Thought today might be a good day to switch focus a bit, away from the verbal and more to the visual — cartoon style, for the most part. Near as I can tell, I’ve collected these things off-and-on across the last ten years, snagging most (if not all) from internet posts, maybe the occasional tweet. I’m not sure about attribution — the names are either really hard to read or absent completely. Oh well, I must say that whatever the case, I’m extremely grateful to whomever it was that produced each and all — they never fail to bring forth at least a chuckle, and occasionally a raucous laugh!
The first two are editorial cartoons from the (Phoenix) Arizona Republic, drawn by their long-time (progressive) ed. cartoonist Steve Benson back in 2006. Subjects obvious.🙂
This next one is at least as apropos today as it was ten years ago!
Land of Oz revisited:
From some unrecorded moment following the passage of the ACA:
This one pretty much defines (much to their collective distress) wingnut gun owners:
Jesus making the rounds, courtesy of Betty Bowers:
Nazi vs. YeeHaw, philosophically defined (more or less):
Onward to current times and Paul Krugman’s analysis of Donald Trump:
Cartoon in ref. to Trump’s tweet in Dec 2015 when he went full Schmuck on Hillary, used the word ‘Schlong:
GOP’s favorite way to “govern”:
Here’s the perfect summary of the GOP’s view on the Paris Climate summit outcome:
And finally, this fabulous summary of what many of us wish would have been the reaction of Native American Peoples to the arrival of all those ‘illegal aliens’ and ‘undocumented immigrants’ from Europe:
That one’s somewhat reminiscent of the first Benson cartoon up top, speaks volumes that I’m sure no living wingnut could ever comprehend because, as John Stewart Mill noted many many years ago,
“Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most
stupid people are conservatives.”
OK, one more to make a Baker’s Dozen:
Touché.
“We’ll have to leave it there.”
OPEN HREAD
That last toon made me think of the last line from this:
The one concerning climate change is my favorite, I just don’t see a downside to not burning all available fossil fuel as quickly as possible. I imagine most political cartoonists are going to have a field day with the fascist with the comb over.
Sometime I wish I was a cartoonist — SO much material is begging for coverage!
Wiles: God Will Collapse US Economy As Judgment For Planned Parenthood ‘Devil-Worship’
That’s some weapons grade batshit crazy. If God were going to take our our economy, he should have done it back in 2007 when it would have been easy. Come to think of it, if I were a Christian who believed there were hoards of folks out there sacrificing to Satan, I’d expect to find them among those in high finance rather than those providing health care to poor women.
Sandy Rios: Openly Gay Army Secretary Can’t Lead Men Into Battle
Based on that, I recommend an internation treaty that allows only gays and/or Lesbians in the military. The result, clearly, would be NO MORE WARS!!
As for Rios, gotta hand it to her. She may sound like a right wing nutcase, but she’s obviously a really DEEP THINKER!
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From the “I Didn’t Know He Was Still Alive” File, Alan Young (Mr. Ed) died today at the age of 96.
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has lost Bill Moyers.