Comments on The Letter D: Wake Up, America!

Dear God! I feel like I just wandered into a Star...

2006-05-03T10:55:00.000-07:00

Dear God! I feel like I just wandered into a Star Trek convention! All this "expertise" is making my skin break out and my eyes feel nearsighted. Stop the madness!

So D, are you in favor of reviving the Cadmus proj...

2006-05-03T00:40:00.000-07:00

So D, are you in favor of reviving the Cadmus project?

Xenophobe!

2006-05-02T17:31:00.000-07:00

Xenophobe!

I'm no Superman apologist. Frankly, I find it cut...

2006-05-02T12:01:00.000-07:00

I'm no Superman apologist. Frankly, I find it cute when my daughter puts her underwear on over her pants and disturbing beyond words when anyone else does it, but D, please consider the following:

(1) Superman did not choose to come to the USA, or Earth for that matter. He was blasted here in his super disco rocket sled from a dying planet as a baby.

(2) One of the very first things he did (yes I recognize he's a fictional character), was lift up the busted down American made truck his adopted father was caught under.

(3) He had a job at a respectable newspaper. I expect that meant he got a W-2. That means he had a SSN.

(4) He drove a car - means he probably had a drivers license. Although there is no statistical evidence to support the notion that driver a car means one has a valid license. In fact, it's probably the other way around.

(5) He owned property - the fortress of solitude. Sure, he may have been adversely possessing it, or perhaps even squatting, but I'm sure he paid taxes on it so he could take the deductions.

(6) Aside from his identity, he did not hide from the law.

(7) In Superman II, he took and banished the other "illegals". Under your theory shouldn't he have started a protest group with them?

On the other hand, he thought Margot Kidder was hot. I take back everything I said. He's a dolt.

As an avid lover of both superheros and controllin...

2006-05-02T11:56:00.000-07:00

As an avid lover of both superheros and controlling metaphors, I've got ot say that's just friggin' genius.

I wonder if our society would have been so welcomi...

2006-05-02T10:31:00.000-07:00

I wonder if our society would have been so welcoming of Superman if he weren't a 6'2" handsome white guy. What if he looked like Patrick Ewing or Herve Villachaise?

Actually, if Herve Villachaise had the powers of Superman, that probably would be accepted;
"Oh, you just reversed the Earth's rotation? That so CUTE!"

Of course, if reports are true, Herve would also have the power of super-wife-beating, which is not good.

So, it's safe to assume that D wasn't participatin...

2006-05-02T10:12:00.000-07:00

So, it's safe to assume that D wasn't participating in the 'amnesty protests' that were held recently throughout the country?

I wonder how upset we would all be if Superman had stuck to jobs that 'average Americans' don't want (like picking produce)? Although I imagine the farm industry would have loved him....