Cartoon Saturday Friday

Because Agnes and I will be headed to Pittsburgh this afternoon for our annual Memorial Day family get-together, and I'll be a bit busy for the next few days, we'll celebrate this week's Cartoon Saturday on Friday the 13th (right, Mike?). Here we go ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why a door fell off a private jet as it flew over a Florida golf course; a man has been arrested for the murder of a six year-old New York boy who disappeared 33 years ago; tropical storm Bud has strengthened into a major hurricane and is headed for southwestern Mexico; the Iranian navy claims to have rescued an American cargo ship from seizure by Somali pirates; and football star Donald Driver edged out classical singer Katherine Jenkins to win the 14^th season of Dancing with the Stars.

On with the cartoons ...

How about a "good" pun to start ...

The economy may be getting better, but not for everybody ...

You need to be specific with your directions ...

Yes, things can always get worse ...

Well, that's one way to measure progress ...

Congressional firing squad ...

Last week, we had two more symbol-based cartoons; this classic turned up during the past week ...

It pays to read the fine print in any medical care reform legislation proposed by the GOP ...

This one is pretty obvious, so I'm surprised I hadn't seen it - or some variation of it - before ...

And we finish up this week with a look into the future of television ... at least until November ...

And that's it for this week's anticipatory Cartoon Saturday. Because Agnes and I will be on the road and things will be pretty busy for the next few days, my next post will probably not appear until next Tuesday morning. I'll try to post updates on Facebook through the weekend, for those of you who are my friends over there ... the rest of you, check back again on Tuesday for a report on the weekend and the continuation of my daily rants on the topics du jour.

Have a good day and a great holiday weekend. Be safe and have fun. Don't drink and drive. Use plenty of sunblock. See you back here on Tuesday.

Bilbo