Flanders
Member
- Joined
- May 1, 2018
- Messages
- 173
- Reaction score
- 17
- Location
- New Jersey
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Very Conservative
SCAMALOT is Obama's legacy
The Liar thought he was onto something in his lust for eternal fame. He was wrong. Obama is the only spiritual leader I ever heard about whose legacy is being erased while he is still breathing:
I always thought working for a legacy was a media invention. I cannot picture Julius Caesar working for his legacy. And who would know a thing about any historical figure if teachers and authors could not make a buck talking and writing about deceased notables? Founders of the world’s major religions are the only folks who last longer than politicians and fictitious characters like Hamlet and Sherlock Holmes. I doubt if anybody will write anything about Obama other than his obituary.
NOTE: Obama’s touchy-feely garbage does not have the staying power of the man he tried to emulate, Adolf Hitler. Think about it regardless of your personal beliefs.
Secular immortality endures as long as someone is making money from your name after you are dead. Teachers are paid to teach children about long-dead conquerors; historians write novels about the same people teachers teach.
Happily, there is no way to guarantee you will be remembered after you check out. Example: Marilyn Monroe and James Dean were not the brightest of Hollywood luminaries when they were alive, but their fame outshines the fame of Hollywood stars who were much more acclaimed while they were still breathing. The reason is obvious. Money can still be made from M.M. and Dean.
Even famous artists are remembered because of the money their work brings in.
Aside from do-gooders liable for initiating the world’s major religions, Sherlock Holmes is probably the most famous character, real or fictitious, that ever “lived” because his persona generates the most money. Others, like James Bond, may surpass Holmes’ annual income for a time, but Holmes possesses the eternal earning power that fads lack.
Some might say that Pooh Bear or Mickey Mouse deserve the top spot on the legacy totem pole, but I refuse to cross the line separating the silly from the serious irrespective of this old joke:
An anthropologist in search of lost tribes led an expedition up the Amazon. He was sure he hit the jackpot when he found a hitherto unknown tribe of pygmies. After a few weeks he could speak the simple language well enough to communicate. In an attempt to find out exactly how far removed from the outside world the pygmies were, he showed the chief some photographs he had brought with him for just such a test.
When the anthropologist showed the pygmy chief a photograph of President Eisenhower the chief shook his head no. He got the same reaction when he showed the chief photos of Winston Churchill, FDR, Stalin, and Mao. Then he showed the chief a picture of Mickey Mouse. The chief’s face lit up like a kid taking a test who finally got one right. Smiling from ear to ear he said “I know him. That is Disney’s rat.”
So much for mundane immortality.
One final observation. Should the garbage Obama spouted when he was a media darling last long enough to become a cult his priesthood will live on tax dollars long after he departs —— unlike hereafter priesthoods who have to hustle for the wherewithal century after century. Obama the Liar’s book is based on taxation. The two cannot be separated. Nobody in their right mind will donate a farthing to Obama’s church any more than they will voluntarily donate to the Socialist religion.
The Liar thought he was onto something in his lust for eternal fame. He was wrong. Obama is the only spiritual leader I ever heard about whose legacy is being erased while he is still breathing:
I always thought working for a legacy was a media invention. I cannot picture Julius Caesar working for his legacy. And who would know a thing about any historical figure if teachers and authors could not make a buck talking and writing about deceased notables? Founders of the world’s major religions are the only folks who last longer than politicians and fictitious characters like Hamlet and Sherlock Holmes. I doubt if anybody will write anything about Obama other than his obituary.
NOTE: Obama’s touchy-feely garbage does not have the staying power of the man he tried to emulate, Adolf Hitler. Think about it regardless of your personal beliefs.
Secular immortality endures as long as someone is making money from your name after you are dead. Teachers are paid to teach children about long-dead conquerors; historians write novels about the same people teachers teach.
Happily, there is no way to guarantee you will be remembered after you check out. Example: Marilyn Monroe and James Dean were not the brightest of Hollywood luminaries when they were alive, but their fame outshines the fame of Hollywood stars who were much more acclaimed while they were still breathing. The reason is obvious. Money can still be made from M.M. and Dean.
Even famous artists are remembered because of the money their work brings in.
Aside from do-gooders liable for initiating the world’s major religions, Sherlock Holmes is probably the most famous character, real or fictitious, that ever “lived” because his persona generates the most money. Others, like James Bond, may surpass Holmes’ annual income for a time, but Holmes possesses the eternal earning power that fads lack.
Some might say that Pooh Bear or Mickey Mouse deserve the top spot on the legacy totem pole, but I refuse to cross the line separating the silly from the serious irrespective of this old joke:
An anthropologist in search of lost tribes led an expedition up the Amazon. He was sure he hit the jackpot when he found a hitherto unknown tribe of pygmies. After a few weeks he could speak the simple language well enough to communicate. In an attempt to find out exactly how far removed from the outside world the pygmies were, he showed the chief some photographs he had brought with him for just such a test.
When the anthropologist showed the pygmy chief a photograph of President Eisenhower the chief shook his head no. He got the same reaction when he showed the chief photos of Winston Churchill, FDR, Stalin, and Mao. Then he showed the chief a picture of Mickey Mouse. The chief’s face lit up like a kid taking a test who finally got one right. Smiling from ear to ear he said “I know him. That is Disney’s rat.”
So much for mundane immortality.
One final observation. Should the garbage Obama spouted when he was a media darling last long enough to become a cult his priesthood will live on tax dollars long after he departs —— unlike hereafter priesthoods who have to hustle for the wherewithal century after century. Obama the Liar’s book is based on taxation. The two cannot be separated. Nobody in their right mind will donate a farthing to Obama’s church any more than they will voluntarily donate to the Socialist religion.