Congressman Raul Grijalva has represented the people of Arizona in the 7th
district since 2002. The redistricting process following the 2010 census now
makes Rep. Grijalva the incumbent for the new 3
rd congressional
district serving the people of southern Arizona.
Currently, Rep. Grijalva co-chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus
(CPC), the largest membership organization within the Democratic Caucus in the
U.S. Congress with as many as 76 members, founded in 1991. He is also an
Advisory Board Member for the “Progressive Democrats of America” (PDA), an
organization founded in 2004. The goals of both the CPC and PDA are to take the
Democratic Party further to the left in domestic and foreign policy. Their
mission and goals are to advance “progressive” liberal issues and positions.
Disturbingly, the mission and goals of the CPC and PDA sound remarkably
similar to the desires of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Let’s take a closer
look at the platforms for each of these groups:
CPC’s “The Progressive Promise”:
Fairness for all. Here are their
four core principles:
1. Fighting for Economic Justice and Security in the U.S. and Global
Economies
2. Protecting and Preserving Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
3. Promoting Global Peace and Security
4. Advancing Environmental Protection & Energy Independence
Here are a few excerpts from these core principles…
“To uphold the right to universal access to
affordable, high quality healthcare for all…to preserve guaranteed Social
Security benefits for All Americans…to ensure working families can live above
the poverty line and with dignity by raising and indexing the minimum wage…to
ensure enforcement of all legal rights in the workplace…to eliminate all forms
of discrimination based upon color, race, religion, gender, creed, disability,
or sexual orientation”.
Here are a few excerpts from the CPUSA’s Constitution:
“Our party fights for jobs and economic security,
a decent and rising standard of living…health care, education, affordable
housing, the needs of seniors, democracy, and a fulfilling life for everyone,
with socialism as our goal”.
Socialism. How could we forget the comments made by Rep. Maxine
Waters, member of the CPC, to the president of Shell Oil during a House hearing
back in May 2008.
View video here
“And guess what this member would be all
about? This member would be all about socializing, uh [pauses for several
moments]…would be about [pause] basically taking over, and the government
running all of your companies.”
Here is another excerpt from the CPUSA’s Constitution that seems to
be consonant with the desires of Rep. Maxine Waters.
“Only through the abolition of the capitalist
system and the socialist reorganization of society can exploitation of human
beings by others, and the evils of oppression, war, racism, environmental
degradation, and poverty be ended…the working class as the necessary leading
force along with the other core forces – who united together have the power to
make fundamental progressive change”.
There’s that popular word “progressive,” right there in the Constitution of
the CPUSA. Let’s look at why Progressive Democrats of America was formed in
2004. Taken right from their home page, their statement reads:
“Progressive Democrats of America was founded in
2004 to transform the Democratic Party and our country. We seek to build a
party and government controlled by citizens, not corporate elites-with policies
that serve the broad public interest, not just private interests. As a
grassroots PAC operating inside the Democratic Party, and outside in movements
for peace and justice, PDA played a key role in the stunning electoral victories
of November 2006 and 2008. Our inside/outside strategy is guided by the belief
that a lasting majority will require a revitalized Democratic Party built on
firm progressive principles.”
As the
furthest-left
member of Congress, Rep. Raul Grijalva has made it clear, though his
statements, votes, and actions, that he believes in many of the same goals and
tactics in obtaining these goals, as do those in the CPUSA. Recently, at an
event in Tucson where Grijalva was giving a speech in celebration of winning his
primary race for CD3 on August 28, 2012, Grijalva said the following:
“So this is the beginning, on the legislative
level, and the state, and congressional level… to begin to fundamentally change
the political culture of this state…and I am so excited to participate in that
process [pause]…we feel that Arizona and the district that I intend to represent
is going to be pivotal in beginning to change the culture of this state.”
Blogger Trevor Loudon of “New Zeal” shares the same belief, listing in great
detail, about Grijalva’s ties to the Communist Party USA in the following
article:
“Red Reps 14: Scoop! Arizona Rep. Raul Grijava’s Communist Party
Connections”.
Excerpt from Trevor’s article…
“Raul Grijalva’s first documented ties to
the Communist Party
USA date from 1993, when then Pima County Board of Supervisors member
Raul M.Grijalva, penned an article on NAFTA for the Party’s People’s
Weekly World, November 13 issue.”
Loudon published an article on January, 2012, detailing the
communist connections of Kyrsten Sinema, Democrat candidate for the newly
created 9
th Congressional district here in Arizona.
Read
full article
Millions of freedom-loving Americans understand that the real threat to our
freedom comes from our elected members of Congress like Raul Grijalva and Ed
Pastor of Arizona, Maxine Waters of California, and all the other CPC members
who are like wolves in sheep clothing preying on the freedom of the American
people with their agenda to claim power and control over the people in the name
of economic and social justice, where security is traded for prosperity and
freedom.
Even Rep. Allen West of Florida, one of our strongest and most out-spoken
leaders for conservatism, seems to think that members of the CPC have the same
agenda as our fellow Americans in the CPUSA.
Watch the video here.
Here are excerpts taken from the video taped on April 17, 2012…
“…at the turn of the century, the American
Communists renamed themselves progressives…there is a very thin line between
communism, progressivism, marxism, and socialism, and even as Mark Levin has
said, Statistism…This is about Nationalizing production…t’s about creating and
expanding the welfare state…it’s about this idea of social and economic
justices…and you hear that being played out with fairness, fair share and
economic equality…”
Communism, Progressivism, Marxism, Socialism, and Statism all share a common
enemy:
Individual Liberty!
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Kentucky resident Danny doesn't think the mannequin depicting President Obama eating a slice of watermelon he placed by the side of the road near his home is at all racist. Sadly, neither do most of his neighbors.
"The way I look at it, it's freedom of speech," Danny told local television station Lex18. "I don't know how other people will take it."
Hafley says the mannequin, which he put out around the time of the November election, is his "buddy" and that if he earned a dollar each time someone snapped a photo of it, he'd be a millionaire. To him, it's all a big joke.
But at least one of his neighbors thinks the display isn't funny.
"If he wants to place it someplace else that would be fine," the neighbor told the television station, speaking anonymously. "We don't have Black people in this community, but I'm sure they travel this road like everybody else does. They could be offended. I don't agree with it."
It's not the first time watermelon imagery has been used in attacks against Obama, and likely won't be the last. Hafley says he will keep up his display until the spring or any trouble comes from it.
"He's pretty popular," Hafley said. "If he's as popular in Washington as he is here, then he's a popular man."
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http://www.bet.com/news/politics/2012/12/28/kentucky-man-defends-watermelon-eating-obama-mannequin.html
