"Rudolph the Red State Reindeer" | it's a wonderful TOON...

[nostamj]

probably the last TOONs until after New Years. MerryHappyJollyHolidaySeasonGreetings!

and, for the LOVE OF TOONS.... kick the thread. the last one went off for two full days...

holiday specials!

















bushgang























ted rall



troubletown



iraq











republicans













conrad



endnotes

[babylonsister]

1. Thanks once again, Nostamj, and

holiday greetings to you and yours as well!:hi:

[Tsiyu]

72. kick

:kick:

[ogradda]

2. good tunes.

:kick:

[antigone382]

61. Kick

:kick:

[antigone382]

70. kick

:kick:

[liberalcanuck]

3. Kick nostamj - definitely striking a more somber tone huh? No

Christmas cheer in this bunch -- and it's so appropriate.

[tinymontgomery]

7. Kick

Well done as always!!!!!!!!

[Karenina]

59. Kick!

Frohes Fest Alle!!!

[SoDesuKa]

4. Kickety Lemon

Lemony Kick

[DireStrike]

5. kick for TEWNS!!!

har har har!

[Sparkly]

6. I laughed, I cried.

Remember when cartoons weren't so sad? :cry:

[NoPasaran]

47. Ain't that the truth

:kick:

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

8. The "no room in the manger" one looks Freeperish.

Aside from that, top notch.

[Chandler Stork]

14. I thought that, too.

Totally buying the false party line that Christains are somehow unwelcome in the nation they dominate.

[intheflow]

74. I caught that, too.

Just because Jesus isn't displayed in public doesn't mean Christians are somehow denied worshipping him.

But, as you say, the rest are wonderful.

[1monster]

9. Donkey

:kick:

[Desert Liberal]

18. Desiderata

Particularly apropo these days. Like your siggy. :hippie: :kick:

[1monster]

19. Thank you. Desiderata has always been one of my favorites.

:)

On edit: Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Kukesa]

10. MerryHappyJolly to you, too Nost. Well done, as usual. n/t

[Blue_Tires]

11. ttt

[tandem5]

12. great, thanks nt

[roguevalley]

65. what a great gift. thank you once again for the lovely toons.

[Sympleesmshn]

13. I love them

[kiwi]

15. Once again...

great!

Thanks!
Kiwi

[immoderate]

16. Kick

--IMM

[Desert Liberal]

17. Speaking of Red-state reindeer...

Did anyone happen to catch Saturday Night Live's sketch last night where Santa decided to skip over the red states? Laughed my ass off!
And great toons, btw. Keep 'em coming!

[phylny]

20. Thanks, and kick! n/t

[Straight Shooter]

21. DANZIGER always nails it. Thanks, nostamj. eom

[Sentath]

28. The man must be drawing with a razor blade,

'Cause his 'toons cut to the quick.

[Jean Louise Finch]

22. Kick

Some of these are really sad, especially the one of the American kiddie sleeping and the Iraqi kiddie sleeping. I can't believe Bush can sleep at night at all, just thinking about the terror those Iraqi children live with, day in and day out. I suppose it's a time to think about what is really important.

Anyway, thanks again for putting them together.

Happy holidays to you and yours.

[Karenina]

23. Kick!

:kick:

[michael_1166]

24. Thanks!

...and here's one from Germany:

(The speech bubble reads: "No, mum. I said 'bus'. A camera with universal bus. Not Universal Bush.")


(http://www.heise.de/ct/schlagseite/)


Merry Christmas! :hi:

[yowzayowzayowza]

25. Thx...

fer the toonz!!!
:kick:

[tandot]

26. "we now offer holiday gift wrapping" ... how truly sad is that?

Thanks for the 'toons you've brought us this year, Nostamj.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year.

I would love to say "let there be PEACE on earth...but as long there are people like Bush, it just seems unlikely.

[HCeline69]

27. Thanks for posting these

The Ted Rall is hilarious and the Danziger is perfect (tragically).

[giant_robot]

29. kick

[PROGRESSIVE1]

30. kick

.

[EstimatedProphet]

31. Kick

[Maclilly]

33. kick

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

32. Kick!

A great job and Merry Christmas to all! Unless you don't celebrate Christmas, then well, you know........... :)

[donsu]

34. kick

[SeattleRob]

35. Thanks!

:kick:

[imax2268]

36. very nice...

yet again you have made my day...

thanks...

[mantis49]

37. kick

[Tyler Durden]

38. LOVE the T-shirt!

[nostamj]

39. thanks!

