V:An anti-Obama show (seriously)

Ok normally when a show debuts in any month other than september on january it is almost doomed to fail. That doesn't seem to be the case with the "V" where visitors come to earth (they're really reptilians bent on world destruction) in our time of need. Granted this is technically a remake from 1983-84 miniseries but I (and others) feel it is somewhat of a shot across the bow of Obamamania that has died down somewhat but still out there. Some of my favorite quotes from the episode "The V's call it spreading hope" "comprimising your principals for the greater good is a noble act" and about a half dozen others feel like rimshots to punchlines of Obama jokes. Here's the opening paragraphs from an the, drumroll please, Chicago Tribune (link in title) has today...

Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care.

The news media swoons in admiration -- one simpering anchorman even shouts at a reporter who asks a tough question: "Why don't you show some respect?!" The public is likewise smitten, except for a few nut cases who circulate batty rumors on the Internet about the leader's origins and intentions. The leader, undismayed, offers assurances that are soothing, if also just a tiny bit condescending: "Embracing change is never easy."

And here's a comment that sums up the show perfectly...

The original V was an allegorical reference to Hitler's Nazi regime and the internment and total control of the Jewish people. They arrived with a message of good and rightousness. And then turned to tyranny.

Even down to the human sympathizers in V, who turn in their own kind to the the Visitors, the same was done to the Jews...rabble-rousers either sympathetic to the Nazi cause turned in their own kind to the Nazi's if they resisted 'change.'

While V is a commentary on Nazi Germany, the message is loud and clear today: Any entity that tries to take total control of society (government motors, government banks, government healthcare, government-owned or bailed-out media)leads that society further away from Democracy and closer to Tyranny.

Enjoy V for its Sci-Fi faire, but open your mind to the possibility of what happens when democracy gives way to liberal-facisim.

Leaving aside the fact he spelled fascism wrong good point.