Posted by
Playful Walrus on Wednesday, April 08, 2009 5:00:00 PM
A letter to the Los Angeles Times has prompted me to finally ask if we need to label this bizarre sycophantic condition that is popping up in some Americans. Susan Harris of Glendale wrote:
Now that 14 people are dead from a rampage shooting in Binghamton, N.Y., can we do something about gun control in this country?
I agree. There should be less gun control so more law-abiding Americans can arm themselves in more circumstances. Someone could possibly have stopped this guy before he killed anyone, or before he killed as many.
...Hmmm. Oh, wait. I read ahead to the end of the letter, and I think Ms. Harris means she wants MORE gun control. Yes, I think more laws may work. I mean, the problem here was that this guy would have heeded laws against what he did if they existed, right? If there had been more restrictive laws, he surely wouldn’' have done what he did. We should outlaw murder while we are at it.
Nope, somehow that doesn’t wash with me. I mean, it makes as much sense as banning all immigration because this involved and immigrant. See this blog for much more on the gun control issue.
Ah, but that's not what really caught my eye about this letter.
As the letter writer notes, 13 people were murdered, and what is her concern?
We have an articulate, intelligent and dignified president who is abroad trying to do something about the tarnished image of this country. And how do we help him? By slaughtering each other?
Yes, her concern is that the 14 deaths may make Obama (who is "articulate"... and probably clean, too... and certainly "dignified", wrongly bowing down to foreign royalty)... look bad.
Before we do anything we must ask ourselves - how will this help President Obama look good? Murdering maniacs should take a break until Obama is out of office. It was okay to run around murdering people when Bush was President, but those days are over, now that we have an articulate teleprompter reader.
What can we call this? Obama Devotion Syndrome? You may have noticed that it is more likely to be found in those who have displayed Bush Derangement Syndrome. I say we use endangered animals in experiments to find cures for this. We need human Embryonic Stem Cells for other research.