SHAWMUT: “Organized” crime by Andrew C. McCarthy

Saturday, September 11, 2010

“Organized” crime by Andrew C. McCarthy - The New Criterion

Look carefully at the points made. That Alinskey chose the paths trod by the criminal element (Nitti, Capone) which he admired, and then used the energies of mob rule as we have witnessed in ACORN. And these elements converge: The bank-robber; Stalin; the bandit, Pancho Villa (Columbus, New Mexico, 1915).

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David Barry O'Connor said...: Needless to say, I have added my own observations in my personal review piece. But, as I wrote, if you're capable of reading this you're capable of forming your own opinion.; 9/11/2010 02:40:00 PM

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"Americana"

With no due respect:
I use the term 'Americana' quite frequently. It's that crowd I refer to who take great inspiration in articles they find in months-old magazines left in laundromats. It's often written by a waning celebrity thirteen-steps-short-of-twelve who's been 'in recovery' for two months (this time). Sometimes it’s written by not even a has-been, but by a would-be who succeeded in becoming a might-have-been. Dramatically, they would assign an element of guilt to others over war, trees, whales, rutting goats, and would impose on anyone in hearing, sight or sense, their sense of superiority as being the only people eligible of making judgements. Some will have made that achievement of higher education. (A fewer number of observers might ask; "Higher than what?")
They'll be found following the lemmings who want to pay slavery reparations or buy $500 tickets for a 'Stonewall Minute' gay rights dinner. They believe in no-score sports, competition is seen a form of atavistic dysfunction, and they believe every issue can be solved by becoming add-water'n-stir victims or plaintiffs in discrimination suits. This specie is sterilized from perspective and can be programmed to vote. They don't formulate opinions based upon facts, but upon opinions of others they would emulate in style, dress, linguistics, glossies or the canned humor of late-nite TV - depending on how the late nite host is styled, dressed, speaks, etc.).They'll slip that magazine into their dried wear, never referring to again; that thunderclap of revelation no longer even an echo. To even remember to review it again it would exceed the capability of their attention span. Their sense of poignancy oxidizes with each breath. That magazine will balance an uneven table. These are the people, who, when led to the font of knowledge, will only gargle.