Ho-Ho-Condo

Nothing like some carbon-based fuel industry-funded denial to ruin our global environment and our favorite holiday. Not that they really care, but the flat-earther, creationist, gun-lovin', tin foil hat wearin', gas guzzlin', SUV-drivin' knuckle draggers are only a few decades a way from forcing ol' Sanit Nic into retirement. I guess he'll RIF all the elves, outsource toy production to a sweatshop in Southeast Asia, and then live the life of leisure on Calle Ocho.

Cave-In

Is it any surprise that the Obama Administration has once again talked the talk but then walked away from doing the right thing? Evidently the investigation into the Upper Big Branch mine disaster was thorough, balanced and set up a criminal case against Massey Energy that was, to use the immortal words of George Tenet, a slam dunk for the Justice Department's prosecution. But it was not meant to be. It was all much too scary for the weak-kneed "centrist" Obama administration, facing a stiff re-election campaign, so justice for the dead miners and their grieving families will have to wait for...oh never mind. Don't bother waiting. It ain't gonna happen, not under the administration of what Cornell West has rightly labeled the "Black Mascot for Corporate America."

Stocking Sucker

Last week, the Newt rolled out his next big idea on urban development and poverty alleviation: undo over a century of progress and reform by doing away with child labor laws and putting poor kids to work. Brilliant! And just to make it cost-efficient, we can put them to work in their very own (soon-to-be privatized, I'm sure) schools as janitors. Why didn't I think of that? I'd write more...but I need to call my kids' school principal now and pass on this gem of an "innovation."

Eye of a Newt

Before inking this, I scanned a few of the recent cartoons done on Gingrich's candidacy...and most focused on his excess baggage. What about the fact that he's a heartless, slimy, ammoral opportunist? In a word, a Republican. Hope y'all had a good Turkey Day. Gobble, gobble. Slither, Slither.

Wall Street Bankers' Revenge

I feel so bad for those Wall Street fat cats, and the politicians who love them. Those pesky protesters are making their cushy existence just a mite uncomfortable with their occupations and insistence on moral behavior.Boo hoo frickin' hoo. I guess to those to whom much is given, they should just to take the money and run. Needless to say, this cartoon came to me as an inspiration in the place where I do my best thinking...

The Last Super-Committee

This cartoon was divinely-inspired - it's too much of a co-inky-dink that there are 12 super-committee members, the same number of JC's apostles. And Lord knows people are still kicking themselves for drinking the messianic Kool-Aid on Barack Obama...so to paraphrase Maradonna's goofy claim - this cartoon is an act of Chassy, and the brush of G-d. 

The Blizzard of Lies

There's a reason for having redundancy in an institution's checks and balances: to overcome individuals' lack of courage to do what is required of them. I think both at the individual and insitutional level there's plenty of blame to go around for cowardly, self-serving behavior. But at the end of the day, I place more responsiblity (and consequences) at the feet of the institution.

Like they say about most scandals - it's not the crime, it's the cover up. Paterno and the Penn State administrators all had a responsibility to protect the children, to uphold the university's own code, and to follow the state's law. They failed in all three.

I guess what I'm saying is that a sexual predator might be able to strike once successfully, but when he is able to do so repeatedly and with impunity, he's had some help, either by acts of commission or ommission. For me, the failure is a systemic and not just a personal one.

Enjoy the cartoon, which I would title, "The Blizzard of Lies."