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YOhio · 02-08-2008, 07:38 PM

Here's an interesting viewpoint:

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I was not a fan of the Kill Bill movies, but I did appreciate one scene, near the end of KB2, that displayed the genius for pop banter that had characterized Quentin Tarantino's earlier films. In it, David Carradine explains (not entirely accurately) that Superman is unique among comics: Whereas most superheroes' secret identities (Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker) are their true identities--the people they were before their parents were murdered or they were bitten by radioactive spiders or exposed to gamma rays or what have you--Superman was born Superman. It's Clark Kent that is the invented alias, the pose, the "costume." And in the way Superman plays Kent--weak, self-doubting, cowardly--we can see what he thinks of the human race overall.
It occurred to me that the same is true of Mitt Romney's desperate, if never terribly persuasive, impersonation of a conservative Republican. That persona--angry, simple-minded, xenophobic, jingoistic--is exactly what Romney (who is himself cultured, content, and cosmopolitan) imagines the average GOP voter to be.
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_p...-superman.aspx

Or, as we would say around here, the masses are asses.

SeattleUte · 02-08-2008, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by YOhio

Here's an interesting viewpoint:

Or, as we would say around here, the masses are asses.

I agree. That's what Mitt believed.

creekster · 02-08-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I agree. That's what Mitt believed.

So you and he agree, then. The difference being that he ran for prez and he owns a TV so doesn't have ot pretend to be hanging out in a bar by sheer chance when a game comes on he wants to watch.

myboynoah · 02-08-2008, 07:47 PM

I like that Mitt. He speaks to me.

SeattleUte · 02-08-2008, 07:52 PM

If I ran for governor of Utah I'd act like BYUTexan. But you guys think my perspective is dated. I wonder if I'd win.

creekster · 02-08-2008, 08:08 PM

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If I ran for governor of Utah I'd act like BYUTexan. But you guys think my perspective is dated. I wonder if I'd win.

Further proof you are just like what you describe Mitt to be.

NorCal Cat · 02-08-2008, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I agree. That's what Mitt believed.

And he's right, the masses ARE asses. Problem is, they are bigger asses than he thought. Big enough asses to not realize that Mitt was the most capable candidate.

creekster · 02-08-2008, 09:46 PM

DO you think batman ever had a conflict of interest? Like maybe the Joker is about to destroy some chemical plant that is owned by a omcpetitor to Wayne Industires and so maybe Batman is just a LITTLE late to arrive and save the day. Maybe he saves the poeple but sadly the plant is destroyed?

myboynoah · 02-08-2008, 11:22 PM

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DO you think batman ever had a conflict of interest? Like maybe the Joker is about to destroy some chemical plant that is owned by a omcpetitor to Wayne Industires and so maybe Batman is just a LITTLE late to arrive and save the day. Maybe he saves the poeple but sadly the plant is destroyed?

Okay, good dilemna, but what about this one.

What if Batman had a vision that Robin would die in the saving of the chemical plant? Would he bring Robin along or leave him back in the Bat Cave to sweep up and clean the Batroom?

creekster · 02-08-2008, 11:30 PM

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Okay, good dilemna, but what about this one.

What if Batman had a vision that Robin would die in the saving of the chemical plant? Would he bring Robin along or leave him back in the Bat Cave to sweep up and clean the Batroom?

Hmmm. Tough one. Would that make Batman a prophet?

02-08-2008, 07:47 PM	#4
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	I like that Mitt. He speaks to me. __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.

02-08-2008, 07:52 PM	#5
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	If I ran for governor of Utah I'd act like BYUTexan. But you guys think my perspective is dated. I wonder if I'd win. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

02-08-2008, 09:46 PM	#8
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	DO you think batman ever had a conflict of interest? Like maybe the Joker is about to destroy some chemical plant that is owned by a omcpetitor to Wayne Industires and so maybe Batman is just a LITTLE late to arrive and save the day. Maybe he saves the poeple but sadly the plant is destroyed? __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.