Comments on: “I Can’t Save Those People Right Now; I Need to Finish Another Story on the Abuses of the Bush Administration”

By: seanmahair

seanmahair — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:01:39 +0000

My sweet spouse tried to save the sharks from eating themselves for 21+ years and all he got was a pink slip. He is MY superman. Now of course all the bobble heads are saying the same things he tried to get them to listen to for the last 18+ years. Good job guys, you’ve managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory yet again.

Sweet action! (and no I am NOT bitter ;P)

By: 5 of 7

5 of 7 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:15:15 +0000

#11 – NunyaB,
IMAO archives, Fred Thompson Facts:

Sept 8, 2007
“Fred Thompson can swallow a pig and some wheat and crap a ham sandwich.”

May 1, 2007
“He eats shotgun shells in the morning and craps .44 Magnum bullets in the afternoon.”
“He eats lightning and craps thunder.”

Nope, nothing about diamonds.
But he could if he wanted to!

By: KeaponLaffin

KeaponLaffin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:27:45 +0000

Iron Man would be a better journalist than Superman.
List of folks that would be better journalists than Superman:
The Punisher,
Spawn..could ya imagine that?,
Rorschach would make the ULTIMATE journalist,
Rambo,
Bill Cosby,
Gunny,
The Duke,
That Slumdog Millionaire guy,
My dog(Chino, the oldest one..he’s smarter than yer average 10 yr old human!).

PS: I do not mean to imply that Superman is less noble, smart or patriotic as my dog. I just do not believe journalism is in Superman’s forte. He has better things to do.

By: James

James — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:18:12 +0000

“But why in the world would someone capable of doing important, useful things want to just sit around and write about other people doing useful things?”

Exactly the question that I asked myself shortly before leaving that useless profession 10 years ago. Much happier (and more useful) today.

By: NunyaB

NunyaB — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:21:15 +0000

#9, that sounds like it was (or should be) a Fred Fact? Fred swallows coal and craps diamonds?

By: Pantera

Pantera — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:13:04 +0000

I think being a newspaper reporter also gave him an excuse to “cover the welcoming ceremony for the Ambassador of FrickFrackistan” where they almost always was some supervillain trying to mess things up. This gives the comic writer a reason for Superman to know that a crime was going on.

Stan Lee used the same plot device with Spiderman.

By: 5 of 7

5 of 7 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:46:42 +0000

Clark Kent should open a jewelry store.
(He’s got that ‘squeezing lumps of coal into diamonds’ thing going for him).

By: Live Free Or Die

Live Free Or Die — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:44:48 +0000

STORM19111 is right, Aquaman would be at the newspapers because they’re all sinking under water,drowning in a sea of red ink. Of course Aquaman would be laughing at them as they sank to the bottom.Bunch of bottomfeeders, the lot of them. Aquaman will then telepathically tell all the sea creatures to poop on them. Serves them right.

By: Why is Clark Kent a reporter? @ Monitor Duty

Why is Clark Kent a reporter? @ Monitor Duty — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:50:49 +0000

[...] J of imao.us asks a very good question: why would the Clark Kent of today be a [...]

By: Plentyobailouts

Plentyobailouts — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:56:50 +0000

Another issue i am torn over.
On one hand the leftist excuses for reporting need to say bye bye and open the field up for old school honest reporting of the news.
On the other hand, if newspaper disappear, who will kill the trees that have the evironMENTALists screaming about the global warming hoax.
Also what about the ink manufacturers. All those poor onion jobs. And the teamsters, who will take care of the teamsters?

By: Basil

Basil — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:53:49 +0000

I saw Ted Koppel on some Q&A session on TV years ago (in the 1980s). I recall him saying that a journalism degree was useless. He suggested English, Math, Medicine, or something that allowed you to know something useful. I gathered from it that with a journalism degree, you knew nothing but could write all about it.

By: STORM19111

STORM19111 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:51:51 +0000

These days, Superman would blog. Aquaman would be at the newspapers.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:42:12 +0000

Well, if they WOULD objectively write about people doing useful things, that would be useful. And if they’d stick to the old Dragnet line of, “Just the facts, Ma’am” we’d all be better off.

By: DamnCat

DamnCat — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:32:02 +0000

Face it – Superman has sold out for a crummy newspaper paycheck. He used to fight for “truth, justice, and the American way” – when was the last time you saw any of that in a newspaper?

By: Son of Bob

Son of Bob — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:09:58 +0000

No. Unfortunately, journalism students and courses are all about “changing the world” these days, not “reporting the news.”