud. One of the leading figures in this movement was Bill Ayers. Ayers, as we later learned, helped launch Obama’s career. It’s no coincidence that Obama has many in his administration who admire Mao. They also allied with the Black Panthers in hope of formenting a broader revolution. Around the early 80′s they decided to infiltrate institutions. As we shall see, they succeeded.
The Administration of Barack Hussein Obama is the culmination of the New Left movement. His election was made possible through a sustained forty year attack on our culture, education system and government. Obama is implementing the Progressive agenda that the SDS envisioned. His appeasement of Islamo-Imperialism and support for 3rd World Dictators are clearly New Left.
There will be more posts on the New Left, this is just a summary for our discussions.
(Hat Tip: Wrath of G_D)
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According to Brooks, the Tea Parties are their latest incarnation.
In fact, wasn’t that Bill Ayers at that last tea party?
New left? Progressive?? Democrat??
Just the same old commies, no more no less.
So many lies, so much the same.
Boring in fact.
@ snork:
Yup, Brooks is projecting. He’s a Leftist himself.
@ taxfreekiller:
True. The new left was about as new as new Coke. Same commies. Longer hair.
OT
Been telling that Ryan Bingham was good with his dead horses band.
Hope he does not go to lefty loon now that he got an oscar for helping with Crazy Heart.
http://www.ryanbingham.com
mescaleto
@ taxfreekiller:
Charles Johnson: Why I Parted Ways with the Right from DANGEROUS MINDS on Vimeo.
@ Rodan:
That pic looks like “Austin Powers meets Jabba the Hut”
@ Rodan:
Bleh… it’s too late for horror flicks.
@ Rodan:
Old, fat and stupid. Just sad.
@ Rodan:
OMG!! He actually used an aircraft carrier as a metaphor for himself!!! LMAO!!! And what’s with Metzger’s eyebrows?
@ Possum:
It’s disturbing
@ Bluebird:
It’s nuts!
the rest of this new left stuff is going to be in prolly 3 parts…i gots me work cut out for me!
@ coldwarrior:
yeah it’s alot of info.
OT:
John Patrick Bedell, Pentagon shooter, is the latest nutcase the MSM (and Charles Johnson) is trying brand as one of ‘those tea-party radicals’. The MSM doesn’t want people to know that Bedell was a registered Democrat… and maybe the MSM is hiding something else about Bedell.
The MSM originally reported that he “uttered something before opening fire” — but reports now simply states he did not say a word. Why the change? Could the MSM be covering up the fact that Bedell might have said “Allahu Akbar“:
@ Rodan:
it is, we’ll see if PITT can represent! this has to get spread out on the big white board and thought abut.
are white boards racists? black boards??
@ Bluebird:
That’s about how far I made it! ROTFLMFAO!
@ Fritz Katz:
oh my….
@ m:
He’s disgusting!
@ coldwarrior:
Yup, why would he use Inshallah in his postings?
gee I wonder why!
jazzdude
Rodan wrote:
ooohh..wait, i know the answer to this, its, ummm, cause he was bi-lingual?
@ Rodan:
The male un-mata-hari.
@ coldwarrior:
He was trying to be inclusive! Yeah! That’s the ticket…
The Pillsbury Dough-Lizard.
m wrote:
thats the ticket!
(we were watching blade runner…love that movie!)
@ Rodan:
Man that selrahC sure likes to break balls about people who don’t buy into AGW, labeling them deniers. Meanwhile he denies God and calls parents who teach their children to believe in Him abusers. What a sad broken creature.
@ gulfloafer:
He’s an overweight Jazz Artist!
Rodan @ 7:
Watching the first 30 seconds was enough for me.
Put glasses on Cj and he becomes Maude Frickert. lol
Rodan wrote:
I remember the Trolly Square shooter in Salt Lake City. The media also covered up the fact that he screamed “Allahu Akbar”. There was an Egpytian Air crash earlier in which the pilot also said “Allahu Akbar”, preserved on the flight recorder — and the media covered it up too. The Fort Hood murderer also shouted it, but that was not covered up (maybe too many witnesses?).
@ Beltfed:
Dean Martin was the man.
@ Rodan:
Two knuckleheads who believe that the right wing is trying to put America into the Stone Age.
We’re supposedly a large force against science?
WHY are we angry that Zero is killing the Space Program?
ZERO is anti-science, not us.
CJ and his co-lunatics are fruitcakes.
holy crap! he’s ginormous! no wonder he wants “free” health care for all. he’s a freaking heart attack waiting to happen! Dude! Eat a vegetable, man!
