One Nation - One Folk

Left Coast Rebel presented us with a piece on the "progressives" (I like to call them "progressieves", because their ideas won't hold water!) and their attempt to unify themselves after the disastrous (even for them) eighteen months of Barack Hussein Obama.

In an effort to replicate the tea party's success, 170 liberal and civil rights groups are forming a coalition that they hope will match the movement's political energy and influence. They promise to "counter the tea party narrative" and help the progressive movement find its voice again after 18 months of floundering.

The large-scale attempt at liberal unity, dubbed "One Nation," will try to revive themes that energized the progressive grassroots two years ago. In a repurposing of Barack Obama's old campaign slogan, organizers are demanding "all the change" they voted for -- a poke at the White House.

- Washington Post

Considering the Balkanization promoted by various left wing groups, the thought of a perfect and single minded unity must be scaring the socks off some of these folks...if they really believed what they are saying. They don't. It's a marketing ploy. The only "unity" these people believe in is a unity of power, to be doled out among the competing ideologies of their coalition. When they speak of "repurposing Barack Obama's old campaign slogan", their purpose is the acquisition and retention of power, nothing more.

Here's a thought... if it's unity they want, how about we unify our "One Nation" with a common language..English? Let's see how many of the "One Nation" folk would be in favor of making English the official language of the United States?

We could teach English primarily in our schools and offer other languages as electives, not as parallel tracks of learning.

We could print all our election materials in one language only...English. We could pass along the cost savings of translation and printing, either back to the public in the form of lower taxes or use it to fund public works projects, approved by an electorate at least mildly conversant in English.

And while we would not want anyone to abandon their culture and heritage, a proficiency in English would open the doors to the American culture, a fusion of those ideals of those who came before us, flavored with our own.

Yeah. One nation wouldn't be a bad thing. Too bad the progressieves are always fighting against it!

Cross posted at Left Coast Rebel