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Great news: Superman to renounce his U.S. citizenship
HotAir ^ | April 27, 2011 | Allahpundit

Posted on 04/28/2011 7:27:59 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

The bad news: He’s supposed to be an immortal symbol of truth, justice, and the American way. Or at least he was before that line got written out of the script in order not to offend foreign audiences. The good news: Isn’t he … an illegal alien? Since when did we start admitting people from Krypton, anyway? Ah well. More work available now for American patriots like Batman and Spider-Man.

I’m actually not sure what to make of this:

Goyer’s installment, with tense art from Miguel Sepulveda, steals the spotlight in Action Comics No. 900. When Superman drops in on an Iranian protest to stand with demonstrators in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience, the U.S. government takes him to task for acting as an instrument of national policy. Superman responds by renouncing his American citizenship and proclaiming himself a citizen of the universe…

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 2disgusting4words; antiamerican; comicbooks; davidgoyer; dccomics; superman
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1 posted on 04/28/2011 7:28:01 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
What If Superman Grew up in Nazi Germany
2 posted on 04/28/2011 7:29:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Great news: Superman to renounce his U.S. citizenship

But he could STILL be potus - 0bama has set the precedent.

3 posted on 04/28/2011 7:31:14 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

When was he naturalized?...................


4 posted on 04/28/2011 7:33:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (Mitt Romney: The Harold Stassen of the 21st century........)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

But, I thought he was/is President, Dana Milbank thinks so.


5 posted on 04/28/2011 7:35:44 AM PDT by izzatzo
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Kripton, is supermans home, I have never read a comic where he became a citizen.


6 posted on 04/28/2011 7:41:30 AM PDT by qman
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To: Red Badger

Where’s the Birth Certificate?


7 posted on 04/28/2011 7:43:04 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Red Badger

He was adopted by a Kansas couple.
I believe that makes him an official citizen.


8 posted on 04/28/2011 7:44:07 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Is eh going to go to Germany and declare himself a “Citizen of the World”?
9 posted on 04/28/2011 7:45:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“Superman drops in on an Iranian protest to stand with demonstrators in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience, the U.S. government takes him to task for acting as an instrument of national policy. Superman responds by renouncing his American citizenship”

So if you reason that through, the State Department gets on Kal’s case and he tells them to take a hike. After decades of the most powerful villains in the universe, it took Hillary Clinton to run Superman off.


10 posted on 04/28/2011 7:48:57 AM PDT by tlb
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To: MrB

at the time of the first action comic with superman, immigration law was much different.

you are correct. The adoption establishes he is a citizen ....AND

at the time of his oragin it is not unusual for a child’s birth to not be recorded. If memory serves, in one version the kent’s just stayed inside during winter and in the spring there was the baby.


11 posted on 04/28/2011 7:51:21 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

My screen name aside, I'm done with comics. Thanks DC, it's been a fun ride for the last 40 years...but this is the proverbial straw that's broken the camel's back.

12 posted on 04/28/2011 7:51:55 AM PDT by Abin Sur
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Isn’t he … an illegal alien? Since when did we start admitting people from Krypton, anyway?

Don't be silly. George and Martha Kent were both US Citizens, and they adopted him, making him their son and thus a US citizen as well.

13 posted on 04/28/2011 7:52:47 AM PDT by VRWCmember (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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To: dfwgator
His first stop on Planet Earth wasn't Smallville, it was Cleveland, Ohio in 1932 on the drafting board of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. He was naturalized ages ago.

It's rumored he played for Paul Brown during the fifties and early sixties but couldn't stand Art Modell and moved on. This is why the Brownies went from the winningest (by percentage) franchise in the NFL to the three legged dog operation they have been ever since.


14 posted on 04/28/2011 7:53:52 AM PDT by katana
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To: katana
I think Superman moved to Spain and took on the persona of Lionel Messi.


15 posted on 04/28/2011 7:56:20 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Superman wears Chuck Norris PJs to bed at night.


16 posted on 04/28/2011 8:00:50 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
And publishers wonder why comics struggle to sell 30,000 copies a month nationwide. The imposition of anti-American and liberal (I repeat myself) views and fantasies is why many long-time readers like me left many years ago. One more icon dragged into the leftist mud. Thank God for back issues.


17 posted on 04/28/2011 8:01:50 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Superman is Arab. Just ask Hamas, Homodinejad and Obongo.


18 posted on 04/28/2011 8:03:06 AM PDT by Hardraade (I want gigaton warheads now!!)
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To: Mr. Silverback
Dude.

Dude.

19 posted on 04/28/2011 8:12:12 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: izzatzo

I may have read it wrong, but I think Dana was talking about “SUPERFLY” not SUPERMAN.


20 posted on 04/28/2011 8:13:51 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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