Posted on 04/19/2010 7:01:56 AM PDT by cricket
Although nearly 1,000 people filled San Francisco's Union Square for a Tax Day Tea Party, their voices reverberating off the canyon of skyscrapers, San Francisco's media elite was MIA. No surprise, San Francisco Chronicle blogger Harmon Leon was unable to shed his uber-left bias to do any objective reporting about the 2nd annual Tea Party organized by the Bay Area Patriots, "the original San Francisco Tea Party" group, in his City Brights blog.
For example, if Mr. Leon bothered to do real research -- that is, talk to the tea partiers -- he might have learned that conservatives are devouring pocket-sized copies of "Barack Obama's Rules for Revolution: The Alinsky Model" by David Horowitz.
Mr. Leon would have discovered that conservatives are getting dialed in to the philosophy and tactics of Saul Alinsky and the left ... including its usual tricks of deception (tea partiers are racist homophobes), ridicule (Mr. Leon repeatedly called tea partiers "Tea Baggers") and demonization (blah, blah, blah). While it's common knowledge that Barack Obama was a disciple of Alinsky and even taught Alinsky's methods in Chicago, what's not so readily apparent is Alinsky's radicals' end goal: destruction of society from the inside out. Horowitz's book lays out the game plan in simple, concise terms and has become required reading for all conservatives and tea partiers.
In addition, if Mr. Leon had used his powers of observation, he would have noticed the creative ways Bay Area Patriots make their political points. For instance, at every Bay Area Patriots event, we do something unique: We invite veterans and immigrants and everyday people to come on stage and speak out, standing on a 6' x 6' piece of Astroturf -- a poke at Nancy Pelosi and David Axelrod's assertion that any opposition to President Obama is somehow artificial, manufactured, or "Astroturf."
(Axelrod himself invented Astroturf politics in Chicago, creating political causes and campaigns out of thin air based on manufactured outrage.)
To dramatize the enormity of our debt, the Bay Area Patriots presented a group of young singers against the backdrop of America's Budget Deficettes--a chorus line of top-hatted women holding two-foot-tall cards enumerating $13,000,000,000,000. (Does Congress know there are 12 zeroes in a trillion?) There was a poignant Moment of Being Silenced, when tea partiers stood eerily quiet, their mouths taped shut with a swath of blue tape, vividly demonstrating how this administration and Democrat-controlled Congress has tried to shut up the opposition and shut down dissent. We fleshed out the itinerary with political satirist Eric Golub, an appearance by Melanie Morgan, local candidates, and musical interludes, including a blistering parody of "American Pie," written and led by Bay Area Patriots' founder/organizer Sally Zelikovsky.
For the finale, we used a 70-foot-long foam chain, accompanied by Pink Floyd's "The Wall," to show how big government and radical far-left policies shackle us and limit opportunity, freedom, and prosperity. Even Mr. Leon was flummoxed by the Bay Area Patriots' finale: "Claiming that the government is ‘Big Brother' has always been a liberal thing--that's a staple in our bag of tricks. How dare the right wing take away our beloved government/Big Brother comparison!"
Lastly, we were prepared for the loony left's plants, and used bright pink "Infiltraitor" signs with arrows to smoke out the tea party crashers. Again, in print, Leon admitted we beat the left at its own game: "The Tea Baggers even used the opportunity to squash any attempt at ‘funny' with their counter-counter-protest signs."
From Mr. Leon's comments, it appears the left isn't used to conservatives fighting back. But the Bay Area Patriots who packed Union Square last week proved they could and would protest the administration's far left agenda, and do it peacefully, intelligently, creatively, and with a sense of FUN. And they could and would do it on the left's "home turf" of San Francisco. Get used to it, Mr. Leon: The Tea Party movement is here to stay, whether the left likes it or not.
Misled by a liberal media and Obama's slick, manufactured "Change you can believe in" campaign, even life-long Dems are waking up. The agenda of this regime looks more like "Chains you won't believe."
Conservatives understand this is a historical moment in our country. People who have never been politically engaged are attending protests, forming conservative groups, getting involved in the electoral process, and studying the Constitution. We're also studying the Alinsky tactics of the left, and paying close attention to the radicals' most important weapon, deception. As David Horowitz says in "Rules for the Revolution":
The Founders devised a system of checks and balances to temper the passions of the people and prevent factions from going to war. It is because this is the reality of American democracy that revolutionary warfare, which is not about compromise, must be conducted through deception. Thus the rules for the organizers of revolutions, laid down by Alinsky, are rules for deception.
Instead of deception, conservatives will rely on other tools to win the war. Tools like the Constitution, faith, integrity, and a sense of humor. Game on.
Gini Wolters lives in Marin County and has helped Bay Area Patriots plan several events in Marin and San Francisco, including this year's Tax Day Tea Party at Union Square. She sheepishly admits she was a Democrat for 33 years///Posted by Thomas Lifson
LOl/ but of course, his premise re 'purpose' does not really speak to that. But glad you mentioned it nonetheless.
It does speak to what are 'missing pieces' when at least, comparing the 'Right Way' versus the Left's. It speaks to what is the Leftist MO per protests, that of silencing' their opposition. Debased behaviors - engendered by their fascist/self-serving intentions which stands in abject contrast to intentions by 'Right'; and to those of any - authentic - Tea Party participants. The Left's protesting MO; IS an organized self-servance, played against those they expect to accommodate it.
