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Letters From The Left - Progressive Blog by Leslie Boyd
A World of Progress

Do they really believe their own spin?

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Republicans need to listen to the people who elected them and understand the election was not about denying working people the things they need to get by. The NC Issues Poll, conducted by the NC Justice Center, shows that people in the state overwhelmingly blame the Republican majority, not the governor, for the cutoff of unemployment benefits. The poll showed that 65 percent of North Carolinians support the governor, and they want the Legislature to vote on a 20-week extension by itself.

Letters From The Left - Progressive Blog by Leslie Boyd
A World of Progress

Remember what Krushchev said …

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With the Tea Party threatening not to allow the debt ceiling to be raised, our creditors are getting a little scared.

Financial ratings firm Standard & Poor’s moved the nation’s outlook from positive to negative, causing Treasury Bonds to fall this morning because our creditors are worried that the government has no long-term fiscal policy.

Letters From The Left - Progressive Blog by Leslie Boyd
A World of Progress

39,000 hostages in North Carolina

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As of yesterday, 39,000 North Carolinians were cut off from unemployment benefits because the GOP-led legislature here tied extension of benefits to their disastrous budget.

The Republican majority agreed to extend jobless benefits ONLY if Gov. Bev Perdue would agree to their budget proposal, which isn’t even finished yet.

Letters From The Left - Progressive Blog by Leslie Boyd
A World of Progress

We have to be the reasonable ones

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Recently, my son told me he was worried about my stress levels after seeing a photo of me appearing to be screaming at someone. As it turns out, I was leading a chant at a rally and I had to shout at the top of my lungs to be heard by the hundreds of people there.

But it left me wondering how many pictures of an angry-looking me are out there.

Anger and vitriol aren’t the best way to get a point across.

Letters From The Left - Progressive Blog by Leslie Boyd
A World of Progress

Everybody loses

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If the North Carolina budget released by the GOP-led House last night were to become law, everyone would suffer.
There’s been no talk about raising revenues. It seems not to matter if people would die in the streets because of these cuts — and be assured, some will.

Letters From The Left - Progressive Blog by Leslie Boyd
A World of Progress

One outraged citizen at a time

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I’ve been feeling pretty hopeless lately, what with the successes of the right wing in strangling unions, reducing federal programs for people in need, cutting Pell Grants and other programs that help get people through college, sabotaging health reform …

They’re getting away with murder, even though most of the American people don’t want the things the right is doing. Most of us want Medicare left alone; we don’t want to see Social Security privatized, and we certainly don’t want to see Donald Trump as president.

Letters From The Left - Progressive Blog by Leslie Boyd
A World of Progress

This “speaking truth to power” thing is really catching on.

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Several years ago, after being set afire by Michael Moore’s movie Fahrenheit 911 and subsequently launching the blog that was the precursor to A world of Progress, two things became immediately apparent to me:

1. Speaking truth to power is one of those things that often seems incredibly pointless, especially when you do it alone from behind a computer screen.

2. Taking any action to speak truth to power (no matter how insignificant it may feel at the time) helps to align thought with the heart and that in itself makes you feel better.

Today, I find myself listening more and talking less, but I do want to take a few minutes of your time to tell you about the Speaking Truth to Power series presented by Wave Enterprises that I attended last night in Asheville, NC and hopefully inspire you to check out this organization that is working to bring the voices of war Veterans turned peace activists to a town near you.

Letters From The Left - Progressive Blog by Leslie Boyd
Progressive Living

Why so mean?

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So much of Republican policy seems just plain mean to me: Kill health reform, attack people who work for a living while catering to the richest 2 percent, de-fund Planned Parenthood (which so many women rely on for basic health care needs), and then shut down the entire federal government because you can’t get your way.

My husband has a theory, and I hope it’s correct: He believes the clock is ticking for this hate-fueled movement and that its members want to do as much damage as they can before they lose power.

Letters From The Left - Progressive Blog by Leslie Boyd
A World of Progress

Is adult behavior too much to ask?

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All I’d like to ask is that Republocans in Congress act like adults. Yes, they have the majority in the House, but Democrats still have the Senate and the White House.

Oh, and I’d like to see Democrats stand up for the people who elected them instead of cowering and simpering that they’re trying to reason with the Republicans.

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