Palin-phobia! And the Adams/Obama Precident.

God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

Exodus 3.14

It was believed in many ancient cultures, that to know the name of your enemy, is to have power over him (and on occasion, her). It is believed by many scholars that this is the reason God gave his name as Yaweh (I Am) to Moses, was to deny him the ability to hold power over God.

It was believed that, by knowing the true name of someone perceived as powerful; a god, or other deity, you could reduced the power that such a being would have on you. Knowing that name would grant you access to knowledge, protection, and a sense of self-empowerment (a good googling metaphor if I do say so myself).


So I was quite baffled at the sudden outbreak of Palin-phobia that has spread through the Blogosphere in the past few days; especially on Daily Kos. Let me explain.


I have, since the RNC’s attempted criminalization and denigration of “Community Organizers” by insinuation, and the condescending laughter that followed said remarks, attempted to inform my fellow Democrats of a sure fire rebuttal to what was a clear opening left on the Republican flanks. A clean shot to the solo-plexus of their misguided ideals of patriotism propagated over the past 8 years by the spinsters who brought you new definitions to classic words like “Liberal” and “Torture”, or groupings like “Clean Coal” and “Compassionate Conservative”. Allow me to present to you here, the crux of my argument:

Our Second President, John Adams, was a community organizer. John Hancock and Paul Revere were as well. They were just two leaders of many that formed a loose coalition named “The Sons of Liberty”. This organization consisted of chapters up and down the eastern seaboard. From Boston to the Georgia, these groups were the advocates for the people of the 13 colonies to the Crown in England.

Even after their defining moment of defiance, The Boston Tea Party, they worked within the existing government structure to advocate for the welfare of the colonists. But they were the first incarnation of the American Patriots/Community Organizers, and they never forgot who they represented. All of these patriots had other priorities in their lives, yet they still served their communities selflessly, and at great risk to themselves and their families.

When I was 8 years old, it was discovered that the asbestos that was used in the construction of schools in Philadelphia caused cancer. When nothing was done by the city to safeguard me and my classmates from this poison, a community organizer by the name of Michael Di Bernidinis and his group, Kensington Joint Action Council (KJAC) stepped in and organized a walk out. We shut the schools down until the city removed the hazardous material. If it wasn’t for this selfless community organizer, I would most likely have mesothelioma. Heck, half the city my age would probably have it.

In 1963, a charismatic community organizer had a dream. And that dream gave a voice to the civil rights movement. Dr Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister from Atlanta, gave his life for that dream.

On Wednesday September 3rd, 2008, great patriots like this, and the communities they organized and served, were insulted, laughed at, and dismissed as unworthy.

Susan B. Anthony, community organizer, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott led the long march for Women’s Suffrage. Last night, without even the thought of this grand contribution to women across this country, indeed the world, a woman who would be Vice-President, rejected the sacrifices these women offered forth in the defense of these fundamental freedoms.

"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,” quipped Senator John McCain’s unorthodox choice for a running mate, Governor Sarah Palin, “except that you have actual responsibilities,".

In 1992, a young community organizer, Barack Obama, went to the South Side of Chicago and gave 150,000 people a voice in their city by registering them to vote. 150,000 voters registered in a matter of 6 months between April and October: a Herculean task for anyone fresh out of college. On the 3rd night of the RNC, this accomplishment was trivialized by the surrogates a political opponent. Most notably one surrogate, whose total accumulated votes (186,163 votes total in 3 elections) over the course of her 12 year political career, could barely equate.

I must ask. Is it not the responsibility of anyone who would take an oath of elected office, or as a member of our Armed Forces, to make the protection of freedom for those citizens whom they serve, their personal responsibility? Is not the oath to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States thee most prescient manifestation of such responsibilities?

So what about those citizens who are not elected, who do not sign up for the military, which are not granted a position of trust within our governing bodies: those who take such responsibilities of their own accord? Are they not equally patriotic for taking up such a task? I would argue that such people, in going beyond the call, in embracing the role of their brothers’ and sisters’ and neighbors’ keepers, rank beyond those elected, or appointed. These patriots belong along side those heroes, the selfless men and women who would offer their very lives in the defense of their neighbors and freedoms, of God and Country. And some have paid in full that honor with their lives. Far too many dreams stolen. Far too many heroes lost.

