Progressives, Unite! NO COMPROMISE!

[Progressive Radical]

I'll not give one inch to conservatives. None. Zilch. Nada. They have fucked this country so bad, that the only way to turn it around is to be polarizing.

I mean really! Who are we going to piss off? 26% of the population can fuck off for all I care. When one of them gets sick and we've introduced Universal Healthcare despite their protests (undoubtedly prior to getting sick), we'll welcome them into our hospitals, patch them right up and won't charge them a penny, all the while pattying them on the back and whispering a hardy "FUCK YOU!" in their ear.

When I'm pumping my economy sized car after gas has come back down to manageable prices and I see a Hummer with Bush '04 stickers on the bumper drive up to the pump next to me, I'll volunteer a hardy, "Gotta Love 'Dem Liberals, Fucker!"

When all of our troops are home and we've established normalized relations with nations such as Cuba and Iran causing a huge boom in the economy, I'll be sure to tell everyone at the supermarket that a PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL is in office and they better not forget their prosperity.

Only when a Progressive is sitting in the White House (and I'm not talking Obama or Hillary), and when Democrats grow a backbone and actually fight tooth and nail for progressive causes, not relinquishing an inch to the conservatives, will I shout a hearty "FUCK YOU!" and "I FUCKING TOLD YOU, ASSHOLES!" to anyone I've been arguing with for the past 7 years or anyone that is still proudly displaying their Bush '04 stickers.

Fuck playing nice and fuck compromises. We've compromised by not having a fucking revolution by now. That's our compromise. If any conservatives want to change their mind and help repair this country, they're more than welcome.

Everyone else can fuck off!

Signed,

One Fucking Pissed Off Progressive Radical

P.S. Any lurking conservative reading this can lick my balls. You should be over in Iraq fighting a war your hero started - afterall, you claim to be "patriotic." Go fucking prove it.

Rant inspired by Paul Krugman's: Progressives to Arms! Thread here ...

[Hydra]

1. Well said

:smoke:

Since all they seem to long for is war, sacrifice and anti-gay laws, they can take a back seat while the adults drive.

[Progressive Radical]

2. Absolutely! Did you read the Krugman article?

I don't very often get riled up but damn did he inspired me. I'm tired of reaching out only to grasp air. I'm sick of trying to talk things out only to be shouted down.

No more. We should have impeached or revolted by now but didn't. That's our compromise. When a progressive takes office ... I'm going to act like a raving loon and let it all out!

No more pussyfootin' ... :D

[bryant69]

3. So what you are saying is that you are angry, right?

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Progressive Radical]

5. Umm, did it not come across?

I tried to use proper inflection and everything! ;)

[Greyhound]

4. Here's 3 for you. Rave on!

You'd think after several thousand years of examples, eventually they would catch on...

the Liberals are always right! We need to repeat 1992 from the flip-side, no compromise, no prisoners!
:kick: & R

[Progressive Radical]

6. Thank you and yes ... "No Prisoners!" n/t

[Progressive Radical]

7. I'd like to hear some other rants, please!

It's really time to let it out. It'll do your body good. ;)

[Kucinich4America]

8. The funny thing is..... over in GDP they're quoting this same Krugman piece

trying to spin it FOR Hillary. :wtf:

In the words of the poet from Freehold New Jersey, "No retreat no surrender".

Fuck the corporatists and the sellouts, it's time for LIBERALS to reclaim this country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxVu41Vsthg

[Progressive Radical]

9. How are they spinning that? Makes no sense!

:confused:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

10. Greatest Page: You went thataway

Damn right we were right!

Iffn I had a cellf0ne (Luddite Alert!) it'd be my ringtone.

:yourock:

[Progressive Radical]

11. Thank you, thank you ....

I'll be here all week. :P

[tavalon]

17. God, I loved my cellphoneless days!

If I didn't have a child. But mine gets used very, very little.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. Box on wall. Box on desk

Box ring. Salmon says hello.

I've always seen it as a leash. If I want to talk on the phone, I'll be home. :shrug:

I dunno, I may just be odd.

Odd works :D

Happy 2008 tavalon :hug: :toast:

[tavalon]

20. It is

I don't give my cellphone number to anyone. It is there for the school to be able to contact me at any time and for either of his other parents to be able to contact me. That's about it. I hate the thing.

