Archive | October, 2012

Lots of folks remember FEMA’s snafus with Katrina. But its history of screwups goes much further back. Here’s a recap on FEMA’s record with Hurricane Floyd in 1999. The conclusion might prove relevant this time around: “Hurricanes and governments have developed an odd, symbiotic relationship. When the former threaten to make their presence felt, the […]

The Secret Service wants folks to forward them suspicious tweets regarding presidential candidates and others protected by the G-men. The Los Angeles Times notes, ““To report a tweet that concerns you,” @SecretService wrote Tuesday in its first such Tweet, “call the nearest field office in your state.” The LATimes did not mention whether people who […]

The only reason that Hurricane Sandy feels emboldened to attack America is because, thanks to Obama, we have the smallest Navy since 1917. Disarmament never pays. If we had a real American in the White House, then the East Coast would not be on the verge of being pounded by this hurricane. +++ The gold […]

The one certainty after last night’s debate is that we are going to have a lousy foreign policy for the next four years. Damn little learned from the debacles of the past dozen years – or the past 50 years. So was Romney doing his Herman Cain imitation last night? “America needs a leader, not […]

  This Non Sequitor cartoon has one suggestion on how to keep candidates honest tonight. What other methods might better highlight their falsehoods? The Onion had a great one-sentence summary of last week’s debate: “Nation Tunes In To See Which Sociopath More Likable This Time.” I could complain that the debates are driving me to […]

  This cartoon would be perfect if there was a drone launching a missile to blast Lady Liberty before she escaped and perhaps became either a militant or an extremist. (Excellent cartoon by Joel Pett)