They Think About These Things So You Don’t Have To
Okay, so here’s the theory.
The term Beelzebub, which means Satan, translates from Hebrew into “Lord of the Flies.”
So, since President Obama has had flies around him, the guys over at Free Republic have a theory.
Okay, you’re ahead of me here.
Already, religious and other websites are using the headlines to point out that a biblical reference for Satan, the Semitic deity Beelzebub, literally translates from Hebrew into “Lord of the Flies.”
As Obama nominated two new members of his second administration yesterday, a swarming fly stole the show.
“This guy is bothering me here,” said Obama, who repeatedly swatted at a large black fly buzzing near his face.
Yep, there ya go. Living proof. President Obama isn’t a socialist, he’s actually Satan.
And the people at Free Republic are actually insane.
Thanks to Brian for the heads up.
But surely Obama was shunning the fly, not welcoming it. Didn’t the people at Free Republic understand the deep religious meaning of that?
And wasn’t there a previous fly episode wherein Obama actually grabbed the critter out of the air? He really does not seem to be a friend of flies, let alone a lord of them. If he were they’d go away when he told them to.
1Excellent logic, LynnN!
2I love these theological arguments.
3To paraphrase the Bible: Let those who are without flies, cast the first aspersion.
4Is it even possible for one fly to swarm?
5The boys over at Free Republic are a bunch of spoiled full of themselves brats who were not spanked enough by their Mamas. I can tolerate Tea Party assholes a tetch better than those fools. Sorry about the cussing Mama. Makes me wish there were black helio copters to come down on their pointy little heads and haul them off to Fema re edumacation camps.
Ticked off Hippie in the Hollar.
6The boys over at Free Republic are a bunch of spoiled full of themselves brats who were not spanked enough by their Mamas. I can tolerate Tea Party assholes a tetch better than those fools. Sorry about the cussing Mama. Makes me wish there were black helio copters to come down on their pointy little heads and haul them off to Fema re edumacation camps.
Ticked off Hippie in the Hollar.
7And where was the Secret Service? They got Jimmy Carter’s rabbit….
8Of course Beelzebub means lord of the flies, hell was in the Jerusalem city dump
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna
9It’s like there’s a rheostat for Republican brains, and someone keeps turning them dimmer, dimmer, and dimmer.
10EMoon, I have copied that remark and will shamelessly use it in conversation every chance I get. Thank you for summing up.
11Why did they not keep the camera rolling as Obama snatched that fly out of thin air with chopsticks? That was the best part of the whole thing?
Surely someone can *find* that clip somewhere and post it for our amusement.
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