[Elidor]

12. That Krugman post is a MUST-READ for every democrat in congress

Will they heed his advice? Sadly, no.

[Progressive Radical]

13. Let them (Congress) eat cake ... n/t

[tavalon]

14. See my sig line

I put it there just after the 2006 election when the conservatives were trying to school us about how important it was to be bipartisan. The nerve of the conservatives to try to school us! Fuck that shit.

[Progressive Radical]

15. I won't even thank them for asking I'm that pissed off.

:evilgrin:

I might even become sadistic about it ... well, I'm a progressive but it will be tempting.

[tavalon]

19. Trust me, my "thank you" was pure Southern Belle snark

Women from the South learn early how to eviscerate the opponent without said opponent even realizing until later that they have no intestine left.

[Progressive Radical]

21. Ahhhh!

Have you ever seen Dane Cook's "Vicious Circle?"

He talks about arguments between girlfriends and boyfriends and how us guys think we won the argument but the girls have this secret weapon that they implant in our brains ... just a small comment that explodes later and just ruins us.

If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend it. It is hilarious. You can Youtube bits and pieces of it.

[tavalon]

22. I'll check into it

I'm a recovering southerner, so I try not to be passive aggressive but sometimes, it's just necessary. If I didn't phrase my sig line like that, it would have included every expletive known to man, I was and am so angry.

[Progressive Radical]

25. Expletives are a man's/woman's best friend sometimes. n/t

[Progressive Radical]

16. From Krugman's article at OP Link Quoting FDR:

I like to remind people who long for bipartisanship that FDR's drive to create Social Security was as divisive as Bush's attempt to dismantle it. And we got Social Security because FDR wasn't afraid of division. In his great Madison Square Garden speech, he declared of the forces of "organized money": "Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred."

[Didereaux]

23. Universal Health Care is not just a 'progressive' issue...it is a workable pragmatic solution and...

you will find many,many middle of the roaders, moderates, centrists, and independents who whole heartedly will support a workable plan. The rub, of course is picking a candidate who can both win and is smart enough to implement a workable plan. It is painfully obvious that several of the Democratic candidates are paying lip-service to the issue and appear to have little grasp of the details...which would lead to no plan at all or worse a failed one.

[Progressive Radical]

24. Painfully obvious, indeed. n/t

[porphyrian]

26. I'll kick that just for the prolific use of "fuck." -n/t

[Progressive Radical]

27. Fuckin' A ... n/t

[porphyrian]

28. Fuck yeah. -n/t

[Progressive Radical]

31. Fuckity Fuck Fuck.

:P

[porphyrian]

32. Heh, heh, I'm so easily fucking amused.

:evilgrin:

[Progressive Radical]

35. Sometimes it just feels good to cuss.

:D

[tritsofme]

29. You folks can go unite in the corner or the basement I suppose.

If Obama or Hillary don't satisfy your "demands" then you are going to be lonely for some time to come.

[Progressive Radical]

30. We folks?

How charming.

:eyes:

[tritsofme]

34. Well if people like Obama or Hillary aren't "radical" enough for you

Then I certainly don't want anything to do with your "movement"

Nor do most Americans, or Democrats for that matter.

[Progressive Radical]

36. One votes the wrong way and the other votes "present"

I don't want anything to do with them. If I wanted to continue to go to war or pay for my healthcare, I'd vote for a Republican. If I wanted someone to not bother, I'd vote for a Republican.

Someday, just maybe, you'll appreciate our "movement."

For now, be on your merry way voting for status quo candidates.

Buh-bye, now.

:hi:

[JeffR]

33. Well, now, I think we need to focus on careful bipartisanship and

constructive solutions to the problems - aw, fuck it, I can't even fake it.

This post is right fucking on!

[Progressive Radical]

37. LOL ... I read the title of your post and was going to have a word or two with you!

Then I read the rest.

"Right fucking on," indeed. ;) If you haven't read Krugman's article (linked in OP), I suggest you do so. It inspired this thread.

Happy Holidays!

:D

[JeffR]

38. And to you!

And congrats on a fine rant.

[Progressive Radical]

40. Spanks ...

Krugman inspired, Krugman approved.

;)

[NewHampster]

39. rant

:rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: