Posted on 01/21/2010 10:18:30 PM PST by woofie
It's been a few years since the release of The 13th Warrior. The film was that rarity, an intelligent actioner. Adapted from Michael Crichton's novel Eaters of the Dead, it was a retelling, and rationalization, of the ancient Beowulf legend.
In Crichton's version, the monsters of legend comprise a tribe of human cannibals preying on Viking settlements. The story is told through the eyes of an educated Arab visitor driven to the far north by circumstances. He witnesses an attack by the cannibals in which the Vikings panic and run for it, sustaining heavy casualties in the process. But then, with the assistance of their Arab visitor, the Vikings begin to analyze the behavior of their enemy, piercing through the supernatural aura to the actuality within, learning their enemy's weaknesses and the means of capitalizing on them. The Viking defense improves and becomes formidable. At last they assault the cannibal stronghold itself, where Beowulf confronts and destroys their unsavory queen-goddess, losing his life in the process.
The film is an examination of the power of intellectual analysis. Utilizing their brains, along with their swords, the Vikings pierce the mystique of the cannibals, seeing them no longer as demons erupted from Hell but merely as men whose mother goddess dresses them funny. From that point on, it's only a matter of time, effort, and tactics.
The same process has occurred many times in history. In 1814, somebody -- it's unclear who -- persuaded the Allies that the smart move was to stop chasing Napoleon from battlefield to battlefield and instead to march directly on Paris and deprive him of his power base. That did the trick -- with his mystique as the Unconquered Conqueror punctured, Napoleon was soon without an army and within weeks in Elba, playing solitaire and planning .....
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We must also finish off Nancy Pelosi. She simply has to go.
I get the feeling Obama listens to no one.....and if the narcicism diagnosis is correct he is not able to change
I cannot think of a single bit of real adversity the man has faced
Have you seen his wife?
I stand corrected
LOL
Yep. Very fine piece.
“It’s been a few years since the release of The 13th Warrior. The film was that rarity, an intelligent actioner.”
but it was a terrible movie...
Ping!
I saw through the steaming pile man from day one and after the second time of hearing him blather and stutter, I still refuse to listen to anything he spews to this day.
Now, one must ask one's self: If the Left was to allow such a person to run for POTUS, what is it that's really on the agenda of the powerful that work behind the scenes and the cameras to Pimp the Pimp?
“The winning is in the will, Bulwyf.”
“Biden is ineffectual “
That’s being exceptionally kind to Gaffemaster B!
He’s a complete idiot.
“a wisp of smoke”
Aren’t you giving the KENYAN VILLAGE IDIOT a little too much credit there?
Thank heavens for that.
Publisus Scipio said that the way to beat Hannibal Barca of Carthage, who was running wild in Italy, was to send an army to North Africa to threaten Carthage.
It worked, the city recalled Hannibal out of Italy, and then Publius defeated his army; then Publius Scipio was given the title “Africanus” for his great victory.
We must also finish off Nancy Pelosi. She simply has to go.
Once the Repubs take control of the House, Nancy will no longer be Speaker. She may remain as minority leader if the Dem congress critters don’t revolt.
Speaking of....
HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN?
“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children.http://fightthesmears.com/articles/5/birthcertificate.html
Furthermore: Hawaii's Territorial Law, Chapter 57 - "VITAL STATISTICS, I", shown beginning pg 23 of 29, (the law in effect in 1961) allowed baby's born anywhere in the world to be eligible to apply for a Hawaii birth certificate.
You have the Perfect Post Here!
It proves conclusively that Barack Hussein Obama, Jr, aka, Barry Soetoro, aka who knows whatever more aliases, is Ineligible by Our American Constitution to hold the Office of POTUS!
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