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    April 07

    G.I. Who?

    G.I. Joe. A real American Hero. The original Joes were 12inches tall. The barbie doll for the jingoist little boy of the 50's. The Joes fought the Nazi's a clear and recent enemy, kill those Germans.

    In the 80's G.I. Joe was re-invented as the modern action figure. The Joes were 3.5 inches tall. You could fit several in a lunchbox, take them to school and use them to fight with your friends at lunch. The new enemy was a covert World-destruction-bent cloister called Cobra. Cobra was evil, they belonged to know country and infested every country. A perfect enemy for Joe to fight perenially.

    Currently Hollywood is making a G.I. Joe movie. Cobra is still the enemy, it is live action, and starring a host of B-List action heroes. My question is, how do they avoid the painfully similar parallels between Cobra and Al-Queda. Or do they?  Will Hollywood work frantically to make sure the G.I. Joe movie doesn't offend any nationality or culture. Or will they use G.I. Joe to make a statement about what's going on in the world with terrorism. I'm hoping for the latter.

    I'm also hoping to buy vitamin and primal nutrition in the coming weeks. I'm hellbent for health, and I'm all over the internet trying to find better vitamins and supplements.