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April 14, 2003

I had been reading a forum online lately with some slightly overzealous persons The discussion got quite anti-GOP so I thought I'd post a message with the subject line, "SMOKING GUN---GOP IS EVIL" with the below picture just to let people have a laugh and relax a little.  You can see what happened below.  2, 6 and 7 are obviously careful readers.  (If you haven't seen Lord of the Rings, sorry, but that's the evil guy's ring on Bush's finger)

 


 

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I couldn't resist.  All the alarmists on board may now proceed to flame.

 


 

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I can't read the inscription. Can you please tell me what it says? Also, have you been able to verify that this picture hasn't been altered?

Jay


 

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That is hilarious, Oak...:)  Jay - you must not have seen Lord of the Rings.  The Ring has that inscription on it.  It's Elvish.  If someone can post the total inscription, I would appreciate it.  I can't find it online anywhere...ugh...:)

Mike...


 

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Mike,You're right. I have not seen LOTR.

Jay


 

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It's actually the language of Mordor from what I recall, though very similar to Elvish.

"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."


 

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I don't believe that this is a blown up picture of the ring on the Presidents hand.  At least not blown up from the photo here.  Take a look at the dark lines above and below the ring finger on Bushes hand.  I mean the gap between the fingers.  There is a very long dark line on the original photo that isn't on the blown up photo.  This is a fake.   DAVE


 

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Was this goofy picture posted as a joke, or to convince us that the gop is more or less evil than any other political party ?And what is elvish ? Is there a language, a culture, a lexicon, a history here ? Is this a people that has never existed and never will ? Is this a people that do things without Priesthood power or keys ? "If it is not of God....."We have time for this ?Is not the return of the lost Tribes going to be stimulating enough, the return of the City of Enoch somewhat interesting ?

Jerry, with a sore throat and a bad disposition today.


 

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Sent: 4/14/2003 11:55 PM

LOL!  As a devout Republican, this would have evoked a lively response from me had it not been so blasted funny!That's an 'A+' for creativity.....

Anon


 

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Sent: 4/15/2003 4:39 AM

Vajer,Yeah, all of those things WILL be, but until that - there will always be fantasy and the eternal struggle between good and ill AND we will have Frodo - who represents all of us, for he said to Gandolf [kind of like a representitive of the prophet]"I wish that this [meaning the disposal of the Ring of Power] had never come to me and that I had never had to live in these time" said Frodo.Gandolf, being wiser and knowing that the Hobbit had something stronger in him then what he knew, gave this wise council: "So do all who live to see such times, but it is not for them to decide; rather it is for them to decide what they will do with the time given them"So, until we get to see the 12 tribes come home and the "City of Enoch", we will have the brave Frodo and the dedicated Sam as friends to help us on our own quest against tyranny and Consummate Evil.A song of joy at leaving and the road ahead -

The Road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it beganNow, far away the Road has goneAnd I must follow - if I canPersuing it with eager feetUntil it joins some larger wayWhere may paths and errands meetAnd whether then?  I can not say.

A song of sadness and of loosing that which once was and will never return.  Of a broken heart and of "things with are not seen":

I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew;Of wind I sang, a wind there came and in the branches blew.Beyond the Sun, beyond the Moon, the foam was ore the Sea,And by the strand of Ilmarin there grew a golden Tree.Beneath the stars of Ever-eve in Eldamr it shone,In Ildamar beside the walks of Elven Tirion.There long the golden leaves have grown upon the branching years,Where her beyond the Sundering Seas now fall the Elven-tears.O Lorien! The winter comes, the bare and leafless day;The leaves are falling in the stream, the River flows away.O Lorien! Too long I have dwelt upon this Hither ShoreAnd in a fading crown have twinded the golden elenor!But if of ships I now should singWhat ship would come to me.What ship would bare me ever backAcross so wide a sea?

Maybe he sings of Eden or of Enoch "Where the Golden Tree grows"- could it be that his soul is just so tired from evil that he longs to go home "Across so wide a sea"?  Could this not be our song at some crucial time in our future lives?  "O Elberth! - O Glithrial!" Could not our heart cry out to our Father in a like manner, even using the Adamic tongue, which sings to the heart like the fabled "Elven Tongue" does here?Do not be too quick to condemn something which you know nothing of - nor to condemn it because you saw some feble attempt to make this epic into a movie [which could not contain the richness nor the history of the original in it's making] just to brush with quick strokes, that which could be a prototype of that which may lay ahead for us and give us courage to march ahead against terrible odds.I stand with Frodo and pray for the strength and courage which he exhibits in this Epic tale of Good and Evil.  Do not take offence, because I have many other real tales of  real courage at my hand, [My g-g grandmother, walking across the plains at 12 yrs. old with the Martain Handcart company and utimately having her feet sawed off with at common carpenter's blade w/o any anesthetics, and having to walk on her knees for the rest of her life - with the bare bones sticking out behind her stumps] but to take good where you see it.  This tale strengthens me.

 

 

 


 

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Sent: 4/15/2003 6:53 AM

My favorite Gandalf quote.

"Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succor of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule."

 

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Sent: 4/15/2003 6:35 PM

Nobody finds this more hillarious than me.  I am a Lord of the Rings FREAK!

Debbie


 

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Sent: 4/16/2003 9:04 AM

One of my favorite quotes of all time is the quote from Gandalf to Frodo that you posted, Shepardes.  I love the line, especially, "...it is for them to decide what they will do with the time given them."  I get goosebumps every time I hear that line.

Mike...


 

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Sent: 4/17/2003 10:43 PM

Reading the comments is as funny as the picture.  I'm a big fan of Lord of the Rings, AND George Bush.  I've met George Bush, heard him speak, listened to him tell jokes, heck, he would laugh at this picture too!  Love it.

~Brenda