-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Obama and the Marxist Socialist radical members of Congress (Updated 2x) < RBO Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:58:02 -0500 From: Travis <baconlard@xxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: politics-current-events@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: baconlard@xxxxxxxxx References: <045e01ca1b67$9e556b20$db004160$@com> <aef954850908121353p7823d538yfdd79fc668c4bf8a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> * * *http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/obama-and-the-marxist-socialist-radical-members-of-congress/* * * * * Obama and the Marxist Socialist radical members of Congress (Updated 2x) *October 22, 2008 by Procrustes <http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/author/bmerry7/> * *^See James Simpson's Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis <http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html> at American Thinker, 09/28/08. ** <http://therealbarackobama.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/acorn-network.jpg>Ever heard of the House Progressive Caucus? You won't find it on James Simpson's chart but a lot of the connections you will read about in this article are.* *The House Progressive Caucus (HPC) is just another name for the **Progressive Caucus (Democratic) <http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6497>**, which, according to Discover the Networks, is a "radical caucus of nearly six-dozen members of the House of Representatives. Until 1999, the HPC "worked in open partnership" with **Democratic Socialists of America <http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6428>**, the "largest Socialist organization in the U.S."*** *Update: According to the January/February 1999 issue <http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng56.html#anchor1041720> of DSA's New Ground, DSA "helped to organize" the Caucus. * *The March 29, 1999, issue of The New American describes <http://web.archive.org/web/20011201011123/www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1999/03-29-99/totally_radical.htm> the House Progressive Caucus (HPC) as* *… a consortium of radical congressional collectivists whose stunning success in November remains one of the most under-reported stories of the election. Fifty-five of the 58 members on last year's HPC roster ran for re-election; every one of them was re-elected.* *This success occurred in spite of the fact that there is a symbiotic relationship between the HPC and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — a relationship that has been ignored by the major media. The DSA is the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International, the world's oldest and largest hodgepodge of socialist, social democratic, and labour parties. The Socialist International proudly boasts that it is the successor to the so-called "First International" of Karl Marx, founded in London in 1864.* *HPC/DSA "goals"*** *The New American informs <http://web.archive.org/web/20011201011123/www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1999/03-29-99/totally_radical.htm>:* * <http://therealbarackobama.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsa-logo3.jpg>* *According to one DSA position paper, its collectivist agenda includes "massive redistribution of income from corporations and the wealthy to wage earners and the poor and the public sector"; "a massive shift of public resources from the military … to civilian uses"; and "expanding [Medicare] eligibility to people of all ages and income regardless of health or employment status" so that "the federal government can serve as the single payer" for the nation's health care. After all, the DSA contends, "Free markets or private charity cannot provide adequate public goods and services. [...]* *The HPC's list of legislative goals includes "a more progressive tax system" (Karl Marx would be pleased), deep cuts in the military budget, and a "cradle-to-grave" single-payer health care plan. In the following pages we survey a rogues' gallery of HPC congressmen and others with a similar ideological bent.* *The Wikipedia article <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus> on the Congressional Progressive Caucus says:* *According to their website, the CPC advocates "universal access to affordable, high quality healthcare," fair trade agreements, living wage laws, the right of all workers to organize into labor unions and engage in strike actions and collective bargaining, the abolition of significant portions of the USA PATRIOT Act, the legalization of gay marriage, strict campaign finance reform laws, a complete pullout from the war in Iraq, a crackdown on free trade and corporate welfare, an increase in income tax on the wealthy, tax cuts for the poor, and an increase in social welfare spending by the federal government.* *Anything sounding familiar? It should. We've certainly been hearing a lot of sound bytes on the evening news and in political TV and radio ads that sound just .. like .. this:* * *redistribution of wealth? –* ***–** * * *increase income tax on wealthy? – **–** * * *tax cuts for the poor? – **– */*Note: 40% of Americans pay zero taxes now.*/* * * *more progressive tax system? – **–** * * *crackdown on corporate welfare? – **–** * * *increased social welfare spending? – **–** * * *"cradle-to-grave" health care? – **– *** * *complete pullout from Iraq? –** –** * * *cuts in military budget? – **–** * *Must read**: John Batchelor's October 22, 2008, article Keynes Again, which will put all of these goals in a chilling perspective.* *CPC founding*** *The New American continues <http://web.archive.org/web/20011201011123/www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1999/03-29-99/totally_radical.htm>:* *The House Progressive Caucus was founded in 1992 by Representatives Bernard Sanders (Independent-VT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Lane Evans (D-IL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), and then-Congressman Ron Dellums (D-CA).* *Although Congressman Sanders, who currently chairs the HPC's executive committee, is a self-avowed socialist, he is one of the group's more "moderate" members. During the previous Congress, 51 of his HPC colleagues scored lower than he did on this magazine's "Conservative Index" voting guide!* *Sanders, DeFazio, and Waters are members of what is now called the Congressional Progressive Congress.* *DSA hosted CPC*** * <http://therealbarackobama.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsa-new2.jpg>Would it surprise you to know that the Democratic Socialists of America hosted the CPC on its website?* *For this latter piece of information we turn to a May 24, 2008, post <http://www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2008/05/traitors_among_us_socialists_c.html> at Theodore's World blog:* *Until 1999, DSA hosted the website of the Progressive Caucus. Following a subsequent expose of the link between the two entities, the Progressive Caucus established its own website <http://cpc.lee.house.gov/index.cfm?ContentID=166&ParentID=0&SectionID=4&SectionTree=4&lnk=b&ItemID=164> under the auspices of Congress. But DSA and the Progressive Caucus remain intimately linked. All 58 Progressive Caucus members also belong to DSA.