George W. And the Ring of Power

RosieCotton · 01-23-2003, 06:06 PM

http://www.kojiroabe.com/rotk/rotk03.html

Wow. I just don't know what to say.

Rosie

Lady of Rohan · 01-23-2003, 07:10 PM

Interesting!

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Elfhelm · 01-23-2003, 08:00 PM

I do know what to say.

We really can't relate the One Ring to modern problems because there is no Crack of Doom to throw our equivalent One Ring into. All we can do is throw our personal rings into our individual cracks of doom.

LuthienTinuviel · 01-24-2003, 01:42 AM

how about if we just chuck Georgey dubbya into the nearest volcano and call it a comprimise?

BeardofPants · 01-24-2003, 02:50 AM

Have I told you how much I hero-worship you lately?

Beleg Strongbow · 01-24-2003, 02:15 PM

I think it's a confirmation of my long-held belief that George "dubious" Bush is really Sauron.

Elfhelm · 01-24-2003, 02:24 PM

FWIW
Bush's Job Rating - make you own graph

It's back to about the worst it's ever been. The approval numbers are almost as low as before 9/11 and the disapproval is almost as high.

WallRocker · 01-24-2003, 03:33 PM

That pic always makes me laugh

Elf Girl · 01-24-2003, 05:32 PM

The picture of Arwen is weird. (It is actually a scene cut from FotR.) Elves don't sleep the same way humans do, so that would never have happened.

Evenstar1400 · 01-24-2003, 07:30 PM

thats really funny! all we gotta do now is find some midgets with hairy feet to take it from him and throw it into a volcano!

Adrian Baggins · 01-24-2003, 11:38 PM

funny butI don't think that Frodo was in love with anybody(esp. not Gandalf)

**Nurvingiel** · 01-27-2003, 04:10 AM

The writing on the Ring only appeared briefly when it had been in a fire.

Even though I think the Bush-Sauron connection is funny, and at times, scarily accurate.

anarion · 01-29-2003, 03:47 AM

I really don't see the comparison between, Mr. Bush and the one ring.
Except of course that they were both spawned from pure evil, and that they are totally bent on destroying countless others, and bending the world to it's bitter and corrupted will.
Now had the comparison been George W. and Satan then maybe I could see your point.

Beleg Strongbow · 01-29-2003, 09:23 AM

And, to paraphrase the start of the FOTR movie, their "cruelty, malice, and will to dominate all life" makes them miss other solutions to their problems.

Black Breathalizer · 01-29-2003, 10:31 AM

A Council Meeting in Minas Tirith. Gandalf and Aragorn talk with their advisors about going to war with Mordor.

Gandalf the White: I council that we take the fight to Sauron...keep his eye on us. I propose we take an army to Mordor!!!

Beleg Strongbow: I disagree. I think we should find another solution to the Sauron problem. Let's try all peaceful means.

Aragorn: Open war is upon you, whether you risk it or not.

Nurvingiel: This is just a personal vendetta for you, Aragorn. You just want to see Sauron out of power because of his old feud with your forefathers.

(anarion stands and points an accusing finger at Gandalf and Aragorn.)

anarion: You two are the TRUE ENEMY. You are totally bent on destroying countless others, and bending the world to your bitter and corrupted will.

Gandalf: (sighing) Now I know how George W. Bush feels.

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-29-2003, 10:36 AM

Aha! Here I agree with you, BB!

Personally, I like Bush; at least he takes some sort of action, instead of sitting on his bum discussing what's going on.

That said, I do think the picture is funny.

**Nurvingiel** · 01-29-2003, 12:21 PM

LOL BB!

Yea! I'm an advisor to Aragorn and Gandalf!

I would like to tell Bush not to go to war with Iraq! Nice analogy.

Beleg Strongbow · 01-29-2003, 02:04 PM

That's perfectly correct, BB. I'm suggesting we try something other than open war.
Something crazy.
Something like, oh, trying to destroy the Ring instead.

Black Breathalizer · 01-29-2003, 02:34 PM

Following the analogy further:

Allowing Sauron to regain his ring would be the end of Middle-Earth as we know it.

Allowing Saddam the opportunity to use his stockpiled biological weapons of mass destruction in our country would be the end of our world as we know it.

Elfhelm · 01-29-2003, 03:32 PM

Clearly you didn't read my post above on this thread.

Quote:

We really can't relate the One Ring to modern problems because there is no Crack of Doom to throw our equivalent One Ring into.

Analogies are by their nature didactic, subject to the personal opinions of the analogizer, and therefore not supportive of any proposition other than that some people are very persistent opinionators.

