Superman to Renounce US Citizenship
**Written by Doug Powers
Just over two years ago, we were promised by now that the world would be holding hands together and singing songs around a warm, carbon neutral campfire. Instead, even our fake superheroes are giving up Hope:
DC Comics must have opened a store just down the street from UN headquarters in Manhattan. Expect a big run on the frightening “Lex Luthor gets tried at Gitmo” issue.
In case you’re wondering, after Superman leaves the country, if Jay Carney has his way, Clark Kent’s reporter duties at the Daily Planet will be taken over by Frank Rich.
Jim Treacher at the Daily Caller has the spin of the day:
We all know what this is really about. It’d be one thing if Superman renounced his U.S. citizenship under The Evil George Bush. But we put a black man in charge, and all of a sudden the Man of Steel heads for the exits? Nice try, Kracker-El. You might as well trade in that red cape for a white hood and join the Kryptonian Klux Klan.
Bob Schieffer would like a word with you, Superman.
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chapoutier said:
You mean something besides bobbing his head, pointing out yonder and then jetting off to another fund raiser? The poor soul, having to work under these conditions – shocking I tell you, shocking. Maybe he will have time to do the back 9 to show America he is on the job. Putter Man braves bad Weather.
From a friend: “Was Superman ever actually a US citizen anyway? Did those two old folks ever really make it legal? Picking a baby up out of a space capsule doesn’t qualify that person as a citizen. Super Obama has pretty much the same issue…”
IIRC, Superman’s father was Marlon Brando.
When you are a figment of someone’s imagination, you kind of gloss over or ignore the legal issues. Kinda mess up the story line.
They have twisted him so many times that he resembles a screw’s threads.
And, BTW, he is also an undocumented alien in the truest sense of the word.
Would the excuse “Superman is just doing the job other Americans do not want to do” work?
This is nothing new. Virtually all of the people in the entertainment industry are leftists. Even in the comic book industry. Just last year, a major comic book brand bashed the Tea Party movement. Tea Party activists were protrayed as villains.
http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2010/02/marvel-comics-apology.html
And I think it was Batman who last year teamed up with a French muslim superhero to fight baddies in France. Which is ironic since France has huge problems with their militant, fundamentalist, criminal muslim population.
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/wthuston/2010/12/27/meet-dc-comics-new-batman-an-algerian-muslim-who-saves-france-from-nazis-and-communists/
And the first ever muslim and arab superhero comic team appeared a couple years ago as well. Complete with a female character who was – no joke – dressed in a full burqa and had the superhero ability to become invisible…
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/5271120170_ae2da0bbdf.jpg
#47.
Nothing is faster than Chuckie Schumer when there is a microphone beckoning. Which gives rise to the speculation that it is he rather than Clark Kent who is the real superman. Yechh!!!
I suspect Clark Kent will ‘come out’ and go to Vermont to marry Jimmy Olsen, the staff photographer at the Daily Planet.
He will then join the National Journalists Union, Metropolis Local #346. While on strike he will use his X-Ray vision to see a document in Perry White’s safe outlining managements’ strategy to break the union. Enraged, he destroys the building housing the printing presses, driving the Daily Planet out of business.
Unemployed and on welfare, he and Jimmy get arrested flying around town taking down all the campaign signs and posters for Lana Lang, the conservative candidate for Metropolis mayor. The liberal Distric Attorney drops all charges saying there wasn’t enough evidence that it was actually Superman flying around in that blue and red suit.
Must be that pink kryptonite.
Good one, SOTR.
Marsh, following the link you’ll see, there it is again! It’s somewhat obscured by another sign but from what you can read it says:
Gov’t out of my
MEDICARE!
The sign heard round the Lib-blogosphere!
No she will have them aborted. It’s the liberal way.
Superman to Renounce US Citizenship
Now if we can just get iflickmyboogers to follow suit.
Well, now that the distraction is out of the way, we can focus on the really important stuff
So she is just like every other woman in the muslim world, then?
Damn Dexter, you should be a movie writer. I’ve seen way worse scripts than that on the screen lately. But you have to figure a role for Lex Luthor to assist the conservative forces of law and order in bringing about the incarceration of Superman and his boy-toy Jimmy.
