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Cloward-Piven Government
American Thinker ^ | November 23, 2009 | James Simpson

Posted on 11/22/2009 11:12:54 PM PST by neverdem

It is time to cast aside all remaining doubt. President Obama is not trying to lead America forward to recovery, prosperity and strength. Quite the opposite, in fact.

In September of last year, American Thinker published my article, Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis. Part of a series, it connected then presidential candidate Barack Obama to individuals and organizations practicing a malevolent strategy for destroying our economy and our system of government. Since then the story of that strategy has found its way across the blogosphere, onto the airwaves of radio stations across the country, the Glenn Beck television show, Bill O'Reilly and now Mark Levin.

The methodology is known as the Cloward-Piven Strategy, and we can all be grateful to David Horowitz and his Discover the Networks for originally exposing and explaining it to us. He describes it as:

The strategy of forcing political change through orchestrated crisis. The "Cloward-Piven Strategy" seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.

Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven were two lifelong members of Democratic Socialists of America and taught sociology at Columbia University (Piven later went on to City University of New York). In a May, 1966 Nation magazine article titled "The Weight of the Poor," they outlined their strategy, proposing to use grassroots radical organizations to push ever more strident demands for public services at all levels of government.

The result, they predicted, would be "a profound financial and political crisis" that would unleash "powerful forces ... for major economic reform at the national level."

They implemented the Strategy by creating a succession of radical organizations but most notably the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), with the help of veteran organizer Wade Rathke. Their crowning achievement was the "Motor Voter" act, signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1993 with Cloward and Piven standing behind him.

As we now know, ACORN was one of the chief drivers of high-risk mortgage lending that eventually led to the financial crisis. But the Motor Voter law was another component of the strategy. It created vast vulnerabilities in our electoral system which ACORN then exploited.
ACORN's vote registration scandals throughout the U.S. are predictable fallout.

The Motor Voter law has also been used to open another vulnerability in the system: the registration of vast numbers of illegal aliens, who then vote reliably Democrat. Herein lies the real reason Democrats are so anxious for open borders, security be damned.

It should be clear to anyone with a mind and two eyes that this president and this Congress do not have our interests at heart. They are implementing this strategy on an unprecedented scale by flooding America with a tidal wave of poisonous initiatives, orders, regulations and laws. As Rahm Emmanuel said, "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste."

The real goal of "healthcare" legislation, the real goal of "cap and trade," the real goal of "stimulus" is to rip the guts out of our private economy and transfer wide swaths of it over to government control. Do not be deluded by the propaganda. These initiatives are vehicles for change. They are not goals in and of themselves, except in their ability to deliver power, and will make matters much worse, for that is their design.

This time, in addition to overwhelming the government with demands for services, Obama and the Democrats are overwhelming political opposition to their plans with a flood of apocalyptic legislation. Their ultimate goal is to leave us so discouraged, demoralized and exhausted that we throw our hands up in defeat. As Barney Frank said "the middle class will be too distracted to fight."

These people are our enemies. They don't use guns, yet, but they are just as dangerous, determined and duplicitous as the communists we faced in the Cold War, Korea, Vietnam and bush wars across the globe, and the Nazis we faced in World War II.

It is time we fully internalized and digested this fact, with all its ugly ramifications. These people have violated countless laws, and could be prosecuted, had we the political power. Not only are their policies unconstitutional, but deliberately so - the goal being to make the Constitution irrelevant. Their spending is off the charts and will drive us into hyperinflation, but could be rescinded, had we the political power. These policies are toxic, but could be stopped and reversed, had we the political power. Their ideologies are poisonous, but could be exposed for what they are, with long jail sentences as an object lesson, had we the political power.

Every single citizen who cares about this country should be spending every minute of his/her spare time lobbying, organizing, writing and planning. Fight every initiative they launch. It is all destructive. If we are to root out this evil, it is critical that in 2010 we win competent, principled leaders willing to defend our constitution and our country. Otherwise the malevolent cabal that occupies the seat of government today will become too entrenched.

After that all bets are off.

Businessman and Examiner.com columnist Jim Simpson is a former White House staff economist and budget analyst. You may read more of his articles on his blog, Truth and Consequences.


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To: bamahead; neverdem
Isn't is surprising that barely anyone knows about Cloward-Priven! ( /sarcasm )

Could it be that their movements depend heavily on financial support from George Soros’s Open Society Institute and his “Shadow Party,” through whose support the Cloward-Piven strategy continues to provide a blueprint for some of the Left’s most ambitious campaigns?

41 posted on 11/23/2009 12:08:37 PM PST by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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To: neverdem

Yes. They also learned from the Reagan years, wherein it was his strategy to starve liberal social programs of funding due to the requirements of winning the Cold War. Double reason they despised Reagan (Socialism lost ground AND he defeated Soviet communism).


42 posted on 11/23/2009 12:19:51 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government -- Thomas Payne)
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To: neverdem

I feel like I’m standing at the shore of the ocean watching a huge storm form off the coast. I don’t want to die, but I don’t want to live as a serf for some dictatorial regieme, either.

I read this article and I took a deep breath, and I wondered about that saying telling me that freedom is watered with the blood of patriots. God help us.


43 posted on 11/23/2009 12:20:15 PM PST by redpoll
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To: rockabyebaby

Something for the (((GB))) group...


