Being well-organized is a good thing!

I have been trying to make two arguments here in several posts over the last month. One is that Saul Alinsky was not the monster he is being portrayed to be by our leaders of the conservative movement. Unfortunately, conservatives have read that argument, and are so shocked by the heresy of it, that they miss my other argument completely. My other argument is that being well-organized is a good thing. The more we are organized, the less powerless we shall feel, and the more willing we shall be to stand up and try to stop the Obama socialist train.

Leaders like Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity seem to understand this point instinctively. They are presently involved in encouraging a September 12 march on Washington D.C. Time and again I have made the point that Rush Limbaugh is more like Saul Alinsky than Alinsky himself. Limbaugh is a master of Alinsky tactics designed to ridicule the "bad guys" and "bad girls," thus freeing Limbaugh's listeners, along with listeners of other talk radio hosts and hostesses, from being immobilized by their fears, and encouraging them to become informed (reading the proposed bills) and to attend public meetings and speak up for traditional American values.

Conservatives began to get organized after John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate. Then came September and October, when President Bush seemed to just throw up his hands and give unprecedented power to Treasury Secretary Paulson, who, in turn, rescued his cronies at Goldman Sachs. That just took away all the momentum Sarah Palin had brought to the campaign. The left, however, realized they had a galvanizing issue; they became extremely well-organized, and Obama rode the wave into the White House.

My point, dear readers, is that through organization the powerless become powerful and are able to make changes. Let's not take pride in being powerless!