Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 25, 2012

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    APersonOfInterest  almost 12 years ago

    Amen Brother

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    madKanga  almost 12 years ago

    Not funny, but a sad and needed reminder of society’s values.

    Let’s all do better next year.

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    Jim Douglas  almost 12 years ago

    Cartoons arn’t always meant to be funny, thought provoking

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    pawpawbear  almost 12 years ago

    Wiley and the rest of y’all, have a marvelous holiday and a merry Christmas. Praying for a prosperous New Year.

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    Can't Sleep  almost 12 years ago

    The companion cartoon probably shows Santa’s workshop in China. Or unemployed elves who’ve been outsourced.

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    Varnes  almost 12 years ago

    God Bless us every….(Puts his hand to his ear) Wait, this just in…. only the rich…..dang, happens every year….

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    caller49  almost 12 years ago

    This story is so sad but, true.

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    pbarnrob  almost 12 years ago

    All those elements represent a good start!

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    Yontrop  almost 12 years ago

    It’s time for America to stop talking about “American Exceptionalism” and do something exceptional. We may not need to go all the way back to 75% (permanently) and it may not be possible nor desirable to bring back ALL those jobs. Otherwise you are right… and definitely pointing in the right direction.

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    ShadowBeast Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    And yet we’re still tearing down the enviroment for more of these empty houses and what not.

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    Robert Nowall Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    You have four “foreclosed” signs on three houses.

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    keenanthelibrarian  almost 12 years ago

    What a shame if they gave a Christmas and no-one came.

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    EDinWAState  almost 12 years ago

    “And all through the house not even a mouse… "

    “And I heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight… "

    “Aw… to hell with it!”

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    ossiningaling  almost 12 years ago

    This could so easily have been avoided by making permanent the tax cuts for the job creators.

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    watashi73  almost 12 years ago

    Half of the country riding in the wagon, the other half pulling it. The 1% with 16% of the revenue paying 40% of all taxes. Still ain’t enough. America! Home of the formerly free; land of the formerly brave. Ancient Greece showed us how to destroy Democracy through the voting booth; Modern Greece through mob rule. Obama/Sebelius/Pelosi through the welfare state.

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    vwdualnomand  almost 12 years ago

    this is the result of banks promoting that houses are income generators, and not the abode of one would live. that banks promoting mortgaging your house again and again. and, said banks began to package all those subprime loans, paid rating agencies that they were the best, and sold it to suckers. maybe we should foreclose on the banks.

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    EDinWAState  almost 12 years ago

    Have you ever thought about eliminating the tax exempt status of the Super-Duper, Mega Churches? Not the small, neighborhood ones, they’re fine and do a lot of good for the communities they’re in.

    . I mean the Huge Corporate structured ones that own Crystal Palaces, TV and Radio networks, Amusement Parks, tens of million$ in real estate both public and private, skyscraper buildings, banking and invest heavily in the stock market.

    Those are not churches… they are multi-billion dollar, commercial enterprises. Eliminate the tax exempt status of those and it would add over $3 Billion to tax revenues and stop the “Dive-Over-The-Cliff” right in it’s tracks.It is so obvious that you would think that if those “Churches” really cared about doing God’s work… they would bring it up themselves. After all… didn’t their Lord and Savour instruct them to : “Sell all that ye have and give to the poor?”

    Just thinking.

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    tripwire45  almost 12 years ago

    Ho, ho, where’s the hope?

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    boogshine  almost 12 years ago

    Boo. Give us one day a year when we can ignore the darkness.

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    ljkulik  almost 12 years ago

    Too many empty houses in my neighborhood :-( …we are fortunate to have ours…

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    DavidLena  almost 12 years ago

    All people who have no greed are indeed blessed.

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    puddlesplatt  almost 12 years ago

    Let us take a moment and shed a tear!

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    DesultoryPhillipic  almost 12 years ago

    Dig up Roosevelt and Truman and try them for mass murder. Restore all the tax exemptions that have been taken away “and” bring back the jobs from the 3rd and 4th world countries where the workers are slaves.

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    vldazzle  almost 12 years ago

    Yes, we wet to a really large family party last night (multiple families that I knew since my kids were in school). Great conversation, food and drinks. The only thing marring that (for those of us who remember harder times) was the speed with which the kids opened their gifts. One of their grandmothers even commented that she hates buying them presents because they have more than they can appreciate.