44 posted on 11/23/2009 1:32:13 PM PST by Clinging Bitterly (MMM MMM MM!)
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To: redpoll
I feel like I’m standing at the shore of the ocean watching a huge storm form off the coast

Stout heart, sir or madame. Nobody wants what's coming, except maybe a few of the real crazies on both sides. But make no mistake, it's coming whether we want it or not.

Anyone who tells you they aren't scared is either crazy or lying and working with crazy people or liars is a poor strategy for long term survival.

I suggest you plan the work, and then work the plan. It may not help much but it'll keep your mind focused until the crap hits the fan.

There's a reason every military unit in history has a bunch of mindless menial tasks for the grunts.

Good luck.

L

45 posted on 11/23/2009 1:38:08 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: neverdem

My elderly Democrat mother did not believe me when I tried to warn her about this stuff last year - now the only thing that has finally gotten her attention is the thought of Medicare cuts. I’m sure there are many more like her - Bambi is like a black JFK to her.


46 posted on 11/23/2009 1:52:58 PM PST by GnuHere
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To: neverdem
This is something I'm more or less convinced is in place and being played out. But it is older than Cloward-Piven and McCarthy was right.

I have seen the Yuri Alexandrovic Bezmenov lectures and interviews from the ‘80s and his stories of enduring Soviet infiltration ring true. I have believed for a long time my district's Democratic US Congressman is one of them and likewise Stanley Ann Dunham and her associates including her son (who would love nothing more than to have me mention his name - just not his middle one).

The Soviet machine is very much alive.

47 posted on 11/23/2009 1:57:54 PM PST by Clinging Bitterly (MMM MMM MM!)
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To: GnuHere

I have the same problem with an elderly aunt. She absolutely could not see the destruction of this country by the Democratic Party and it wasn’t until the Medicare cuts that she finally believed the things I’ve been telling her.


48 posted on 11/23/2009 4:33:54 PM PST by mia
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To: Jess Kitting
Is that right, folks? Do we really not have the political power to stop the constitution and country from being destroyed by the Obamamites?

We HAVE the power. We have the majority of real Americans on our side -- and easily 95% of the military. We need to let the generals know that we'll have their back if they decide to act to protect the Constitution. If the generals won't do it, then maybe the colonels will. The military is the ONE branch of government that I still trust.
49 posted on 11/23/2009 5:00:47 PM PST by USALiberty
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
...my article, Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis. Part of a series, it connected then presidential candidate Barack Obama to individuals and organizations practicing a malevolent strategy for destroying our economy and our system of government. Since then the story of that strategy has found its way across the blogosphere, onto the airwaves of radio stations across the country, the Glenn Beck television show, Bill O'Reilly and now Mark Levin. The methodology is known as the Cloward-Piven Strategy, and we can all be grateful to David Horowitz and his Discover the Networks for originally exposing and explaining it to us.
The kulaks must be liquidated as a class. Thanks neverdem.
50 posted on 11/23/2009 6:02:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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51 posted on 11/23/2009 7:27:59 PM PST by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available FREE at KnightsForLife.org)
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To: Cobra64
I've yet to see the rope come out.

I think that most people still want to see an orderly and peaceful resolution - not a revolution, even though the level of public anger and distrust toward Washington is worse than at any time I've ever seen it.

I know what the Democrats' plan is. They're all too aware that we're on the verge of exploding in rebellion, so they're working overtime to execute a long-term strategy which will keep them in power, and which will fundamentally alter our form of government before we blow up.

It's become very apparent that they're in a race against time, and that time is not on their side.

52 posted on 11/23/2009 8:19:18 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Jess Kitting
Do we really not have the political power to stop the constitution and country from being destroyed by the Obamamites?

We have more than just political power. We are the very engine that propels and gives life to the entity known as The United States of America.

We are the ultimate force in this country, but we must all stand as one and confront the commie bastards together, to put a stop to this.

53 posted on 11/23/2009 8:25:42 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier
think that most people still want to see an orderly and peaceful resolution - not a revolution, even though the level of public anger and distrust toward Washington is worse than at any time I've ever seen it.

I know what the Democrats' plan is. They're all too aware that we're on the verge of exploding in rebellion, so they're working overtime to execute a long-term strategy which will keep them in power, and which will fundamentally alter our form of government before we blow up.

It's become very apparent that they're in a race against time, and that time is not on their side.

Very true. That's why the dems are going to push amnesty through ASAP. Then we're finished.

54 posted on 11/23/2009 8:27:19 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: Cobra64
That's why the dems are going to push amnesty through ASAP. Then we're finished.

Friend, we'll never be finished, unless we all just lay down and give up. I refuse to do that.

55 posted on 11/23/2009 8:38:42 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: KTM rider

>>One of their favorite arguments is “ so look at what the republicans did while they were in control for the last 8 years and show me it’s any different”

Worth saying again.

And it’s not even just the generic liberals. It’s also more middle-of-the-road types who are looking for someone representing restraint in spending. The GOP leadership really screwed the pooch with “compassionate conservatism” ( = socialism lite. And sometimes not so lite).


56 posted on 11/24/2009 2:44:02 AM PST by FreedomPoster (No Representation without Taxation!)
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To: neverdem


(A Timely)
BUMP TO THE TOP


57 posted on 11/28/2011 10:57:49 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (I can take tomorrow, spend it all today. Who can take your income, tax it all away. Obama Man can. :)
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