Things I found on the way to other things...

Interesting quote from an author of one of the great books, J.R.R. Tolkien.
Here’s an comment he made about Sauron. Some say he is referring to Adolph. Maybe he foresaw someone like Bush.

Tolkien describes Sauron as:
" …as near an approach to the wholly evil will as is possible. He had gone the way of all tyrants: beginning well, at least on the level that while desiring to order all things according to his own wisdom he still at first considered the (economic) well-being of other inhabitants of the Earth. But he went further than human tyrants in pride and lust for domination, being in origin an immortal (angelic) spirit.....Sauron desired to be a God-King and was held to be this by his servants; if he had been victorious he would have demanded divine honour from all rational creatures and absolute temporal power over the whole world."

This is a statement made by Gandalf in “The lord of the Rings.”


"For into the midst of all these policies comes the Ring of Power, the foundation of Barad-dur, and the hope of Sauron.
Concerning this thing, my lords, you now all know enough for the understanding of our plight, and of Sauron's. If he regains it, your valour is vain, and his victory will be swift or complete: so complete that none can foresee the end of it while this world lasts. If it is destroyed, then he will fall: and his fall will be so low that none can foresee his arising ever again. For he will lose the best part of his strength that was native to him in his beginning, and all that was made or begun with that power will crumble, and he will be maimed for ever, becoming a mere spirit of malice that gnaws itself in the shadows, but cannot again grow or take shape. And so a great evil of this world will be removed.
Other evils there are that may come; for Sauron is himself but a servant or emissary."



Replace a few words and it becomes contemporary. It’s almost as if J.R.R. was precognitive.

"For into the midst of all these policies comes the presidency, the coveted desire of the Republicans, and the hope of McCain.
Concerning this thing, my lords, you now all know enough for the understanding of our plight, and of McCain’s. If he regains the presidency, your valour is vain, and his victory will be swift or complete: so complete that none can foresee the end of it while this world lasts. If he loses, then he will fall: and his fall will be so low that none can foresee his arising ever again. For he will lose the best part of his strength that was native to him in his beginning, and all that was made or begun with that power will crumble, and he will be maimed for ever, becoming a mere spirit of malice that gnaws itself in the shadows, but cannot again grow or take shape. And so a great evil of this world will be removed.
Other evils there are that may come; for McCain is himself but a servant or emissary (of the NeoCons)."

I defer to our resident expert on LOTR, Blackdog. Curious?