The guy who wrote this, Saul Alinsky, was a leftist scumbag. However his tactics and methodology are still highly effective and should be studied by anyone interested.
Here are the 11 Rules for Radicals:
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Think code pink on this one.Rule 1: Power is not only what you have, but what an opponent thinks you have. If your organization is small, hide your numbers in the dark and raise a din that will make everyone think you have many more people than you do.
On this site Pippy is a good example of this. His posts are narrow minded, lack substance, and he never responds to a valid alternate point of view.Rule 2: Never go outside the experience of your people.
The result is confusion, fear, and retreat.
Many ASSHATS use this almost daily. Laz tries to use this but he struggles to pull it off. I believe it is one of two Alinsky rules he has been able to memorize.Rule 3: Whenever possible, go outside the experience of an opponent. Here you want to cause confusion, fear, and retreat.
This is the "Gay rights rule" for socialists. The latest example is a full blown attack on Ms. California simply because she said what she believes.....that a man and woman is a marriage. How narrow minded can she be with such thoughts. You asshats are so full of crap. Pip started an entire thread here based on this. Everyone yawned it was so lame.Rule 4: Make opponents live up to their own book of rules. “You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.”
The favorite asshat rule of all time. The other rule Laz was able to remember. Seems to be the only rule Pip memorized. Don't even need to give examples on this one. Read a newspaper or this site.Rule 5: Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It’s hard to counterattack ridicule, and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.
Watch Obama for this one. He always looks like he hit the lottery these days....of course he did.Rule 6: A good tactic is one your people enjoy. “If your people aren’t having a ball doing it, there is something very wrong with the tactic.”
LAz's "warmonger" montra has reached this point. Of course the Chief ASSHAT didn't help him on that one. By the way is Haliburton still in Iraq?Rule 7: A tactic that drags on for too long becomes a drag. Commitment may become ritualistic as people turn to other issues.
The asshats here don't seem to understand this rule. You have to look to Obama's boys to see this at work. A new crisis everyday.Rule 8: Keep the pressure on. Use different tactics and actions and use all events of the period for your purpose. “The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition. It is this that will cause the opposition to react to your advantage.”
Chicago politics at it's worst now gone National. This Stimulis has to pass today or the economy WILL fail. Remember that is the day before Obama went to dinner with his wife. He didn't even bother to sign it until he got back from Chicago. So many others...pick your own.Rule 9: The threat is more terrifying than the thing itself. When Alinsky leaked word that large numbers of poor people were going to tie up the washrooms of O’Hare Airport, Chicago city authorities quickly agreed to act on a longstanding commitment to a ghetto organization. They imagined the mayhem as thousands of passengers poured off airplanes to discover every washroom occupied. Then they imagined the international embarrassment and the damage to the city’s reputation.
See above.Rule 10: The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative. Avoid being trapped by an opponent or an interviewer who says, “Okay, what would you do?”
Nationally look towards Limbaugh...he's in play. Here...it's Joe.Rule 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don’t try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.
So there you have the Handlers handbook. When the asshats post here refer back and see which of the rules they are using. Hey, it's easy and fun. Enjoy!!