Politics and religion.

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If you don't care, why are you posting about it? Did you just miss us
"progressives" blue? Come on, be honest....

I believe I explained why I posted about it. Because it gets the progressives all worked up, and that amuses me. The articles and blogs are nothing but a distraction for how bad Barry is bungling his presidency.

[lizbud]

Found this interesting article that has a quiz to judge if you are
progressive or conservative in your thinking.



Jul 01, 2010
Defining ‘progressive’ in politics

The word "progressive" is thrown around a lot in Washington, sometimes as a less politically charged replacement for "liberal." But a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds that a majority of Americans are not sure what, exactly, the term means and whether or not it applies to them.

Asked whether the term progressive "describes your own political views," 12% said "yes," 31% said "no," and 54% said they are unsure. Six in 10 Democrats and 57% of people who described themselves as liberal said they are unsure if the "progressive" label is right for them.

Also interesting, many respondents who describe themselves as progressive oppose some of the same measures that, say, the Congressional Progressive Caucus – which is made up of Democrats – supports. For instance, 24% of those who call themselves progressive say they would oppose more government regulation of major financial institutions. More than one in three say that, "the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses."

Webster's New World College Dictionary includes about a dozen definitions for the word "progressive," including "moving forward or onward" and "continuing by successive steps." That leaves plenty of room for people to define themselves as "progressive conservatives," which, by the way, is the name of a political party in Canada.

The upper-case "Progressive" is defined as "a member of a Progressive Party," which this dictionary says is synonymous with "liberal."

The Washington-based Center for American Progress, which describes itself as being "dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action," takes one stab at a definition through this 40-question online quiz that purports to define participants as "progressive" or "conservative."

The poll was conducted June 11-15 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Take the quiz......http://www.americanprogress.org/issu...sive_quiz.html..

[RICHARD]

Send Brock Lesner to Afghanistan.

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Take the quiz......http://www.americanprogress.org/issu...sive_quiz.html..

So how did you score?

100/400 here.

[Lady's Human]

Surprise, surprise. 121/400.

[Puckstop31]

71/400 Eh?


And in typical, brain dead, 'progressive' fashion... Manipulate the language to get the results you want. LOL

A couple of examples. (Anybody notice you could not "select" the test on the webpage? One had to make the effort to type it out.... LOL 'Progressives' rely on LAZY people.)

11.) The primary responsibility of corporations is to produce profits and returns for their shareholders, not to improve society.

As if the two are mutually exclusive? Either you make a profit or you benefit society? LOL

18.) Immigrants today are a burden on our country because they take our jobs and abuse government benefits.

What KIND of immigrants?


This "test" cleary shows that the 'progressive' movement relies on people who are unwilling to take an active role in their government. They just use language to make people feel a certain way.


Like our dear leader has said... "Words matter" Indeed they do.

[Lady's Human]

I had issues with those questions, and a few other as well.

Just like push polling, you manipulate the interview to get the results you want.

The question on terrorism was too limited, as were other questions involving international policy.

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It was truly a "Progressive" test.