TOONS: This Week's Doonesbury Storyline (Must-Read)

[Hissyspit]

In case you missed it, or in case somehow your local paper has a brain-dead wingnut editorial board who won't run it, this is this week's entire Doonesbury storyline. By the way, my local paper, The Fayetteville Observer ran both Thursday and Friday's strips together to day. They printed a note that they "accidentally" forgot to run Thursday's panel - the one showing BD running over Iraqi civilians in his Humvee. Got that? The paper that serves Ft. Bragg "accidentally" forgot to run that panel the day it was supposed to run.

[roguevalley]

1. I love that counselor. I hope there are many of them out there, helping.

[Hissyspit]

2. I know a VA counselor. Good guy. He has lots of injuries.

Including getting stuck by lightning!

[MnFats]

3. Trudeau remains a fuggin' genius.

even the vets dig him.

[Hekate]

4. It's not the first time Trudeau's made me cry

"Breathe, BD."

The whole human condition in a comic strip -- the human comedy. Editors who hold it back just don't get it.

Hekate

[Karenina]

5. Kick!

:kick:

[IndyOp]

6. Thank you, Gary. Thank you, Hissyspit.

About 1 in 5 Iraq Vets are returning with PTSD.

We will, as a community, 'pay' for this war crime for a long, long, long time. The returning troops will pay the most, they will pay for their entire lives.

:(

[hootinholler]

10. That's not all they are returning with...

My friend who served in Iraq I is sterile. Most likely DU exposure.

-Hoot

[stellanoir]

7. "what did I say about breathing?"

"who cares it's over rated."

just wow. He nailed that heart wrenching absolute despair entirely.

K & R

[In_The_Wind]

8. A must_read, indeed!

:kick:

[peekaloo]

9. .

:kick:

[Jai4WKC08]

11. BD a metaphor for America in a few years?

"But you can choose not to be trapped there. You're not controlled by your memories of Iraq--You can move away from them."

"To what? My memories of Vietnam?"

[skygazer]

12. This has been making my gut hurt all week

Doonesbury is the first thing I log on to every day. Trudeau is amazing.

[Olney Blue]

13. The comparison between Vietnam and Iraq brings tears.

[DaveColorado]

15. They ought to try EMDR

It's a great technique for ptsd and negative beliefs.

And I love the cartoon.

[The River]

16. Excellent Suggestion

It works

[garthranzz]

19. I was going to recommend that, too.

[eppur_se_muova]

14. Thanks for posting these. I saw a ** quote in a headline at...

this link http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2254550&mesg_id=2254550 and immediately thought of the latest Doones ... searched to see if it was posted, and here it is. K&R

[Kurovski]

17. K&R

...

[Hissyspit]

18. Thanks for kicking everyone. n/t

[raggedcompany]

20. The genius is in the last line "if that relaxes you." Marvelous stuff.

Trudeau just gets better with age.

[Hissyspit]

21. Today's (Sunday) sequel:

[cheezus]

22. where did BD give the order?

been reading it... right next to mallard fillmore. ack.