Do not forget that when Obama was inaugurated, Spider-Man was there to lend a hand.
notice superman has renounced his citizenship in the OBAMA REGIME!!
He was in Iran, protesting with the iranians freedom fighters against ahmadinajd and his ally Obama!
He also probably got tired of being taxed so much and denigrated as one of the evil rich, since he does own his own fortress.
I use to be big into both Marvel and DC comics in my teens, and including some of my first enlistment in the Navy (as an escape). I quit DC comics when the Green Lantern became an environmentalist. DC comics having superman denounce his citizenship really doesn’t surprise me, in fact I’m surprised it didn’t happen earlier. The only imagination libs have is thinking socialism really works and a one world government would be great
Now if we can just get
iflickmyboogerslibtrolls to follow suit.FIFY.
Regards,
Peter H.
No more calls, we have a winner!
Regards,
Peter H.
On April 28th, 2011 at 1:16 pm,
I always liked Batman. Not the modern dark Batman now seen in the movies, but the cheesy 60′s TV series Batman.
Hagg lake is nice, But a few weeks ago, my daughter and I found the Super Fish are on the Quinalt River. are in the Quinalt River. I’m out the door. I hope the moons aren’t out this afternoon.
Almost strange this would surface today. Of late I’ve fielded a lot of calls from prospective retirees and… after doing this for awhile, you get a sense when people are taking you down an ex-patriot path.
You wonder about them? Not everyone is suited to live abroad. In fact, few truly are. Lots of HI posters here, what’s the avg. stay for mainlanders ( 2 years before they head back? )
But the truth remains that legions of boomers are in no way prepared. Just about any alternative starts looking attractive? As Doug Powers says; the “self-disenfranchised”. What’s to become of these people?
Without getting all Air-rick Barwin, how many would leave if they had the resources?
I have *always* disliked Superman. He’s not my idea of a hero.
Audie Murphy, G.I. Joe (the original, not the modern)… THEM’s heroes!
Here’s a *real* superhero!
Someone who’s impervious to the normal world and can only be harmed by a piece of his homeworld… whose arch enemy is a capitalist? I found myself rooting for Lex Luthor more than once, simply because, no matter how “evil” his nefarious plot, he was the underdog.
I also preferred Spider Man and Iron Man; one was just a college kid trying to deal with his mutation, the other was a classic hero of science fiction: an engineer (y’know, kinda like Dagny Taggart)!
So, good riddance, freaky-alien-of-steel. Take the U.N. with you.
OH, and I’d like to take this opportunity to say something in defense of the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution…
EVERYBODY WAS KUNG-FU FIGHTING!
No, Lex Luthor became a ‘born again’ Christian while in prison and is now pastor of the Church of New Convictions mega-church on the outskirts of Metropolis. The secular humanists in the press sarcastically refer to the congregants as “Luthorans”.
Lois Lane was canned from her job as a sports correspondent for MSPN after it was revealed she was a drug addict and the masked dominatrix in the LoLa S&M movies. Her life spiralled out of control when she had a miscarriage of Superman’s love child and the doctor said it appeared to be due to “some kind of radiation”. She was immediately offered the position of Director of the Metropolis Planned Parenthood Mega-Center.
As long as we still have Ironman. He should go work for China and let them redistribute his powers.
Most excellent ( who knew there were that many good creative writers here? ) Being a news-junkie isn’t quite the same thing.
While never in comic form, I always felt “The Avengers” were great role models for kids. John Steed, ever… the gentlemen and Emma Peel, the world’s first true feminist! Composed, polite, effective. As I grew only slightly older ( I began to view Mrs. Peel in whole new light? )
Comic Books? Isn’t this just a distraction from draining the swamps?
I understand the Green Hornet will announce he is becoming the Green Hairnet.
marshal_Will, I used to think this would be an ideal way to “get away from it all.” Now, not so much. http://www.rvfreewheelin.com/mexico1104.htm
Marshall_Will said:
If I had the means I would move to Singapore in a heartbeat – excellent healthcare, pretty much crime free, tropical but liveable, lots to do. I love the place.
I was disappointed that “The Dark Knight” Batman movie was so popular. It was thinly veiled liberal philosophy.
Example:
We’re Americans. We don’t need no “watchful guardian” or “silent protector”.
This is how the left views our belief in honor and morality.
Translation: there’s no difference between a hero and a villain.
So there’s no point in striving to be a better person.
Translation: we can’t be trusted with the truth. We have to have faith in the superior elite, be it a SuperHero or a SuperPolitician, who know better than us, because we’re just emotional animals, sheep who need to be herded. If we’re given the truth, we might make the “wrong” decision. Because, ultimately, it’s not our city or our lives. No, the city and our lives belong to the SuperHero or SuperPolitician.
Yeah, I was kinda pist by that movie…
(great soundtrack, though).
To quote from my blog post in response:
“You’re invulnerable, super strong, super fast, can fly without being groped by the TSA, probably pay less taxes than I do, and you’re unhappy?! Go back to Krypton, you whiny b***h.”
I’m more than happy to contribute what little I can to any expatriation fund for anyone who would prefer to live anywhere other than in the United States.
The rest of the world is great for visiting.
Guess I won’t be spending my money on DC comics anymore.
Dean Cain was still the yummiest Superman ever
There’s a guy that I see every once in a while on I95 that has a bumper sticker that reads:
My heroes have always killed cowboys
Hiraghm said:
Lots O’ ex pats out there Hiraghm, Just look at the number living in baja as well as Costa Rica, be that as it may – I look at a lot of things mainly, what will happen to me when i am old and may or may not have to go into a home – i would much rather go to one in singapore where the elderly are treated with respect rather than my experiences here where the elderly are a burden and with Obama Care, the elderly are less than fertilizer. just sayin.
Then go to Singapore. Go on. Git.
We don’t need you here.
If you don’t like living here, live where you like. But don’t BS me about any love of or loyalty to the U.S.
To parapharase Sam Axe: “You know modern leftist superheroes, bunch of b***hy little girls”.
Chap writes:
Can you imagine Chap writing: “Oh, I’m sorry. I guess he was supposed to strap on a damn helmet with one of those light things and start digging through the rubble himself?
Pathetic, predictable responses to BUSH doing exactly what he can, should and is expected to do. (re Katrina)”
Nah. . . I can’t imagine that at all.
Hiraghm said:
Blow it out your ear
Superman really doesn’t sweat the whole tax thing. There’s this trick where you squeeze a lump of coal into a diamond.
On the Batman front, it’s a shame we lost Heath Ledger. My wife isn’t scared by much, but when he’s going thru his speech to the girl about how he got his scars She grabbed my arm and came bout an inch off her seat. He really made a scary bad guy.
Up yours.
Oh, Ledger was fantastic in that. He made the movie.
Hiraghm said:
I will walk you through this as simplistic as possible – marshalls question was, whoever had the means would they live somewhere other than the US – I answered his question for my reasons. Now, If Marshall asked if I had the means and would give up my US citizenship, I would have answered different. See, thats what it is to be a Citizen of the US, I can choose to live where I damn well please – i hope this registers with you.
The intent of my orig. post was hardly to ignite a Love it or… response. I spent the better part of a decade in the Orient and enjoyed every minute of it.
What I was really driving at was, many Americans are looking down the barrel of what if honestly reported is double-digit inflation ( on a FIXED income! ) Then there’s always the longshot possibility of a second “I Duped” term.
Most local municipalities are on the brink of insolvency! Is beating back tax measure after fee increase what you really had in mind for your ‘retirement’? Is Obie banking on the fact many can’t even swing -airfare- to get out of town..?
To be honest, I stopped caring about “Superman” when they came out with Superman IV: The Quest for Soviet Domination of the World.
Kind of cross-posted there, but the same wave-length for sure. Mrs. Will and I have a wonderful beach house On Negros in the Philippines and have since the 80′s.
She visits every other year or so, last trip cancelled due to tsunami in Japan. I’d like to spend part of the year there, but doubt we’d ever live there year round.
