"What the caterpillar calls the end of life, wise men call a butterfly."

There was more going on in Boston than just the DNC. The Progressive Democrats of America met for the first time at St. Paul’s Church next to the Boston Commons.

Speakers that day added to what is lacking in the mainstream Democratic platform:

"non-violence in a nuclear age"

"We are divided along the lines of people who have access to information and those that do not… without the ability to be seen and heard there can be no equality."

"This is a country that fled an empire, but we didn’t flee an empire to become an empire"

"What better place to talk about the Patriot Act than in Boston... It is so essential that we stand up. We are not going peacefully into the night…when the Patriot Act was passed it was passed in the middle of the night and most members of Congress did not know what was in it"

It's time for those on the left to BE PROUD OF BEING ON THE LEFT! For too long the Republicans, Conservatives and the like have been able to use fear and intimidation to make the term "liberal" something to be hidden. Not any more.

Fighting for equality, justice and progressive causes is something to be proud of. The Constitution demands it; your country needs it.