What answers?
All we've heard from Obama are glittering generalities and psycho-babble platitudes.
The Empire and the Sith were the good guys anyway. The Jedi where a bunch of elitist racists who repressed individualism and emotion. Who wants to be a celibate monk anyway? The Jedi and Rebellion where an unimpressive crew of anarchic royals who wreck the galaxy so that Princess Leia can have her tiara back.
Carolyn
Before I read on...that John Miller article brought back some great memories. I actually run a Star Wars RPG game these days where the players are my two sons.
Dang, could George Lucas buy a clue? He already worked anti-Bush stuff into his movies, does he need to keep making it harder for conservatives to buy his stuff?
Modern history provides many examples of messianic leaders whose followers displayed exactly the same sort of worshipful attitude expressed in this article. In every case of which I am aware when one of these came to real power the consequences for the people in those nations (and not infrequently the people in surrounding nations) were calamitous at best.
The hardest thing that sane people have to accept is that these people really believe this stuff. And often the man they have elevated to demi-god status believes it too. People of this sort are capable of anything because they “know” that what they do is for the “greatest good” and this justifies everything.
This Obama person has much of the media propaganda machine completely in his corner. More than a few of his followers really do look on him as a more than human figure - as a kind of “savior”. This isn’t just hype in their minds but is “reality”. Time and again we have seen leftists across the planet rally to these charismatic figures with usually terrible results for all.
I can only hope that Obama is simply another cynical opportunist playing on the emotions of the masses. In that case he will most likely turn out to be just another grasping politician and the damage he does, while it may be severe, will not be catastrophic. But if he turns out to be one of the sort he really thinks he is the “savior” his followers believe he is then the consequences for all of us become potentially disastrous.
A fairy is Obama. Sucks he does.
Strong with the dark side of the Schwartz is he.
World of Warcraft meets Obama?
Well here’s an analogy that fits. In Warcraft, there is term that fits Obama’s style of politics. The term is “Ganking”, or to get “Ganked”.
That’s when the bad guys (orcs, demons, etc) jump a good guy, usually from behind. Then they “Camp Out” on the player they just killed, so they can do again when the player “revives” to continue playing. Often, they call in higher level player to help.
This is how Obama has run his campaign. Instead of a stand up fight, he relies on allies to sneak up on opponents and attack them from behind. He camps their battered bodies and offers platitudes, denying he had anything to do with it, waiting for the chance to slip in the shiv once more when the opponent gets up off the ground.
The latest example of this is General Weasely Clark, the undead assassin of the Obama horde.
I mean, if we are to use analogies to fantasy games, then lets get it right. Obama is on a quest for the ring of power, and it won’t be pretty if he gets his hands on it.
I ilke that whole pompous ass light worker riff LOLOLL. When the New Age types claim it so what who cares?. But for Obama to be tagged with that is a hoot
Obama is just your garden variety con man but in way over his head
Star Wars films are airing on Spike TV tonight, folks.