Comments on: Dump The DLC/Blue Dog Leadership

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:42:18 +0000

All of the classes that helped to almost eliminate illiteracy in the US are gone and this are worse than ever. There are two local churches trying to provide services, but we have professionals who could be doing this, and school buildings that are empty at night. The situation is absurd.

By: whig

whig — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:01:16 +0000

ESL should be taught for free in every part of the country, if we want English to be our common language. Isn’t it strange that the same people who oppose this are the same ones who want to build walls keeping people out of our country?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:00:54 +0000

English is the language with or without laws, and translations have to be made because because in several US territories, for example, Puerto Rico, it is the second language. You can’t make it in the US if you don’t speak English and you are blocked from a lot of the Internet. It is the language of international travel and transportation.

The problem is that all of the English classes that we once had in the US are gone. At one time you could take an English class at almost any local high school after hours for free, and those classes have been eliminated because government stopped funding them along with night schools for adults.

Corporations make big campaign contributions, so they get their issues addressed and regular people get screwed. NAFTA was great for corporations, but American workers, Mexican farmers, and Canadian timber workers all got screwed. There is nothing free about the trade that resulted.

By: Right Democrat

Right Democrat — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:18:42 +0000

Democrats should support official English because it is good for America and the vast majority of the voters (including many immigrants) favor a common language. Both the left and right today want to splinter Americans into hostile camps and narrow identity groups but at some point we have to unite to survive as a nation.

As for the DLC and Blue Dogs, I am a conservative on some social issues and in favor of a strong national defense but definitely oppose much of what these groups are advocating in terms of economics. The DLC and two-thirds of the Blue Dog Coalition members were in favor expanding NAFTA to Peru so that we can ship some more American jobs overseas. With Democrats split on “free trade”, the Peru agreement passed the House last week. Both parties are clearly representing Wall Street rather than working families.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:28:19 +0000

The party is left of center – it’s the leadership that has veered to the right. The Congressional leadership came up through the ranks in a minority party and they can’t dump their minority party inferiority complex. They keep trying to compromise when there is no one left to compromise with – the Repubs have purged their moderates.

By: whig

whig — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:12:34 +0000

The Democratic party imagines itself to be left of center. It is in fact a center-right party, by standards of comparison with almost any party in any other democratic country. Compromising with the far-right does not get you closer to center.