The Sorensen Monologues

Quiz Time: Name That Bellicose Babbler

Since reality was already impossible to exaggerate, I decided to look at other examples of threats uttered by historical figures and famous movie characters. History is littered with over-the-top (and sometimes very odd) quotes from both real and fictitious people trying to verbally intimidate their enemies. Once you start looking at the quotes en masse, they start to seem rather silly. This is not to make light of the situation in the Middle East, which is horrifying. But it’s also possible to place the rhetoric coming out of the White House in the larger context of dumbasses and supervillains. Is this really what we want to be as a nation? A cringe-inducing blend of cheesy Hollywood warlords and humorless dictators of failed states? (Don’t answer that!)