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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 02:37 PM
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Tuesday TOONS part 4- Bailouts, war and the rest
























Politics




War







War on Christmas




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byronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 02:44 PM
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1. That last one really hits hard,
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 02:56 PM
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3. Years ago,
a marine biologist friend of mine who works at Woods Hole told me that naval sonar operations were killing off everything. He also predicted that they'd get away with it.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 02:53 PM
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2. Explaining this one to some Dems really needs to be done.


Lifers are bad enough...legacies really are a turn off to many Americans...
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 03:05 PM
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4. on "Asking for Bailouts 101" ...
course subheading reads: "Denying ever having said that you wanted the government out of your business"
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 03:30 PM
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5. This one is just stupid...


I rarely comment on these, because I usually agree with them, but this one I find to be idiotic in the extreme. War is an axe, period, not a scalpel, and to claim otherwise is just being stupid.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 03:34 PM
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6. You are missing the irony in this toon
Mr. Fish is virulently anti-war. He is making the same statement you are, but more subtly.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 03:41 PM
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7. Ahh, I see, I don't know the cartoonist's history...
so without that as context, this cartoon can be taken either way. Especially considering that many people actually BELIEVE that the war in Afghanistan and possible expansion of that war into Pakistan would be a good idea.
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pork medley Donating Member (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 04:06 PM
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8. .
Edited on Tue Dec-09-08 04:24 PM by batwing
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 04:10 PM
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9. I do agree it is ambiguous
But this reflects the cartoonist's view of Obama:


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