Indonesian volcano Mount Merapi has killed 240 people, injured at least 162 people with severe burns, and displaced more than 390,000 people since it started erupting in October last month; a winning lottery ticket worth $129 million was bought in a porn shop in Detroit; authorities are investigating a report of a laser being aimed at an aircraft landing in Seattle; in China, cities are engaged in bitter fighting not unlike an American political campaign as they contend for tourist business; and forward-looking Republicans are already planning for the 2012 presidential campaign by courting deep-pocketed campaign contributors who are not subject to federal campaign finance limits.
If you thought you needed Cartoon Saturday to get you past the lunacy this year, just wait until 2012...
This week, we have six cartoons in sets of two, each set on a common theme.
I remember the good old days, when vast destruction was caused by monsters in the movies, not by political and religious zealots ...
And ...
We really need a rational, affordable health-care system in this country. Some, of course, need it more than others ...
And how do you affordably treat a hypochondriac? Here's how the Republican health care plan approaches the problem ...
You have to wonder how far back in history our tendency to lawyer everything to death goes ...
And whether or not the Ten Commandments might have been different after a legal review. Or an accident ...
You may recall Mel Brooks' classic take on this last cartoon from the movie, History of the World, Part I ...It's a gorgeous fall day here in Northern Virginia: the sun is singing, the birds are shining, and the leaves are still hip-deep in the front yard. Isn't it nice of Mother Nature to help me cope with all that excess time on my hands?
Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.
Bilbo
A taste of New York....delightful!
ReplyDelete"I slept in for once"
ReplyDeleteThis is step one in getting ready for retirement.
And I think I'll sign up for a part time job of imaginary doctor. I'll just pretend to go into work.
I'm now creating a list of what those additional five commandments might be!
ReplyDeleteThis weather has been beautiful -- the trees, though, are still fully leafed -- colorful, but leafed. I figure I'll have to rake them in order to put up the Christmas lights.
Ten, fifteen commandments. Whatever. Five more that I've probably broken. You gotta love the wit of Mel Brooks.
ReplyDelete@Mike....Playing doctor again,eh?
Your sleeping in worked well for both of us. I got to read cartoons yesterday AND today :)
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