I have a "Falwell Speaks" version too.

STORE

[underpants]

40. The Hillbilly Armor one was right on

Well done as usual

[BiggJawn]

41. Rudi's a screw-up-He's GOLDEN!!!

That's not a cartoon, that's prophecy!

Any day now, he'll get his medal...

[atommom]

42. LOL and kick!

:kick:

[atommom]

43. ...and BTW, I think I need to frame and hang up the family Xmas toon

for when my family comes over for Xmas.

[Toucano]

44. kick n/t

[windlight]

45. kick and a Happy Yule.

:kick:

[Bozita]

46. Why ain't this on the DU homepage?

Homepage seems empty when toons aren't there.

[nostamj]

48. i forgot to nominate it

when I posted on Sunday....

[Bozita]

50. I thought the readers' votes determiined placement

My bad.

[nostamj]

51. well, basically, the admins automatically put it there

IF they know I've posted. sometimes they've put it on without my sending the nom alert... it's way too late now. the thread has to be less than 24 hours old to be nominated....

you'll just have to keep KICKING for this one

[Bozita]

52. OK, instead of a kick, how about another Social Security toon?

[nostamj]

49. It's a Wonderful Bosh Christmas Carol, Charlie Brown!

tried this as a thread and it was the deadest post in my entire history on DU... so, I'll drop the turd here too.

From....

THE CHRONICLES OF BOSH:
A Fictitious History of the Occupancy of Prince George, Part the First.

It's a Wonderful Bosh Christmas Carol, Charlie Brown!

- a special Holiday presentation

Place: The TV room in a white house.
Time: Recently.

Voiceover:
While Missus Bosh wanders through a Wal-Mart,
Mister Bosh, in the recliner, dozes and dreams.
He was watching Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol ,
No Alistair Sim for him, no sir!

He dreams of driving his golf cart through the snow--
Santa passes, riding a rotary razor--
But when he skids to avoid hitting Snoopy,--
Who's dancing "The Potter Stomp" in the middle of the street–
He slams into a bit of undigested potato (or a pretzel)
And bumps his head.

Bosh:
Sister Mary Clarence! I'm wounded!
Zasu Pitts in pedal pushers is played by a red-headed girl.
And my brother is the Catholic.
Even the littlest tree can be harvested. Mulched.
(To the tune of "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing")
Bark! The family dog has fleas. Barney, pal 'o mine!

(Barney leaps into the river, pursued by a bear.
Schroeder, behind a scrim, begins "The Ghost's Pavane")

Voiceover:
Mister Bosh wakes in, but not from, his dream.
Back in the corduroy hug of his favorite chair,
An apparition gathers before him:
Mister Lore, weighted with
His lockboxes and erudition, howls.

Apparition of Lore:
Mister Bosh, you blockhead!

Bosh:
How can you haunt me? You're not dead.
Technically.

Lore:
Mister Bosh, it is you who haunts me.

What follows is mere entertainment at your expense.
The sheer density of your hubris prevents any
Troubling recognition. No need to be tense.
Just something to forget over eggs in the morning.

There will be three visits tonight.

Bosh:
Three visitors. I've seen this program before.
Heh heh. Won't be fooled. Not again. Heh heh.

Lore:
This program is not that program.
Three visits tonight.

Voiceover:
And Lore slipped away into his internets.
A rustling in the hearth. Marion Lorne
Adjusts her dusty, feathered hat and tugs at
Edmund Gynn's full beard.
And all the Whos who are have-nots
Connect lots of dots.

New rustling in that hearth and Michael Moore,
Jolly blue elf, has appeared.

Bosh:
But, have you any power here? Begone.
My fantasy cannot be your new documentary!

Michael Moore:
My documentary should have been fantasy. But,
That's not the agenda tonight.

Bosh:
I expected three ghosts and only get one nightmare?

Mike More:
Welcome to the club.

Look, I know where you've been.
I know where we are.
And, I have a pretty good idea where we're going...
I'm good for the whole shost gig.
Can we just jump to the part where I scare you?

Bosh: (hysteria)
Missus Bosh! Guard he thermostatical thingys!
Only devils like to turn up the heat–

Mike More:
Yeah, yeah but I'm late for a screening and...
This is pretty simple.

Bosh: (livid)
Dog! Attack!

( One hundred and one dalmatians
Take a dump on the imperial carpet.)

Mike More:
You have no sense of irony, do you?
(rimshot)
Nevermind.

