Community Organizing

[Taem]

I find it interesting that a tactic used for decades by the left in the US, has suddenly become huge news when employed by the right. Here is Media Matters spin on the whole thing. I think it is a bad sign when both sides rear their ugly radical, hate blinded, stone deaf heads.

When I was at the University, I intentionally joined the "Peace Studies" student organization in opposition to the "Protesting Student Organization", or was that "Progressive Student Organization". The PSO tactic was to march around with a deafening cacophony, interrupt well attended and unrelated events and hold up pithy banners to get attention, and to chain themselves to inanimate objects until the police would cut them loose and drag them off to the paddy wagons. Meanwhile, my group would write letters, use connections, have civil meetings with policy makers, and organize peaceful events where people were allowed to actually speak and voice their opinions.

I'm still recovering from the heartrending advert by the WWF (not the wrestling one), regarding the terrible plight of the drowning polar bears. Yes, the same ones whose population has quintupled in the past 50 years. I'd say judging by what I've seen in Churchill, that the polar bears are doing just fine living inland.

In other news, what do Obama and Nixon now have in common? They both abuse(d) the power of the White house to engage in domestic spying, and attempts to bully and intimidate citizens who are political opponents. It's not quite yet to the level of sending the CIA and FBI out to make lists of activists, and then rendition them off to Gitmo, or reeducation camps.<blockquote>"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."</blockquote>Well I just happen to know a little site that is filled with fishy health care advice.

I read this and I read it again, and still I am totally lost to what point you are trying to make. I'm sure it all makes sense in your head, so care to sum it all up, because it all seems like nonsense to me, no offense.