John McCain was not the deliverer of this Community Organizer swipe. Thou his silence, as the alleged leader of the Republican Party, does portray his embracement of this screed. It was his surrogates. First was Rudy Guliani. But he has not repeated that line to my knowledge since the convention. "What's her name", on the other hand, continues to repeat it at every one of her whistle stops since the convention. That nameless taboo, has stolen the title of every Good Samaritan, of every advocate for those of diminished fortunes, of all those who would provide aide and comfort to our neighbors, and those in our care. The title of patriots and soldiers, of founders and friends, of heroes and heroines, and of the lost who strive to amend, will be nobodies wiping pole!

She has taken this title and thrown it on the floor and invited the throngs attending that Convention in St. Paul Minnesota to stomp it and kick it and smash it until it could no longer be identified; a mere ghost of its former grandeur and respect. Yet some among us chose to cede our greatest weapon to her. They dare not mention “What’s her Name’s” name. I for one am not willing to cede such a fundamental weapon of truth. I will not let her wield such power over me and my compatriots. It's tantamount to agreeing that being a community organizer is a worthless venture, and has no place in their version of "civil society". I will not be silent; I will say her name. I WILL SAY HER NAME!

So this is what I propose. One simple question. When they denigrate the works of Community Organizers, when they laugh at Senator Barack Obama’s early years as a community activist, when they steal those words and attempt to distort and redefine this noble title held by our patriots and founders, and friends, and neighbors. First ask them, “why are communities activists so bad?” And when they answer with their “Sideway Cheney” and a chuckle, you say this:



I personally prefer to use Sarah Palin name.

And as a matter of fact, I do have a few possible answers you can supply for those who seem to be at a loss for words to this question...

-Maybe the AIP takeover of the Alaska State Government.

-How about the sellout of our national infrastructure security by assisting TransCanada to waste our natural gas reserves in the production of ultra pollutant oil sands that would be consumed by the U.S. at an inflated price.

-I know, convincing Hillary Clinton holdouts to rally behind Barack Obama and kick her ass!
Why are we not using this?

We don't even have to question anybody's patriotism!

But we can show people what it means to "be" a patriot!

Note that it is not necessary to even say anything after the question its self.

The republican base is not the ultimate target here. Our targets will be those listening for the response. We all know that the moderate Republicans are flaking away like old paint on a rusty car.
This would justify such an outrage within the Duty, Honor, Country mindset of many Republicans on the fence, those who serve or have served our nation honorably; those who still believe in the core ideals of America's promise.

This argument ultimately leads to the doorstep of Senator John McCain. It will highlight his judgment and lack of control that he wields within his own party. It will lead right back to McCain’s inability to lead anything beyond his very own Senate office.

His VP candidate and surrogates demean Community Organizers, while he is asking people to be Community Organizers.

His VP candidate and surrogates demean Community Organizers, and he allows this to continue even after his call for Community Organizers during his acceptance speech.

He picks a VP candidate that demeans Community Organizers without understanding the quintessential role of Community Organizers in the founding of the very country that they wish to lead.

All of this leads back to one point; is John McCain fit to lead this country? Is he fit to lead if those who he would employ to enact his policies don't even understand the basic principals behind our nation's origins?

And the question of the highest importance; can he even control them?

This goes way beyond "A Bush Third Term" if you think about it. At least Bush had the Neo-Pentecostal Dominionists on a relatively short leash, as was chronicled by David Kuo in his book “Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction”. Imaging what will happen if McCain wins in November, and some unforeseen misfortune befalls him. It would be Armageddon on steroids. They will have their Rapture, come hell and high water!

Community organizing is one of the most patriotic of American endeavors. People who have undertaken such tasks are responsible for some of the most prescient moments in our history.

What is a union? Is it not a community organization?

