Category: Progressive Values

The Hills to NOT Die on…

May 12, 2018 Milt Shook 2 Being Better Liberals, Crap Cutting 101, Election 2018, Lord Donny Chronicles, Professional Left, Progressive Values, RepubliCONs,

Look, I get it. Many of the people who read this blog, as well as...

What Do We Want to Be? Part III – The Importance of Hope

December 31, 2017 Milt Shook 1 Crap Cutting 101, Democrats, Election 2018, Progressive Messaging, Progressive Values,

It is hard to believe this is a controversial statement, but given the amount of...

A Dose of… Reality #1 – About Bernie and Hillary…

September 8, 2017 Milt Shook 9 Crap Cutting 101, Professional Left, Progressive Values,

Some random examples of reality that too many “political junkies” seem reticent to accept: Bernie...

A Political Primer for White Liberal Millennials

August 27, 2017 Milt Shook 26 Being Better Liberals, Crap Cutting 101, Professional Left, Progressive Messaging, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

There is a touching connection going on between white millennial far lefties (whom I am...

STFU Bernie!

June 23, 2017 Milt Shook 11 Being Better Liberals, Crap Cutting 101, Democrats, Professional Left, Progressive Messaging, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

We need to be tired of this crap. Seriously... https://twitter.com/mikel_jollett/status/878271877965258752 The far left's current chew...

Nothing Wrong With Democrats, Bernie!

June 15, 2017 Milt Shook 10 Being Better Liberals, Crap Cutting 101, Democrats, Professional Left, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

I keep being told that there is something fundamentally wrong with the Democratic Party. Apparently,...

Who’s Really a “Neoliberal”?

May 10, 2017 Milt Shook 3 Being Better Liberals, Crap Cutting 101, Liberal, Professional Left, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

I am tired of the insult that so many on the far left toss out...

Stop Being Negative

April 17, 2017 Milt Shook 3 Being Better Liberals, Crap Cutting 101, Democrats, Professional Left, Progressive Messaging, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

Okay, I have to make this quick, but it's something that has to be said....

Perspective 

February 20, 2017 Milt Shook 2 Being Better Liberals, Crap Cutting 101, Professional Left, Progressive Messaging, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

It boggles the mind how many "political junkies" seem to think that obsessing over a...

Major Flashback: Pro-Choice is the Essence of Liberty

January 1, 2017 Milt Shook Off Civil Rights, Progressive Values, RepubliCONs,

For the New Year, I decided to repost something I wrote and published for the...

All Politics is LOCAL. Learn That

November 16, 2016 Milt Shook 5 Being Better Liberals, Crap Cutting 101, Democrats, Professional Left, Progressive Messaging, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

I used to work my ass off inside the Democratic Party apparatus. I suppose, in...

The Progressive Solution

July 5, 2016 Milt Shook Off Crap Cutting 101, Election 2016, Professional Left, Progressive Messaging, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

Okay... So for the last week, I have been ranting about the PUBs (Progressive Unicorn...

“Bernie or Bust?” You’re an Idiot!

March 15, 2016 Milt Shook 10 Being Better Liberals, Democrats, Election 2016, Professional Left, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

Do you know why progressives always lose? Sit down and read up, folks, because this...

White Liberals, Stop Embarrassing Me!

February 12, 2016 Milt Shook Off Civil Rights, Crap Cutting 101, Election 2016, Professional Left, Progressive Values, Racism, UNicorn Progressives,

Yesterday was unbelievable. It was certainly a watershed moment in the history of #BernieBro rage....

Stop Being Stupid; the Only Issue That Really Matters

February 11, 2016 Milt Shook 2 Being Better Liberals, Democrats, Election 2016, Professional Left, Progressive Messaging, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

Perhaps you heard... Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Obama's rules regarding power plant...

Gunloons Gone Wild

January 6, 2016 Milt Shook Off Civil Rights, Election 2016, Gun Control, Progressive Values, RepubliCONs,

I've been talking about this for years on this blog and elsewhere, and it's finally...

Telling the truth about Syrian Refugees

November 17, 2015 Milt Shook Off Foreign Policy, Progressive Values, RepubliCONs, Right Wing Mythbusters,

As probably should have been predicted by, well, everyone, the terrible attacks in Paris last...

Your Embrace of Paris is NOT “Misguided”

November 15, 2015 Milt Shook Off Crap Cutting 101, Professional Left, Progressive Messaging, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

There seem to be people out there in progressive pundit-land who believe that we either...

Dear Petulant White “Progressives”…

November 12, 2015 Milt Shook 1 Being Better Liberals, Democrats, Election 2016, Liberal, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

Okay, so I was listening to the podcast of today's Stephanie Miller Show (Good bye,...

A Bernie Speech Tells Me Something…

October 10, 2015 Milt Shook Off Election 2016, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

There was a Bernie Sanders rally Friday night, right here in Tucson, Arizona and I...

Progressive ADD

August 4, 2015 Milt Shook Off Being Better Liberals, Crap Cutting 101, Election 2016, Professional Left, Progressive Messaging, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

Liberal ADD. It's a problem... One reason I've been quiet the last few days is,...

The Insanity of the GOP Approach to Deficits and Debt

July 24, 2015 Milt Shook Off Crap Cutting 101, Economy, Progressive Values, RepubliCONs,

The average American has a lot of debt these days, including a mortgage, a car loan,...

The Republicanization of America: Capital Punishment

March 14, 2015 Milt Shook Off Civil Rights, Progressive Values,

This week, the legislature of Utah, a state that is practically a Mormon theocracy and...

Civil Discourse Includes Calling Out Lies

March 10, 2015 Milt Shook Off Civil Rights, Crap Cutting 101, Progressive Values, Religious BS, Right Wing Mythbusters,

I know this will confuse some folks out there, but if you were to meet...

The Benefit of Thinking in Shades of Gray

March 5, 2015 Milt Shook Off Democrats, Liberal, Professional Left, Progressive Values, UNicorn Progressives,

I know. It's easier to separate people into groups of either "good' or "bad." Nuance...

What Are Americans’ Values, Exactly?

February 23, 2015 Milt Shook Off Crap Cutting 101, Liberal, Progressive Values,

I know it seems a bit jingoistic to say, but this truly is "my country,...