{"id":5948,"date":"2010-11-19T22:08:02","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T22:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.reallifesuperheroes.org\/?p=5948"},"modified":"2010-11-19T22:08:02","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T22:08:02","slug":"real-life-super-heroes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2010\/11\/19\/real-life-super-heroes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Life Super Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted: <a href=\"http:\/\/ajfederation.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/19\/real-life-super-heroes\/\">http:\/\/ajfederation.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/19\/real-life-super-heroes\/<\/a><br \/>\nBy far the most fascinating story I\u2019ve read in a while. <a href=\"http:\/\/capitolhill.komonews.com\/content\/phoenix-jones-real-life-superhero\">Seattle has it\u2019s own league of super heroes<\/a>, and they mean business. Phoenix Jones had a few Seattle media interviews to explain this craziness. The bottom line:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPhoenix, some people might ask if you\u2019re crazy. Are you crazy?\u201d I asked during a recent phone interview.<br \/>\n\u201c<strong>Have you ever seen something that you thought was wrong or not fair? That you wanted to change? And then you just thought about it for days or weeks?<\/strong>\u201d He said.<br \/>\n\u201cOf course.\u201d I answered.<br \/>\n\u201c<strong>Well I haven\u2019t. I don\u2019t stand by and watch things happen that are wrong. When I see it I fix it. Does that make me crazy?<\/strong>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He and his sidekick Buster Doe are not alone. Teaming up in Seattle\u2019s Real Life Super Heroes is Gemini, Green Reaper, No Name, Penelope, Thorn, Thunder 88, and Catastrophe (<em>no idea at this time if this one wears a cat mask<\/em>). According to Phoenix Jones they all have either have full military training, or are extremely well-versed in mixed martial arts. Better than an amateur getting themselves stabbed (Kick-Ass is not family friendly, nor is this clip):<br \/>\nPhoenix Jones has mentioned that he\u2019s been cut early on in his crime fighting career. He added more layers of protection than the spandex and fedora he wears. Now they\u2019re not just bopping thugs left and right that are littered throughout Seattle. They recon, determine real criminals, and call the police before engaging\/distracting the criminal element.<br \/>\nJustify it however you want, you don\u2019t need the caliber of genius like Lex Luthor to know how dangerous and deadly. As much as I love the comic book crime fighting crusaders, the reality is almost too grueling to root for\u2026 almost. I truly love the idea of real \u201csuper heroes\u201d taking on drug dealers, thugs, and gangsters stalking Seattle streets. I hope it works, too! I\u2019m trying to imagine criminals fearing a man wearing a fedora without a whip at his side.<br \/>\nThese days law enforcement is always short of the protection towns and cities need. Amidst constant cuts, poor budgeting, and ACLU threats against gang elements, perhaps law-abiding vigilantes is what we all need. Good luck Phoenix Jones.<br \/>\n<em><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><\/em> Forgot to mention that there is a nation-wide network of these super heroes. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reallifesuperheroes.org\/\">RealLifeSuperHeroes.org<\/a>. And before you ask, I am not one of these masked crusaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted: http:\/\/ajfederation.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/19\/real-life-super-heroes\/ By far the most fascinating story I\u2019ve read in a while. Seattle has it\u2019s own league of super heroes, and they mean business. Phoenix Jones had a few Seattle media interviews to explain this craziness. The bottom line: \u201cPhoenix, some people might ask if you\u2019re crazy. Are you crazy?\u201d I asked during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[474,1019,1097,1878,2000,2041,2147,2716,2720],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}