Posted tagged ‘Saul Alinsky’

Observations From The Margin

March 21, 2018

Observation Tower

-Why would anyone be surprised that Russia was trying to interfere in Americas election? It was standard operating procedure for the former Soviet Union. The KGB used ‘disinformation activities’ (read here) to undermine America. Since Putin is a former KGB agent, why would we think Russia’s disinformation activities have ceased?

– Leftist and democrats were enamored by communist central planners in the former Soviet Union. But now they don’t like Russia or President Putin. I don’t understand. He is exactly the kind of central planner that they once loved.

-Leftists and democrats hated the FBI for the surveillance of people under Hoover. Now they back the FBI for their surveillance activities.

-It is becoming clearer that the Trump Russian collusion story is made up. The main stream media reported, as true, leaked information from the FBI and the democrats without verification. They did this because the leaked information fit their vision of the world. After over a year of being used by the leakers, does the media dare start telling the truth about what happened? I doubt it. Their vision is more important than the truth.

-When a drunk driver kills someone, does anyone advocate a ban on cars? No! Instead we try to stop individuals from driving cars while impaired. But when it comes to a mentally ill person using a gun in a school shooting, we have to get rid of the gun instead of stopping mentally impaired individuals from getting a gun.

-Gun grabbers say that because guns are built for the purpose of killing we should get rid of them. Since cars kill more people per year than guns. And cars are not built for the purpose of killing. Doesn’t it follow that leftists should want to ban cars.

-Since the school shooting in Florida, the media has been asking teenagers for their opinion on what should be done to stop school shootings. Why would we want the opinion of individuals who don’t have enough life experience to have an informed opinion on this subject? Could it be they are being used by the media to push the leftist agenda?

-My mom once told me, “I’ve been your age, but you have never been my age.” Outside of asking kids to help me with my phone or computer, I don’t put much value on their opinions about issues which they have little or no knowledge. When I was in high school, I thought communism sounded like a good idea. How ill-informed was I?

-I recently read a list of Saul Alinsky’s 13 rules for radicals. Trump is using many of these 13 rules against the democrats and the media. It is hilarious to watch them respond. It drives them crazy. At this point I think Trump is jerking their chain on purpose just to get a reaction. They are like Pavlov’s dog.

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Thomas Sowell Compares FDR and President Obama.

May 15, 2013

Thomas Sowell talks about how FDR’s interventions into the market prolonged and deepened the depression, and how Obama’s interventions are doing the same thing.

Here is a quote from the video, “..one parallel is people are talking about these highly intelligent people with whom the president has surrounded himself. FDR surrounded himself with highly intelligent people, that is no guarantee of anything except brilliant rationalizations for failure …..”. (more…)

“You Never Let A Serious Crisis Go To Waste.”

December 18, 2012
English: President Obama with White House Chie...

English: President Obama with White House Chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in the parlor of Air Force One (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The full quote, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opprotunity to do things you think you could not do before.” is by Rahm Emanuel, former White House Chief of Staff under President Obama. This reflects the thinking of Saul Alinsky, who wrote “Rules for Radicals.” “Rules for Radicals” is the default position the President, and Emanuel operate under. If you understand this, it will be easier to analyse everything they say and do.

Here is the template. 1) Use a tragedy as a crisis, or create a crisis where none exists. 2) Paint the crisis with as much emotion as possible, and throw logical analysis out the window. 3) Propose the one and only solution to the problem, which just happens to coincide with what you’ve wanted to implement for many years. 4) Paint anyone who opposes your one and only solution as evil, uncaring, not smart enough to understand the nuanced brilliance of your solution, or in the pockets of …. you pick the evil entity. 5) Force the solution on the people by any means, whether legislatively, by executive order, or through the legal system. 6) When the unintended consequences of your solution rear their ugly head, use them as a reason for more brilliant solutions to the made up crises . (more…)