An assessment of Saul's book.
 

Yes Harry's mentor Saul Alenski.

I was looking at it on Amazon and was reading some of the evaluation of some readers.
One guy wrote a rather long review. I'm not into cut and pasting the whole article (that's Harry's schtick😉) but I will post his closing paragraph-

"What I found quite amazing after reading "Rules for Radicals" is that I feel that I had stumbled upon THE liberal playbook. It is quite easy to look back at the lead-up to the elections of 2006 and 2008 and see Alinsky's handiwork. But, I find myself wondering if the "radicals" now in charge have unwittingly positioned themselves to be victims of their own game ... I guess that answer may come in 2010 and/or 2012."

I think his dates were off a bit, but he was close...

An assessment of Saul's book.
 

On 1/12/17 9:44 AM, Tim wrote:
Yes Harry's mentor Saul Alenski.

I was looking at it on Amazon and was reading some of the evaluation of some readers.
One guy wrote a rather long review. I'm not into cut and pasting the whole article (that's Harry's schtick😉) but I will post his closing paragraph-

"What I found quite amazing after reading "Rules for Radicals" is that I feel that I had stumbled upon THE liberal playbook. It is quite easy to look back at the lead-up to the elections of 2006 and 2008 and see Alinsky's handiwork. But, I find myself wondering if the "radicals" now in charge have unwittingly positioned themselves to be victims of their own game ... I guess that answer may come in 2010 and/or 2012."

I think his dates were off a bit, but he was close...



Saul Alinsky devoted his intellect and his life to helping poor people.
Your Jesus would have liked him. I was delighted to spend some time
working with one of Alinsky's organizations and later retaining him as
key speaker at a convention for an organization for which I worked. Oh,
at that convention as it was closing, the professional staff went out on
strike and stayed out for 10 days. Management, of which I was a part,
could not get a settlement. On the 10th day, the union's chief
negotiator asked that I be brought to the table to represent management.
I settled the strike on the 11th day in less than an hour without it
costing the organization a dollar more than it had budgeted for staff.
That was the first time I worked as a labor negotiator. About a decade
later, I was part of a postal labor management committee that negotiated
the largest labor contract in the history of the United States. All this
while you were doing what, growing rutabagas and cleaning battery
terminals?

An assessment of Saul's book.
 

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Saul Alinsky devoted his intellect and his life to helping poor people.
Your Jesus would have liked him. I was delighted to spend some time
working with one of Alinsky's organizations and later retaining him as
key speaker at a convention for an organization for which I worked. Oh,
at that convention as it was closing, the professional staff went out on
strike and stayed out for 10 days. Management, of which I was a part,
could not get a settlement. On the 10th day, the union's chief
negotiator asked that I be brought to the table to represent management.
I settled the strike on the 11th day in less than an hour without it
costing the organization a dollar more than it had budgeted for staff.
That was the first time I worked as a labor negotiator. About a decade
later, I was part of a postal labor management committee that negotiated
the largest labor contract in the history of the United States....."
.....

So you stuck in your thumb and pulled out a plum and said " dang! what a good boy am I"

An assessment of Saul's book.
 

8:54 AMKeyser Soze
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All this
while you were doing what, growing rutabagas and cleaning battery
terminals?
....
Beats getting shot at...

An assessment of Saul's book.
 

8:54 AMKeyser Soze
About a decade
later, I was part of a postal labor management committee that negotiated
the largest labor contract in the history of the United States.

-----

The price of mail has gone up, service has gone down, and they've lost money ever since.

Great job, Harry.

An assessment of Saul's book.
 

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 10:34:46 AM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
8:54 AMKeyser Soze
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All this
while you were doing what, growing rutabagas and cleaning battery
terminals?
...
Beats getting shot at...

He wrote an article about some fellows that were shot at. It's now become "his" story. Think Brian Williams.

An assessment of Saul's book.
 

Tim wrote:
8:54 AMKeyser Soze
About a decade
later, I was part of a postal labor management committee that negotiated
the largest labor contract in the history of the United States.

-----

The price of mail has gone up, service has gone down, and they've lost money ever since.

Great job, Harry.


Are you really that simple-minded? I

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Posted with my iPhone 7+.

An assessment of Saul's book.
 

9:41 AMKeyser Söze
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Tim wrote:
8:54 AMKeyser Soze
About a decade
later, I was part of a postal labor management committee that negotiated
the largest labor contract in the history of the United States.

-----

The price of mail has gone up, service has gone down, and they've lost money ever since.

Great job, Harry.


Are you really that simple-minded? I

--
Posted with my iPhone 7+.
.....

Do you always overrate yourself?

An assessment of Saul's book.
 

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 10:39:43 AM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
8:54 AMKeyser Soze
About a decade
later, I was part of a postal labor management committee that negotiated
the largest labor contract in the history of the United States.

-----

The price of mail has gone up, service has gone down, and they've lost money ever since.

Great job, Harry.

And they have such high job satisfaction that they brought about the term "going postal". :)

An assessment of Saul's book.
 

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 09:54:21 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 1/12/17 9:44 AM, Tim wrote:
Yes Harry's mentor Saul Alenski.

I was looking at it on Amazon and was reading some of the evaluation of some readers.
One guy wrote a rather long review. I'm not into cut and pasting the whole article (that's Harry's schtick?) but I will post his closing paragraph-

"What I found quite amazing after reading "Rules for Radicals" is that I feel that I had stumbled upon THE liberal playbook. It is quite easy to look back at the lead-up to the elections of 2006 and 2008 and see Alinsky's handiwork. But, I find myself wondering if the "radicals" now in charge have unwittingly positioned themselves to be victims of their own game ... I guess that answer may come in 2010 and/or 2012."

I think his dates were off a bit, but he was close...



Saul Alinsky devoted his intellect and his life to helping poor people.
Your Jesus would have liked him. I was delighted to spend some time
working with one of Alinsky's organizations and later retaining him as
key speaker at a convention for an organization for which I worked. Oh,
at that convention as it was closing, the professional staff went out on
strike and stayed out for 10 days. Management, of which I was a part,
could not get a settlement. On the 10th day, the union's chief
negotiator asked that I be brought to the table to represent management.
I settled the strike on the 11th day in less than an hour without it
costing the organization a dollar more than it had budgeted for staff.
That was the first time I worked as a labor negotiator. About a decade
later, I was part of a postal labor management committee that negotiated
the largest labor contract in the history of the United States.

What a guy. I am surprised we never heard about this.