(think: Baby, banging spoon in high chair/throwing food. What the Left offers are organized tantrums. They should embarass themselves; but, like 'babies' have no 'self-conscience/consciousness'.) Beyond that; of course; they cannot be excused. These are 'big people' unplugged.
You'll always have Pat Buchanan's Reform Party.
You got it! Seriously, I think he makes more sense than all the tea partiers steeped together!
“They Believe that it is wrong for the goberment to take %50 of the fruits of their labor, or how-bout we say they don’t like being half a slave.”
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Half a slave? I have seen figures that say that a slave on a typical cotton plantation in the eighteen fifties actually consumed a larger percentage of his own production than the average American taxpayer.
Under the Feudal system the serfs probably averaged giving one third of their production to the Knight who owned the land. Taxpayers now may pay fifty percent to the government and then they have to buy their own land and house.
Half a slave? You may want to recalculate that. It is only the vastly greater productivity of modern methods that allow the government to take the huge percentage that it now takes, under old methods there would not be enough left to sustain life in the slaves. The parasite would kill the host at current levels of taxation.
It is really only the tremendous productivity of modern agricultural methods (and secondarily the great productivity of industry) that allows us to pretend that we are NOT all slaves. Of course I only refer to those who still pay taxes. We have another class of citizens that was unknown in feudal times, the Drones who consume far more than they produce but rather than being considered idle nobility they are called the poor. Poor used to mean someone who lacked the basic necessities of life, now it refers to someone who lives rather well but not by his own labor.
Of course we still have the royals and nobles but they are called politicians, athletes, entertainers etc. Mostly our jesters are unintentionally so, many of them bear the title of “Reverend”.
Well its easy to see where you get you news and information, the very fact that you had to ask what the Tee Parties believe in indicates your sources are limited.
Yes the MSN has been having fun mischaracterizing the Tee Parties, President Bush, the war on terror, the economy, Islam, racism, global warming and every other “cause” to the point where their market share looks like a deflated tire already running on the rim. Their print media is all but dead, the nightly new casts have lower ratings than a light night comedian pretending to be a newsman. Tens of thousands of former network news employees are laughing as they reach into the dumpster for their next meal.
A big part of the Tee Parties movement is mocking and exposing the MSM along with corrupt government. No one cares what the MSM thinks anymore, what remaining credibility they once had was sacrificed in their zeal to elect theirchosen one.
The fact that you found Free Republic is a step in the right direction of freeing your mind.
Thank Heaven for David Horowitz!
So true!
(Don't know if you read his book 'Radical Son'; but was the closest to 'fly on the wall' per radicalism of sxites-including Black Panthers; whom he worked for; through Chicago Convention/riots and the scenes behind the 'scene' and through his final 'aha' moments per evils of Leftism and his eventual embracing of 'Reaganism'.
(And his childhood certainly explained the 'red diaper babies'; and as well; explains how it is, McCarthy was right.
A great read for all; including of course, the mature but 'still Liberal' - and proud of it - friend, you might have - or just one you 'know'/lol/; who has not a clue, really; as to what it is about.
Great comments. . .
What do you think?
Why do you think it's about money?
PLEASE FORWARD these links to anyone who has been lied to by the media and politicians about the Tea Party Movement.
(Which of course is everybody),
“The True Face of the Tea Partiers”
Part One:
http://www.youtube.com/user/tarzantripes2#p/a/u/1/_Pm1k7MK850
Part Two:
http://www.youtube.com/user/tarzantripes2#p/a/u/0/NDQWkBcq3qw
They focus on only one thing-—taxes. Taxes and money are not the only things they should be concerned about. A fellow freeper pointed me toward the Reform Party. They enunciated, clearly, whatthey stood for and listed their principles. All I see with these tea partiers is a bunch of angry old women worried about taxes and health care reform. Sorry.
For certain, no arguing for the 'rules per se; and the Leftist MO behind them. But Alynsky does takes some basic 'psychology' and puts a political point on it by adding degraded Marxist MO. I think by this story; it is clear; what the Tea Party folks used and how well it worked; if only by 'changing the tables'- making a 'wrong' a right.
We are told that 'perception is reality'; we know that an idea, if it is repeated often enough; takes on a life of it's own i.e. (Bush lied/people died/it's Bush's Fault). Political Correctness is the most dangerous of Marxist tools i.e.change the word - change perception. We need to use words that bring us back to the truth! We see that working in the very name 'Tea Party' and that all this now conjures. We don't want to 'destroy' our target; we need only identify and destroy the lies behind it.
LOl...
Photo Shop... Alynsky in a picture - and worth a thousand words. And more strange; a truth actually told!
Excellent reply!
LOL! The smell of troll is strong on this one.
Have fun with it till it’s gone.
Tea Party convention I went to here was big on Palin and social conservatism as much as fiscal stuff.
but nationwide the media portrays them as mostly fiscal
hard to tell
Dick Morris said the other night if there was a leader it was Palin
I doubt these San Fransiisco tea partiers are social righties but I could be wrong.
Yup, I’ve read it. Of course, all his “friends” turned on him in hatred after his conversion away from the dark side.
That's probably more of a commentary on you than them. Sorry.
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