THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA

An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis

Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor



Conservative & Free Market Analysis of Government. Politics & Public Policy, Covering Political, Legal, Constitutional, Economic, Cultural, Military, International, Strategic, & Geopolitical Issues
PUBLIC ISSUES & POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES
SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS:
THE MODERN WELFARE STATE

PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S 2008 PROMISE TO REFORM & TRANSFORM AMERICAN SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY ITS ECONOMIC SYSTEM:  OBAMA'S ILL-DEFINED MESSAGE OF CHANGE -- WHAT THE CHANGE INVOLVED:  A CHANGE TO THE LEFT, A CHANGE FROM FREE MARKET CAPITALISM TO STATISM OR SOCIALISM -- THE AMERICAN VOTERS' REJECTION OF THE RADICAL CHANGES PROPOSED BY OBAMA -- FAILURE OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN TIME-TESTED & PROVEN WAYS -- THE WAR THAT OBAMA HAS WAGED AGAINST EXTRACTION & USE OF THE ENERGY ESSENTIAL TO THE OPERATION OF A MODERN SOCIETY SUCH AS THE U.S.A.:  ENERGY FROM OIL, COAL, NATURAL GAS, & NUCLEAR FISSIONABLE MATERIALS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XIV, Issue # 117, June 6, 2012

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA FORCED A CHANGE NOT WANTED

By Alan Caruba



PRESIDENT OBAMA, OBAMACARE, & DARWINIAN "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST":  PEACEFUL COMPETITION IN FREE MARKETS AS THE ALTERNATIVE TO DARWINISM -- DARWIN'S "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST" CANNOT CRUSH THE WEAKEST WHEN PEACEFUL PRODUCTIVITY & FREEDOM CHOICE BECOME THE DOMINANT FORCES IN HUMAN SOCIETY.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XIV, Issue # 72, April 9, 2012

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DARWIN VERSUS FREE MARKETS

By Dennis T. Avery



BLACK AMERICAN FAMILIES, THE SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM, & RISING UP FROM POVERTY:  THE ADVERSE IMPACT OF U.S. SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY ON THE STRONG BLACK FAMILIES THAT EXISTED AT THE END OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- THE LURE OF FREE MONEY & THE DEGRADATION THAT ACCOMPANIED IT -- HOW MUCH SOONER WOULD A HERMAN CAIN HAVE COME ONTO AMERICA'S BIGGEST STAGE, THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST, IF THE BLACK FAMILIES HAD NOT BEEN SHATTERED BY THE WELFARE CHECKS? HOW MANY PROMISING BLACK KIDS WOULD HAVE EMERGED HOW MANY YEARS SOONER, IF THEY HAD BEEN STRIVING TO RISE? HOW MUCH MORE APPROVING SUPPORT WOULD THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAVE OFFERED TO THE KIDS WHO WERE SUCCEEDING IN AMERICAN SOCIETY?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XIII, Issue # 253, October 25, 2011

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IT TOOK TOO LONG TO GET A HERMAN CAIN

By Dennis T. Avery



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S CLUELESS APPROACH TO DEALING WITH AMERICA'S CURRENT ECONOMIC PROBLEMS:  USING THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM AS AN "ECONOMIC STIMULUS" TO END THE RECESSION & PROMOTE ECONOMIC RECOVERY -- LIBERAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON FOOD STAMPS & THE LEVEL OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY -- THE ACTUAL CONSEQUENCES OF KEEPING PEOPLE ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT & WELFARE ROLLS -- THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XIII, Issue # 207, August 21, 2011

