Busted! - Obama's Revolution

There's a fascinating YouTube video that explains exactly how Barack Obama was elected. It's titled "Obama voters-Brainwashed with Change." None of those interviewed in this video can articulate exactly what they think Obama stands for other than change. The voters are black, white, young and old but they all believe that Obama as president will bring a change to the government. By now after a year and a half in office, many are now disappointed that the change is hardly what they were expecting but astute observers of Obama know that the he's done exactly what he was groomed to do as a revolutionary protégé of Saul Alinsky.

I don't normally watch the Glenn beck show but I do know that he speaks frequently about the connection between the president and Alinsky. What brought clarity to the connection was a big surprise since it came from a most unexpected source.

A fellow artist whom I had rarely discussed politics with and whom I had assumed was a diehard Democrat joined me in a conversation about the economy. He knew I was a conservative writer and had been following my online columns. I had always seen signs on his lawn for Democrat candidates so avoided broaching political issues. Although he did not confide whether he had voted for Obama, he made no bones now about what he thought about the direction we are headed for. He then showed me a pamphlet written by David Horowitz titled, "Barack Obama's Rules for Revolution-The Alinsky Model."

Although Barack Obama claimed to be a moderate in the 2008 presidential campaign, once he knew the election was in the bag he crowed, "We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America."

Following the Saul Alinsky model, he has done exactly that and all one has to do is read his rules for revolution. Mr. Alinsky was way smarter than the typical radical leftists that cropped up in the 1960s. He knew that Americans would reject these grungy, flag burning hippies as personae non grata. While the Haydens, Hoffmans and Rubins of the time were creating the riots at the 68 Democratic convention, the Alinsky radicals were insinuating themselves into the various war on poverty program sand directing federal funds into their own organizations. It is important to distinguish what an Alinky radical wants - to take power from the "Haves" and give it to the "Have-nots." This utopian ideal has never ever worked because of the human factor but it is their noble excuse for destroying the established order.

On page 29 of the Horowitz book, the Obama revolution is so clearly exposed that it should send chills up every American's spine:

"Alinsky's advice can be summed up in the following way. Even though you are at war with the system, don't confront it as an opposing army; join it and undermine it as a fifth column from within. To achieve this infiltration you must work inside the system for the time being. Alinsky spells out exactly what this means: 'Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude towards change among the mass of our people.' In other words, it is first necessary to sell the people on change itself, the 'audacity of hope,' and 'yes we can.' You do this by proposing moderate changes which open the door to your radical agenda: 'Remember: once you organize people around something as commonly agreed upon as pollution, then an organized people is on the move. From there it's a short and natural step to political pollution, to Pentagon pollution.'"

To an Alinsky radical, the issue is never important. It is just a means to mobilize the troops and his model was to work through community leaders like Barack Obama.

What many do not know is that as a Wellesley student Hillary Rodham interviewed Alinsky for her thesis "There is Only the Fight: An Analysis of the Alinsky Model." She concluded that the cause - whether inner city blacks or women - is never the real cause, but only an occasion to advance the real cause which is the accumulation of power to make the revolution. She also identified Alinsky with Eugene Debs, Walt Whitman and Martin Luther King whom she said were equally feared. While First Lady Clinton, she lent support to projects endorsed by the Industrial Areas Foundation, an Alinsky group. She also made sure that she would be identified as a progressive rather than the word, "liberal."

David Horowitz is a former radical son of communist parents who knows exactly what a radical believes in and writes, "In my experience conservatives are generally too decent and too civilized to match up adequately with their radical adversaries, at least in the initial stages of the battle. They are too prone to give them the benefit of the doubt, to believe that there is goodness and good sense in them which will outweigh their determination to change the world."

Have we reached that stage where the real battle of the ideologies will begin? I certainly hope so. It was illuminating to see the frustration and anger on the face of my artist friend who expressed his frustration living in the nanny state of New York City. He blurted out, "They're going to tell me what light bulbs to buy and they're going too far with this recycling." In certain communities, residents are being forced to buy recycling cans or face fines. NYC is pondering charging for sanitation. "What are my taxes paying for?" he fumed.

My friend later told me that he is a registered Independent not a Democrat which means he's one of the important swing voters that propelled Obama into office. The more I read about Saul Alinsky and the Obama mentors, Gregory Galluzzo, Mike Kruglik, and John L. McKnight, (two trained at the Alinsky Industrial Area Foundation (IAF)), the more I hope that it's not too late to stem the tide of this destructive revolution endangering our nation.

The Horowitz pamphlet contains much more detailed information about this ongoing revolution and can be obtained at www.frontpagemag.com or can be ordered at (800) 752-6562. I have no connection to Mr. Horowitz or his Freedom Center but I do admire his passion for this country.

We can win at the ballot box. We can win with education. The first battle is in November. Be there armed with facts and the truth.

Alicia Colon resides in New York City and can be reached at aliciav.colon@gmail.com and at www.aliciacolon.com.