* *The CPC's "own website" for the current 71-member CPC is an extension of that maintained for its co-chairwoman, Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.) — cpc.lee.house <http://cpc.lee.house.gov/>. The other CPC co-chairwoman is fellow Californian, Rep. Lynn Woolsey.* *The CPC-DSA relationship was confirmed by Trevor Loudon in his November 12, 2006, article The Socialists Behind the "Progressive Caucus" <http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2006/11/socialists-behind-progressive-caucus.html>:* *As the Congressional Progressive Caucus is the most powerful and radical group in the new US Congress, it might be useful to find out who is behind the organisation.* *The most obvious backers of the CPC are the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).* *Loudon cited the Wikipedia article on the DSA <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Socialists_of_America>:* *During the 1990s, DSA began looking to the Religious Right's activism within the Republican Party as a model for how the Left could gain a greater foothold within the Democratic Party…* *The result was the "Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of 65 Democratic legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives anchored by US Rep. Bernie Sanders, a DSA sympathizer….DSA's website included commentary supportive of the legislative caucus throughout much of the late 1990s.* *CPC supporters*** *The Wikipedia article <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus> on the CPC also provides the names of a number of organizations which support the CPC.* *Included in the "array of national progressive organizations" that "work to support the efforts of the caucus" we find a few that top the list.* * *Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) * * *The Nation magazine * * *Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) * /*See next page for Institute for Policy Studies*/** *Pages: 1 2 <http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/obama-and-the-marxist-socialist-radical-members-of-congress/2/> 3 <http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/obama-and-the-marxist-socialist-radical-members-of-congress/3/> 4 <http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/obama-and-the-marxist-socialist-radical-members-of-congress/4/> 5 <http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/obama-and-the-marxist-socialist-radical-members-of-congress/5/>* *Posted in Barack Obama <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/barack-obama/> | Tagged ACORN <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/acorn/>, bamboozle <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/bamboozle/>, Barack Obama <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/barack-obama/>, Barbara Ehrenreich <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/barbara-ehrenreich/>, Barbara Lee <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/barbara-lee/>, Bernard Sanders <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/bernard-sanders/>, Bernardine Dohrn <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/bernardine-dohrn/>, Bernie Sanders <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/bernie-sanders/>, Bill Ayers <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/bill-ayers/>, Bill Fletcher <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/bill-fletcher/>, Carl Davidson <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/carl-davidson/>, CODEPINK <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/codepink/>, Committees of Correspondence <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/committees-of-correspondence/>, Communist Party USA <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/communist-party-usa/>, Congressional Progressive Caucus <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/congressional-progressive-caucus/>, Democratic Socialists of America <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/democratic-socialists-of-america/>, economic justice <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/economic-justice/>, Institute for Policy Studies <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/institute-for-policy-studies/>, Jodie Evans <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/jodie-evans/>, John Conyers <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/john-conyers/>, Katrina vanden Heuvel <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/katrina-vanden-heuvel/>, Lynn Woolsey <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/lynn-woolsey/>, Manning Marable <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/manning-marable/>, Marxist <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/marxist/>, Maxine Waters <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/maxine-waters/>, Medea Benjamin <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/medea-benjamin/>, Movement for a Democratic Society <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/movement-for-a-democratic-society/>, New Party <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/new-party/>, Noam Chomsky <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/noam-chomsky/>, Obama <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/obama/>, Obama/Biden 08 <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/obamabiden-08/>, politics <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/politics/>, Progressive Democrats of America <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/progressive-democrats-of-america/>, Progressives for Obama <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/progressives-for-obama/>, radical <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/radical/>, RBO <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/rbo/>, Real Barack Obama <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/real-barack-obama/>, redistribution of wealth <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/redistribution-of-wealth/>, Socialist <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/socialist/>, Students for a Democratic Society <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/students-for-a-democratic-society/>, The Nation <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/the-nation/>, The Real Barack Obama <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/the-real-barack-obama/>, Tom Hayden <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/tom-hayden/>, Trevor Loudon <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/trevor-loudon/>, William Ayers <http://en.wordpress.com/tag/william-ayers/> | 14 Comments* 14 Responses *1. **on October 22, 2008 at 11:39 am <http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/obama-and-the-marxist-socialist-radical-members-of-congress/#comment-4328> mcnorman <http://mcnorman.wordpress.com/>* *Great piece. The visual will help people understand the complexity of Obama's web.* __,_._,___ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Politics & Current Events" group. To post to this group, send email to politics-current-events@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send email to politics-current-events+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/politics-current-events?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -- Posted By Nimer Jaber to Nimer's Political Blog at 8/14/2009 09:22:00 PM