Maybe it’s just because I just finished reading the original, but this spoof on Homer’s Odyssey from Iowahawk (via Big Hollywood) is one of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time.
But Obamacles was only momentarily dissuaded from his task,
for he knew the people of Demos longed to return to the White Temple,
where they had been banished by the idiot emperor Chimpos II.
Although the Demos knew that Chimpos was the stupidest person in the world,
and they were the smartest, they had somehow been unable to defeat him.
Obamacles seized his opportunity. On the Isle of Demos, and said:“Citizens of Demos, I am Obamacles of Illinus. I will lead you
from the wilderness back to the White Temple.”Dispite his gleaming smile the agora laughed at the stranger’s folly.
“Fool, our leader is Hildusa,” they mocked. “What chance stands a handsome
newcomer like you against the mightiest of the gorgons?
Read the whole thing. It’s absolutely brilliant. And the last warning from the oracle should be heeded by all – satire or no.
(I don’t know what it is, but a lot of funny Obama stuff is coming out of late. Far more refreshing than angry Obama stuff. And more effective at keeping him in check, I’ll wager…)
Awesome. And the best summary of the last election that I’ve read.