@ Kirly:
Word on the street is that he’s into fruit.
@ Kirly:
… and water.
@ gulfloafer:
what the hell is he doing with it? wrapping it in twinkies and deep frying it??
@ Fritz Katz:
hmmm…a pattern?
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@ Kirly:
Giving it away to his house guests.
@ Kirly:
BTW is the Irish Rose in your book of the banned yet?
@ gulfloafer:
yes. and it, or someone, left a comment and signed it “backhoe sends“. check it out. send to last comment right now.
gulfloafer wrote:
true THAT!
@ coldwarrior:
Dean Martin is the Arizona State Treasurer and running for Governor.
And a few years ago, our Speaker of the House was “Speaker Weiers”. pronounced “wires”. lol
This is a bit of good news.
Kirly wrote:
i was referring to Deano, born in y’town and the 2nd coolest cat in the galaxy, next to frank himself.
@ coldwarrior:
i knew that.
but mine was funny.
While CJ and this other left wing nutjob are talking to each other, they seem to have NO AWARENESS WHATSOEVER about Zero’s political troubles.
Zero has been crashing and burning all year and yet all these guys see is the right wing supposedly dying before their eyes.
Do they read any news that isn’t hateful toward the right?
Don’t they know what’s been happening to the Dems this year?
Do they know that Teddy Kennedy’s old office in the Senate has an anti-health care Republican sitting in it (with all its plushness)?
These guys are absolutely blind.
Kirly wrote:
yep, but mine knew how to entertain a crowd in tahoe!
@ coldwarrior:
Young Deano used to fly F-16s. He died in one and they say the old man was never the same afterwards. Broke his heart.
@ Eliana:
ignorance, meet bliss
@ Eliana:
Exactly, see Conservatives are Free Market supporters. Free Markets lead to Technological innovation. That’s Pro-Science.
The Left likes to manipulate Science.
@ Eliana:
“Don’t they know what’s been happening to the Dems this year?”
Absolutely not. He’s still pushing the whole GOP is crashing and burning bs. He talks about the “young people” being turned off. You know something? The “young people” are ignoramous’. Usually they figure it out though around 30ish. The majority doesn’t vote until then because by that time they’re vested and uncle Sam is starting to dig into their pockets.
@ gulfloafer:
?
When CJ and his fellow nutjobs see Democrats resigning while others are losing to Republicans in special elections in states where Democrats shouldn’t have been threatened (let alone lose) — what goes on in their heads?
They see this as the right wing dying?
Do they puke when they’re alone from the pressure of trying to hide their fear while they stand up spewing lies about how liberalism is supposedly growing in the polls?
These people are nuts.
@ Eliana:
According to the Jazz Guy, The Democrats are going to win big in November!
@ coldwarrior:
My bad F-4 crash in 1987.
@ gulfloafer:
Young voters are also very unreliable when it comes to showing up at the polls unless something really grabs their interest. They may or may not notice that Zero and the Dems are aiming to hurt them more than almost anyone when it comes to trying to bill healthy young people for the Dems’ trillion dollar health care plan, but they don’t tend to show up to vote all that much while they’re young anyway.
The voters that everyone needs are the independents and these voters have been falling away from Zero and the Dems ALL YEAR LONG.
CJ and his fellow left wing nutjobs are ignoring what’s going on and laughing as if liberalism is a huge growing success. Exactly the opposite is actually happening.
gulfloafer @ 32:
A Marine friend and I got a glimpse of Dean as he left his place Dino’s of TV series fame 77 Sunset Strip.
We were in LA on a 72 hour pass, last weekend before shipping out to Nam. Walking around the Strip doing the tourist thing and lookin for some “fun”.
The place was closed for business but the manager, a former Marine gave us a couple of free beers in the back room when he found out we were Marines shipping out.
Later we did the Whiskey-A-GoGo.
Good time.
coldwarrior wrote:
… connecting the dots.
@ Rodan:
Yeah, well according to him he’s also independent.
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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! He’s a far left, religion hating political hack wannabe.
@ Rodan:
Does he actually say this?
Fritz Katz wrote:
sudden jihadi syndrome.
@ Eliana:
He claims the GOP will be wiped out and the Left will be in power for 20 years.
@ Beltfed:
Man, I can’t imagine what the Whiskey was like back in its hey day.
@ Eliana:
Yes I linked to it many times in the comments fields. He said that the GOP will face huge losses because of Evolution and the Birtchers.
@ gulfloafer:
@ coldwarrior:
Actually it was a F-4 Phantom Dean Paul Martin
@ Eliana:
@ Rodan:
He started preaching the whole GOP in the wilderness thing last March.
