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Question of the Day | 07/18/2008 12:00 am

If you could be a superhero - one not already in existence - what would your special powers be? What would your name be?

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Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney | 07/18/2008 12:00 am

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's … Joan Ganz Cooney

I would want to be able to fly and to not be seen whenever I wished. Gioia.

Liz Smith

Liz Smith | 07/18/2008 12:00 am

Liz Smith, Warrior Princess

Superhero? Well, I would be like Xena, the Warrior Princess of TV, circa 1995 - 2001. Where did this divine woman, actress Lucy Lawless, go? I’d have to be called “SuperLiz.”

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kermie b
Okay, if I have a green cape, I get to fly, too. (Kermit, flies, too.) I have to go to work. Not just a job—I am hunting down bad guys and throwing them in the swamp. I need a cool catch phrase for when I fly away.
By kermie b on 07/18/2008 3:14 pm
Lady Gator
ki b—-And just what does Miss Piggy think about all your cavorting around in your green cape?
By Lady Gator on 07/18/2008 3:23 pm
Blue Circle Girl
Good one!
By Blue Circle Girl on 07/18/2008 6:00 pm
kermie b
Lily—it’s cool, it’s hip, it’s green—definitely what the Kerminator would say.
By kermie b on 07/19/2008 2:36 am
Anne Hayes
I’m thinking I would be SUPER YAYA! My transportation would be a big bay retired racehorse and my weapon of choice would be a wooden cooking spoon! It would have powers known to no man on the planet! It can put a toilet seat down, ask for directions when lost for more than an hour, cover his mouth when he burps and stay with the kids without a gunpoint threat. “They’re YOUR kids too!” My super weapon would make a margarita and breakfast on the weekends. It could even make my boss the polar opposite of the antiChrist. And It will take out the damn garbage! My super horse will trot me around to catch evil-doers and we will be back home in time for a good grooming and some lovely alfalfa hay. He will also watch the kids with a big soft brown eye on the lookout for trouble. Now that’s what I call a dynamic duo.
By Anne Hayes on 07/18/2008 6:36 pm
kermie b
You got me at Margarita.
By kermie b on 07/19/2008 12:52 am
Tee Zee
You are a hoot! Thanks for the great images!!!
By Tee Zee on 07/19/2008 10:38 am
Bonnie Oliver
ki b - or should I say “The Kerminator”? Thank you for this topic. It seems to have caught our imaginations and the heroes chosen have been fantastic!
By Bonnie Oliver on 07/18/2008 6:47 pm
kermie b
The Kerminator tells me he had no doubts all of you would be heroic. What stands out is how self-sacrificing women are everyday, behind the costumes and superpowers. As you said, Bonnie, “Fantastic!”
By kermie b on 07/19/2008 1:05 am
Chrome Toe
Oh this is soooo easy… I’d be invisible! I wouldn’t be called anything cuz i’d be invisible! LOL Seriously - I can’t tell you how curious I am. There’s nothing i’d like more than to pop in on peoples worlds totally invisible and watch them interact. Then… if there was a bad guy (or girl) I could kick their ass and they’d never see it comin!
By Chrome Toe on 07/19/2008 12:39 am
kermie b
Kelly Kelly—all superheros have a fatal flaw … can we see you if you are spray painted?
By kermie b on 07/19/2008 2:39 am
M Morgan
My special power: calling the conscience of people to become a non-prejudiced, fair/just, nongreedy, loyal/faitful, kind and giving to become happy. My name: Super-Conscience Caller Here is an advice from me: An “SPECIAL” Way OF Birth That Renders THE Power To Rule And ExploitThe “ORDINARY” Non-Westerners: Is this the way to treat others? (see the “Testimony of William J. Burns …” after these) Is this the way to treat others? (Clink the link at the end to read the “Testimony of William J. Burns …” ) July 17, 2008 SERVANT Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen. Christopher Todd, Sen. Shelby, … Remember that on the Judgment day, in the presence of God, I will held you responsible, and ask you if you conveyed these words to the People’s-SERVANTS in the legislative, judiciary, executive branches AND to the Press/Media. Please, tell them not act as if you are GUARDIAN of people. Act as SERVANT of people. I wish you well and a swift recovery SERVANT Ted Kennedy. Please convey this message to all other SERVANTS of people in Senate, Congress, White House, and other institutions of the government and Judiciary branch; to: a) start acting as being SERVANT of people, b)start earning their salary, c) stop acting as being the GUARDIAN of people — as i.e. parents as the Guardian of their underage/retarded/incapacitated children/offspring. To everybody in the legislative, judiciary, executive branches AND to the Press/Media: Remember that on the Judgment day, you will be held responsible for your arrogant/cruel/unjust/rights-denying/exploitating/pirating-actions/treatment of the non-Westerners because, we the Westerners, the “better than the others — the non-Westerners”, who think that we are are “better than them” due to the “SPECIAL” manner of our birth; falling off the ASS’s HOLE/Vulva [whereas the manner of the birth of non-Westerners is via the “ORDINARY” birth-canal; exiting the vulva of their mothers which makes them “subhuman”-non-Westerners WITH LESS rights than us. That is, because of our falling-off the Ass-hole, we acquire the right to RULE on them, to look down at them, to exploit them and their resources, and consider what is theirs as ours. The reason for this way of my talking to power is to make it sink in the minds (of those who forget the fact that they [are just like any other person on the earth] sent/elected as the SERVANTs of the people to, without infringing on the RIGHTS of other people on the earth, advance the WILL of the peoplein the institutions of their government. Servants of people, Servant Speaker Peloci and Servant Chairman John Conyers, You are there to, on behalf of people to legislate and watch for the interest of people NOT to act as if you are GUARDIAN of people (under-age children/retards). It is not up to you to veto the will of the people. === Is this the way one treat/speaks with people? What a condescending attitude as if we, as “better than others — due to the “SPECIAL” way of our birth we have acquired the right to rule/exploit “ORDINARY” non-Westerners’ resources!!!. click the link to see what I mean: http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/110/bur070908.pdf Testimony by William J. Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs U.S. Department of State Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee July 9, 2008 The Strategic Challenge Posed by Iran
By M Morgan on 07/19/2008 4:04 am
Tee Zee
You are my hero!
By Tee Zee on 07/19/2008 10:36 am
Dona Howlett
I would be EVIL STOPPER……. My power would be the ability to seek out those who do evil against children and stop them in their tracks before they do harm to our innocent children. Hopefully go back in time and stop the man who kidnapped my granddaughters.
By Dona Howlett on 07/19/2008 5:56 pm
RoseMerry Hoffman
I would want the ability to convince masses of people of some truths. Like working together is so much better than competition. No human being ever needs more then, say, $100 million dollars, for any reason. That we can take every better care of everyone, house the homeless, provide free healthcare for all and end poverty. That the U.S. stands for high ideals and can and will live up to those ideals. That the U.S. Constitution is a wonderful, treasured promise and must be followed. That everyone is special and the diversity of humanity is our strength and one person’s alternate relationship takes nothing away from a traditional marriage and honoring that relationship adds to the community. That the U.S. is not the policeman of the world and our defense does not require a world network of military might. That we grow stronger by providing for individual freedom and limiting the might of the huge corporate monsters, especially those multi-nationals that threat our sovergnity. Little things like that. Oh, what a fantasy!
By RoseMerry Hoffman on 07/19/2008 6:25 pm