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14 years ago @ Big Government - ACORN's Cultish Leader... · 0 replies · +1 points

not with ACORN

14 years ago @ Big Government - ACORN's Cultish Leader... · 2 replies · +1 points

What planet do you live on? Certainly not the same one that I do. ACORN - the new SA or SS? I think you misunderstand what these organizations do. Believe your myths if you like, but I know better.

14 years ago @ Big Government - ACORN's Cultish Leader... · 0 replies · 0 points

"Along with all of ACORN’s leaders, Rathke belongs in jail."

You won't get your wish, Matthew. In America, we have this thing called freedom and the right to assemble.

I know you draw a neat connection between the welfare and riot and ACORN's tactics. But it is not accurate. ACORN's tactics were NON-violent. Loud, yes. Insistent, yes. Rude, of course. In your face, by design. But they were non-violent.

ACORN was stupid to make so many mistakes (financial, staff training, administrative) that it made it easy for the right to set them up for a fall.

You should know, Matthew, that the rest of us are not that stupid. And we will continue to do the things that ACORN was doing (rallies, demonstrations, voter registration, GOTV operations).

Wade Rathke was merely the result of the Peter Principle. He rose to his highest level of incompetence.

Rathke is a superb organizer and strategy/tactic man. Not an administrator of a multi-million dollar operation.

Organzr4FR
30 years as an professional Alinsky Organizer

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - American Exceptionalis... · 0 replies · -2 points

"Progressives are Communists by a different name"

That would have to be a response with out philosophical or historic understanding. You have been studying at Beck University too much. Progressives have always been a species of democratic capitalism. Beck's nemesis, Woodrow Wilson put Socialist Eugene Victor Debs in prison for speaking out against American participation in World War I. Wilson set up the Palmer raids that rounded up "Reds" and sent them to jail.

I am not on Wilson's side on this. My hero is the guy he put in prison. But history and philosophy would say that the two are not the same.

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - American Exceptionalis... · 3 replies · -2 points

American Exceptionalism, as most people understand it, is a myth that we use to make ourselves feel good about ourselves. American Exceptionalism, as most historians understand it, has more to do with the question of why the United States does not express the class politics of Europe. America has a much more fluid class structure not found in Europe. The Socialist and Social Democratic Parties of Europe developed in response to the much more rigid class structures of Europe.

Ironically, American Progressivism of the early 20th Century was part of the "safety valve" of American Democratic Capitalism. The successes of Progressivism allowed America to reform capitialism without the necessity of Socialist transformation.

Many people on this blog may not like or agree with Progressivism. But the American Progressive impulse is one of the reasons why we do not have Socialism in the United States.

15 years ago @ Big Government - Reason.tv: In Defense ... · 1 reply · 0 points

I cannot believe that Payday Lending is being defended. These businesses are nothing but legalized loan sharking. City by City, State by State - we will drive them out of business. See how people are organizing to close Payday Lending down: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100716...

15 years ago @ Big Government - Progressive Christian ... · 1 reply · -9 points

Flame, I think your little candle has gone out! Try again, another cliche may work!

15 years ago @ Big Government - Progressive Christian ... · 7 replies · -44 points

GLENN BECK just knocked down the figure that SOJOURNERS got from the Open Society Institute to $200,000 from the exaggerated $7 Million.

Too bad, BIG GOVERNMENT! Rushing to press before you have all the facts!

15 years ago @ Big Government - Progressive Christian ... · 1 reply · -12 points

Some of the increase in revenue for Sojourners would have to be credited to the successful release of Jim Wallis' best seller, GOD'S POLITICS in 2005. Wallis' profile greatly increased after the release of that book. One of the main insights of GOD'S POLITICS was that progressives could not afford to ignore outreach to evangelicals and other Christians.

On the question of the $7 Million, Scott you claim reference to "unstated amounts". I have been in non-profit organizational management for decades and all grants by Foundations are "stated". O'Lasky knows this. This is how he discovered the $200,000 grant from the Open Society Institute. And franky the Open Society Institute supports many non profits of a progressive nature.

15 years ago @ Big Government - Progressive Christian ... · 3 replies · -30 points

Marvin O'Lasky's article in WORLD talks about $200,000. Where did this 7 Million Dollar figure come from?

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