Barack Obama is the Anti-Morpheus.

The Washington Examiner beat me to the punch, but I'm going to discuss this anyway. During his speech on Universal Healthcare last night, President Obama made a comment about Americans choosing between taking "the red pill" or "the blue pill". -

"If there's a blue pill and a red pill, and the blue pill is half the price of the red pill and works just as well, why not pay half price for the thing that's going to make you well?" - BHO

Clearly, this led me into a conversation about the Matrix. If you are unfamiliar with the concept of the Matrix, go here first. -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix

In perhaps the most pivotal scene, Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) asks Neo (Keanu Reeves) to choose between a red pill, which would lead him to reality and freedom from the Matrix or a blue pill, which would send him back to his imaginary life within the Matrix. I suggest watching the full scene here and think of the government as the controlling force known as the Matrix. The similarities are somewhat startling as Morpheus even mentions paying taxes. (The only video that was any good has subtitles...sorry...I can't always be perfect.) -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te6qG4yn-Ps

Morpheus: I imagine that right now you're feeling a bit like Alice. Tumbling down the rabbit hole?

Neo: You could say that.

Morpheus: I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he's expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?

Neo: No.

Morpheus: Why not?

Neo: 'Cause I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.

Morpheus: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind -- driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?

Neo: The Matrix?

Morpheus: Do you want to know what it is?

Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere, it is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, or when you go to church or when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.

Neo: What truth?

Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born inside a prison that you cannot smell, taste, or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Remember -- all I am offering is the truth, nothing more.

(Neo takes the red pill and swallows it with a glass of water.)

Here is the story from the Washington Examiner. It only briefly mentions the Matrix, but clearly they picked up on the same thing I did. -

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Take-the-red-pill-Mr-President-51473502.html

I also took the red pill...you should too...because unlike the Matrix, this IS reality and ignorance does not always equate to bliss. Follow the White Rabbit...