Posted on 05/16/2009 1:37:56 PM PDT by Welshman007
The modus operandi of the Obama administration can be summed up in what I term 'Operation Information Overload'--bombard the public and the press with so much information on policy initiatives and changes that while everyone is consumed with attempting to decipher what they've been given, do your dirty work behind the scenes, unnoticed.
Sounds like a crime spree in CHICAGO!! Deflect attention to something else and do your dirty work!!
I believe this is one of the tenents of the Olinsky doctrine.
He says regulating the economy will bring us prosperity; however, everything he is doing will destroy the economy in the not too distant future. The media will do whatever they can to sync Obama's claims with reality by both distorting reality and obfuscating Obama.
I see only 2 likely outcomes. Either Obama grabs more power in which case he can do what he wants. Or the veneer cracks and he goes down in history as a fraud and a failure.
And people thought VP Cheney was running things?!
However, the effects he claims will result from his actions are the exact intended reality he seeks.
RULE 8: "Keep the pressure on. Never let up." Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)
Thanks - I just printed that list to keep handy.
RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources - money and people. “Have-Nots” must build power from flesh and blood. (These are two things of which there is a plentiful supply. Government and corporations always have a difficult time appealing to people, and usually do so almost exclusively with economic arguments.)
RULE 2: “Never go outside the expertise of your people.” It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone. (Organizations under attack wonder why radicals don’t address the “real” issues. This is why. They avoid things with which they have no knowledge.)
RULE 3: “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. (This happens all the time. Watch how many organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address.)
RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity’s very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip away at the damage.)
RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)
RULE 6: “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.” They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones. (Radical activists, in this sense, are no different that any other human being. We all avoid “un-fun” activities, and but we revel at and enjoy the ones that work and bring results.)
RULE 7: “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.” Don’t become old news. (Even radical activists get bored. So to keep them excited and involved, organizers are constantly coming up with new tactics.)
RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)
RULE 9: “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist. (Perception is reality. Large organizations always prepare a worst-case scenario, something that may be furthest from the activists’ minds. The upshot is that the organization will expend enormous time and energy, creating in its own collective mind the direst of conclusions. The possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.)
RULE 10: “If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.” Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog. (Unions used this tactic. Peaceful [albeit loud] demonstrations during the heyday of unions in the early to mid-20th Century incurred management’s wrath, often in the form of violence that eventually brought public sympathy to their side.)
RULE 11: “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.” Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem. (Old saw: If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Activist organizations have an agenda, and their strategy is to hold a place at the table, to be given a forum to wield their power. So, they have to have a compromise solution.)
RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)
Yes, you are correct and the operation overload is dead on correct.
Blitzkreig
Do so many things so fast that nobody know what the hell is going on.
Absolutely correct
This is apparent as there is almost a daily initiative, issue or crisis.
WE should employ these rules against THEM in return.
They seem to work pretty well.
Blitzkreig
“Do so many things so fast that nobody know what the hell is going on.
Absolutely correct”
Agreed....I’ve seen this for, Oh say...the last hundred days or so....and have so stated to friends and family.
This is EXACTLY what is happening......
exactly
You can count on one thing. Everything that Obama does is dirty. That’s because he is dirty. The leadership of the Democratic Party is dirty.
Never mind the fact that this applies to the leadership of the Republican Party under George W. Bush. He is gone. He already did his damage. Now it is this Muslim scum’s chance at bat.
I happened to get into quite the argument with him and his friends tonight. They don't disagree with me with the path our beloved country is going (my words, by the way), but they are saying there is nothing we can do about it
Then it went to "you need to calm down".
I am scared, we have a 3 year old daughter who is going to be more than screwed if we let this crap happen under 0=bamahey but they don't seen to give a rat's butt...We can't do a darn thing.
Isn't it our responsibilty to preserve our county?
Give my little 5'3" butt an AK-47 and I'll protect my country
True enough. It seems people aren't paying enough attention.
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