Cartoon Saturday

So far, 2022 does not seem to be a particularly significant improvement over 2021 ...

In the latest example of the worldwide supply chain crisis, Norwegian military conscripts being mustered out of service are being directed to return their army-issued underwear to be cleaned and reissued to new troops; in a first-ever medical procedure, a man suffering from a terminal heart disease received a genetically-modified pig heart in a seven-hour operation; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called President Biden's speech on voting rights a "rant" that was "profoundly unpresidential," "incoherent, incorrect and beneath (the dignity of) his office," having clearly slept through six years of dignified, grammatical, and statesmanlike utterances by Der Furor; NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, successfully completing the final stage of all major equipment deployments to prepare for its mission; and the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) published its annual list of the ten most unusual items confiscated at airport security checkpoints, which included a "meth burrito" and a chainsaw.

This week, since there seems to be a great deal of misunderstanding and political posturing over what constitutes "free speech" or "protected speech, how about a collection of cartoons about speech and speeches ...

Republicans prepare to react to the latest address by the President ...  

Well, they certainly have the numbers on their side ...

Situational response ...

The best summary of the issue I've seen in a while ...

Most politicians are very good at exercising this particular freedom ...

This isn't really a cartoon per se, it's a meme I created a while back to illustrate how our concept of "freedom of speech" has changed over the years ...

God rethinks the part about "bearing false witness" in 2022 America ...

I often use the same digit ...

The "free" in "free speech" doesn't refer to fundraising ...

The choice of a topic appropriate to the occasion is an important part of speech preparation ...

And in the words of some anonymous commentator years ago, "what this country needs is more free speech worth listening to."

Have a good day and a great weekend. Be safe in the coming storm.

More thoughts coming.

Bilbo