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

FOOD STAMPS TO SAVE THE ECONOMY

By Dennis T. Avery



THE ELITISM, DISINGENUOUSNESS, & HYPOCRISY OF THE POLITICAL LEFT IN THE U.S.A.: LIBERAL DEMOCRATS STILL INDIFFERENT TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE NATION & THE CONCERNS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- THE VERY SLIM DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAJORITY IN THE U.S. SENATE DETERMINED TO KEEP OBAMACARE IN EFFECT AS FEDERAL LAW & NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY, DESPITE MAINSTREAM AMERICA'S FERVENT OPPOSITION TO SOCIALIZED MEDICINE -- SANCTIMONIOUS LIBERAL DEMOCRATS EXPLOITING ISSUES & CIRCUMSTANCES TO ENHANCE THEIR OWN POLITICAL FORTUNES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XIII, Issue # 5, January 5, 2011

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LIBERAL POSTURING REVEALS FLAGRANT HYPOCRISY

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM & THE AMERICAN ECONOMY:  THE FED AS A CENTRAL BANK CREATED BY CONGRESS TO CONTROL THE MONEY SYSTEM BY REGULATING INTEREST RATES & LENDING MONEY TO THE COMMERCIAL BANKS -- THE CENTRAL BANK'S POOR RECORD IN REGULATING THE NATION'S SUPPLY OF MONEY & AVAILABLE CREDIT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A STABLE CURRENCY & CORRECT ANY SLIDE INTO AN ECONOMIC RECESSION OR DEPRESSION -- THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930S & THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE -- CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS & THE FED'S EFFORTS AT "QUANTITATIVE EASING" -- THE ERODING VALUE OF THE U.S. DOLLAR
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XII, Issue # 249, November 13, 2010

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S MAGIC MONEY

By Alan Caruba



WHY JOHN MCCAIN & OTHER SOCALLED "MODERATE REPUBLICANS" ARE PRETENDING TO HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT OBAMACARE:  PUBLIC OUTRAGE AT HOW THOROUGHLY AMERICA'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES & CHARACTER HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED -- THE AMERICAN CITIZENRY AROUSED BY THE LOOMING PROSPECT OF A THOROUGHLY STATIST & SOCIALIST U.S.A. -- GRASSROOTS AMERICA ROUSED, ANGRY, & MOTIVATED AS IT HAS RARELY BEEN THROUGHOUT U.S. HISTORY, PROMISING A DECISIVE VOTER BACKLASH AGAINST THE POLITICAL LEFT IN THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS OF 2010 & 2012 -- LIBERAL REPUBLICANS, AS WELL AS LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, POSTURING & MANEUVERING TO REMOVE THEMSELVES AS VOTER BACKLASH TARGETS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XII, Issue # 53, March 24, 2010

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ARE MCCAIN REPUBLICANS FINALLY "SEEING THE LIGHT"?

By Christopher G. Adamo



IN PUSHING THE HEALTHCARE BILL, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS SOUGHT TO IMPOSE STATISM & SOCIALISM ON THE AMERICAN NATION, REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH, UNDERMINE CONSTITUTIONALISM, & DEPRIVE THE FIFTY STATES OF THEIR AUTONOMY UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.  IN DOING SO, OBAMA HAS UNITED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST HIM & HIS ADMINISTRATION.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XII, Issue # 48, March 17, 2010

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMACARE: DEAD MAN WALKING

By Alan Caruba



THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE HEAVY HAND OF SOCIALIST GOALS:  OBAMA'S DRIVE TOWARD CENTRAL CONTROL & DIRECTION OF THE ECONOMY BY AN ALL-POWERFUL LEFTWING GOVERNING ELITE -- OBAMA AS A TRUE BELIEVER IN TOTALITARIAN SOCIALISM, AN IDEOLOGUE COMMITTED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT GOVERNMENT MUST CONTROL ALL ASPECTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN'S LIFE & OWN THE FRUITS OF HIS LABORS & EARNINGS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XII, Issue # 44, March 14, 2010

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA'S IDEOLOGY THREATENS AMERICA

