Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

I loved what she said here in the one you posted ...

On the spectrum of ideology, I am an old school Liberal. I believe in Government. I think that it is important and that it is honorable. I think the Government can and should be part of the solutions facing our Country. While I believe that markets exists and that they have a place, I do not believe they are magic. In fact, I believe that they are dangerous without firm regulation.

I am also a progressive, and as such I believe that our Nation has made progress to perfect itself slowly, but steadily. Changes to laws that discriminate, changes to policies that are unjust and changes that have made America a better place have never happened quickly in this Nation. It is slow and we need to keep our eyes on the prize. Each generation of progressives stand upon the shoulders of the progressives who fought before us for the gains we enjoy. As a progressive, I believe that it is my time to be in the fight and because I know my history, I know that this fight is also hard and that progress is always slow. I do not expect magic or quick success. Instead, I expect a hard fight against a powerful enemy that always has more resources. And because I am a progressive, I am also a pragmatist.

I believe in making the gains you can when you can and then coming back to build upon those gains. That is the story of the fight for justice in America. We win in small gains and so I do not get upset by setbacks and hardship. It is part of the progressive/liberal gig and it always has been that way. As Martin Luther King said "..the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice" and that is why I am also an optimist.

I am certain that justice will prevail. To get there we need to do our part. We need to be ready to rise above the steady stream of disappointments and stand firm in the face of growing obstructions. We need to accept that we must fight and that we are in this thing together.

........She gets it, she ties the historical background with this age old fight between the ones who want to plunder the country and the ones who have continually fought to put the brakes on the plunder .