Is there nothing that Zeusama can’t do?
Some 80,000 supporters will see Obama appear from between plywood columns painted off-white, reminiscent of Washington’s Capitol building or even the White House, to accept the party’s nomination for president.
He will stride out to a raised platform to a podium that can be raised from beneath the floor. […]
Once Obama speaks, confetti will rain down on him and fireworks will be fired off from locations around the stadium wall.
Seems to me that he should ride up WITH the podium to a chorus of “HE HAS RISEN !! HE HAS RISEN !!”
amazing it never ends and it should, when you puff a balloon too big it pops.
But in Canada we have “DIONysus”. The general perscription is to get whacked out on the intoxicant of your choice and vote LIEberal.
Looks like we will have an election soon too.
But then some would consider this to be an “OBAMA-NATION” ™!!
Cheers
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In classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos (in Greek, Διόνυσος or Διώνυσος; associated with Roman Liber), is the god of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, and a major figure of Greek mythology. The geographical origins of his cult were unknown, but almost all myths depicted him as having “foreign” (i.e. non-Greek) origins.[1]
He was also known as Bacchus[2] and the frenzy he induces, bakcheia. He is the patron deity of agriculture and the theatre. He was also known as the Liberator (Eleutherios), freeing one from one’s normal self, by madness, ecstasy, or wine.[3] The divine mission of Dionysus was to mingle the music of the aulos and to bring an end to care and worry.[4] Scholars have discussed Dionysus’ relationship to the “cult of the souls” and his ability to preside over communication between the living and the dead.[5]
In Greek mythology Dionysus is made to be a son of Zeus and Semele; other versions of the myth contend that he is a son of Zeus and Persephone. He is described as being womanly or “man-womanish”.[6]
The name Dionysos is of uncertain significance; its -nysos element may well be non-Greek in origin, but its dio- element has been associated since antiquity with Zeus (genitive Dios). Nysa, for Greek writers, is either the nymph who nursed him, or the mountain where he was attended by several nymphs (the Nysiads), who fed him and made him immortal as directed by Hermes.[7]
I bet the fireworks will be fake.
Getting to be quite the spectacle isn’t it?
I think the American people should be wary of Obama’s wife Michelle, I think she is the one with ambitions more than he mixed in with an axe to grind. A very dangerous mix.
I always believed that Hillary had more input, if not ran the show from behind the scenes of Bill’s presidency. Her putting up with his shenanigans was par for the course for her presidential goals.
The same will be for Michelle. She is the one to watch out for. Ambition, an agenda (a well hidden one) and with an axe to grind.
As for the glorious change that they seek and offer, as if the sky will be bluer and the grass greener the next day after they are elected…the average person will find that they will be footing the bill for that.
Grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but it takes more BS to make it that way.
sounds like he has already sold out to the chinese olympic commitee.
can the chinese digitally reduce his ears.?
there used to be Prince Charles coffee mugs with smaller ear handles than Obama Joe Laden.
Obama’s “rock star” image was effectively criticized by the McCain campaign after the recent Obamapaloosa Tour of Europe, resulting in a drop in the Messiah’s polling numbers.
Reinforcing this image with a stage resembling a “miniature Greek temple” and fireworks might give MSNBC’s Chris Matthews another “thrill” going up his leg, but is unlikely to convince independents that the junior Senator has the experience to govern.
He is continuing to insult the senses and the American people. Hometown America won’t buy this prima dona and his ascent to the throne without an election. I have said it here before, he is all mouth and no meat, a black turdeau. You can truly fear for your grandchildren with this empty being “leading” the Western World.
listened to CBCpravda this morning driving in. I dont know why because it puts me in a snit before 14th street. near the pravda hinterlands office.
the fawning of the reporter about Billary’s speech almost made me puke in my own mouth.
Reflective of Obama’s entire campaign: bread and circuses for the masses.
Good stuff, Hans at 10:22!
Thanks for the warning. I will wait to eat until after the performance.
Those standing near Keith Olbermann are advised to wear raincoats.
smoke and mirrors…reminiscent of the wizard of oz…
Does it really matter who wins?