By Alan Caruba



EMPLOYING THE RADICAL POLITICAL STRATEGY OF SAUL ALINSKY TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC & THE CONSTITUTION UPON WHICH IT IS BASED:  THE VERY DEFINITION & ESSENCE OF THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE LIBERAL LEFTIST LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAJORITIES IN THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS -- PRIME EXAMPLE:  THE TACTICS BEING UTILIZED TO PUSH OBAMACARE -- THE ULTIMATE CONSEQUENCES OF ENACTMENT & IMPLEMENTATION OF OBAMACARE & OTHER ITEMS IN THE LEFTWING LIBERAL PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA OF BARACK OBAMA, NANCY PELOSI, HARRY REID, & THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XII, Issue # 36, February 27, 2010

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

APPLYING ALINSKY: WHY OBAMACARE MAKES NO SENSE

By Alan Caruba



THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, HEALTHCARE "REFORM," & THE EXPANDING SOCIAL WELFARE STATE:  THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT IN PRESENT-DAY AMERICA -- THE SHIFTING BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE & THE GOVERNING ELITE -- ELITIST PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROLE OF ORDINARY CITIZENS IN MODERN AMERICAN SOCIETY -- THE CITIZENRY AS A "RESOURCE" TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RULING ELITE THAT CONTROLS THE STATE -- THE GOVERNMENT AS NO LONGER THE SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 185, September 2, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMACARE: WHEN GROWING OLD BECOMES A "CRIME"

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE DRIVE FOR NATIONALIZED HEALTHCARE IN THE U.S.A.:  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S AGRESSIVE STRATEGY FOR OBTAINING CONGRESSIONAL PASSAGE OF SOME FORM OF SOCIALIZED MEDICINE DURING HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL TERM -- THE WEAK & INEPT RESPONSE OF CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, LEFTWING LIBERAL HEALTHCARE JUGGERNAUT IN CONGRESS -- THE NEED FOR CONSERVATIVE LEADERS TO COORDINATE THE GROWING GRASSROOTS OPPOSITION TO THE ARROGANT ATTEMPT OF THE POLITICAL LEFT TO ESTABLISH MEDICAL SOCIALISM IN THE U.S.A. -- THE MODEL OF CONSERVATIVE, ANTI-SOCIALIST LEADERSHIP EXHIBITED BY RONALD WILSON REAGAN & SARAH LOUISE PALIN -- NEED FOR USE OF THIS LEADERSHIP MODEL IN BLOCKING ENACTMENT OF OBAMACARE & OTHER POLICY PROPOSALS COMPRISING THE LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL AGENDA
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 176, August 19, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE REAGAN-PALIN MODEL OF LEADERSHIP

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE POLITICALLY BIASED MAINSTREAM MEDIA'S SUPPRESSION OF THE TRUTH:  GLARING DUPLICITY & DISTORTION IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE CURRENT CHAOTIC "HEALTHCARE" DEBATE -- NIGHTLY "NEWS" STORIES NO REFLECTION OF REALITY -- EVENTS SELECTIVELY CITED & DEPICTED SO AS TO PROMOTE THE RADICAL IDEOLOGY & PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA OF THE LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL CABAL & ITS NETWORK OF PROPAGANDISTS IN THE "NEWS" MEDIA -- ENDEAVORING TO COVER UP THE ENORMOUS GROWNDSWELL OF OPPOSITION TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ERUPTING THROUGHOUT THE U.S.A. -- BUDDING SIGNS OF DANGEROUS ABUSES OF POWER BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, IN RESPONSE TO THE GENUINE GRASSROOTS OPPOSITION TO OBAMA'S COLLECTIVIST POLITICAL AGENDA
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 170, August 12, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA CONSIDERS REAL AMERICA "THE ENEMY"

