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reACTIONary

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31. Without googling....
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 06:35 PM
Aug 2016

Faster than a speeding bullet , more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound - Look! Up in the sky! It's Superman! Strange visitor from another planet, come to earth to fight for truth, justice, and the American way!

Now I'll Google and see if I got it right.

Announcer: Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!
Voices: Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!
Announcer: Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet, who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American way.

Hummm, not terribly wrong but not super memory

Superman was pretty cool. He fought the kkk on the radio in 1946 mucifer Aug 2016 #1
I went to junior high in the 1970s exurban south. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2016 #2
I did not know that. Actually, I know nothing of Superman comic books. Thanks for post riversedge Aug 2016 #3
Welcome to earth.... whistler162 Aug 2016 #4
I am just not a comic fan. No orange for me. riversedge Aug 2016 #7
REPENT from that grievous sin!:wink whistler162 Aug 2016 #13
Very important, thanks for sharing IronLionZion Aug 2016 #5
Other than the English and Dutch, every immigrant wave from Europe did their time Francis Booth Aug 2016 #33
Kal-El was an immigrant refugee orphan who fled the destruction of his home. baldguy Aug 2016 #6
He took away a job belonging to Captain Marvel Bucky Aug 2016 #10
Hahahaha! Moonwalk Aug 2016 #22
An illegal immigrant at that! I don't recall him getting his American Citizenship.... Moonwalk Aug 2016 #24
Superman depicts/represents Jewish life in the US underpants Aug 2016 #45
Thanks for that bit of BlueMTexpat Aug 2016 #47
The creators also had a very, um, socialist frame of mind.... Moonwalk Aug 2016 #51
It is very interesting underpants Aug 2016 #52
E Pluribus Unum awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #30
E Pluribus Unum Mendocino Aug 2016 #8
I like the original motto — E Pluribus Unum brush Aug 2016 #9
I also like the old metaphor of "the melting pot." (Read on if you're rolling your eyes.) Old Crow Aug 2016 #32
Couldn't agree with you more. I'm old now, but as kids we were taught the melting pot Francis Booth Aug 2016 #34
English, yes, but another language as well. Many in other countries are multi-longual . . . brush Aug 2016 #36
Multilingual is wonderful. The Swiss speak German, Italian, English and French. Francis Booth Aug 2016 #43
Brazilian Portuguese is also very lyrical, unlike the guttural native Portuguese brush Aug 2016 #53
Yes, I've heard it. There's a town in Massachusetts (Hudson) Francis Booth Aug 2016 #54
It also shows one reason for Trump's appeal. JackRiddler Aug 2016 #11
And five boys and only two girls. athena Aug 2016 #19
And the use of "him" as a non-gendered pronoun... Crash2Parties Aug 2016 #37
I believe most Americans agree. Wouldn't it be great if this old idea caught on again? TonyPDX Aug 2016 #12
It may be. There's some speculation in media about a growing Hortensis Aug 2016 #16
I'd love to support that movement. If it takes hold, though, the media will be the last to know it. TonyPDX Aug 2016 #20
Last to embrace it, probably never. Blood leads. Hortensis Aug 2016 #23
I'm seeing it on my Facebook pages more often 7962 Aug 2016 #25
REALLY? Oh, that's wonderful, 7962. Hortensis Aug 2016 #27
I remember Reagan & Tip O'Neill fighting all day, Then having dinner that night 7962 Aug 2016 #28
Love it! Hortensis Aug 2016 #29
Politicians interacted more. DownriverDem Aug 2016 #41
Also many schools do not even have a civics class anymore. classykaren Aug 2016 #14
k and r RapSoDee Aug 2016 #15
Postwar boomer here - ww2& holocaust was still fresh back then and we were raised w/strong sense of Kashkakat v.2.0 Aug 2016 #17
Superman is Jewish underpants Aug 2016 #46
In a rare moment, Lindsey Graham nailed it. Snarkoleptic Aug 2016 #18
Used to watch Superman in B/W as a little kid, and could recite the opening by heart... Hekate Aug 2016 #21
Without googling.... reACTIONary Aug 2016 #31
:-) underpants Aug 2016 #44
Great posting! Also, your signature line is excellent! About being a Democrat because God loves you. Akamai Aug 2016 #26
You know that Superman guy is actually an illegal alien. tclambert Aug 2016 #35
Is that really from the 1950's? Doctor Jack Aug 2016 #38
Yep-- right here ailsagirl Aug 2016 #39
Who distributed those, and has the rights? A go fund me page could pay to distribute them again. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2016 #40
I'd assume DC Comics which is owned by Warner Brothers. nt white_wolf Aug 2016 #42
That is what heterogeneity looked like in the 50s. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2016 #48
I was thinking more along the lines of the general concept of making people think about our ideals.. jtuck004 Aug 2016 #49
4 years, millions die, to defeat an army run by a believer in a super race of white men, so we can jtuck004 Aug 2016 #50
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