Progressivism, marching On

AGAINST THE STONEWALLING SLUGGISH barricade of entrenched conservatism, progressive America marches on. Liberalism always prevails ultimately; change is inevitable. for example, former Sec. of Defense Robert Gates, now the head of the Boy Scouts of America, said in a speech in Atlanta that the Boy Scouts, and by extension everyone else, needs to put its anti gay bias behind them, and create equality of opportunity. he received a standing ovation when he said this. One wonders what would have happened had some radical gay rights activist delivered the same speech to the same audience. gay rights continue to sweep the country, against conservative opposition. The Environmental Protection Agency, a favorite target of free marketing conservatives, also received a boost, as president Obama signed an executive order giving the agency the power to regulate about sixty percent of the nation's waterways. Conservatives are already screaming about executive over reach; they want private property owners to have an absolute right to control their own land; even if it means doing environmentally harmful things to it. No property right is absolute. Undoubtedly there will soon be a republican attempt to rescind Obama's order, and doubtless it will fail, because the United States, despite all its flaws, is a reasonably progressive country. As they might say in Colorado and a few other places, Praise the flag and pass the marijuana.