Saul Alinsky. Rules for Radicals

(Part 3 of a 5-part series this week about Alinsky)

From Rules for Radicals, Alinsky’s now-famous rules for organizing.

Rule 1: Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have. Power has always derived from two main sources, people and money. Lacking money, the Have-Nots must always build [...]

San Bernardino video on ACORN released

James O’Keefe, who filmed it with Hannah Giles, posing as pimp and prostitute, just posted it saying

**This is a Part I of the ACORN San Bernardino exposé. Updates to follow…

Alinsky Rule #8: Keep the pressure on. Never let up.

The ACORN employee, among other things, tells them maybe to [...]

House passes landmark wind energy R&D bill

It authorizes $200 million in R&D for five years and passed on a voice vote with bipartisan support. So, sounds like it’ll pass the Senate too. Excellent.

[The bill will] carry out a program of research and development to improve the energy efficiency, reliability, and capacity of wind turbines; optimize the design and adaptability [...]

Jimmy Carter: Much of the heated opposition to Obama is racially based

Carter further said Obama, because of his personal qualities, will be able to triumph over this.

Bernanke says the recession is over

But maybe no one told him about The ghost fleet of the recession.

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Why did ACORN do it?

What was in it for ACORN to advise clients to break the law, evade taxes, be prostitutes, smuggle in illegal child prostitutes, and the whole rest of the tired litany of offenses that right-wing videographer James O’Keefe nailed them with.

And nail them he did. Let’s get that straight. ACORN, for whatever good it may [...]

ACORN caught in yet more incriminating videos

This is the third set of videos with ACORN staff detailing to clients how to break the law, avoid taxes, while ignoring obvious (apparent) signs of prostitution and child prostitution. ACORN is not defensible. They clearly appear to be a criminal enterprise and need to be put out of business.

NY Post

The scandal surrounding [...]

Mega 1.4 GW wind farm planned for Washington

It’ll have 795 wind turbines outputting a whopping 1.4 GW of power, more than most coal plants or nukes.

More like this, please.

Saul Alinsky. On organizing the middle class

(Part 2 of a 5-part series this week about Alinsky)

From the Playboy interview with Saul Alinsky in 1972.

First, two quotes that maybe show who he was.

When “Rules for Radicals” was first published and received glowing reviews, Alinsy told his staff, “Don’t worry, boys, we’ll weather this storm of approval and come [...]

Big trouble For Bank Of America

By tossing out its Merrill Lynch settlement, a federal judge puts the bank back on the firing line.

Lawyers following the case said the decision could embolden New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to pursue charges against Bank of America executives.

Couldn’t happen to more deserving people. Zero Hedge

It is now high [...]