If you are a birther and you are reading this, I want you to know that you are an idiot. John McCain was supposedly born in the Panama Canal Zone and we could have started a great birther movement based on the rumor that he was born in a hospital right outside the Canal Zone borders. What a lost opportunity for the left.
Now, President Obama’s faith or religious beliefs come up again because tea-baggers can’t seem to figure out how to live with the fact we elected an African-American president. Obama could be Muslim, but he isn’t. He could be Jewish, but he isn’t. He said he’s Christian, but that doesn’t seem enough.
When Reagan was president he didn’t go to church because he said he didn’t want to disrupt the congregation. No one questioned it because he was St. Reagan, and white and wrinkly and all, so that was totally cool.
I hope President Obama is like most people I know—they may identify as Christian, Jew or Muslim, but they don’t know what they really believe. They try to do the right thing anyway. Or they are atheists and just want people to use reason and a little more social justice to figure out our world’s problems.
Or wouldn’t it be cool if President Obama was actually Halk Kar from the planet Thoron, which is in the same solar system as Krypton? A little less cool than Superman, but still he’s Superman’s brother.
This article appears in Aug 19-25, 2010.
Maybe we don’t give a shit where he was born, maybe we are just worried about the direction he is taking us. Idiot
Great piece. The truth is finally being spoken, the birthers are indeed, Idiots. And for the reader who is worried about the direction Obama is taking us, you had better look at the direction the republicans in Congress want to go. If you want scary, vote republican, if you want peace, hope, love and joy vote Democratic.
Trek your kidding right, this is a opinion piece. No one can argue that the republicans are better, thats why we voted for change, but we get the patriot act being extended, not allowing to sunset, warrant-less searches, and what about the “kill” switch for the internet? Looks like the Dems and Rep have our best interests in mind!
Mari – Does he have his Legion flight ring?
Unfortunately Tedski, he only got a flying belt… so sad.
Never thought I’d see two of my favorite niche interests — Halk Kar and making fun of Teabaggers — come together in a single piece. Impressive!
While it’s never been formally stated, Halk Kar is most likely the Earth-2 counterpart to Mon-El on Earth-1. No LSH on Earth-2, so no Legion flight ring. Also, probably no long-form birth certificate either.