Saul Alinsky's rules for radicals

Here are 12 of Saul Alinksy's rules for radicals, full list is available if you click on the title...

RULE 1: "Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have." Power is derived from 2 main sources - money and people. "Have-Nots" must build power from flesh and blood. (These are two things of which there is a plentiful supply. Government and corporations always have a difficult time appealing to people, and usually do so almost exclusively with economic arguments.)

money and people, $600 million rasied during the campaign and 2+ million people registered online not counting moveon.org and dailykos kooks. All the more reason to go to grassfire.org and sign up people.

RULE 2: "Never go outside the expertise of your people." It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone. (Organizations under attack wonder why radicals don't address the "real" issues. This is why. They avoid things with which they have no knowledge.)

Just look at his cabinet, enough said...

RULE 3: "Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy." Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. (This happens all the time. Watch how many organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address.)

can you say terrorist attack? People were concerned about "flase-flag" terrorism under Bush... I'm not saying Obama is even that competant to pull shit like that off but if he just lets a terrorist attack happen is that not just as bad? Also, kiss the 2nd amendment goodbye if his people have their way, and once that happens expect the 1st to go soon after.

RULE 4: "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules." If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity's very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip away at the damage.)

Ok now this is just getting creepy. Remember the election cycle?

RULE 5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." There is no defense. It's irrational. It's infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)

Does he carry a copy of this book around like some people carry the Bible? I'm starting to think he does...

RULE 6: "A good tactic is one your people enjoy." They'll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They're doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones. (Radical activists, in this sense, are no different that any other human being. We all avoid "un-fun" activities, and but we revel at and enjoy the ones that work and bring results.)

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RULE 7: "A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag." Don't become old news. (Even radical activists get bored. So to keep them excited and involved, organizers are constantly coming up with new tactics.)

again, really? Why has no one in the MSM analyzed this? Oh right their too busy sucking on his cock...

RULE 8: "Keep the pressure on. Never let up." Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)

He doesn't even have to do this, he's got his mindless supporters to do it for him

RULE 9: "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself." Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist. (Perception is reality. Large organizations always prepare a worst-case scenario, something that may be furthest from the activists' minds. The upshot is that the organization will expend enormous time and energy, creating in its own collective mind the direst of conclusions. The possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.)

Ok one where he's not really following it, to our knowledge that is.

RULE 10: "If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive." Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog. (Unions used this tactic. Peaceful [albeit loud] demonstrations during the heyday of unions in the early to mid-20th Century incurred management's wrath, often in the form of violence that eventually brought public sympathy to their side.)

see: Inaguration speech

RULE 11: "The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative." Never let the enemy score points because you're caught without a solution to the problem. (Old saw: If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Activist organizations have an agenda, and their strategy is to hold a place at the table, to be given a forum to wield their power. So, they have to have a compromise solution.)
He's got people already doing this. But this could be a problem for him, he doesn't have many solutions

RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)

Wait, didn't this just happen like yesterday? Yeah it did, and no one outside of Michael Savage noticed. Great, people we need an opposition. Messages to all conservatives out there GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND START CALLING DC, YOUR VOICE CAN BE HEARD EVEN IF YOUR CONGRESSMAN OR SENATOR IS A DEM, LET THEM KNOW WERE NOT GOING TO ROLL OVER LIKE THE "REPUBLICANS" IN DC ARE. STAND UP AND FIGHT PEOPLE!!!!