tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post890301879130159241..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: IndyCAN Employs Alinsky-Like Tactics To Push Mass TransitGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-42631566571179517782013-04-02T19:42:51.963-05:002013-04-02T19:42:51.963-05:00I certainly would not be surprised to find that Sa...I certainly would not be surprised to find that Saul Alinsky or George Soros were prime supporters of IndyCAN. <br /><br />The propaganda they spew reveals quite a bit.....CircleCityScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691157547732269477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-43321770699429827032013-04-02T13:24:17.184-05:002013-04-02T13:24:17.184-05:00I looked at IndyCAN's website and within secon...I looked at IndyCAN's website and within seconds I was able to figure out they were left-wing loons...just look at the bios of its staff and the fact they support amnesty. I guess it pays to do a little background research before agreeing to meet with some unknown group.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806967747529139507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-31706236163032123822013-04-02T09:23:07.763-05:002013-04-02T09:23:07.763-05:00In the same vein - an article in last week's N...In the same vein - an article in last week's Nuvo by Ashley Kimmel - an Alinskyite for the moodern age.<br /><br />Her theme was that people opposed to the mass transit bill "lack credibility". She doesn't offer any facts, just a load of fluff reminiscent of Erika Smith's ramblings.<br /><br />She also invokes the 'victim' ploy, describing 3 mass transit uses:<br /><br />1) A mother standing at a bus stop with her "four young children and a baby in her arms", standing in the rain to catch the bus to take her kids to day care or school, so she could then go to work.<br /><br />2) A person in a wheelchair denied access to a city bus due to a lack of room.<br /><br />3) 14 Hmong immigrants who took the bus to an English class.<br /><br />I think these scenarios are fictional:<br /><br />1) Young mothers have a hell of a lot more sense than to wait in the rain with 4 young children and a baby. Why is she putting school-age children on a bus ? And, does the mass transit bill prevent rain ?<br /><br />2) If the issue is access, there's a special bus service operated by IndyGo, for the benefit of physically handicapped people. Nobody in a wheelchair would ever be dumb enough to try to get on a bus lacking any equipment for wheelchairs. People who are confined to wheelchairs, just like young mothers, are damn good at getting around as best they can. Nobody knows the score better than a person in a wheelchair. They aren't some fools waiting for a Marxist wet dream of public transit.<br /><br />3) The Hmong immigrants are sponsored by local churches on the far south side of Indy. There's very little bus service out that way. The Hmong have a strong support network, one that would probably include a minivan or volunteers. In a group that size, the English class would come to them.<br /><br />Don't think of IndyCan as a religious do-gooding outfit. As Orwell put it, they are the "boot stamping on a human face - forever".Unigovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532072215831286109noreply@blogger.com