That which shrinks

Must first expand.

That which falls

Must first be strong

That which is cast down

Must first be raised.

Before receiving,

There must be giving.

This is called perception of the nature of things.

Soft and weak overcome hard and strong.

Fish cannot leave deep waters.

And a country's weapons should not be displayed.

Tao Te Ching (Ch-36)

Race-based attacks and criticism of President Obama have been on the rise during the dog days of August. And they're not just happening at health care town hall protests.A reader sent over a picture of a group of protesters camped outside Rep. Susan Davis's (D-Calif.). "Neighborhood Day" event this past week, brandishing signs calling the president a Black Supremacist and suggesting he's a Nazi disciple.

"Black National Socialism Is Not Utopia," reads one poster.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/28/race-based-protests-direc_n_271129.html

Okay. There are a few 'nuts' out there. I am watching the Sentinel today as I write this. The Secret Service has 'nut threats' posted all over the office walls. Hundreds of them. Threatening to kill and eat the president, threatening to nuke Baltimore. You name it, and its all there. In the movie the white president can walk and chew gum at the same time (although his First Lady is getting bonked by a 'Sentinel' without his knowledge.)  So that means it cannot be w or Obama.

I always imagined that there were hundreds of letters to the White House in the fifties from women claiming they were carrying the seed of Ike. The nuts will always be with us. It used to be in the form of a letter written in crayon.

But we are in a new age.

It really started for Glenn Beck about a month ago:

This morning on Fox and Friends, Fox host Glenn Beck accused President Obama of being "a racist."

The group was discussing the recent Gates controversy, and Beck exclaimed that Obama has "over and over again" exposed himself as "a guy who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture. I don't know what it is..." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/28/fox-host-glenn-beck-obama_n_246310.html

So Mediamatters.com and something called Color of Change. ORG along with others got this boycott going on. As of Friday, 46 sponsors have dropped beck. It got so bad Fox put him on vacation. Well, as they say, beck is back.  And his ratings are through the roof which tells me the boycott is not working. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/06/glenn-becks-obama-racist_n_253264.html

Nothing really beats Glenn Beck when he goes on a full-tilt victimization binge. Here's how he ended his show, or so our intern tells me:

BECK: I'm tired of being a sheep. I'm tired of being a victim. I'm tired of being pushed around. You know what? The gloves come off.

I have no idea who is pushing Glenn Beck around! He gets his very own television show and radio show and book deals and he gets to say whatever in the world he feels like saying and people give him millions and millions of dollars for it. He can have, if he wants, his very own pony at his gigantic and secluded manse to ride on whenever he wants and can hire someone to bake him delicious funnel cakes any time he likes! These are the hard won perks of being a celebrity, earned from having a dedicated fan base.

Nevertheless, today, the gloves come off! A preview: the hands underneath those gloves will be free of callouses and as soft as an infant's tush!   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/28/as-sponsors-flee-the-igle_n_271321.html

THE GLOVES ARE COMING OFF? SAY WHAT?

Take another look at this video that is all over the web, including Café:

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/obamas-army-glenn-beck-sees-scary-bl

This aint a note written in crayon. This is national television folks. And it is national television that gives people the idea that carrying arms to rallies is a bold new idea. It is national television that tells you a sign that says black Nazis will get your ugly face on tv.

They were all gathered to talk about the "army" of "thugs" that President Obama is planning to gather under the combined umbrellas of ACORN, SEIU, Color of Change and whatever other insidious "radicals" Beck believes he's uncovered.

And what does this "army" of "thugs" look like?

Why, they're all black people, of course.

Watch the segment and observe the examples he offers of the kinds of "thugs" he says Obama intends to incorporate into his army: some gun-toting Black Panthers, a shot from a Louis Farrakhan sermon before a Nation of Islam gathering, and a group of young black men doing military-style exercises.

This, as he explained earlier in the show, will be "Obama's SS."

So we now can see the arc of Beck's thesis this week: He was right to call President Obama an anti-white racist because he is this very moment forming an army of militant black thugs to take over your white neighborhoods and threaten your children and impose a liberal fascist state. Crooks&liars.

This man is psychotic.

Getting back to crayons, check this gem out with beck on a white board splainin things:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/28/as-sponsors-flee-the-igle_n_271321.html

glenn beck has no idea what oligarchy means, let alone how to spell it.

See beck was gomer pyle to me. An idiot. Who cares what he says? Except he is far more dangerous than I first thought. See how this fits into what is going on in the real world:

Earlier this week, Idaho Republican gubernatorial hopeful, Rex Rammell, said he'd buy a license to hunt Obama. Meanwhile, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, (R-Kans.) expressed her wish that the Republican Party would find a "great white hope" to take on the president in the next election.

Picture a guy who hates black people. Hell he hates all minorities. He has guns all over the place and other men who think the same way are his friends. And he not only gets the message from a loathsome rat like beck that blacks are arming and ready to kill him. He gets the message from high up politicians.

But fathead dobbs is actually taking this kind of thing even farther:

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Media Matters for America President Eric Burns issued an open letter to CNN President Jonathan Klein regarding prime-time anchor Lou Dobbs' scheduled appearance on September 15 and 16 at the "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" legislative advocacy event and rally sponsored by the anti-immigration organization Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). FAIR, an organization that has been designated a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center and that has been sharply criticized for its racially-tinged ads, was founded by John Tanton, who has a long history of making racist statements and espousing racist beliefs.

CNN show to lend prominence to groups such as FAIR. The attention and legitimacy he gave to the "birther" movement -- and CNN's condoning of his actions -- did real damage to that credibility. His participation in the upcoming FAIR rally would do further, serious damage. We urge you to finally acknowledge that Mr. Dobbs' actions in this and other contexts are inconsistent with the reputation that CNN strives to maintain."   http://mediamatters.org/press/releases/200908280026

Dobbs is organizing these people. His little town meeting will be witnessed by groups who carry guns and wish to kill Hispanics coming over our southern border.

THE ARMING OF A NEW FORCE OF EVIL IN THIS COUNTRY HAS BEGUN.