The name Barack sounds the same as the Hebrew name Bârâq (ברק), which means ligntning. The name Obama sounds the same as the Hebrew word bâmâh (בּוּם), which means height or high place.
“He said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall like lightning from heaven.’” -Luke 10:18
I used to get these mail order catalogs from a company named Design Toscano that specializes in statues and figurines for indoors and out. I’d even ordered some merchandize from them.
Some time along the way, Toscano stopped sending me the catalogs. So it’s been years since I’ve looked at a Toscano mail order catalog. In fact, I’d completely forgotten about the company, until FOTM’s silent reader CSM brought this to my attention.
Toscano is selling a grotesque statue of Obama as a Gothic dragon. Here’s the description from the company’s website, followed by a pic of the figurine:
President Barack Obama Gothic Dragon Statue
Celebrate the historic election of the 44th US president with our Toscano-exclusive Barack Obama figurine. Our, limited edition, collectible dragon statue showcases Barack Obama as a fiercely committed young dragon of mystic strength. Our dragon figurine, cast in quality designer resin, joins the distinguished American political tradition of collectible campaign buttons, patriotic pins and party election sashes. Makes the perfect collectible gift for any history lover or political aficionados!
President Barack Obama Dragon: 5″Wx3″Dx5″H.
“Barack Obama as a fiercely committed young dragon of mystic strength”?
Toscano must be smoking some powerful dope.
The figurine looks downright DEMONIC.
Just so there’s no doubt about the political partisanship of Toscano, the company also offers an even more grotesque-looking Senator John McCain Gargoyle (4½”Wx3″Dx6½”H), not that I’m fond of McCain.
I hereby vow I will NEVER EVER buy anything from Toscano.
But Toscano really should read the Scriptures, specifically Revelation 12:7-17:
“As soon as the dragon found himself hurled down to the earth, he sprang in pursuit of the woman, the mother of the male child, but she was given a pair of the great eagle’s wings to fly away from the serpent into the desert, to the place where she was to be looked after for a time, two times and half a time. So the serpent vomited water from his mouth, like a river, after the woman, to sweep her away in the current, but the earth came to her rescue; it opened its mouth and swallowed the river spewed from the dragon’s mouth. Then the dragon was enraged with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, who obey God’s commandments and have in themselves the witness of Jesus.
And now war broke out in heaven, when Michael with his angels attacked the dragon. The dragon fought back with his angels, but they were defeated and driven out of heaven. The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan, who had led all the world astray, was hurled down to the earth and his angels were hurled down with him. Then I heard a voice shout from heaven, ‘Salvation and power and empire for ever have been won by our God, and all authority for his Christ, now that the accuser, who accused our brothers day and night before our God, has been brought down. They have triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word to which they bore witness, because even in the face of death they did not cling to life. So let the heavens rejoice and all who live there; but for you, earth and sea, disaster is coming — because the devil has gone down to you in a rage, knowing that he has little time left.’”
~Eowyn