Pledge of allegiance: Matt Groening ahead of the curve

[jim3775]

Not so topical but still funny:

[catzies]

1. Life In Hell was why I loved Matt Groening before the Simpsons.

I have all those books & he's my biggest celebrity crush ever.

I'm so happy he still does it even though he doesn't have to. It's why I try to grab the LA Weekly every week.

If you're lurking at DU, Matt, you are a god.

[jim3775]

3. I have all the books too

I know there is another POA one that I couldn't find through google.

[catzies]

10. Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra that suddenly flips,

pinning you underneath.

At night the ice weasels come.

[mikeytherat]

16. "Love is a happy litle elf dancing a merry jig...

when suddenly he turns on you with a sub-machine gun."

[msongs]

2. the first cartoon appeared in the LA weekly decades ago, before the

simpsons I think. I still have the copy I cut out of the weekly.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/impeachbush.htm

[stevedeshazer]

4. Dear jim3775,

You are now my hero.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Bongo.

Recommended.

[jim3775]

5. Thanks

I think this is my first recommendation.

[sendero]

6. I love this stuff..

... and have the box set :)

[bloom]

7. LOL

:D

[markus]

8. Older, better

I still have a clipping of this from the DC City Paper sitting beside me of the second gone. Date 1985.

Love it.

[slay]

9. Oh man, that's great!

I love the last 2 panels - It's a free country, followed by being bound and gagged. Seems to sum up America under Republican rule - you're free.. to do as you're told.

[Doc_Technical]

11. "The Ostrich"

STEPPENWOLF - "The Ostrich"


www.OldieLyrics.com



We'll call you when you're six years old
And drag you to the factory
To train your brain for eighteen years
With promise of security
But then you're free
And forty years you waste to chase the dollar sign
So you may die in Florida
At the pleasant age of sixty nine

The water's getting hard to drink
We've mangled up the country side
The air will choke you when you breathe
We're all committing suicide
But it's alright
It's progress folks keep pushin' till your body rots
Will strip the earth of all it's green
And then divide her into parking lots

But there's nothing you and I can do
You and I are only two
What's right and wrong is hard to say
Forget about it for today
We'll stick our heads into the sand
Just pretend that all is grand
Then hope that everything turns out ok

You're free to speak your mind my friend
As long as you agree with me
Don't criticize the father land
Or those who shape your destiny
'Cause if you do
You'll lose your job your mind and all the friends you knew
We'll send out all our boys in blue
They'll find a way to silence you

But there's nothing you and I can do
You and I are only two
What's right and wrong is hard to say
Forget about it for today
We'll stick our heads into the sand
Just pretend that all is grand
Then hope that everything turns out ok

[4_TN_TITANS]

12. Couldn't agree more.....

the 2nd one / last two frames says it all, under Republican rule. Freedom to be a bushbot or else - hooray!!!!

[Bridget Burke]

13. Thanks!

These are favorites & I haven't seen them in a while.

[bbernardini]

14. Isn't there a Zappa-oriented one as well? n/t

[alfredo]

18. Yes

[bbernardini]

19. Thanks.

I figured it came right after Frank died.

(Funny story...Frank died in the middle of my first Todd Rundgren concert. One idol goes while watching another one for the first time.)

[Bassic]

15. I wonder how it is that Fox

carries a show with strong liberal undertones like the Simpsons.

[Modem Butterfly]

17. Quick! We need to repudiate this before it becomes an election issue!

The Dems should immediately sponsor anti-smart-ass cartoon legislation or they'll be saying we don't love America!

Won't someone PLEASE think of the midterms?