01-23-2003, 06:06 PM	#1
RosieCotton Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hobbiton...no wait.... Posts: 263	George W. And the Ring of Power http://www.kojiroabe.com/rotk/rotk03.html Wow. I just don't know what to say. Rosie __________________ Fortune rides like the Sun on high With the fox that makes the ravens fly Luck his sould, the lightning his eye He snatches the moons from out of the sky.

01-23-2003, 08:00 PM	#3
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	I do know what to say. We really can't relate the One Ring to modern problems because there is no Crack of Doom to throw our equivalent One Ring into. All we can do is throw our personal rings into our individual cracks of doom. __________________ cya

01-24-2003, 01:42 AM	#4
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	how about if we just chuck Georgey dubbya into the nearest volcano and call it a comprimise? __________________

01-24-2003, 02:50 AM	#5
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Have I told you how much I hero-worship you lately? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

01-24-2003, 02:15 PM	#6
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	I think it's a confirmation of my long-held belief that George "dubious" Bush is really Sauron. __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

01-23-2003, 07:10 PM	#2
Lady of Rohan Doughy Elf Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 1,006	Interesting! !

01-24-2003, 02:24 PM	#7
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	FWIW Bush's Job Rating - make you own graph It's back to about the worst it's ever been. The approval numbers are almost as low as before 9/11 and the disapproval is almost as high. __________________ cya

01-24-2003, 03:33 PM	#8
WallRocker Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: At the computer... Posts: 376	That pic always makes me laugh __________________ Do one thing every day that scares you ~Anonymous~ <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><<>< <>< <>< <>< I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America And to the Republic for which it stands One nation UNDER GOD with liberty and justice for all

01-24-2003, 05:32 PM	#9
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	The picture of Arwen is weird. (It is actually a scene cut from FotR.) Elves don't sleep the same way humans do, so that would never have happened. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

01-24-2003, 07:30 PM	#10
Evenstar1400 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the inner depths of my lair. Posts: 421	thats really funny! all we gotta do now is find some midgets with hairy feet to take it from him and throw it into a volcano! __________________ Treebeard: Hmm, you look like hobbits, smell like hobbits, feel like hobbits and sound like hobbits. You must be orcs!

01-24-2003, 11:38 PM	#11
Adrian Baggins Frodo's lil sis HP LotR fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: in a tree reading Harry P. and LotR Posts: 585	funny butI don't think that Frodo was in love with anybody(esp. not Gandalf) __________________ AB Adrian Baggins wizard, elf, mortal, hobbit Owner of the 3 unknown rings I LIKE HIEI!! LOOK AT MY AVITAR IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS!! H. Hysterically cold I. Insanely unhuman E. Effortlessly mocking I. Irresistabely hott "You're a team player, a save-the-day superhero pause I hate people like you." ~Hiei

01-29-2003, 03:47 AM	#13
anarion Enting Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Born in Lousiville, KY. Living in Laguna, Philippines Posts: 55	The Republican Sauron I really don't see the comparison between, Mr. Bush and the one ring. Except of course that they were both spawned from pure evil, and that they are totally bent on destroying countless others, and bending the world to it's bitter and corrupted will. Now had the comparison been George W. and Satan then maybe I could see your point.

01-29-2003, 09:23 AM	#14
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	And, to paraphrase the start of the FOTR movie, their "cruelty, malice, and will to dominate all life" makes them miss other solutions to their problems. __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

01-29-2003, 10:31 AM	#15
Black Breathalizer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 828	A Council Meeting in Minas Tirith. Gandalf and Aragorn talk with their advisors about going to war with Mordor. Gandalf the White: I council that we take the fight to Sauron...keep his eye on us. I propose we take an army to Mordor!!! Beleg Strongbow: I disagree. I think we should find another solution to the Sauron problem. Let's try all peaceful means. Aragorn: Open war is upon you, whether you risk it or not. Nurvingiel: This is just a personal vendetta for you, Aragorn. You just want to see Sauron out of power because of his old feud with your forefathers. (anarion stands and points an accusing finger at Gandalf and Aragorn.) anarion: You two are the TRUE ENEMY. You are totally bent on destroying countless others, and bending the world to your bitter and corrupted will. Gandalf: (sighing) Now I know how George W. Bush feels.

01-29-2003, 10:36 AM	#16
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Aha! Here I agree with you, BB! Personally, I like Bush; at least he takes some sort of action, instead of sitting on his bum discussing what's going on. That said, I do think the picture is funny. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

01-29-2003, 02:04 PM	#18
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	That's perfectly correct, BB. I'm suggesting we try something other than open war. Something crazy. Something like, oh, trying to destroy the Ring instead. __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

01-29-2003, 02:34 PM	#19
Black Breathalizer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 828	Following the analogy further: Allowing Sauron to regain his ring would be the end of Middle-Earth as we know it. Allowing Saddam the opportunity to use his stockpiled biological weapons of mass destruction in our country would be the end of our world as we know it.