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Barack Ozymandias: the "colossal wreck" of the "Lightbringer"

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Posted by Mike 2009-09-09 08:11|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Obama could easily prevail by setting aside his status as god-emperor, dropping the effort to leave his imprint on the age and ignoring the cries of his more fanatical followers.

Chance of that happening? As J.R. Dunn indicates, slim to none. Barry is simply rearranging the deck chairs. Hopefully all of us make it to the small boats.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-09-09 09:17|| 2009-09-09 09:17|| Front Page Top

#2 The literary reference is wrong.

The Emperors New Clothes is more appropriate.

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Posted by phil_b 2009-09-09 10:52|| 2009-09-09 10:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Read the latest on Barry from Thomas Sowell.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-09-09 10:56|| 2009-09-09 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Lucifer is a Latin word, literally meaning "light-bearer".

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-09-09 11:25|| 2009-09-09 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 There's already a statue to him just south of Amarillo:

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-09-09 12:42|| 2009-09-09 12:42|| Front Page Top

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