Community organizing led to the birth of our country, but I guess the participants of the Republican National Convention don’t care about that.

How about all of the community outreach groups that span our nation? Are they not led by community organizers? The Ministers at the soup kitchens? The lawyers at the Women’s Law Project? The volunteers at the local retirement home? The thousands of people sending the comforts of home to our brave soldiers on foreign battlefields? Is there work not worthy of there respect?

This plague of Palin-phobia must end! Of course we should tread carefully. And I am in absolute agreement with Senator Barack Obama’s denunciation of attacks on the families of candidates, and of their perceived patriotism. But that does not mean that we should cower and banish her name from our tongues. There will be plenty of time for that when she is exposed as the fraud and zealot that she is.

In closing I would like to leave you with a passage that every community organizer should keep in mind in these last 2 months of the campaign.



Dr. Henry Kissinger “A World Restored” 1957, Former Secretary of State, Friend of the Bush family, and Attendee of the 2008 RNC St. Paul Minnesota.

This is a battle of inches, and we are in the red zone. At stake is nothing less than our very existence. The albatross has a name, it is Sarah Palin, and it is our task to hang her around John McCain’s neck like an iron shackle.

Obama-Biden ’08 for Humanity’s Sake!





P.S. This has been a work inprogress for a couple of days, so if sections ring bells, this is why.

Thanks to Adams and the other Patriots of the Revolution.

It's high time we paid them back by kicking out the BFEE.

and we are all Sons of Liberty!

(Finally a "We are all..." that I can agree with!)

Good Americans are better, individually, as well. For example, Gen. Smedley Butler.

"They've got the guns.
We've got the numbers."

-- Jim Morrison, singing community organizer

Why don't we re-start the "Sons of Liberty" thing today? -- WE THE PEOPLE OF LIBERTY.

Our Chapter could be honored by being named after Gen. Butler.

Butler Organization of Community Operators

The BOCO Sons of Boston
The BOCO Sons of Philadelphia
The BOCO Sons of Mechanicsburg
The BOCO Sons of Los Angles
ect...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IMTDLS0k8k

Sorry, I don't know how to post the video here. But I hope you'll take a look.

Here's the extended version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpniuotfpR8

Well said.

I have begun to wonder if perhaps Ron Paul should get some recognition, just to piss off the Republican handlers. They would HATE it if they weren't the center of attention. If necessary, we should just keep repeating the facts of Palin: keep mentioning the AIG, the heli-kill of wolves, the $20 million bill she left Wasilla, the earmark money she redistributed.
McCain is scrambling to align his support on issues such as abortion , and perhaps question why a man would have so much interest in a woman's health issue. It's sleazy, I know, but it is really effective. The "permanent rift" that was to have undone the Democratic ticket didn't work within the Democratic party, but I bet generating the idea of one in the Republican Party would work to shake loose some of those just attracted to shiny things. All I saw in the RNC was a giant popularity contest in a group of Bullies, and I sat through the whole thing. These guys can be beat, fairly easily.
They are ineffectual, say it, believe it, and bring up Ron Paul to piss'em off.
And then go to the Obama networking area and get some phone numbers to call. Start talking about the fact that the oath sworn for the Office of President is to "protect, preserve and defend" the Constitution, and how the best man for that job is the cute Community Organizer well versed in Constitutional Law.
Non sequitur: Hey! Who wants to dress up like Guy Fawkes on Halloween? We all should, it would be a hoot!

be concidered "hunting"? I just don't get the rational. Where is the sport? Hunting is the act of tracking/stalking your target. The only skill here is good aim.

The only hunting that I believe justifies a chopper is humans, as in hunting down criminals, or Special Operators hunting enemies on a battlefield.

What she does is no diffrent in my eyes to Cheney's Boxed Bird shoots. No hunting involved, just killing stuff.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=117263&mesg_id=120834

Also yer book and movie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tremain

Stand for the rights of man, boys.
Stand against all tyranny.
Hang the of light of freedom, boys,
High on the Liberty Tree.

apropo