Friday, July 25, 2008

I wish I had written this.

There is a great 'story' in the Times Online UK addition: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece

It is a parody of Barak Hussein Obama - The Messiah, The Bringer of Light and Peace. It is couched in Biblical references and parallels to Jesus. It is as funny as it is insightful. It pokes fun at the non-critical, non-analytical approach people seem to be taking towards BHO.

It starts out:

He ventured forth to bring light to the world
The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers.

And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.


When he was twelve years old, they found him in the temple in the City of Chicago, arguing the finer points of community organisation with the Prophet Jeremiah and the Elders. And the Elders were astonished at what they heard and said among themselves: “Verily, who is this Child that he opens our hearts and minds to the audacity of hope?”
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It continues - and is a bit long -- but WELL worth the read.... Check it out...

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