Posts featuring Commentary
Gusher
Friday, May 27, 2011
As promised last week, here is a cartoon on Congress’s recent decision not to eliminate enormous tax breaks for Big Oil…
War Ink
Friday, May 20, 2011
There’s a lot of finger-pointing going on in Congress and around the country as to the blame for the budget mess. I feel the recent explosion in the deficit has a lot to do with cutting taxes, especially on corporations, while waging an incredibly wasteful, multi-front war for the purpose of funneling money to war profiteers defense contractors…
Seeds of Destruction
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Tags: Bin Laden, blood, compost, corpse, flower, flowers, Osama, Osama Bin Laden, plants, smoking, soldier, soldiers, Terrorism, terrorist, terrorists, troops, US troops, violence
Fuzzy Aim
Friday, May 6, 2011
I’m not going to mourn the loss of an evil, mass-murdering psychopath, of course, but I do find the bloodlust reflected in many of my countrymens’ jubilant celebrations disappointing and dangerously short-sighted, though not all that surprising…
Hope Croaks
Saturday, April 30, 2011
This cartoon references a classic piece of Warner Brothers animation, One Froggy Evening, which is widely considered among the greatest animated cartoons of all time…
Trump Card
Saturday, April 23, 2011
As I mentioned in the previous update, I was trying to come up with something on Donald Trump, who, laughably, is among the top-polling possible candidates for President as rated by Republicans…
Snake Oil
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tags: American Revolution, Christian, Christianity, Christians, crazy, Deep South, don't tread on me, Donald Trump, God, GOP, hillbillies, hillbilly, insane, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Palin, rattlesnake, Religion, religious ecstasy, Republican, Republican Party, Republicans, Revolutionary War, Sarah Palin, snake, snake handler, snake handling, snakebite, tea baggers, tea party, Trump, venom
Doggone It
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
This is a state topic cartoon concerning the University of Washington, which recently announced budget cuts would result in a decrease in admissions for in-state students, though they will be increasing admissions for out-of-state students…
Sam’s Club
Sunday, April 3, 2011
I do feel we have a legitimate humanitarian mission in Libya, but it’s hard to trust our government to treat it as anything other than yet another opportunity to put down an anti-US tinpot and distribute his country’s resources to extra-national corporations, instead of the people who live there…
One-Armed Bandits
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
I was examining some gas pumps at a Costco, and it struck me that they looked sort of like slot machines. I thought the visual would be clever, and the metaphor would be an appropriate and funny way of describing the consumer’s relationship with oil speculators…