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29 Apr 11 - 11:41 PM (#3145083) Subject: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: The Fooles Troupe "I'm tired of having my actions construed as instruments of US policy," The Man of Steel said in a short story in the issue, Action Comics No. 900 from the Time Warner Inc unit DC Comics, which hit newsstands this week. Now I understand where why some Yanks think that Obama is an Alien... http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/30/3204265.htm |
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29 Apr 11 - 11:51 PM (#3145086) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: The Fooles Troupe Shuster, the artist who helped create the character with writer Jerry Siegel, was born in Canada. Conservative commentators were unhappy with the new storyline, given that the fictional superhero has long proclaimed he stood for "Truth, Justice and the American way." Critics have described Superman's life story as a metaphor for the immigrant experience, because he is an alien. Superman has never been documented as taking out US citizenship. Superman cannot run for US President! |
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30 Apr 11 - 12:13 AM (#3145088) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Little Hawk I sympathize with Superman on this one. |
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30 Apr 11 - 12:20 AM (#3145092) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: MarkS I thought Superman was already an extremely illegal alien. |
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30 Apr 11 - 12:36 AM (#3145096) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Little Hawk I think he was granted honorary USA citizenship fairly early in his career. The USA, after all, would want the most powerful superhero in the world (the Universe?) to be an American citizen, wouldn't they? And what could be more American than Superman? Well, okay, Captain America, I guess...but that's about all. Even Superman's uniform looks pretty American to me. |
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30 Apr 11 - 12:45 AM (#3145100) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: J-boy But where is Superman's birth certificate? |
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30 Apr 11 - 05:08 AM (#3145170) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: The Fooles Troupe ... and where's the afterbirth? |
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30 Apr 11 - 07:51 AM (#3145221) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: McGrath of Harlow I gather he was granted citizenship of every country in the world back in 1974. But then that wouldn't apply to him as Clark Kent would it? |
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30 Apr 11 - 08:45 AM (#3145244) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: artbrooks With an outfit like that, he is either Canadian or gay - who wants him? |
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30 Apr 11 - 08:49 AM (#3145245) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: GUEST,Lighter Yawn. Obviously he's under the influence of red kryptonite or something. Or he's an evil clone Superman. etc., etc., etc. Fifteen years ago they killed him off. The end. No more Superman. But wait! He got resurrected!! How do they think of these things??? If Superman can come back from the dead, he can get his citizenship back. No biggie. He's Superman. Just keep buying the comic books and you'll see. (Did I say "comic books"? My bad. I meant "pricey graphic novels.") |
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30 Apr 11 - 09:29 AM (#3145265) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: EBarnacle No way Superman would want to be president. No matter which party he would be a member of, no matter what he did, everything he did would be picked apart by vultures and commentators. Besides, imagine him being in the middle of a budget committee meeting or a cabinet meeting and having to break off to go save a the world from a sudden emergency, then returning to the meeting with his hair unmussed. |
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30 Apr 11 - 10:57 AM (#3145315) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: GUEST,Grishka Superman would never be elected into any office in any democratic country. If you stand for Truth and Justice, you have no chance against opponents who use subtle inaccuracies and prejudices. If your X-ray vision allows you a correct diagnosis, you will be disbelieved like Cassandra. Rightly so. Don't expect politicians to be better than their society. Only if a whole society improves in terms of information and social training, they will be able to elect better candidates, and control them. Schools and the internet etc. are our Krypton. |
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30 Apr 11 - 11:47 AM (#3145340) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: GUEST,leeneia I remember the original story, as illustrated in the actual comic book. Farm wife Mom Kent, of Smallville USA, was looking over the place when she came upon a rocketship with a baby in it. She took him home and let everybody in Smallville think he was hers. No doubt home births were common then, and she and Dad Kent would have had no trouble getting a birth certificate. What happens in Smallville stays in Smallville. |
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30 Apr 11 - 11:57 AM (#3145346) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Bill D We don't need him....we have Supeduperman! |
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30 Apr 11 - 04:49 PM (#3145433) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Rapparee Damned illegal aliens, taking jobs from good Americans, using our benefits, messin' with our women, tellin' us how to live, forcing us to learn their language ("Press 1 for English, 2 por Espanol, 3 for Kryptonese") and polluting out country with various hues of kryptonite. Send 'em all back, General Zod and all of 'em! Dadgum furriners.... |
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30 Apr 11 - 04:56 PM (#3145435) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: EBarnacle Of course if he were to become president, Clark Kent could become his press secretary. |
