The Tea Party aren't Hobbits by any stretch of the imagination - hobbits are more like 1970's back-to-the-land hippie organic farmer types.
No, the Tea Party seems to be much more like the Easterlings, who's society has been thoroughly corrupted by promises of power regardless of the decency or lack thereof of the individual members. And Obama seems to be playing the role of Denethor, trying to hold back the tide but not really being able to do so and kinda ambiguous about where he's loyalties really lie.
Disagree. In Tolkien's narrative the Hobbits were clearly an analog for simple English villagers that he grew up around. They want to live life without the bother of the ambitious and the power hungry. The Tea Party are those same simple folk, transplanted into our modern era, who have reluctantly decided to get involved. A few years back they were being denigrated as the inhabitants of "flyover states". Nobody cared about them and they didn't matter, until they decided to get involved and upset the status
"They" didn't choose Republicans. First of all, they didn't organize tightly for the express purpose of making the "they" more difficult to apply. The individual chapters are tied together with nothing more than common ideals. Second, about 30% of those identifying with the Tea Party voted for Obama. It was the Man-Child in chief that constantly chose to denigrate them, because they represent a force that is looking to take his major power away, the ability to tax in order to buy votes with.
The Sauron and Saruman presidential bid provided this country with the strong leadership it needed, backed with wisdom and experience. The Gandalf, Aragorn bid gave us a man on his last legs hitched to an unknown forest ranger from a state not even contiguous with the rest of Gondor!
Now, it's true that the Denethor administration left the country in a terrible way, in considerable debt, fighting losing wars on two fronts, and many were uncomfortable with the presidents stance on religious issues, especially funeral rituals. But that is no reason for people to turn away from strong leadership and a prosperous future, in favour of weed smoking, sound-bites about all the free peoples of Middle Earth, most of whom the majority of Gondorian's don't even know exist outside of legends!
I remind the house that in Mordorian society, there are no taxes, and no unnecessary labour or environmental protection, and all that is needed to succeed is drive, ambition, and a phalanx of orc mercenaries. The Sauruman bid allows us to partake in this forward looking society, abandon the failed liberal policies of Eldarianism, and return Gondor to the glories of its manifest destiny, as it was in the days of Ar-Pharazon!
Therefore, I urge citizen to cooperate with the new regime and offer up their young as orc feed as eagerly as I would offer up my own. Thank you, and God Bless Gondor.
"Ea" is the created world (literally: "being", as in a noun formed from the verb "to be"). It should have been "Eru" or "Iluvatar". That said, there's nothing wrong with "God", it is exactly what he is.
Aragorn has been corrupted by marrying a powerful agent of Rivendell. The affairs of men must remain such! The White Council must be kept in its place, performing magic tricks at Birthday Parties.
And what are these hobbits doing in Gondor? Did anyone check their papers? I hear one of them is even taking a job of tower guard away from decent hardworking Gondorians!
The Libs are likely to say it is McCain. I am not sure there is a Gandalf figure around these days, even considering a global view rather then a US one.
Saruman was accounted among the very wise, and there are no politicians on the national stage I can think of whom I would truly call wise. Wisdom is rarely a trait of politicians.
Sauron would have had great charisma--so Obama is closer than the Republican candidates, though some would say less evil, because he is more charismatic.
Charismatic leaders are more dangerous because they can get away with more before the criticism starts, which could well be too late to do anything about it anymore. Judge your leaders by their actions. Not their words and not their looks.
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The Tea Party aren't Hobbits by any stretch of the imagination - hobbits are more like 1970's back-to-the-land hippie organic farmer types.
No, the Tea Party seems to be much more like the Easterlings, who's society has been thoroughly corrupted by promises of power regardless of the decency or lack thereof of the individual members. And Obama seems to be playing the role of Denethor, trying to hold back the tide but not really being able to do so and kinda ambiguous about where he's loyalties really lie.
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The problem is, it seems when picking their leader they rather went with Saruman and Sauron rather than Gandalf.
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"They" didn't choose Republicans. First of all, they didn't organize tightly for the express purpose of making the "they" more difficult to apply. The individual chapters are tied together with nothing more than common ideals. Second, about 30% of those identifying with the Tea Party voted for Obama. It was the Man-Child in chief that constantly chose to denigrate them, because they represent a force that is looking to take his major power away, the ability to tax in order to buy votes with.
The Tea Part
Re:Obviously McCain doesn't understand the story (Score:5, Funny)
The Sauron and Saruman presidential bid provided this country with the strong leadership it needed, backed with wisdom and experience. The Gandalf, Aragorn bid gave us a man on his last legs hitched to an unknown forest ranger from a state not even contiguous with the rest of Gondor!
Now, it's true that the Denethor administration left the country in a terrible way, in considerable debt, fighting losing wars on two fronts, and many were uncomfortable with the presidents stance on religious issues, especially funeral rituals. But that is no reason for people to turn away from strong leadership and a prosperous future, in favour of weed smoking, sound-bites about all the free peoples of Middle Earth, most of whom the majority of Gondorian's don't even know exist outside of legends!
I remind the house that in Mordorian society, there are no taxes, and no unnecessary labour or environmental protection, and all that is needed to succeed is drive, ambition, and a phalanx of orc mercenaries. The Sauruman bid allows us to partake in this forward looking society, abandon the failed liberal policies of Eldarianism, and return Gondor to the glories of its manifest destiny, as it was in the days of Ar-Pharazon!
Therefore, I urge citizen to cooperate with the new regime and offer up their young as orc feed as eagerly as I would offer up my own. Thank you, and God Bless Gondor.
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Thank you, and God Bless Gondor.
So much perfection destroyed by that one line. Should've been "Ëa bless Gondor."
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"Ea" is the created world (literally: "being", as in a noun formed from the verb "to be"). It should have been "Eru" or "Iluvatar". That said, there's nothing wrong with "God", it is exactly what he is.
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an unknown forest ranger from a state not even contiguous with the rest of Gondor!
Good point, I never even saw Aragorn's birth certificate.
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Aragorn has been corrupted by marrying a powerful agent of Rivendell. The affairs of men must remain such! The White Council must be kept in its place, performing magic tricks at Birthday Parties.
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And what are these hobbits doing in Gondor? Did anyone check their papers? I hear one of them is even taking a job of tower guard away from decent hardworking Gondorians!
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+1 from me if I had mod points.
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The problem is, it seems when picking their leader they rather went with Saruman and Sauron rather than Gandalf.
Now you lost me... Just who this Gandalf is?
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The Libs are likely to say it is McCain. I am not sure there is a Gandalf figure around these days, even considering a global view rather then a US one.
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Saruman was accounted among the very wise, and there are no politicians on the national stage I can think of whom I would truly call wise. Wisdom is rarely a trait of politicians.
Sauron would have had great charisma--so Obama is closer than the Republican candidates, though some would say less evil, because he is more charismatic.
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Charismatic leaders are more dangerous because they can get away with more before the criticism starts, which could well be too late to do anything about it anymore. Judge your leaders by their actions. Not their words and not their looks.