Michael Blaskoski as per our conversation a few minutes ago This from DMs Memory - Adam Brandon, a spokesman for the conservative non-profit organization FreedomWorks, one of several groups involved in organizing Tea Party protests, says the group gives Alinskys Rules for Radicals to its top leadership members. A shortened guide called Rules for Patriots is distributed to its entire network. In a January 2012 story that appeared in The Wall Street Journal, citing the organizations tactic of sending activists to town-hall meetings, Brandon explained, his [Alinskys] tactics when it comes to grass-roots organizing are incredibly effective. Former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey also gives copies of Alinskys book Rules for Radicals to Tea Party leaders.... Death He wrote: Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals. New York: Random House, 1971. And very soon after..... Alinsky died at the age of 63 of a sudden, massive heart attack in 1972, on a street corner in Carmel, California. I mean its like Go Directly to JAIL Do NOT Pass GO do NOT Collect 200 dollars. Two months previously, he had discussed life after death in his interview with Playboy. ALINSKY: ... if there is an afterlife, and I have anything to say about it, I will unreservedly choose to go to hell. PLAYBOY: Why? ALINSKY: Hell would be heaven for me. All my life Ive been with the have-nots. Over here, if youre a have-not, youre short of dough. If youre a have-not in hell, youre short of virtue. Once I get into hell, Ill start organizing the have-nots over there. PLAYBOY: Why them? ALINSKY: Theyre my kind of people. This was all so funny I have not stopped laughing yet (I knew an activist woman in Tucson - she ran the avant gard movie house - who channeled these sentiments at times. She ended up in law school. Our lead activist law professor -who in spite of my occasional gripes about what passes for activists these days was both a real prince and a Mensch at the same time never knew quite what to make of her. She probably crossed paths with Alinsky. What a kidder. The other really funny thing is look who is making the best use of Old Saul now.. And it shows. Well there is an old saying Be Careful What you wish for. It may come true. Indeed. However from the sound of him I suspect he may have actually been able to have a sense of humor about it.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:04:53 +0000
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