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30 Apr 11 - 06:48 PM (#3145483) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Little Hawk "With an outfit like that, he is either Canadian or gay" Really? ;-) I don't know about "gay"...but when I think of a "Canadian" superhero outfit, about all that comes to my mind is an all-over furry brown beaver hair body suit, complete with beaver buck teeth, and wearing a toque, of course. Maybe moose antlers too. Certainly not anything resembling Superman's duds. This Canadian superhero would throw snowballs, gain immense powers (like opening stubborn pickle jars) by drinking maple syrup, and would often end his sentences with the tentative expression, "eh?". He would make great efforts not to offend anyone, and would always seek compromise if at all possible. He would oppose capital punishment and make sure that everyone in society had equal access to a single-payer medical plan funded through the public purse. |
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30 Apr 11 - 06:53 PM (#3145486) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Little Hawk Oh, the beaver suit would have a big flat beaver tail too, of course, and it would be used to slap the water as a danger/distress/alert signal. I hope everyone understands that I'm talking about the animal when I say "beaver", not making double entendres about human female anatomy. |
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30 Apr 11 - 08:28 PM (#3145515) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Charley Noble Little Hawk- What are you implying by saying "I hope everyone understands that I'm talking about the animal when I say "beaver", not making double entendres about human female anatomy."? Are you assuming that some of us are thick-skulled or cultural Neanderthals or sexists, or all of the above? I'm insulted and so is my beaver! Charley Noble |
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30 Apr 11 - 08:36 PM (#3145520) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Jack the Sailor Clark Kent was an American. Superman was a fictional identity such as Dame Edna, or Cher. |
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30 Apr 11 - 08:50 PM (#3145524) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Little Hawk I was implying that where there is ANY opportunity, Charley, to misconstrue the real intentions of a poster someone here will jump on it like a dog on an unguarded roast chicken and exploit the shit out of it. ;-) Therefore, I was taking pre-emptive action to prevent such opportunistic acts from occurring. "thick-skulled"? Yeah. Probably. "cultural Neanderthals"? You betcha! ;-) "or sexists" (Possibly, but that's not a label I'm inclined to toss around much. It gets way overused around here already.) |
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30 Apr 11 - 11:04 PM (#3145560) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: EBarnacle Clark Kent was/is as much an American as Kal-El. |
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01 May 11 - 12:20 AM (#3145582) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Rapparee One of them vacuum-backs who snuck into the US from space.... |
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01 May 11 - 12:38 AM (#3145585) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: GUEST,J-boy I'm hoping to someday read the comic-book (err..graphic novel) where Superman is depicted as black and gay. Now that would certainly breathe some new life into an ancient superhero. |
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01 May 11 - 12:50 AM (#3145590) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: EBarnacle Or is it that Kal-El is just as much as citizen as Clark Kent? |
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01 May 11 - 12:53 AM (#3145592) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Little Hawk That would have to be an entire new super character, wouldn't it? But why stop at just Black and gay? How about a superhero who is half Black, half Native American, hermaphroditic, gay, Jewish, and handicapped (must use a rocket-powered wheelchair & seeing-eye dog), and a childhood victim of sexual abuse in a Jesuit orphanage? |
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01 May 11 - 01:03 AM (#3145595) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: GUEST,leeneia Would he or would he not come from Smallville? |
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01 May 11 - 01:05 AM (#3145597) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Little Hawk How about have him come from a deprived inner-city ghetto neighborhood in Los Angeles or Detroit? |
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01 May 11 - 01:12 AM (#3145601) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: GUEST,J-boy That sounds good too, LH. Might take more than one graphic novel to cover all those bases. But hey, they don't call him Superman for nuthin'. |
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01 May 11 - 11:40 AM (#3145825) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Rapparee I've wondered for years why the baddies didn't cast kryptonite bullets and simply shoot him with those. There certainly seems to be enough of the stuff around! |
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01 May 11 - 01:10 PM (#3145870) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: EBarnacle There's no drama in torturing him to death without gloating. Kryptonite bullets would kill him quickly. Smallville is an unnamed town somewhere in the middle of America. People there are probably Protestant so there is not likely to be Jesuit school. |
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01 May 11 - 01:13 PM (#3145875) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Little Hawk It's not too far from Littleton and Kleinburg. |
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01 May 11 - 07:18 PM (#3146079) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Rapparee Or Tiny Town, Kentucky. |
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01 May 11 - 08:56 PM (#3146110) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Uncle_DaveO FoolesTroupe told us: Superman cannot run for US President! WRONG! Anyone at all can run for President of the U.S. Running is easy. But only a native born citizen can legally serve as President! |
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01 May 11 - 08:59 PM (#3146112) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: frogprince "Smallville is an unnamed town"??? "Where are you from, Clark?" "Well, actually, I'm from a town so small it didn't even have a name, so we just called it Smallville". |
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01 May 11 - 09:01 PM (#3146114) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: EBarnacle I dunno, the Republicans wanted the constitution changed so Ahhnold could become eligible to run and serve as president of the US. Then the birthers came along. |
