J for O-changing their messiah?

While I was doing the manly thing in the men's last night I had a epiphisite worthy of the man who coined the word. If you think about it, the message of Lubavitch today has changed drastically from what it was fifteen or so years ago. Back then, as the Soviet Union crumbled, the Berlin Wall fell down, American troops went into Somalia to feed the hungry, and various other life-style affirming events were taking place, the message of Lubavitch was that with all this world peace shtuff happening, Moshiach couldn't be far off. Never before had so many people gained their freedom in so short a time, and humanity was ready for the biggest paradigm change in history.
Nowadays, after 9/11 and Mumbai, with pirates once again preying on innocents, the stock market, housing market, automobile market, and every other market in shambles, it seems that the world can't get any darker. The only hope is...you guessed it...Moshiach!
Now, I'm not criticizing anyone, I'm just reporting this interesting phenomenon.

After I related the above thoughts to a friend of mine from Vermont who for some reason wants to remain anonymous, he asked me what my point was exactly. I told him that I didn't quite know, but would be happy if he could shed some light on the issue. He declined to enlighten me, merely commenting that times change, or something like that.
Speaking of times they are a changin', it was comforting to see the Governor of Illinois, whose name I won't even attempt to spell, get indicted for destroying whatever remaining public trust there remained in government. You know why George W. Bush completely and utterly rocks the house? Because even if he broke any laws, it was all in the service of his country. He broke them in order to protect the citizens of this great community. Maybe that's why liberals hate him so much; when one of their own is caught, it's because he was subverting laws for his personal benefit. Bush, on the other hand, may have subverted some laws, but he did it for us. Liberals just don't seem to understand that there is such a thing as a selfless person. They refuse to acknowledge that someone might believe in something greater than themselves. And this is precisely why Barack Obama is going to lose the 2012 elections all by himself. His administration will be the most corrupt one in decades, because the people in it are only looking out for themselves.

All right, enough self-righteous prattle for one night. How about a Halacha? Did you all know that in certain circumstances one is obligated to flush food down the toilet? Or that, in slightly different circumstances, one is required to take the monetary value of a pot and throw that down the toilet? Don't you love this religion?
You know, I always say that if I could be a different person, I'd be a black preacher. Have you seen Jeremiah Wright preach? He is incredible! I would love to be able to do that. And the gospel choirs? Divine! There's no way I could pull this kind of thing off in a Chabad house.
Still, no Christian can compare when it comes to religion. Sure, they might have the sights and sounds, but pnimius? Hardly. I mean, great, some Jewish guy died for my sins. Whoop de do. Now what, go out and convert the heathens? Please tell me there's more to it than that.

Oh, I was trying to avoid the pretentious shtuff, and there I go again. Sorry 'bout that. I'm just trying to figure out a topic that doesn't lend itself to that kind of perversion. Hmmm... Oh well, you'll get over it soon enough.