Like the patriots in 1776, we are gathered here tonight at a time of peril. Where their fight was to overthrow monarchy, ours is to save democracy. And the way we do that is by getting more people to identify as Democrats, and more to vote Democratic. And to do that we must state our identity. What is a Democrat? What do we all agree with?
Defenders of democracy can use these blogs that log the destruction wrought by the Trump regime to help resist, repair, make progress and stay vigilant .
The U.S.A. is a product of the The Enlightenment, based on factual knowledge, which is now getting clouded over. But a ray of light shone through on “Jeopardy”.
After the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting massacre, students organized against gun violence. And their aim is true and clear. They are now on a summer barnstorming tour of the country to speak for sensible gun control and to register young people to vote.
What claim does the House Freedom Caucus have to the word “freedom?” Measured against FDR’s four freedoms, the word “serfdom” seems more fitting.
FDR: In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
The first is freedom of speech and expression – everywhere in the world.
The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way – everywhere in the world.
The third is freedom from want – which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in the world.
The fourth is freedom from fear – which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor–anywhere in the world.