I'm Not Saying Obama is Hitler...Just sayin'

Oh good, because then the debate is over. But Rachel Marsden has a point in her latest article on Townhall.com entitled Obama Not the First Head of State to Design Cars. A quote:

“Sitting at a restaurant table in Munich in the summer of 1932, Hitler designed the prototype for what would become the immensely successful Beetle design for Volkswagen (literally, the "car of the people"),” says the Hitler Historical Museum’s website. He then said to the head of Daimler-Benz: “Take it with you and speak with people who understand more about it than I do. But don't forget it. I want to hear from you soon, about the technical details."

Ms. Marsden points out that people around the world are jealous of American cars:

“Americans just have to get out of their big cars,” a French friend sighed to me recently.

“Yeah, I’m sure your girlfriends find it really sexy that you can ‘lift’ your scooter into its parking spot and that they have to take the subway to meet up with you on your dates,” I replied.

So, to keep everyone from being so jealous, we'll just have to drive smaller rollerskates like everyone else. I wonder if the smaller bit applies to Beverly Hills mansions? Nah...

That’s environmental paranoia in a nutshell for you. It isn’t really about the environment, it’s about control. You, too, are going to be forced to look as stupid as the guy pulling ten canvas bags out of his faux leather man-purse. If you dare show up at any grocery store in Toronto, Canada, without your own ratty, reused bags, you’ll be charged five cents for each one – a tax on your audacity, collected by the City.

So, in Rachel Marsden's formulation, the nerds (you know, the guys who play Dungeons and Dragons instead of doing something useful) are now in charge, and they are going to force you, with a gun to your head, to look as nerdy as they do.

Oh, and that bit about Hitler? She isn't saying Obama is Hitler or anything-just noting a similarity, that's all.