[don-o]

ping and read later

We (”conservatives”) seem to believe that organizing to “fight the power” is solely a tactic of the left. I guess that’s because we have a notion that we deserve success, and we will have ut, because we are right.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I myself was trained (40 years ago!) by one of Alinsky's disciples: Cesar Chavez/United Farm Workers, who were taught by ("The Legendary") Fred Ross, who was taught by ("The Uber-Legendary") Alinsky himself.

Two principles which stuck in my mind:

(1) "The goal is not to solve the problem, but to escalate it."

You can see that with the way the Obamanoids have reacted to the Wall Street crisis. They want to fan the panic. They want financial institutions to collapse, because it makes people desperate for "change" (any change) and it hastens the demise of capitalism, which of course they see as a consummation devoutly to be desired.

(2) "The action is in the RE-action."

(The idea is Jiu-Jitso: antagonize the opponent until he plunges in heavily and makes a bad misstep, and then exploit the hell out of it.)

Expect the Obama orgnization to intentionally try to provoke McCain's famous temper until he explodes, and then portray him as a dangerous madman.