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The Spectacle Blog
‘When taxes are too high,
People go hungry.
When the government is too intrusive,
People lost their spirit.
Act for the people’s benefit.
Trust them; leave them alone.’
—Tao te Ching, by Lao-Tzu (China, attr. 6th Century BC)
Translation by Stephen Mitchell (Harper Collins, 1988)
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Alan Brooks| 3.2.09 @ 7:58PM
and next time I want to invest in the casino-market, will read some tea leaves.
Peter Griffin| 3.2.09 @ 8:04PM
Obama's staff will probably say Lao-Tzu's words harken back to the failed policies of the 600's BC.
s masty| 3.2.09 @ 8:05PM
how about an (optional) holiday for tax cutters. Lady Godiva comes to mind, too.
Market_Madness | 3.2.09 @ 8:06PM
Obama will "leave them alone"...but first, he has to live by the old saying of "bleed them dry"!
market_madness | 3.2.09 @ 8:11PM
Let's not forget what the wise Hillary Clinton said, "we are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." 06/29/2004
Alan Brooks| 3.2.09 @ 8:32PM
Lady Godiva?
taking one's clothes off in public is a liberal notion.
:)
ruth| 3.2.09 @ 8:55PM
I think it's going to take more than Confucius to save Obama.
Crusader| 3.2.09 @ 10:47PM
Peter Griffin's comment made me LOL.
Jizoe| 3.2.09 @ 11:45PM
Well, at least he's keeping to this part (of the same text):
When rich speculators prosper
While farmers lose their land;
when government officials spend money
on weapons instead of cures;
when the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible
while the poor have nowhere to turn-
all this is robbery and chaos.
It is not in keeping with the Tao.
TennesseeVolunteer| 3.3.09 @ 9:43AM
We keep making the "middle America mistake" thinking that the libs are really trying to help the country/economy. What we have to get straight in our head is they are doing exactly what they intend to do, to create so much chaos and strife that the majority of americans will just hand over power to them. Ain't gonna happen, the worm is beginning to turn. Yesterday Buchanan, Kudlow and Cramer called the President out. We go down another 1000 on the Dow and even the MSM's will smarten up.
There is a right way to begin change in a country and there is a wrong way. Middle America is voting the methods of the libs down.
Peter Griffin| 3.3.09 @ 11:15AM
Jizoe:
You're correct that is not in keeping with the Tao.
However you will note that Lao-Tzu did not call for the creation of a Department of Tao Enforcement (commonly referred to as the DTE).
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Ancient Chinese Secret Obama Should Consider — But As For Me links to this page. Here’s an excerpt: