Glen Davis
Last Updated: April 29, 2011 | 10:30
When Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created a character that would stand for “Truth, Justice and the American way,” they did not realize that even their Superman could not prevent them from being embroiled in one part of the American way. Contract lawsuits.
That aside, the creators of the character gave us a man from the planet Krypton who derived power from our yellow sun.
Over the years, Superman helped us defeat the Nazis and Japanese during World War II. In between he managed to battle robots, fight crime and save Lois Lane and kittens from peril.
I remember reading a Superman comic in the seventies, I believe, where man’s super intellect developed such great technology that Superman was no longer useful. Thus, we saw a grey-haired Superman, in the end, flying off into space looking for a planet that needed him. Of course, there was a disclaiming text panel which indicated that it was great that this was only fiction and that Superman would be here to protect us for as long as needed.
A few years ago, he died. And came back to life, apparently.
Obama has even characterized himself as Superman even though he has shown no propensity toward truth, justice or anything doing with the American way.
Never before, though, has he ever slapped America in the face.
I stopped reading most comics—even if you call them graphic novels—over the years. I do not know if he ever fought the corruption in Washington. He may have been politically correct and strayed away from reading Samuel Clemens—known hereafter as Mark Twain. Twain wrote,
“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.”
Apparently he never used his Superpowers to teach the Constitution or the American way. He was, after all, a product of public school. Though in Smallville, as in many rural communities, they might actually still teach Civics instead of “Character matters.”
I noticed the change to a U.N. oriented Superman in the movies, but even in the end of the second movie, he brought back the American flag to the White House for the president.
Now we see the result of people not understanding the truth about Liberty and justice having only seen that provided by the federal employees that we call “the government.” We see the result of Obama promising, and public schools teaching that, the government is Superman who will provide for all of your needs with slim sheets of green Kryptonite churned out in the trillions by the Federal Reserve.
They seem to have forgotten how Superman fought fascism in other countries only to see its rise, and the rise of Communism, in his own.
While this has steamed “Conservatives,” it is not hard to join Superman in some cynicism. After all, we have seen the continual wearing down of our Liberties in favor of the slavery of Communism. We have constantly been lied to in political commercials with politicians “approving this message.” We have be brutalized by wars and rumors of wars to keep us occupied and in a “state of emergency” so that the president—through executive order—and unelected officials—through regulations—could write legislation violating the separation of powers. We have seen the unconstitutional setting of representatives to a set number far below the representation that the founding fathers intended. We have seen wave after wave of attack on the Bill of Rights and Superman was nowhere to be found.
Perhaps the bread lines of Russia are better for us? Why doesn’t Superman tackle the increasing usage of food banks since the Clinton Administration?
He cannot even use his super powers to drill for oil in a deserted corner of the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.
The problem is the idea that our comics that our children read are now actually spreading the propaganda that there is something better than following the limited governing bodies set forth in the Constitution.
Amazingly, however, a cursory search of Google shows a negative response to the storyline. People across the board are cancelling orders for Superman movies, memorabilia and products. Comments on forums call for a boycott of DC Comics. Comments range from soft to scornful. My guess is that range is from the liberal to the conservative. It is difficult to find articles supportive of the storyline.
I guess there is no TEA party in Smallville.
Superman threatens to renounce U.S. citizenship
(Reuters) – Superman, citizen of the world?
The Man of Steel, in the latest issue of Action Comics which hit newsstands on Wednesday, said he intends to renounce his U.S. citizenship in a speech before the United Nations.
“I’m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of U.S. policy,” Superman said in a short story in the issue, Action Comics No. 900 from the Time Warner Inc unit DC Comics.
In the comic, Superman never actually renounces his citizenship, he only talks about his plans to do that.
But conservative commentators reacted with disgust to the new storyline, given that the fictional superhero has long proclaimed he stood for “Truth, Justice and the American way.”
In a blog post at The Weekly Standard, senior writer Jonathan Last questioned Superman’s beliefs, now that he seems to have rejected the United States.
Read more at Reuters
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Wasn’t Superman a Canadian ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9GYWbhBoHM
I think just during Vietnam.