The Father of American Socialism

“Lest we forget at least an over the shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins - or which is which), the very first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom - Lucifer.”  - Saul Alinsky

Did you ever hear of Saul Alinsky? He was a "community organizer" from Chicago, Illinois. Hmmm, sound familiar?

He was, by all accounts known first as a political activist and considered the founder of modern community organizing. He was also a writer whose notable works included “Reveille for Radicals”, published in 1946 and “Rules for Radicals”, published in 1971, just before his death.

Time Magazine once wrote, "American democracy is being altered by his ideas", that great conservative thinker, William F Buckley Jr. said he was "very close to being an organizational genius." His ideas were adapted on some college campuses by left-leaning students and teachers which have influenced college campuses to this day.

In his book Rules for Radicals, he teaches us there are 8 levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a socialist state.  The first is the most important:

Rules for Radicals (Photo credit: Wikipedia)important:

1) Healthcare - Control healthcare and you control the people

2)  Poverty - Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.

3) Debt - Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.

4) Gun Control - Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government.  That way you are able to create a Police state.

5) Welfare - Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income)

6) Education - Take control of what people read and listen to.  Take control of what children learn in school.

7) Religion - Remove the belief in God from the government and schools.

8) Class Warfare - Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.

It appears that some of the leaders in today's Democrat Party have decided that this is now the mantra to be professed by Democrats rather than philosophy of FDR, Harry Truman, JFK, Scoop Jackson or Jimmy Carter. The days of a pro-American, Pro-Constitution Democratic Party is now over with the advent of Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama running the party.

What is so amazing to me is that good Democrats like Chris Van Hollen, Andrew Cuomo, Ed Rendell and Joe Manchin, among others, go along with the hijack of their party by these extreme left-leaning politicians. I guess the belief "now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party" is dead, at least to Democrats. Too bad because it really should be "now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their COUNTRY."

Certainly, Saul Alinsky, as well as Lucifer, is laughing in Hell as our God-fearing Nation is falling down around us because Alinsky's rules are coming to pass. God help us!