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In reply to the discussion: "We Dissent!" [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)30. DURec, but "we dissent from" can be changed to a positive.
We DEMAND that the following be acknowledged as Basic Human Rights, and protected by our Government of The People!!!
"In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for allregardless of station, race, or creed.
Among these are:
*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
*The right of every family to a decent home;
*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
*The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.
America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens. ---FDR, Economic Bill of Rights
At one time, not so long ago,
the above RIGHTS were Democratic Party Policy,
and voting FOR The Democrats
was voting FOR the above values.
Sadly, that is no longer true,
and the people who believe in these traditional Democratic Party Values
no longer have a voice or a choice in our government.
I miss THAT Democratic Party.
[font color=firebrick][center]"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone [/font][/center]
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[font size=1]photo by bvar22 at the Labor Day Picnic in St Paul
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed[/center][/font]
[font size=5 color=green]Solidarity99![/font][font size=2 color=green]
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He'd kick ass alright! While being called a basher, troll, or worse by the self proclaimed
Dragonfli
Apr 2012
#29
I was below voting age at the time, but he was my first introduction to a party I later joined.
Dragonfli
Apr 2012
#27
The GOP wanted to outlaw any dissent that would take place here against fracking.
Major Hogwash
Apr 2012
#38
We lost so much when we lost him. On the environmental front, have you seen this important news:
suffragette
Apr 2012
#40