Perhaps this Paul Noth cartoon would qualify as the 21st century version of the 19th century Temperance movement posters demanding that people REPENT NOW!
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Listen Live – on Ernest Hancock Show at 11 AM Eastern Today
I’ll be on the Ernest Hancock radio show on Freedom Phoenix at 11 am Eastern time talking about the latest damn outrages. You can listen live by clicking here Ernie is one of my favorite hell-raisers – an activist who has never been accused of moderate tendencies.
Foreign Aid Breeds Hatred in Egypt
On the bright side, at least Egyptians know the name of the U.S. Ambassador (Anne Patterson). Maybe if we doubled our foreign aid, they would take down at least one of those signs. I have been railing against foreign aid since… hell…. since way back when my beard was red. Here’s a 2011 piece […]
Nixon’s Resignation & the Era of Lawless Presidents
This is the anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974. Nixon knew that his defense was doomed and chose to throw in the towel without a Senate trial. But President Gerald Ford compounded the damage from Nixon’s presidency when he issued a sweeping pardon of Nixon that practically condemned future generations of Americans to […]
Obama, NSA, Gulf of Tonkin, & Governing as Lying
This is the 49th anniversary of Congress’s passage of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, by which the Lyndon Johnson administration lied the nation into the Vietnam War. The resolution was spurred by false assertions of multiple North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. ships. At a National Security Council meeting on the evening that the first report came […]
Best Birthday Wishes for Barack Obama?
An email from Nation magazine alerted me to the opportunity to sign this birthday card for President Obama. So what sort of greetings should I give to Barack? “May federal judges continue helping cover up your crimes!” “May the Washington media (mostly) continue groveling at your feet…” The dude’s birthday is on August 4 […]
More New Yorker Pro-Gun Cartoons
Well, maybe they’re pro-gun. But at least the jacket one is funny. As long as you’re left-handed. Regardless, great stuff from M. Twohy – who has been doing the Daily Cartoon for the New Yorker website.
