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haikugal

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5. Thanks, censorship is in play all over the land of the free. Welcome to the Oligharchy.

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Tue May 3, 2016, 01:47 PM

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Long-time Iowa farm cartoonist fired after creating this cartoon [View all] SecularMotion May 2016 OP

I can't see the cartoon?! Damn. nt haikugal May 2016 #1

Here is a picture of the cartoon: villager May 2016 #3

Thanks, censorship is in play all over the land of the free. Welcome to the Oligharchy. haikugal May 2016 #5

Don't ever forget! We're "free," here! Why, we even get to "vote!" villager May 2016 #6

Heart breaking isn't it? I think it's supposed to be, which is why some of us will not yield! haikugal May 2016 #7

.+1 840high May 2016 #40

Bernie Pulled Back The Curtain..... scottie55 May 2016 #87

Why, we even get to "vote!" Not all of us. SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #12

True -- the PTB feel it even less necessary to even keep up *that* appearance... nt villager May 2016 #25

Sometimes our votes are not counted even if we can vote. Enthusiast May 2016 #78

... ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #28

Ichingcarpenter has been booted....has no idea why. We know why. nt haikugal May 2016 #42

Seriously? Wow, their purge is now without pretense. No more "pretending" at "D""U." nt. villager May 2016 #69

No! Pastiche423 May 2016 #76

Remember when we were kids the government always told us how bad it was in the Soviet Union? Enthusiast May 2016 #60

Why yes, yes I do...I also remember the nuclear bomb drills...duck and cover, yeah that would help! haikugal May 2016 #62

It's not censorship zeemike May 2016 #73

Yeah, I saw that..silly us! We were raised to believe we had rights and to fight for them. haikugal May 2016 #75

. AxionExcel May 2016 #29

Fired for speaking the truth? Lame! Initech May 2016 #35

That's what "journalism" means today. Applies to satirists, too. If it's not a lie, it can't be valerief May 2016 #64

. haikugal May 2016 #88

Here's the cartoon Skinner May 2016 #2

Well he should know that facts malaise May 2016 #15

...not about the profiteering of the toxic GMO-Herbicide-Pesticide-Fungicide Farm Borg, Inc. AxionExcel May 2016 #27

and the results are in! yuiyoshida May 2016 #37

Unreal, trigger warnings? Seriously? My gawd. haikugal May 2016 #44

Tell that to the survivors of zombie attacks jberryhill May 2016 #53

LOL haikugal May 2016 #54

Possibly even funnier than you may realize Major Nikon May 2016 #56

. haikugal May 2016 #58

My list of ridiculous alerts keeps growing d_legendary1 May 2016 #50

ooooh ZOMBIES !!! They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa To the funny farm Where life vkkv May 2016 #92

Maybe need a "safe hurt feelings" forum? Separation May 2016 #95

How many clicks to get to the cartoon? (Never mind. Got it.) Iggo May 2016 #4

Monsanto was the company complaining n/t xloadiex May 2016 #8

Not a surprise there! elljay May 2016 #13

You've got that right - Monsanto is pure evil groundloop May 2016 #17

I'm not so sure of that. eggplant May 2016 #26

What??? freebrew May 2016 #86

I think it was actually a seed dealership robbob May 2016 #18

Seed dealership dynamo99 May 2016 #38

No, the seed dealership would be DuPont Pioneer. sinkingfeeling May 2016 #49

That's a shame ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2016 #9

Every day we go down a little farther in the rabbit hole Kalidurga May 2016 #10

The fourth estate is now a plantation malaise May 2016 #16

Excellent point. jwirr May 2016 #22

The fourth plantation is a very good description, but it sure doesn't roll of the tongue easy. Kalidurga May 2016 #65

That's our only hope malaise May 2016 #67

Never again RecoveringJournalist May 2016 #11

IIRC due to Iowa's convoluted tax laws Monsanto and Deere pay few rurallib May 2016 #14

The cartoon nailed it. The profit in farming has always been jwirr May 2016 #19

Somebody has to post it . . . Jack Rabbit May 2016 #20

Thanks for the link --- posted to my FB page. Petrushka May 2016 #68

And that's why large corporations advertise ... aggiesal May 2016 #21

Not so much a free speech issue as freedom of the press, mountain grammy May 2016 #23

Neither a free speech nor a free press issue. WillowTree May 2016 #43

Good points, but corporate influence over news and editorial content mountain grammy May 2016 #51

But not really "as in this case". WillowTree May 2016 #52

It may be commentary mountain grammy May 2016 #83

I'm with you, grammy. Enthusiast May 2016 #79

Thanks Enthusiast! mountain grammy May 2016 #84

k & r surrealAmerican May 2016 #24

It's sad that an editorial cartoonist doesn't understand the First Amendment. bluedigger May 2016 #30

He understands how it protects corporations. n/t jtuck004 May 2016 #48

Maybe there will be an attack by Anonymous or a phone line jam organized by Friday's supporters. Hoppy May 2016 #31

Just to show how powerful the oligarchies are in this state--------------- turbinetree May 2016 #32

To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise keithbvadu2 May 2016 #33

Uh, that was actually a DAVID DUKE quote, IIRC, not Voltaire. Odin2005 May 2016 #34

Voltaire did not say it? keithbvadu2 May 2016 #41

nope, seems not Sentath May 2016 #77

I looked it up on the internet and it said Voltaire. keithbvadu2 May 2016 #80

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2016 #36

Wow, amazing, and fucked up Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #39

Those CEOs pay good money to trolls to do damage control Generic Other May 2016 #45

I want him nominated for.............. mrmpa May 2016 #46

Don't look directly at the Masters. Spitfire of ATJ May 2016 #47

Well, know the farmers should have all heard about it by now and know that Farm News is a Dustlawyer May 2016 #55

"Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer and John Deere combined made more money..." Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #57

The Idea is the Thing. Octafish May 2016 #85

True. Also true is the ravaging greed of the top layers of these mega-opolies. While 2129 hard, Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #93

Those three CEOs working as a team can't keep up with one farmer for a day. Octafish May 2016 #94

One farmer does more hard work in one day than the 3 doughboys do in 3 years. Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #97

What did the cartoonist expect drawing a picture of Mo... Hugin May 2016 #59

The paper lost advertising IronLionZion May 2016 #61

Unacceptable, comrade cartoonist. tabasco May 2016 #63

Don't mess with Monsanto Doctor_J May 2016 #66

kick n/t JohnyCanuck May 2016 #70

Don't bite the hand that takes your food. dchill May 2016 #71

This should not have happened. HuckleB May 2016 #72

Post removed Post removed May 2016 #74

Great cartoon! Nitram May 2016 #81

Farm News. I wonder, if they asked the farmers this publication is supposed to be for jtuck004 May 2016 #82

Monsanto strikes again. avaistheone1 May 2016 #89

I called them! Farm News Phone:(515) 574-4451 vkkv May 2016 #90

"In year 2015 the CEOs of Monsanto, DuPont & John Deere combined made more money than 2,129 farmers" Bucky May 2016 #91

kick Liberal_in_LA May 2016 #96

NY Times article today SomeGuyInEagan May 2016 #98