Cartoon Saturday

Welcome to Spring ... not that you'd know it around here ...

Two teenagers were arrested Friday in Brunswick, Georgia, for murdering a 13-month-old boy who was in his stroller as they tried to rob the child's mother; the Iraq war began 10 years ago this week ... oddly enough, nobody in Congress seems to be willing to note that - because the war was fought on credit at the same time taxes were being cut - it is a major reason for today's dismal economic situation; a Frenchman who "hated Americans" was arrested when he dressed as an Air France pilot and attempted to sit in the cockpit of a US Airways flight preparing to leave from Philadelphia; the city of Chicago, facing a $1 billion budget deficit, announced plans to close dozens of schools across the city - about 10% of the elementary school buildings in Chicago Public School system; and at the US Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, a Marine shot and killed two of his fellow service members and then apparently shot and killed himself*.

It seems like every week we need the cartoons more and more ...

In her blog post yesterday, Heidi shared a video clip of television personalities Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb providing some ... uh ... overly detailed information about the grooming of their ... er ... private parts. I'm an Air Force veteran, and I thought I knew what a landing strip was. Anyhow, this event, along with the coming of spring and the bikini season, brings up the opportunity to air some of my more hair-raising specialized cartoons ...

I haven't seen this one on the DC Metro yet, but I've seen just about everything else ...

Yes, it can be a pain ...

But sometimes you can work out an equitable arrangement ...

Although spring has supposedly sprung, you couldn't tell from the yucky weather we've been having. It puts a whole new twist on the image of the first Robin of Spring ...

And another twist as well ...

As you know, I've cut back on my blogging schedule so that I can do some long-overdue working out a few days a week. I'm not sure how well it's going ...

As I might have suspected ... the love of money is no longer the root of all evil ...

This was pretty much the diagnosis from our financial advisor when we met last week ...

And finally, did you ever wonder what the dogs do once the Westminster Dog Show is over?

And that's your cartoon IV for this week. It's going to be a busy weekend here, with all sorts of errands to be run tomorrow and then, on Sunday, we'll celebrate our granddaughter Elise's third birthday. I'm looking forward to the party, but not to the aches and pains I know I'll have when I'm done playing with the children. Sigh.

Have a good day and a great weekend. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

* Remember: guns don't kill people ... people with guns kill people. Just in case you forgot the mantra.