IS SAUL ALINSKY ALIVE AND WELL IN SALISBURY?

Saul Alinsky wrote a primer entitled, "Rules for Radicals." Most people are familiar with Alinsky's teachings influencing Barack Obama as a community organizer, in Chicago. However, this is not about Obama. It is about what I read in some comments posted on this site. It is also about the going on of some Salisbury politicians. There is no way I can know if they have read Alinsky's book, but their actions sure look like it.

Alinsky's rule number twelve (12), "Pick the target, Freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." seems to be the guiding principal behind the actions of some of Salisbury's political leaders. I might add some of the comments also follow rule 12. A few other Alinsky principals might apply. -
* In war the end justifies almost any means.
* You do what you can with what you have and clothe it with moral arguments.
* Generally, success or failure is a mighty determinant of ethics.

Of course there is much, much more to Alinsky and his teachings. The few things mentioned here are enough to bring into question the motives behind the attacks on Joe Albero or others that try to present, what they perceive as the truth. One definition of Truth is "reality."

Sincerity is also appropriate. Facts can be disputed by rational people with a different view, but what is real and the sincere belief that what one sees and hears should be taken as fact can only be disputed by those with an ulterior motive.

Bless you Joe for being like Diogenes, seeking the honest man.

Joel