Cartoon Saturday

The families have given up on rescuing two NFL players lost in a boating accident near Florida; the Mexican government has sent 7000 soldiers to the border city of Ciudad Juarez to try to contain the war between murderous rival drug cartels; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has advocated a "scorched earth" strategy in dealing with House Republicans, proving that Democrats can be just as stupid and pig-headed as Republicans; the government is still bailing out insurance giant AIG, without an accounting of where the $160 billion so far spent is going; and unemployment has reached 8.1% - the highest level since 1983.

If you didn't need Cartoon Saturday before, you need it now.

For a while, it seemed as if the animal of choice for cartoons was penguins. Now, I realized I've accumulated quite a collection of cartoons about turtles...which may be appropriate, considering the blinding speed with which Congress is moving toward collegial resolution of our problems.

This one is cute, and just plain silly...

There's still plenty of construction going on in the DC area, although much of it has slowed down during the recession...


What sort of questions would you ask a tortoise in a job interview? ...

I've always wanted to do this to a car salesman ...

The "Non-Sequitur" cartoon strip has had a good run this week with cartoons taking on the banking crisis. I liked this one especially well ...

And finally, I think you're all aware of my opinion of Rush Limbaugh. I think this cartoon from Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles says it all ...

Would Republican conservative (or Democratic liberal) religious law be called sharidiot?

Inquiring minds want to know.

If you are living in most of the United States, don't forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed tonight ... otherwise you'll be embarrassed tomorrow when you show up for the 9:00 church service at 10:00, and everyone turns to stare at you when you walk in. Is that right? I don't know. I don't do math this early in the morning. Just fix the clocks, okay?

Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo