The continual jumping of the shark.

And the latest article at American “Thinker” delves into toponymy or onomastics — that is names. Hence an article entitled What’s in a leftist’s name?, by James Lewis:

All the “ex’s” in that paragraph refer to their various Stations of the Cross, as they jump from one identity to another. All those “ex’s” are the marks of someone with a haunting sense of inadequacy. Just call me X, like Malcolm X Little El Hajj Malik El Shabazz.

Barry Soetoro Barack Hussein Obama II is of course another one. That’s why, having conquered the US presidency from the far, far, outasight Left, while covering up his true identity, he now feels the craving to preside over the UN Security Council for the first time in history. Being President doesn’t satisfy Mr. Obama. He must be the Second Coming of Christ, giving lasting peace to all the peoples of the world whether they like it or not. Swallow that ObamaCare, kid, or else.

SNIP

At some point most people figure out who they are, and if they are lucky, they like it well enough. They discover a world of meaning — in their family, in their God, in some obsessive hobby like stamp collecting or in being a Cat Person. Or, in this day and age, they become an Eternal Rebel, and if they’re Saul Alinsky they explicitly dedicate their book to Lucifer. (As Alinsky did with Rules for Radicals.) Trouble is, most of that isn’t satisfying either, so they have to find a never-ending crusade, with its very own evil enemies to fight, and its own messianic heroes to follow. They’re always chasing Tomorrow (1). Christopher Hitchens is a classic case; he keeps looking for another God, from Karl Marx to Leon Trotsky to Thomas Paine. They’re all The God that Failed.

A literal meeting of religious politics, astrology, approaching numerology [Morrissey], and of course the demonization of names. The author here implies that the president’s name was pre-planned for a pre-intended political purpose.

Cue in the Twilight Zone music.

(1) Anyone have an idea why he capitalized tomorrow?