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Originally Posted by bkcunningham1
No, Bucco, I hadn't seen that quote by Bertha Lewis. Thanks for sharing. She's a piece of work.
I am really trying to educate myself on the current political scene. I read and watch things from both sides and try my best to understand. I have my belief system and values and personally, I believe in human freedom, liberty and dignity. Not socialism. I don't believe in the Robin Hood theory of redistribution at gunpoint.
I didn't know very much about the group that Bertha Lewis was speaking to in the video. I did some quick research. They have their own webpage. I looked up some of the speakers at their conferences, including the Rev. Jessee Jackson.
Things started tieing back to US Senator Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed socialist from Vermont. Including a video I found of Obama stumping for him in Vermont in 2006. It's really amazing to me the number of Progressive Democrats in the US are self-declared Socialists.
http://www.resistnet.com/forum/topic...s-selfdeclared |
Based on your posts,you are doing a good job in "getting educated" for sure.
I find that forums like this are extremely valuable IF you allow yourself to read BOTH sides of an issue. Each time something is posted here, I try to spend some time searching for more information. Sometimes you find posts that only allow for part of the story, and some times that is an honest error and one that I surely have made. But it makes you understand a lot more and reading one thing leads you to another.
As opposed as I am to President Obama and have been and have vocalized as strong as possible, there are many things out there that are just plain stupid, out of context and twisted things about him that are just not true.
There is enough truth to go around on him without "stretching" to find some things that I see.
On this subject, I was called a racist on here last fall and summer because I spoke about ACORN, their history and background and their use by the Democratic party so I am well aware of this group and the sleaze they bring to anything they touch. I just hope they fade into the darkness somehow and this country would be alot better off without them !