The Alinsky Appeal

 

 

The first sentence of the first paragraph of the first chapter of Saul Alinsky's book, Rules for Radicals: 

 

 WHAT FOLLOWS

IS for those who want to change the world

from what it is to what they believe it should be.

 

 

The book continues:

The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.

 

So it shouldn't surprise anyone that Obama sympathizes with the Have-Nots who are protesting their Have-Not-ness all across the country.

Check out this one in LA -- courtesy of Ringo, via The PJ Tatler:

After dismissing nonviolence as a dead end, he admits that for the Occupiers to achieve their goals, violence and bloodshed will be necessary:

 

 

Comments

[Mannie Sherberg]

There is probably no deadlier combination of character traits than resentment mixed with ignorance -- and that's exactly what we see in the OWS protesters, at least those interviewd on TV and in the press. Not only are these people seething with indignation, umbrage, and dudgeon; they are also unfathomably ignorant of the most basic facts about history, economics, and the simple workings of the world around them. Alinsky, on the other hand, also seethed with resentment -- but he was far from ignorant. Mix a guy like Alinsky (or a Soros)-- a hater with brains -- and a mass like the OWS gang -- haters without brains -- and you get a veritable witches brew. This is one movement that isn't going away soon. Whether you call these people anarchists (as I do) or socialists or nihilists, they're lethal -- and we have reason to be worried.

[discount jerseys]

Not only are these people seething with indignation, umbrage, and dudgeon; they are also unfathomably ignorant of the most basic facts about history, economics, and the simple workings of the world around them. Alinsky, on the other hand, also seethed with resentment -- but he was far from ignorant. Mix a guy like Alinsky (or a Soros)-- a hater with brains -- and a mass like the OWS gang -- haters without brains -- and you get a veritable witches brew.