By Christopher G. Adamo



NATIONALIZED HEALTHCARE (AKA, SOCIALIZED MEDICINE):  THE PINNACLE OF BARACK OBAMA'S SOCIALIST AGENDA FOR AMERICA -- THE LONGTERM PERILS THAT AWAIT AMERICANS, IF OBAMA SUCCEEDS IN RAMRODDING HIS HEALTHCARE PLAN THROUGH THE CONGRESS & ONTO AMERICA -- DISTURBING SIGNS OF A DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN BEING WAGED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, THE LIBERAL LEFTIST CABAL, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, & THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO IMPOSE OBAMACARE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- OMINOUS PATTERNS OF GOVERNMENTAL SUPPRESSION OF OPPOSITION TO SOCIALIZED MEDICINE ALREADY BEGINNING TO UNFOLD IN THE U.S.A. -- THE SPECTER OF OF A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM & THE SINISTER MANNER IN WHICH IT IS BEING ADVANCED:  A DANGEROUS DEPARTURE FROM THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 151, June 25, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMACARE: DO OR DIE FOR AMERICA

By Christopher G. Adamo



BIG GOVERNMENT LIBERALISM, SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY, & THE SERVILE STATE:  THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE WELFARE STATE IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD -- THE SOCIAL WELFARE STATE & GOVERNMENTAL ANNEXATION OF THE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF ADULT CITIZENS, INCLUDING HEALTH CARE, CHILD CARE, & CARE OF THE ELDERLY -- THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & EUROPEANIZATION OF AMERICA, ENTAILING EUROPEANIZED HEALTH CARE, EUROPEANIZED DAYCARE, EUROPEANIZED EDUCATION, & EUROPEANIZED TAX RATES -- FIVE STAGES IN THE POLITICAL TRANSITION OF A SOCIETY FROM CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM TO COLLECTIVISM, AUTHORITANIANISM, & TYRANNY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 119, May 8, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

"LIVE FREE OR DIE"

By Mark Steyn



THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, DEMOCRATIC DEMAGOGUERY, POVERTY, & THE AMERICAN ECONOMY:  WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY IN THE U.S.A. -- ADOPTION & IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF NEW JOBS -- REDUCTION OF GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS THAT STRANGLE ECONOMIC GROWTH -- REFORM OF OUR POORLY PERFORMING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM -- WHY THE DEMOCRATS WILL LOSE THEIR SOCALLED "WAR ON POVERTY"
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume X, Issue # 51, February 24, 2008

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DEMOCRATS DEMAGOGUE POVERTY AGAIN

By Alan Caruba



EXPANDING GOVERNMENT CONTROL & SHRINKING CIVIL LIBERTY:  INCREASING INTRUSIVENESS OF THE U.S. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INTO THE PERSONAL & PRIVATE LIVES OF INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS -- USE BY CONGRESS OF ITS TAXING & REGULATORY POWERS TO ENACT LAWS THAT SUPPRESS PERSONAL PLEASURES, DESTROY U.S. INDUSTRIES, KILL AMERICAN JOBS, ERODE THE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, & RESTRICT THE BASIC RIGHTS & FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume IX, Issue # 134, July 17, 2007

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TAXING & REGULATING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE

By Alan Caruba



THE "POVERTY IN AMERICA" MYTH -- A MYTH CREATED & PERPETUATED BY LEFTWING LIBERAL POLITICAL ACTIVISTS & PROPAGANDISTS IN THEIR QUEST FOR POWER & DOMINANCE IN THE U.S.A.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 40, February 25, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE MYTH OF POVERTY IN THE U.S.A.

By Ray Thomas



THE MODERN SOCIAL WELFARE STATE -- UNDERMINING AMERICA'S MORAL FABRIC & CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume IV, Issue # 62, June 5, 2002

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICA'S SOCIAL WELFARE STATE:
H.R. 4737 WOULD FURTHER FEDERAL CONTROL

By Ron Paul



AMERICAN SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY -- FEDERAL CONTROL & DIRECTION, OR ALLOWING THE STATES TO CREATE & CONTROL THEIR OWN INSIVIDUALIZED WELFARE SYSTEMS?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume IV, Issue # 61, June 3, 2002

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SOCIAL WELFARE IS NOT THE JOB
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

By Jesse Ventura




Return to Top of Page

Return to Beginning of
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA,
Public Issues & Political Controversies


Return to POLITICAL EDUCATION Homepage