My friend's Obama shrine

Yes of course. I personally believe that human beings are designed with a need to believe in something bigger than ourselves. For those with Biblical faith, the thing bigger than ourselves is of course our Lord and G-d, Jesus Christ. But once man gives up on faith in a god(s), they are left with something empty inside them that they need filled. Something to believe in that will save them from life, and all the pain of this world. For many, that becomes a worship of politicians. As much as we routinely talk about how all politicians lie, all politician are selfish, and corrupt... the truth is, people without a god, worship a man... in this case Obama. This pattern is throughout history too. When Russia lost faith, it worshiped Lenin and Stalin. In China they lost faith, torn down their temples, and worshiped Mao. In Germany it was Hitler. We are no different. By dumping our foundational beliefs as Americans, people are beginning to worship politicians to fill that need to believe someone is in control. So, yes it doesn't surprise me at all that you have friends with a Shrine to Obama. People worshiped Nero in Rome, even while he was burning down half the city. This is just the start. As we move farther away from our foundations, our society will become far worse than it is now.

You live in the nation that virtually created the "personality cult", what do you expect? I don't know why most people are sheep, although I've got theories, but the fact remains, they are. And it doesn't really matter if the ram they follow is your ram or somebody else's ram, it's still a demonstration of the basic servility of most human beings. I still can't believe how many Australians are still loyal and obsessed Royal watchers, or why our media and the bulk of the population turn out to fawn over Charles and his Diana replacement, who are touring here at the moment. Be thankful you're not one of the ewes. Lash

i think that it is refreshing to see that. no president has ever generated the amount of popularity as B.O. i myself, have a few B.O. tee shirts. so do my kids. romney only wishes that someone would make a tee shirt with him on it.

Don't concern yourself. After his second term, Obama will be forgotten as other Presidents are forgotten. His shrine will go down and another (if she remains immature) will go up.

I have kinda the opposite. It's not on FB; I refuse to have a page there on principle. But on one of my community boards, this guy just won't STFU with "Obama's a Muslims" and "Obama's worse than Hitler" and "Obama's the Antichrist," etc. It's annoying either way. I can see showing adoration. That is what it is. American society most certainly places more importance on an orange drunk chick who gets knocked up randomly than on a positive female role model, so that folks get wood over Obama is expected. And that there's a flip side to that coin is just the flow on the ebb. But there's a breaking point. Okay. You hate ObaMAO. I understand. You don't have to poke us about it every 4 hours.