Cartoon Saturday

It's Saturday, July 4th, 2015 ... happy Independence Day!

In Arizona, a man murdered two of his friends, then borrowed a backhoe to dig a grave for them beside his house; a serial killer may be on the loose in Chillicothe, Ohio, after six women have gone missing and four of them turned up dead; a robot working on a car assembly line in Germany killed a fellow (human) worker; former Senator James Webb announced that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination, the GOP's dance card being too full; and in Maryland, a child was handcuffed and severely beaten by his mother’s boyfriend for eating a piece of birthday cake without permission.

Bad news or no bad news, it's a holiday weekend, and in honor of Independence Day, let's include a few appropriately-themed cartoons ...

As a result of the severe budget situation in many communities, some of the traditional celebrations will be scaled back this year ...

There's independence and there's independence ...

Had George but known, he'd have probably wanted the capital named something else, like Gridlockia or Assclownburgh ...

And you thought you knew the whole story behind one of our national legends ...

After independence came the need to create a government for the new United States. The Founders settled on a government composed of three branches:

And they had a lot of very serious discussions as they hammered out the content of what we know today as The Constitution*:

Yes, it's the election season again ...

So, why is Greece such an economic basket case?

It's a good question ...

And finally for this week, be careful what you wish for ...

Yes, Dear Readers, so ends another Cartoon Saturday, the first in the month of July. The year is officially more than half over and we're moving quickly toward ... Christmas. Good luck.

Have a good day. Come back tomorrow for Poetry Sunday. More thoughts then.

Bilbo

* The language in this one is a little saltier than I usually like, but I like the cartoon.