However… push come to shove, and circumstances beyond our control? I never say never. At present it concerns more weather than politics. Getting a -full- Summer in OR of late seems like too much to ask?
On April 28, 2011 at 10:51 am, chapoutier said:
Oh, I’m sorry. I guess he was supposed to strap on a damn helmet with one of those light things and start digging through the rubble himself?
Pathetic, predictable responses to Obama doing exactly what he can, should and is expected to do.He healed the planet-caused the tides to fall-ignighted hope so what is the problem?
So is Chappy a Krypton Klanner too? I am shocked and saddened-really.
Marshall_Will said:
Almost 30 years in the Orient, Mid-east and Africa, perhaps it is just living and working overseas that changes the ole outlook. Met a lot of Brit and Aussie ex-pats as well as American in my travels and that did not change who and where they were from. Hell, met a lot of American yachties as well, they had no cares what so ever – personally I could not handle being a boat person.
good point, it is easy to be “heroic” when you are impervious to harm….
Oh YEAH, baby!!
And in my mind, he still is.
Regards,
Peter H.
When someone said that 35 years ago, he was labeled “racist”.
Nice thing about being an American citizen… I can judge you for it.
Sorry if this has been said already but Superman was an illegal alien! Heavy on the alien!
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Bust the unions, starve the money laundering arm of the socialist democrat party!
Is it time yet to indict Bernanke for lying about not monetizing the debt, under oath? If not now, when?
No blood for oil with your illegal non-war war, Barry!
Who IS Barry Soetoro? (aka “Our Dear Son, Excellency, Baraka Hussein Abu Oumama” Mohamar Quadaffi) I refuse to allow Regulus to control my thoughts or speech.
Obama gives politicians a bad name. Personally, I rank 99.44% of politicians one step below used tire salesmen,
If Obama would fold his ears back, his head would pop out of his a$$ when he farted!
And…. it’s a collector’s item!!
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Bust the unions, starve the money laundering arm of the socialist democrat party!
Is it time yet to indict Bernanke for lying about not monetizing the debt, under oath? If not now, when?
No blood for oil with your illegal non-war war, Barry!
Who IS Barry Soetoro? (aka “Our Dear Son, Excellency, Baraka Hussein Abu Oumama” Mohamar Quadaffi) I refuse to allow Regulus to control my thoughts or speech.
Obama gives politicians a bad name. Personally, I rank 99.44% of politicians one step below used tire salesmen,
If Obama would fold his ears back, his head would pop out of his a$$ when he farted!
Funny…all these years and ol’ Supes still is an idealist. You would think that someone with all of his powers would have gone into the White House and the Capitol and kicked a little politician *ss. But noooooooooo….
Instead he superwhines. Imagine, all those special powers: strength, speed, invulnerability, flying, heat vision, x-ray vision, a freezing breath (well, colder than my first wife anyways), and all those years of experience. Yet his biggest archvillian is a some guy with an above room temperature IQ. Yep…he’s a lib alright!
This just in:
Justice League to unionize.
So apparently Superman was ok while George Bush was in charge
But
Perhaps it was Obama’s “War of Necessity” and his newfound love of Cruise Missiles used in his latest adventure in Libya
That pushed him over the edge
Or perhaps with the inevitable crush of refugees that are bound to come from the latest and future democrat humanitarian missions that forced his hand
I was always partial to the original more realistic and mortal and exemplar “Superman”;
Doc Savage
James Greenidge
Queens NY
It’s all fiction, to bad Barry Soetoro Obama isn’t!
I think the Blackhawks were the first multi-national group of heroes. They didn’t have super powers. Like multi-national projects now.. The American led.
Context! Please, more than one panel! In DC Comics, Lex Luthor is President of the United States. It bears little continuity to the real world. Kneejerk comments on anything, from politics to comics, just make us look bad.
Superman gives up U.S. citizenship because, under Obama, America no longer supports democracy in the Middle East.
ROFL.
Superman is an illegal alien.
He is here without documentation.
Does he even have a green card?
Good grief, he is a comic book character. Much ado about nothing.