I am the ghost of Christmas Present yadaa yadoo...

( They are now standing in a bombed and smoking
Building in Fallujah, Iraq.)

Bosh:
My ears are ringing. Wayward shells, wayward shells.
Will you be getting your wings now?

Mike More:
Behold, the home to a family of eight–

Bosh:
Where are they?
The workhouses?
The orphanages?

Mike More:
Killed in their sleep by your bombs.
And then the dogs ate them.

(A bundle of rags quivers on the hearth. Rises.
A tiny, armless child.)

Bosh:
If I had one to give I would give her
A picture of me.

Voiceover:
A torrent of stuffed animals rains down.
Compassionate ordinance.
And we're back--

Mike More:
I am the ghost of Christmas Redacted.

Bosh:
Careful...

Mike More:
Not to worry. Not going there. Again.

(Eugene Ionesco winks from the doorway.
The room, inexplicitly, fills with flag-draped coffins.)

Bosh:
Mr. Gower you're hurting me!

Mike More:
Please... My screening?

I am the ghost of Christmas Yet To Be Imagined.

(The Bosh Twins appear, in stained camo.
They are peeling potatoes with bayonets.)

Bosh:
What is this sight before me?
The darling daughters in boot camp?
Grimed? Armed? Targeted?

Mike More:
Why the surprise?
Shouldn't they trust their daddy?
Should they ignore the call to duty?

Bosh:
Your dream in my dream will not change me.
No snowy reformation. No sweet turkey for the Cratchit family.
Tiny Tim's tour of duty is extended. Indefinitely.

Voiceover:
And when the alien serpent bursts from his gut--
Yodeling "Joy to the World!"--
In a blur of gore, Mister Bosh awakens.

Voiceover:
God bless us, God bless us, every one.

(And razzleberry stuffing...

December, 2004

[loudsue]

53. Great toons, Nostamj!!

And thanks so much for all the smiles you bring to this uncertain world!

:loveya: You're the best!

:kick::kick::kick:

[nostamj]

54. .

[aWaKeNoW]

55. Great stuff!! LOL

[nostamj]

56. .

[Tansy_Gold]

57. Words are never enough. thank goodness we got

toons!


All holiday blessings on you, nostamj, and all the 'toonists, too.


Happy Solstice!


Tansy Gold

[Raster]

58. Kick

:kick:

[Mad_Dem_X]

60. kick

:kick:

[nostamj]

62. .

[robertpaulsen]

63. To the top!

:kick:

[nostamj]

64. .

[nostamj]

66. ?

[JHB]

67. An Add-it-to-dinal Kick

Steady Progress










Those Wacky Liberals, Attacking Christmas Again




Growing Pains




Negotiating Dancing with Myself




Heard of Arrested Development? Meet "Delayed Ethics"

[JHB]

68. .

[JHB]

69. ..

[Stockholm]

71. Kick! n/t

[leftofthedial]

73. Hillbilly Armor

Happy New YEar

[TaleWgnDg]

75. thanks, nostamj . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :kick:


.

[hraka]

76. Kick!

for the White House holiday gift wrapping and the gov't supplying level 3 armored side panels, both via caskets. They're all so good but these 2 especially. Sad but true.

[Turn CO Blue]

77. Kick-a-roo!

[Blecht]

78. .

[patrice]

79. Rudolph's Red State Family Christmas left out the CHEAP ILLEGAL HELP . . .

making Red State lives work in Red houses and fields and slaughter houses and wallyworlds etc. etc. "Nickeled and Dimed" for a fact.
Talk about a SUBSIDY!!!

[phylny]

80. Thanks, kick, and happy new year!

[Blecht]

81. .

[yellerpup]

82. Kick!

:kick:

[Journeyman]

83. Kick. . .

. . . and thanks

[Blecht]

84. .

[yardwork]

85. kick - thank you as always!

[elshiva]

86. Thank you!

God bless.

[Vote4Kerry]

87. kick n/t

[cynthia]

88. kick

:kick:

[Blecht]

89. .

[matt bors]

90. Post-Christmas Toon

[Blecht]

91. .

[Blecht]

92. .

[Blecht]

93. ...

[Blecht]

94. ......

[Dem2theMax]

95. Boy, I'm late to the toons this week. But that's OK.

Because now I can kick it! Thanks nostamj. And wonderful holiday wishes to you!

:kick:

[flpoljunkie]

96. Thanks, nostamj. Some great toons!

[Blecht]

97. .

[Blecht]

98. .

[Blecht]

99. .