Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been convicted on 45 counts of sexually abusing young boys; a national park ranger fell 3,700 feet to his death on Mount Ranier during an attempt to rescue four injured climbers; a Texas father who beat to death a man he caught raping his 5-year-old daughter will not be charged with murder*; a House committee has recommended on a strictly party-line vote that Attorney General Eric Holder be cited for contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents relating to the Fast and Furious weapons sting operation; and a Houston student has been charged with criminal mischief and felony graffiti, both third-degree felonies, for vandalizing a Picasso masterpiece in a Houston museum.
Good thing you can count on Cartoon Saturday to give you a temporary break from the ass-clownery...
We lead off this week with a selection of cartoons dealing with everyone's favorite topic**: affordable health care ...
Sometimes, all you need is just a more creative approach ...
But not necessarily this creative ...
Doctors often like to get a second opinion. Of course, the value of that second opinion rather depends on which specialist is consulted ...
The implications of health insurance go beyond the immediate impact on the patient - they can also affect his or her friends in unexpected ways ...
The next three cartoons deal with the dreaded topic of side effects ...
Next ...
And finally ...
Moving on to other topics, it pays to be very careful when making investment decisions ...
Making sense of the economy sometimes requires the assistance of a specialist ...
And wrapping things up for this week, solving the nation's budget crisis requires every agency of government to do it's share of cutting back, restructuring, and reorganizing ... but it's tougher for some than for others ...
And that's Cartoon Saturday for this week. It looks like it's going to be another beastly hot weekend here in Northern Virginia ... and it's not even August yet. Oy.
Have a good day and a great weekend. More thoughts coming.
Bilbo
* In Texas, "he needed killin'" is often an acceptable defense in court.
** Well, except for the GOP, of course.
4 comments:
In the Texas case, it's easy to see why that defense might fly.
About 'Fast and Furious,' the contempt decision is partisanship. This is an example of why things don't work.
The best reason for keeping your health is not having to deal with the health care system. It's a mess.
Great Cartoon Saturday. Beat the heat, Bilbo!
This may be the first time I got to laugh at health care issues!
My head spinned like Linda Blair's sometimes.
Affordable health care is an oxymoron.
Ah health care. The Dems come up with a plan. The Pubs don't like it and come up with their own. The Dems impliment the Pubs plan. The Pubs are pissed. Ain't politics grand?
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