ProgressOhio

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In an earlier post, Doug in Columbus raised a great question - what is a "Progressive"? 

Is it someone who echos the rantings of the radical liberal democratic agenda?  Is it communism by another name?  Is it 60+ hippies who still dreams of Haight Ashbury while drinking designer coffee in Birkenstocks?

I'm a conservative, who's mostly voted republican in the past and I certainly hope the above is not the case.  From my perspective, a progressive is someone who is fed up with the status quo and would like to change the balance of power from the elite class back to the people.  Left coast, right coast & fly over country - the majority of people have similar dreams, desires and needs.  We become progressive, or desire change, even if conservative, when we see our ability to reach those desires and needs thwarted by either an inactive govt or and over active govt.  Guess what, regardless of the activity level, it's still govt and it can screw up a free lunch - pick your favorite govt entity - you have a million ideas about how to better that agency or how to better the citizens of this awesome nation - why?  Because govt cant' do it as well as normal folks outside of DC can plainly see. 

The folks in DC, both sides of the isle, the folks in Columbus, both sides are the elites - they are all corrupt and only want to act in order to better themselves - even if they're noble in their pursuits on the campaign trail - they're quickly corrupted by the sheer power of their office.  It's time to change that, let them know that we the people have the power, we're the ones who make this country go. 

Also part of the elite class are the media types, hollywood, big corporate CEOs, Universities, secret societies, churches, and bureaucrats - I'm sure we all have someone or something in this list that drives us crazy. 

Ideas on how to hold those accountable are all welcome - but exercising our right of free speech is a good start - but something needs to be put into action and soon - or we'll have one helluva caste system in a country that was founded on equality and e pluribus unum. 

If any of this remotely sounds progressive, then count me it - otherwise I'll just hang out to get various points of view and maybe learn something new, and even on a slim remote chance of potentially sparking an enlightening thought in someone too.