I'm Batman....

danceswithelvis
2004-06-16 07:44 am UTC (link)

Are we supposed to be offended by being compared to Batman? I mean...as for spandex wearing superheros go, he's pretty darn cool.

As for the political part, I wonder: Has the general population some how got the notion that America has been the only country to ever screw up? Regardless of my feelings about the war in Iraq (and no, I will not go into whether I'm pro or against), it just seems that in a lot of ways we are getting a raw deal. Now that could be the backlash against our leadership, or just the fact that the journalism has pretty much proliferated throughout the world and permeated all aspects of how our country works. Don't get me wrong, journalism is good; but, they tend to focus on one thing, and that is generally something negative.

Er, sorry, I didn't mean to get all wanky/preachy/philisophical there; seriously, I'm not trying to wank. Just indulging my curiosity.

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Re: I'm Batman....

diamonde
2004-06-16 09:06 am UTC (link)

I think the problem isn't that no other countries have ever fucked up, it's that the US is fucking up right now while the government and some parts of the civilian population are shouting about how it's not fucking up it's helping. So everyone else feels obliged to say 'yes you are and no you're not'. It's like someone trying to stick a CD-ROM into the toaster and insisting that this will work. You just have to say 'no, it won't, really, no, still not going to work because that's ~~an Iranian spy~~ a toaster'.

If it make syou feel any better, Australia's following up its own peacekeeping efforts in East Timor by going right back to stealing their oil. We did intercede to get rid of the Indonesian militia - that we trained - after they voted out the Indonesian administration - that we supported - and for that they should be happy to give us all their oil! It's embarrassing. The peacekeepers went in and did all the right things and there's an elected Timorese government now, although they're still relying on outside assistance to keep things going. But we just can't seem to let go of the oil.

And it's not like they wouldn't sell it to us anyway.

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Re: I'm Batman....

danceswithelvis
2004-06-16 09:24 am UTC (link)

Nod.

It seems that even when doing what is the correct and/or right thing to do, someone is always going to find a way to make it into a personal profit situation. And that inturn reflects badly on the rest of us. Ugh...glad I'm not in politics. I'd be an alcoholic. Between the 'stupid,' the 'evil,' the 'good,' and the 'what the fuck were you smoking' I'd have to have a supply of a good strong whiskey to just get through the day, muchless any type of planning or meeting.

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	(Anonymous) 2004-06-16 07:49 am UTC (link)
	If Batman is America, surely Robin would be Iraq? Both fucked up the ass daily. Weren't there three Robins? That's Afghanistan, Iraq, and... Japan? Britain? Canada? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	teapotgirl 2004-06-16 09:15 am UTC (link)
	Four Robins actually if you count Carrie from "Dark Knight Returns" (she also had a cameo in the animated series) /Batman: TAS geek (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wolfsamurai 2004-06-16 10:19 am UTC (link)
	blinks What episode was she in in the animated series? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)