Preparing a Good Crisis

There is a saying today that has been popularized by liberals: never waste a good crisis. Both Rahm Emanuel and Hillary Clinton have publicly espoused this position. A "good crisis", in their opinion, is one which permits them to enact into law policies or measures which advance a typically leftist political agenda and which are in themselves so otherwise unpopular or contrary to the prevailing political views that they would be rejected out of hand. The "good crisis" provides the either sufficient political cover to explain why these unpopular policies must be enacted, or sufficient distraction to keep the citizens attention elsewhere.

Of course, one must make certain that a "good crisis", or at least one which the media can propagate and hold forth as a crisis, is highlighted before the public.

Also, there is the possibility that a "bad crisis" could occur. A "bad crisis" would prevent the enactment of the agenda-driven policies. A "bad crisis", from a liberal point of view, would be actual or impending loss of political control. An example would be lowering poll numbers suggesting a loss of the next Presidential election by Mr. Obama.

Worse still, in order to achieve certain results, the "good crisis" must occur at the right time. Fortunately, this is a field in which liberals have a great deal of experience to draw on. While social conservatives typically have moral restraints upon the creation of crises, liberals, who typically draw on Socialist theory and pattern, do not suffer such impediment. Remember how Hitler, a Fascist Socialist (Quadrant 4) created the pretext of the Polish "attack" on Germany to justify his invasion of Poland, by killing a few Poles and staging the aftermath of the "attack" for his media. Now that is not to claim American liberals are Fascist, but only to demonstrate the mastery of ruthless propaganda that has exemplified socialism of all stripes in the last century.

The vast right-wing conspiracy which so bedeviled the Clinton Presidency, made up of talk radio hosts and ignorant Americans holding on to their guns and their religion, turned out to be a bust. They held a Tea Party; no shooting, no looting, no crisis. Tea Partiers even cleaned up after themselves, and all they used was the electoral process to vote in some new representatives.

So it appears that it is time to prepare a good crisis. Like most things, if you want it done right, you have to do it yourself. And that is what the Socialists are doing. The Occupy Movement is partnering with socialist and workers-anarchist movements to initiate "direct action" on May Day, to shut down the American economy, to bring America to its knees for a day. All of these movements share some form of the raised clenched fist in their logo; the symbol of resistance to authority, and of unity in the progressive cause of socialism, and they share the common goal of promoting socialism.

One investigator links these activities to a variety of Soros-funded groups.  It's hard to know if that is true, and one hopes it isn't. Unfortunately, the media cannot be expected to investigate the question, either. But if it is, then the activities are not only not random, but are coordinated efforts which seem intended to undermine U.S. security.

After all, if there are "riots" in the U.S., would the President be able to sit by and do nothing? Of course not; he might even "be forced" to declare a national emergency. In that case, the President might even be forced to bring his Executive Order for National Defense Preparedness into play.  And it doesn't have to happen all at once; that's the great thing about a do-it-yourself crisis with a cheerleading media, the timing is so manageable. Hopefully, such a cynical ploy is not intended, but with this Administration, one never knows.