Posts featuring Cartoons
The Plan Backfires
Monday, October 21, 2013
The conspiracy by House Republicans to force the President either to make further concessions on the Affordable Care Act, or risk the kind of global economic catastrophe that could result from the US government going into default, seems to have mostly blown up in their big, dumb faces…
The Curse of Mr. Iraqyzptlk
Friday, September 6, 2013
“An attack on Syria, no matter how well-intentioned, is bound to result in a staggering amount of collateral damage, and a tremendous number of civilian casualties, much like the fight between Kal-El and General Zod in the recent Man of Steel film; A Good Cartoon.”
The Passion of the Whistleblower
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Following last week’s conviction of Bradley Manning for leaking video evidence of unrestrained murder of civilians by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as numerous other classified cables, I wanted to draw something commenting on the bravery of both Manning and Edward Snowden in exposing wrong-doing covered up or even sanctioned by the US Government, in spite of the consequences they surely knew they would suffer…
Short Leash
Friday, August 16, 2013
I find the trend of all the world’s major media outlets falling into the hands of a privileged few very disturbing. The Gilded Age already taught us how that usually turns out, and I’d rather if we didn’t have to have another such lesson!
Get Rid of the Seaward
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Tags: anchor, Arrested Development, Barack Obama, boat, Congress, Do-nothing Congress, drowning, GOP, Lucille Bluth, Obama, ocean, President Obama, Republican, Republican obstructionism, Republican Party, swimming, Uncle Sam, water
Torch of Liberty
Saturday, June 29, 2013
I thought the “free at last” segment from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech might be repurposed to refer to this decision as a backwards step for Civil Rights if I were to pair it with an image that was neither subtle, nor easily-misinterpreted…
Undermining Liberty
Saturday, June 15, 2013
The idea of a database containing who-knows-how-much personal information communicated by who-knows-how-many people, with no individual or public oversight of its contents, is awe-inspiring, and terrifyingly Orwellian, whether it’s being kept in the name of “fighting terrorism” or “the free market.”
Fishing Expedition
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Tags: 24-hour news, cable news, CBS, CNN, fish, fish story, fishing, fishing lures, Fox, Fox News, minnow, Moby Dick, MSNBC, NBC, sperm whale, whale
Under PRESSure
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The Department of Justice seized the phone records of the Associated Press, allegedly in pursuit of “leaks” of classified information…
Sanford & State
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Tags: affair, bride, cheating husband, dishonesty, Elizabeth Colbert-Bush, Fred Sanford, groom, hairpins, horrible skin, Lamont Sanford, making out, Mark Sanford, marriage, mistress, Sanford & Son, South Carolina, wedding, wedding bands, wedding cake, wedding dress