@ m:
He’s a Progressive!
@ Kirly:
What the frak does that mean?
@ Bordm:
Yeah, I corrected myself. I watched a biography on Dean Martin a while back and got the jets mixed up.
Rodan wrote:
he’s a lard assed ex-obscure jazz artist that we cant seem to get over.
aaarrgghhhh! fer chriss sake
@ Rodan:
Oh, I see.
He thinks he can make this happen.
He’s so stuck on himself that he thinks he can bring the GOP down completely by saying nasty things on his little green blog.
His delusions of grandeur are breathtaking.
gulfloafer wrote:
Saw that after I posted, I type slow.
@ gulfloafer:
I guess I missed it — I was gone by then.
@ Rodan:
Did you say Evolution?
gulfloafer wrote:
Really? Someone’s been reading too much Dawkins.
@ Eliana:
Yeah, I guess he thought he could read the tea leaves and cast his lot with the others.
@ Nikis Knight:
That’s what him and his pal are saying in so many words in that interview.
Rodan wrote:
I tried. Head too fat for this time of night.
Rodan wrote:
Didn’t some other nutcase say that he was going to start an empire to last 1000 years?
@ pbird:
Look at it when you are drunk!
@ Rodan:
You gotta love the part where the interviewer starts going off about the horrible lizardy leathery-like SOB, and has to sort of take a deep breath and pull himself out of it as he realizes “lizards” are Charles’ guys.
And part where he says the “progressive” values are to “include everyone.. live and let live it’s not any of my business” – are you freaking kidding me? OMG
And no one who is raised in a family that goes to church is ever going to get a job… by two proggies sitting there who would defend the liar Obama’s attendance at Rev Wright’s cesspool.
It is indeed a Bizarro world.
@ Rose:
It’s unreal.
Again, these guys see themselves as pro-science with right wingers being anti-science, but they never get to the point of explaining why ZERO is killing the Space Program and it’s CONSERVATIVES who are angry with him about this.
If we’re so anti-science, why are we the ones who want America to go back to the moon?
@ Eliana:
Plus go to Mars.
@ gulfloafer:
What the fuck does this fat old has-been know about young people anyway? The only young people he ‘knows’ are the emotionally stunted basement dwellers who post on his blog.
@ Rodan:
Yeah!
How does it work in their fevered brains for conservatives to be anti-science while we’re the ones who want America to return to the moon and to explore Mars?
Also, when CJ talks about his former “readers” being mostly Christian creationists, he’s ignoring the HUGE Jewish population that he had on his little green blog.
We Jews were tripping over each other all over the green blog. We had Jewish posters writing from Israel, too. Sometimes in Hebrew! They were on the night shift quite a bit (daytime for them and night for us in America).
As you pointed out recently, Rodan, the majority of writers on the Blogmocracy are Jewish.
Conservative Jews are a huge, huge presence in the conservative blogosphere (especially considering that we’re a tiny people within the human population of the planet).
CJ is pretending we never existed.
He acts like he never heard of us although a huge portion of his own posts (once upon a time) were about Israel.
Bad weirdness going on in that guy’s head.
@ Eliana:
He turned off a lot of atheists with the Christian bashing, too.
@ Bluebird:
He was being unreasonable to most of his “readers.”
He was hunting down local stories that that were nowhere near being national news and acting like the world was ending because of school board meetings in little towns.
Ha! I’ll bet!
Rodan wrote:
It’s only recently that people have turned away from going to church – to pretend that people of faith had nothing to do with science, great advancements (including going to the moon), nothing to do with all of the amazing and wonderful things that mankind has accomplished – it’s mind boggling – and it was the reason for some of the heated discussion on his blog. He didn’t want to hear it, but it was those “repressed” hated evil rotten stinking “Chrissssstians” that brought us much of what he enjoys and takes for granted today.
And many of them were also the people who studied archeology, promoted the theory of evolution, deepened our understanding of it, revised the info as they learned more – and still kept their faiths. there is nothing to fault – and yet to watch those two heap scorn on good people – it is revolting. Calling them elitist pricks isn’t good enough. Wretched, sad souls. That’s all.
“Live and let live” is exactly what we do believe in – and what the “regressives” try to squash at every turn.
@ Beltfed:
Maudie Frickert…LOL With his hair pulled back like that, you are right…
Jonathan Winters was the bomb. That guy was funny.
Have you heard his poem “Ghost Brigade”?
@ Eliana:
As I put it some time ago, it is as though he is following instructions written in day-glo orange on the inside of his forehead. He is really, really whacked.