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02 May 11 - 12:01 AM (#3146183) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Jack the Sailor http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/04/29/hijacked-superman-turned-loving-anti-american/ |
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02 May 11 - 09:31 AM (#3146417) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: GUEST,leeneia "Smallville is an unnamed town somewhere in the middle of America. People there are probably Protestant..." 1. Smallville could be anywhere in the U.S. Upstate New York, western South Carolina, eastern Oregon... I go for upstate New York, myself. Closer to Gotham. A lot of young people from Smallville win scholarships, become engineers or mild-mannered reporters, and move to Gotham. 2. Probably Protestant? Somebody doesn't know much about the middle of the country. They might have been Protestant, but there are no grounds for saying "probably." Most likely Mom and Dad Kent didn't belong to a church at all. |
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02 May 11 - 09:41 AM (#3146419) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: gnu Weren't they Kryptonites? |
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02 May 11 - 03:30 PM (#3146628) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Jack the Sailor I thought that Smallville was supposed to be in Kansas, center of the country (at the time of the first story and all.) |
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02 May 11 - 04:24 PM (#3146661) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: melodeonboy "Even Superman's uniform looks pretty American to me." Blimey! Do American men usually wear their pants outside their tights then?????? :) |
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02 May 11 - 05:06 PM (#3146688) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: gnu Let us not forget that Superman was originally a bald bad guy with the ability to read and control minds. Kinda like American presidents, except for the bald head...kinda. |
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02 May 11 - 05:35 PM (#3146702) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: The Fooles Troupe Gnu - I'm not sure what was in the ink your copies were printed with, but I think that substance has now been banned. |
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02 May 11 - 05:36 PM (#3146703) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: The Fooles Troupe "Do American men usually wear their pants outside their tights" Only when they are not wearing them on their head! |
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02 May 11 - 06:45 PM (#3146740) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: gnu Robby? |
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02 May 11 - 06:58 PM (#3146746) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: gnu Found it on google first try... from Wiki... "Siegel and Shuster created a bald telepathic villain named "The Superman", bent on dominating the entire world." I hope whatever you are inhaling is better than mine. BTW, WTF is your problem? You been actin rather "inky" lately yourself. Not sure I care for it. You have always BEEN someone I looked up to in this forum... knock that shit off. Just a friendly suggestion for your condsideration. And, yes, a PM on my part would have been much more polite, but I am "loopy" on ink eh? GeezeOH eh? |
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03 May 11 - 12:52 AM (#3146890) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: GUEST,leeneia "Do American men usually wear their pants outside their tights" Superhero costumes were based on the garb of circus strongmen. Some of them, at least, wore leggings and a top with a pair of shorts on top. Real men don't wear tights. They wear longies, and only when it's really cold. |
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03 May 11 - 08:23 AM (#3147024) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Charley Noble As a geographer I've studied the landscape in and around "Smallville" for years and its clearly in the heart of the Midwest. I wonder what Lex Luthor has to say about Superman renouncing his US citizenship? Maybe he'll take a moment to reflect on that from his current run for the US Presidency and release a statement. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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03 May 11 - 08:56 AM (#3147045) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: MMario Kids from Smallville end up in METROPOLIS; Gotham is a seperate city. |
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03 May 11 - 09:01 AM (#3147048) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: EBarnacle If you look at the lobby of the Daily Planet, you will see unmistakable similarities to the lobby of the Daily News building on 42nd Street, in Manhatten. This building also portrayed the Daily Planet building in the scene where Superman rescues Lois on her way to the ground. Clearly Metropolis is based on New York, just as Gotham City is reportedly based on Chicago. |
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03 May 11 - 10:21 AM (#3147079) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: GUEST,leeneia That's interesting. I'm beginning to think that I do recall Smallville being in Kansas. But the memory is very, very faint. Archie Goodwin came from Kansas too. But wait a minute! Maybe it was BATMAN that comes from Gotham. I could be in deep doodoo here. |
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03 May 11 - 01:50 PM (#3147181) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Charley Noble According to Google Earth, you cretins, here is the location of Metropolis: "Metropolis, Illinois, located at Exit 37 on Interstate 24 at the southernmost tip of Illinois, has so much to offer to so many! Metropolis is the official Home of Superman and proudly honors its favorite son with a 15-foot bronze statue of America’s Super Hero right in the middle of Superman Square. And now, a new statue of actress Noel Neil, posed as Lois Lane, stands just two blocks down the street." So there! Charley Noble |
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03 May 11 - 02:01 PM (#3147186) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: Jack the Sailor Yeah Right Charley! Next thing you will tell us there is a statue of "Rocky" in Philadelphia! |
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03 May 11 - 11:16 PM (#3147450) Subject: RE: BS: Superman to renounce US citizenship! From: EBarnacle Even though a swan is adopted by a duck, he is still a swan. Metropolis, Illinois, lacks the characteristics of the home of the Daily Planet. I suspect that its rush hours only occur on the way to the tavern in the evening. |