December 3, 2015

TOON: Inhofe Gets Schooled

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November 29, 2015

TOON: Ted Cruz Doubles Down on Crazy

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November 23, 2015

TOON: TERRORIST TODDLERS 2

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November 21, 2015

TOON: Terrorist Toddlers

"Terrorist Toddlers." Editorial cartoon by Gregory Crawford. © 2015 World News Trust.

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November 17, 2015

Greg Crawford's Weekly Rant! - The Evil of corporatism

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November 15, 2015

TOON: Cruz, Jindal & Huckster

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November 8, 2015

TOON: Dr. Carson vs Truth

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November 1, 2015

TOON: Introducing Speaker Ryan

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October 29, 2015

Slowly Boiling the Frog

This was originally a response to an OP written by my hero, The Rude Pundit. Niyad suggested I post it as an OP, so here it is, with some minor edits and additions.

Most have heard that if the temperature of the water in a beaker containing a live frog is raised ever so slowly, the frog never notices that it is being boiled alive. I think there are parallels to be drawn from our own experiences in recent years.

It is my belief that obscene abuses of power by psychotic thugs who should NEVER have been carrying badges and guns - like the unwarranted attack on a young black girl in a classroom - are part of a much larger pattern.

Travelers have become inured to, and grudgingly accept, the institutionalized abuses and invasions of privacy imposed at airports.

Even though Attorney General Eric Holder ordered the practice to be halted, cops still routinely rob drivers under the auspices of the despicable Civil Forfeiture law, supposedly enacted to target drug dealers, but in reality, used by corrupt police departments to augment their budgets. Cops rob people before they've even been charged with a crime, let alone been convicted of one. And good luck getting your money back.

Worst of all is the systematic abuse of authority inflicted on People of Color by a vicious and hopelessly corrupt legal system.

I could go on until the Intertubes break. But you get the idea.

And the pattern that emerges is one of an beaker of water, getting hotter by the minute, in which we are all immersed. Anyone with the brains of a potted plant knows that the government doesn't wipe its butt without asking its corporate overlords which hand to use. So too, is the government following the edicts of corporatists in gradually eliminating the civil rights of Americans and restricting their ability to travel and communicate without constant oversight.

And just to remind us all of what will happen should we even think of stepping out of line, cops routinely beat and murder innocent civilians, even children, because they know that corrupt prosecutors will never charge them. They target People of Color most often because the room-temperature IQs upon whom the cops depend for mindless support are nearly always bigoted wastes of skin who foolishly believe it can't happen to THEM!

But it is happening. With ever-increasing frequency and savagery.

The US already has the largest prison population on the planet. And that is NOT per capita. Corporate-controlled prisons impose contractual obligations on states for mandatory minimums for numbers of prisoners. If any given state hasn't railroaded enough people, they have to pay a penalty AND pay for the empty beds and maggot-infested food anyway.

Corporate prisons advertise the savings that companies can enjoy by using their captive workforce for piecework, call centers, or what have you. They pay prisoners little or nothing, but charge enormous fees that are still a bargain compared to the costs of employing free citizens. Hell, it's even cheaper than outsourcing the work to Mumbai. Every corporatist has wet dreams about slave labor, and they are lining up to take advantage of this offer.

The dots connect themselves. And our oblivious butts are getting warmer.

So... do we just sit there and boil? I think not.

Have a nice day.

October 25, 2015

TOON: Benghazi: Gowdy's Waterloo

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