The Rise of Fantasy Politics – Robert Samuelson
Obama and McCain have each embraced symbolic gestures that falsely suggest they’ve made tough choices. Democrats blame deficits on Bush’s tax cuts for the rich and the Iraq War. OK, let’s whack the rich. Obama would restore the 36 percent and 39.6 percent income-tax rates for couples with taxable incomes above $200,300 and $357,700. He’s suggested higher capital-gains taxes and Social Security taxes for those with incomes exceeding $250,000. Together, these changes might generate about $80 billion of revenue in 2010, says the Tax Policy Center. By contrast, the 2008 budget deficit is reckoned at $389 billion. Even saving $125 billion by winding down the Iraq War — a highly optimistic estimate — wouldn’t erase the deficit.
McCain denounces wasteful spending, citing congressional “earmarks.” These are projects usually designated by individual members of Congress for their districts. OK, let’s scrub them all. In 2008, earmarks numbered 11,610 and cost $17.2 billion, estimates Citizens Against Government Waste. That’s less than 1 percent of federal spending.
Yeah, barf-making.
What ARE they thinking? I can already see Obama’s shoulders sagging under the weight of all this hype–and agree with some commenters that it’s Michelle, Sa Belle, who’s REALLY got the hots for the Whitehouse.
This is the over-the-top stuff that I really dislike about the U.S. I don’t mind that they think big, act big, and dream big, but this deifying the leader of a political party, even before he’s under the Big Top, is nuts.
Yeah, a rousing Hallelujah Chorus wouldn’t be out of place for the Obamessiah.
I hope they didn’t forget the dry ice fog and the drum majorettes with the candy striped rifles.
A few suggestions for the DNC:
Pony up for a shallow pond on stage so that Obama appears to be walking on water.
At the end of his speech, have him feed all 80,000 attendees from a few fishes and loaves. Penn and Teller can advise on how to accomplish this illusion.
The slightest suggestion of a halo (computer generated) wouldn’t hurt.
No need to thank me. Just glad to help.
Who mourns for Adonais?
Episode #204 of the original Star Trek series comes to mind when I picture the ‘O’ taking the stage.
Quote from episode #204 from Apollo:
” I would have cherished you, cared for you. I would have loved you as a father loves his children. Did I ask so much?”
I can picture the ‘O’ saying this very thing when Americans deny him hid bid for POTUS.
“I can picture the ‘O’ saying this very thing when Americans deny him HIS bid for POTUS.”
OOps
Once Obama speaks, confetti will rain down on him and fireworks will be fired off from locations around the stadium wall.
After that, Michelle will appear next to him and hand him a few loaves of bread and some fish, with which he will feed everybody in the stadium.
The Greeks had a word for this, usually transliterated as hubris.
But in Canada we have “DIONysus”.
Wasn’t Dionysus a girlish catamite to some other God in the greek version?
This will not/has not gone over well in the central to southern section of Mr. Obama’s home state. Then again, Chicago politics in general never has gone over well.
The problem is one of demographics — the entire central to southern half of the state, every single voter, could vote against him but due to the population (and voting practices) of Cook Co. and its environs he’ll still carry IL.
Many downstaters have often grumbled about secession.
Another suggestion for the DNC:
Don’t forget the burning bush in the background.
“Another suggestion for the DNC:
Don’t forget the burning bush in the background.
Posted by: Orlin at August 27, 2008 2:34 PM”
More importantly, a set of tablets, with the blanks to be filled in later.
Thou shalt not ___________ .
Thou shalt no longer ____________ .
Thou shalt __________________ .
Thou shalt never _____________ .
Thou shalt render _________ to __________, hence forth.
(I am Barack Obama, and I approve of these Commandments)
Yoop — you mean
Thou shalt render _________ to __________, hence forth.
Thou shalt render unto the almighty US Government
Maybe someone will get the idea of using 18-foot Stonehenge pillars, but they’ll request 18-inch ones by mistake, a la This Is Spinal Tap.