As I watched Spiderman 3 today I fantasized about how awesome it would be to have Superman's powers. In the movies they always have to create a calamity that may even be daunting to Superman. Surely Superman wouldn't be daunted by Bush. So if there was really a Superman in the world, what would he do about George Bush? ....And if Superman could do something about him, why can't any of us?
How many have times on Daily Kos have you seen the empty rhetoric, "this must stop, NOW"? We all share that sentiment, but are ostensibly powerless to make it happen. (I actually believe there's a way to peaceably bring that sentiment to fruition, but that's another diary.) In my opinion, if Superman asked me what he should do about Bush, I'd tell him he's duty bound to enact a coup against Bush by physically taking them into custody and then simply using his unique power of the podium to force his supporters to have to confront the preponderance of clear-cut evidence; and then simply allow Pelosi to legally fill his shoes. Problem solved. (And hopefully Pelosi would pick The Greatest American Hero as her VP.)
Seriously, follow below...
For those who don't know, in the gawdawful "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace," Christopher Reeve told the world:
"For many years now I have lived among you as a visitor. I've seen the beauty of your many cultures. I've felt great joy in your accomplishments.
I've also seen the folly of your wars.
As of today, I'm not a visitor anymore, because the Earth is my home, too.
We can't live in fear--and I can't stand idly by and watch us stumble into the madness of possible nuclear destruction.
And so, I've come to a decision. I'm going to do what our governments have been unwilling, or unable, to do: effectively immediatley, I'm going to rid our planet of all nuclear weapons."
At the end of the movie Superman had to offer a retraction...
Once more we've survived the threat of war and found a fragile peace.
I thought I could give you all the gift of the freedom from war, but I was wrong--it's not mine to give.
We're still a young planet. There are galaxies...out there; other civilizations for us to meet, to learn from.
What a brilliant future we could have.
And there will be peace. There will be peace when the people of the world want it so badly...that their governments will have no choice but to give it to them.
I just wish that you could all see the Earth the way that I see it.
It's just one world.
If Superman really existed, I'm sure that long before now he would have felt personally responsible to force the MSM to have to acknowledge the truth about the Bush administration in order to compel the people and their representatives to apply the law, and hence the ascension of Pelosi.
Obviously none of us has super powers, but I'm just wondering if any of us has the wisdom to know the difference between what we can change and what we can't, and why it makes a difference if we have super powers or not. In principle I believe that we don't need powers to have the courage and the power to change the things we should, starting with "President" Bush. But I also know that I'm vastly outnumbered by the politics-as-usual crowd. Hopefully this diary will convince the "realists" that we don't need Superman to restore Truth, Justice and (Wes Clark's version of) The American Way.
If there's a way to do it, then surely there's the will.