Wolverine is not outclassed

BLM:75 WHM:75 SMN:60 RDM:20 THF:75 WAR:75 DRK:75 RNG:58

I was watching Wolverine Origins the other day and it occurred to me the real purpose of the wolverine. In the final episode with the fiery Phoenix, most of the other heroes are immolated and destroyed despite their varied sets of powers but Wolverine is the only one that can approach Phoenix.

Phoenix is the symbol of eternal death. Knowing that she could go at any minute, it's a wonder that anyone would want to stand next to her or have anything to do with her. She is the only level 5 mutant and despite her immense power, she is cursed with being too selfish. People say that with great power comes great responsibility but I believe, with great power comes even greater hunger. That's why Oprah can't keep her mouth shut about people for example, or why Quadafi must feel like a pencil, or why people that explain global warming, like to get paid. It's not wrong what they do, it's because they do it that their appetites grow.

So is it better to be lazy? Well if you are a type 5 Demon then yes. Oprah this means you.

More importantly is the image of Wolverine. He is a mean cynical person capable of love but very picky about it. He can heal all wounds. He is only a type 1 mutant so he is undetectable or found unimportant by the type 4 ones. He is the symbol of everlasting life, of indomitable will. Whatever his scars, they heal. He is the only person that can stop Phoenix once she relents to the people that hate her. The two are symbols of everlasting life and everlasting death. She has love and wants more. He has none but wants what is not his. The two are corrupt of course. Regular people settle and repress through TV and children most of what their gonads tell them.

I wonder at terrorists sometimes. They must be so clueless... people must think, but religion is like that. Whoever is doing the interpretation is basically putting his bias in it. In fact news is like that. They interpret what is happening and suddenly that man with the rifle is shooting back and the police say they are going to "take care" of it. God help us cuz someone heard shots and it's a mess out there.

The truth of everything is that we live in a complex puzzle wth X man Y man and Z man running it all probably. If we get too full it's time for a war, if we have too much money, it's time for a shortage or for house prices to go up. If we have too much gay people or incest or people in the streets doing drugs not giving a crap about the law, then it's time for AIDS.

It seems terrible to think about. I had to think long and hard about Tiananmen Square when it happened and I saw students, like me at the time, trying to take down that government because it was not "free". I wondered why the US would not step in and help these students who were seeking democracy or an escape from tyranny.

But people did not revolt despite their children's death. Old people really really know what is best and to start out its better not to know that. Maybe Chinese students should not read about American government. Indeed that is perhaps why we should not like communism. Even though it is a perfectly good way to run a government, if we start trying new government systems like Russia did, if we refuse to go with what we got, the "backup" government is who will rule, and that's a scary thought.

Our system of government is not what gives us our strength and riches. It is our faith and trust that yields not only loans for better houses and cars, but charity that defines what we are choosing to do with the excess of what we have earned.

Our system is failing only because other governments, instead of installing a system of trust and faith, have decided to accept bribes and pursue money hoarding as a way of ramping up their coffers. Any why not? Our own mechanics show us how to take people for all they are worth. Our own doctors are out there showing us how they can lose weight and get paid. Our own lawyers are selling their services, "for the people" despite their lack of focus on what they are charging and what their success rate is.

It's perhaps mean to think that some people are out there just criticizing everything people do, like I do, but it is not so much the people as the ideas that need criticism.

If we are going to take jobs overseas, shouldn't we require companies to pay minimum wage overseas and keep the same level of competitiveness alive. Those people may be better programmers but hey at least pay them for that. That is a level playing field. People here can at least take comfort knowing they went to MIT not to make a million a year but to at least be able to outclass some BFE programmer that is willing to do his job for 1/10th the pay.

I guess it's obvious I have a lot of time on my hands and no money to go get beer.