don't laugh.
 

2000 years from now you could be me.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...0cf58b21306df9

in ancient china, the rulers tried to claim they were gods, sent from heaven to rule. that part isn't really as it odd as it initially sounds-it's been a tool for a variety of cultures for centuries.
of course it still elicited a laugh from me.
it's funny that you pointed out similarities to 1984 in another thread. that's the book that kept coming to mind while i was reading the article that kev had posted.

Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, Michelle Bachmann, and Rick Perry say they were all sent by God to rule.

Pretty crowded, there, among "God's chosen".

And that's not even including Limbaugh.

Lol, how bout Glenn Beck...where's he now. Ubekkibeckkistan?....:D