From his insolent tagging of leading members of his party as �greedy bastards�, �old evil dwarfs� and the audacious description of his party�s young communicators as �babies with sharp teeth� to his metaphorical depiction of the late President Mills as �Atta mortuary man� and subsequently, his chest beating slogan �who born dog�; the founder of the NDC, Jerry Rawlings has certainly carved an enviable and predictable niche for himself when it comes to allegories that later become harbingers of doom.