the oil spill is a big hit but one the...[gulf stream] can easily absorb
at least she's making an effort to remember what she stands for today.
1 hr 59 mins ago Since 1941, Captain America has been one of the most popular comic book characters around. The fictional super-patriot fought Nazis during World War II, took on those who burned the American flag during the Vietnam era, and raked in hundreds of millions of dollars for Marvel Comics along the way. Now, the appearance that he is taking on the Tea Party Movement in a storyline about investigating white supremacists has forced Marvel to apologize for the comic hero.Issue 602 of the comic features Captain America investigating aright-wing anti-government militia group called "the Watchdogs". Hopingto infiltrate the group, Captain America and his African-Americansidekick The Falcon observe an anti-tax protest from a rooftop. Theprotestors depicted are all white and carry signs adorned with slogansalmost identical to those seen today in Tea Party rallies like "tea bag libs before they tea bag you" and "stop the socialists."The Falconmentions that the gathering appears to be "some kind of anti-taxprotest" and notes that "this whole 'hate the government' vibe isn'tlimited to the Watchdogs." He then tells Captain America that hedoesn't think their plan will work because "I don't exactly see a blackman from Harlem fitting in with a bunch of angry white folks." CaptainAmerica then explains that his plan entails sending The Falcon in amongthe group posing as an IRS agent under the thinking that a blackgovernment official will most certainly spark their anger.The clear implicit attack on the Tea Party Movement was first noticed by Publius' Forum's Warner Todd Huston. When a minor uproar ensued, Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada spoke to Comic Book Resourcesand defended the issue while apologizing for the panel that seemed totie real-life Tea Party protesters to the fictional group depicted inthe book.Saying that he could "absolutely see how some people are upset aboutthis," Quesada said that there was "zero discussion to include a groupthat looked like a Tea Party demonstration," adding, "There was nothought that it represented a particular group."Quesada then went on to say that Marvel would "apologize for and own upto" a series of "stupid mistakes" that led to them "accidentallyidentifying" one of the members of the protest group "as being a partof the Tea Party instead of a generic protest group." He explained thatthey were on deadline to get the issue to the printer for publication,and in the course of sending it off it was noticed that the signs inthe scene contained no words or phrases. He said the editor then askedthe letterer to "fudge in some quick signs" and that in the "rush toget the book out of the door," the letterer "looked on the net andstarted pulling slogans" from signs captured in photographs at TeaParty protests in order to make them appear "believable."In response to Marvel's explanation and apology, Tea Party Nationfounder Judson Phillips told Yahoo! News that it "sounds less like agenuine 'we're sorry' than it does a 'we're sorry we got caught'statement.""When I was a child in the '60s Captain Americawas my favorite superhero," he said. "It's really sad to see what hastraditionally been a pro-America figure being used to advance a political agenda."Ed Brubaker, the writer of the controversial Captain America story, told Fox News that any and all references to "tea bag" will be removed from all future editions of Marvel Comics.-- Brett Michael Dykes is a contributor to the Yahoo! News blog
MILFs?
WTF? What exactly were they thinking?
