Ancient Greek Temple Facade Awaits Obama Grand Entrance

Megalomania.

AKA Narcissistic Personality Disorder, characterized by grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy. Narcissism, formerly known as megalomania, occurs in a spectrum of severity, but the pathologically narcissistic are extremely self-absorbed, insensitive to others’ needs and indifferent to the effect of their own egocentric behavior, per Narcissistic Personality Suite 101 Diagnosis.

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), a patient must exhibit five or more of the following traits in order to be diagnosed with NPD, per Narcissistic Personality Suite 101 Personality Disorder :

• grandiose sense of self-importance
• preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
• belief that he or she is “special” and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
• need for excessive admiration
• sense of entitlement
• takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
• lack of empathy
• envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
• arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

Now that this mental disorder has been covered, check out the Democratic National Committee Convention plan for Barack Obama’s presidential nominee acceptance speech, according to Reuters and ABC News.

• An elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple.
• The stage will be similar to structures used for rock concerts, at the Denver Broncos’ National Football League team stadium.
• He will stride out to a raised platform to a podium that can be raised from beneath the floor.
• Politicians previously have given their speech from the convention site itself, but the Obama campaign fancied instead John F. Kennedy’s acceptance speech in 1960 to 80,000 people in the Los Angeles Coliseum.
• Confetti will rain down on him and fireworks will be fired off from locations around the stadium wall.

And then, the grand coronation will conclude with the anointed king standing high and mighty for all to see. 

Psychiatrists of America!  There’s a mad man loose at Invesco Field.  Catch him if you can!

 
“Is this the biggest they’ve got?  Invesco Field.”
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“Obama King.  …Because of what happened in Selma, Alabama…Barack Obama, Jr. was born…57 States…A tragedy in Kansas.  10,000 People died…How’s it going, Sunshine?…Our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes – And I see many of them in the audience…I had an uncle who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz…”
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UPDATE

Burger King not amused at the impersonation?

 

 

See :
1.  http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2636979020080826.   
2.  http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5660266. 
3.  http://narcissistic-personality.suite101.com/article.cfm/narcissistic_disorder_diagnosis.
4.  http://narcissistic-personality.suite101.com/article.cfm/narcissistic_personality_disorder.

The Eyes Of The Church Are Upon You

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Yes, Senator Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Peolosi, the Catholic Church is well aware of your statements as they pertain to church doctrine. 

What?  You didn’t think anyone would notice?

Well, in fact “the archbishop of Washington is chiding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for misstating church history and the archbishop of Denver is warning vice presidential hopeful Joe Biden not to take Communion.”  This, according to Fox News on August 26, 2008. 

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Catholic doctrine per Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl,

“The current teaching of the Catholic Church on human life and abortion is the same teaching as it was 2,000 years ago,” Wuerl noted. “From the beginning, the Catholic Church has respected the dignity of all human life from the moment of conception to natural death.”

“Since the first century the church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion,” the catechism states. “This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable.”

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops notes without hesitation from the Boston Globe,

In fact, the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches, ‘Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. … the Church’s moral teaching never justified or permitted abortion at any stage of development. …the Church teaches that from the time of conception (fertilization), each member of the human species must be given the full respect due to a human person, beginning with respect for the fundamental right to life.”

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Politician Joe Biden stance on abortion and when does life begin,

That debate in our church has not morphed, but changed over a thousand years,” Biden said. “It always is viewed by the church as something that is wrong, but there’s been gradations of whether it was wrong. You know, from venial or mortal sin, as we Catholics say, and versions of it.”  He added that since Pope Pius IX’s reign (1846-1878), “it’s been pretty clear that’s been automatic — moment of conception.”

Politician Nancy Pelosi stance on when does life begin,

“And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition. And St. Augustine said at three months. We don’t know.”…

Her views on when life begins were informed by the views of Saint Augustine, who said: ‘…the law does not provide that the act [abortion] pertains to homicide, for there cannot yet be said to be a live soul in a body that lacks sensation…’ (Saint Augustine, On Exodus 21.22)  While Catholic teaching is clear that life begins at conception, many Catholics do not ascribe to that view.

“I understand. … And this is like maybe 50 years or something like that. So again, over the history of the church, this is an issue of controversy.”

Uhhhhh, the bishops are pretty clear on the Catholic doctrine: Abortion is au contraire.  Life begins at the moment of conception. 

Ascribe to any other views if you will, but those are not of the Catholic Church.  So says The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. 

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See:
1.  http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/26/archbishop-of-washington-chides-pelosi-denver-archbishop-warns-biden-to-skip-communion/.

2.  http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles_of_faith/2008/08/catholic_bishop.html?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed7.