The fear of a black planet defense, and one less despot to kick around.

"The family of murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius has claimed it needs guns because the ANC government fails to protect white people, it was reported on Tuesday.

The athlete’s father Henke Pistorius told British newspaper The Daily Mirror that his family could not rely on the police for protection and owned guns for their own safety.

“Some of the guns are for hunting and some are for protection, the handguns. It speaks to the ANC government, look at white crime levels, why protection is so poor in this country, it’s an aspect of our society,” Pistorius sen. was quoted saying.

“You can’t rely on the police, not because they are inefficient always, but because crime is so rife.” [Source]

But....but...he killed a white woman.

Anyway, don't get mad at Mr. Pistorius, he is only saying what I am sure many white South Africans say in private. I mean an older South African being accused of racism is hardly news.

Mr. Pistorius, what your country needs is an NRA type of organization that will try to make sure that your country's white population will stay strapped to the hilt.

You can learn a lot from your white brothers and sisters here in America. The NRA is the public face of what many of them think privately: If we don't have our guns we could be overrun by our black population one day.

In South Africa there is black majority rule of a white minority, and this has been the norm for almost 20 years. Here in America, even though blacks are still in the minority, most Americans believe that they are living under black rule.  If you replace "ANC government" for Obama administration you get an idea of where I am coming from and where we are in America.

This is why we have a rush to buy assault weapons and an irrational fear of a government "gun grab" among certain segments of the population. And why, no matter what, guns will never be put under control in this country.

Finally, Hugo Chavez died today, and most of the people in Venezuela will miss him.

I know that he was demonized here in America, but Chavez did some good things for the Venezuelan people.

Under Chavez education and health care for poorer Venezuelans improved. (The government gave away two million lap tops to school aged children.) Enrollment in primary schools "jumped 50% and university attendance tripled." And after registering "one of the world's worst economic declines between 1970 and 1998", the government made great economic strides with unemployment being cut in half and the infant mortality rate falling dramatically. And then there was that whole cheap oil for the poor thing with Joe Kennedy.What's not to like about that? Only [right] wingnuts and big oil companies hated the idea.

 Venezuela has a ton of oil, and they are right in our back yard. We didn't like the last guy because he didn't think like us, but let's see what happens now.

One thing we do know is that the folks at Langley are going to be working overtime for the next few months.

Another bogeyman.

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Glenn Beck was crying today on his radio program. He was begging anyone with an ounce of patriotism to "act" and "get involved" for their country. The Communist, he said, have infiltrated our borders and they are going to eat our women and children. Well, he didn't go quite that far....or, wait, maybe he did.

This man is absolutely certifiable. And you know what's even crazier? One in every one hundred A-merry-cans have been watching this fruit cake every night on Television Rwanda (AKA FOX News) Beck has become the cynosure for the anti black anti Obama sentiment in this country. The thing is, I still can't figure out if he is serious or not. I heard him on the radio today and he sure sounded serious. (The man was crying for crying out loud!) On and on he went about Van Jones, a "devout Communist" (or so says Beck) who has declared his allegiance to Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez. "He is the founder of a communist group who denounced America after 911" he said, and then he released an explosive audio tape (his words) of Jones passionately speaking about taking back America from those people. " Who does that sound like?" He kept saying. "Does one Jeremiah Wright come to mind when you hear Jones?" Now folks, I have to tell you, if this is the same Van Jones that I know, nothing could be farther from the truth. But I am sure Beck and his congregation will not let the facts get in the way of their fantasy. Quotes like the following have them all damp around the crotch area:

“We upheld the Marxist critique of capitalist exploitation. We agree with Lenin’s analysis of the state and the party. And we found inspiration and guidance in the insurgent revolutionary strategies developed by third world revolutionaries like Mao Tse-Tung and Amilcar Cabral.”

Yeah....OK....and?

"We cannot let these people get away with this", he kept saying. "We owe it to our children and our grandchildren to fight for the country we believe in." Wow! And you know what's scary about this? Somewhere in middle A-merry-ca there is another Timothy McVeigh listening to this shit and being inspired to plot his next assault on all those who are Un-American.

This, of course, is all bullshit. I wonder if it ever occurred to Mr. Beck and his wingnut friends that the Tiger Woods president with the Muslim sounding name was democratically elected by the people of these divided states? I mean I don't know about you folks reading this, but that doesn't seem too much like communism to me.

But I get the strategy: Attach Jones to Obama, find another black bogeyman, and scare the heck out of middle A-merry-ca. Right now Van Jones is the flavor of the month. Beck will find more. - I guarantee you that they will all look the same.-

What's sad about all this is that there are perfectly legitimate things that Beck and those of his ilk could be debating with Obama about. Health care, the war, immigration, and a slew of other programs and policies that have been implemented since his he took office. Instead, we are left with this: Propaganda, fear mongering, and lies. All the while Beck's ratings continue to go through the roof. And why? Because he is telling some of our fellow A-merry-cans just what they want to hear.

*Pic courtesy of TheExaminer.com