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    camapa233 Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    Throw in the current administration for violating the Constitution and not producing a budget

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    Geeboo  almost 12 years ago

    Well,well. I see that the present has administration has won the class war. Merry Christmas to all you liberals, hope your war on Christmas fails!

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    Linguist  almost 12 years ago

    Wiley must have driven through my neighborhood, here in Florida… It’s way too sad, and I speak from personal experience.Nevertheless, I wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS today and hope that, for everyone, the New Year will be healthy, happy and prosperous.

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    The Life I Draw Upon  almost 12 years ago

    What is really sad is that it happened 79 years before and no one learned anything..Glad to see you Dogsniff..Merry Christmas all.

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    zellman  almost 12 years ago

    A materialist christmas greeting? I don’t see how this is corporate…people bought houses they couldn’t afford…

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    JanLC  almost 12 years ago

    What a sad, nasty way to celebrate Christmas. I expected better from a man of Wiley’s talent and imagination.

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    Linguist  almost 12 years ago

    @JanCinLVOh sure, let’s pretend that poverty doesn’t exist.Let’s pretend that many,many hard working people haven’t lost their homes and life savings. Let’s pretend that the world is beautiful and every kid has lots of presents under the tree. Let’s pretend that there aren’t millions of homeless, hopeless, and hungry people in this world.Let’s pretend that because of disaster like Sandy, people’s lives aren’t shattered.Let’s pretend that horrific murders of innocents like the one in Connecticut, didn’t happen.Let’s pretend that we’re not one the brink of financial disaster because of the greed of a few individuals and corporations.Lets Pretend !

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    dabugger  almost 12 years ago

    american way of life?

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    Perkycat  almost 12 years ago

    WOW! 57 comments already. I knew this was a hot topic.From one of the 99% – Merry Christmas to All!

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    gordrogb Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    A good toon, but folks are conveniently ignoring the role your government played in this sad fiasco. Hello, bank – this is the government calling – we want you to make riskier loans will that be ok? Bank: No, that is not the way we do business. Government: we will insure the bad loans. Bank – cool – lets do it.

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    hsawlrae  almost 12 years ago

    Agreed

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    pawpawbear  almost 12 years ago

    At least y’all aren’t cursing one another here. Merry Christmas and lightenup.

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    Ernest Lemmingway  almost 12 years ago

    Amen! And I’m agreeing with Kent on something? That’s a miracle in itself!

    .How about people in power stop saying and start doing? Get off our butts and start using alternative fuels, even if it means strong arm tactics? And what is so hard about creating hydrogen? Hook up two nine volt batteries with the wire stripped in a bowl of water, BOOM! Cracked hydrogen and oxygen. Or natural gas; use the resulting carbon for use in carbon-fiber or manmade diamonds for industry. And for the record, hydrogen is actually safer than diesel-based fuels (higher combustion point) and provides more power. We could have muscle cars again!

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    Gokie5  almost 12 years ago

    Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, Wiley! Thanks for a lot of thought-provoking and often funny stuff.

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    vwdualnomand  almost 12 years ago

    sometimes i wonder if capitalism and corporations has done more harm than good for our society.

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    jimeguess  almost 12 years ago

    It is obvious the libtards have no clue. It is GOVERNMENT that caused the foreclosures, not corporations or banks.

    But, of course, the libtards never look at the facts.

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    BillWa  almost 12 years ago

    This would have been better tomorrow. I find it sad that someone had to try to score political points on the day of Christ’s Birth.

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    Varnes  almost 12 years ago

    Ignorance is the enemy, and it wields a mighty sword. It can cut you down in a blaze of glory, or nail you to a board….Rodney Crowell….

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    doris sloan  almost 12 years ago

    Foreclosed by your friendly, helpful federal government and the banks forced to give loans to the unqualified.

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    Varnes  almost 12 years ago

    Anyway, we’re havin us some fun here today, eh? Let’s lighten it up for a minute…Here’s a little something to cleans the pallet…..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG7nQpjE4vE

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    Spooky D Cat  almost 12 years ago

    It was all Congress’s fault when they changed the laws to suit their banking and finance masters.

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    tonicee9  almost 12 years ago

    So sad. Middle class is almost extinct.

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    craigwestlake  almost 12 years ago

    The day of reckoning is approaching…

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    renewed1  almost 12 years ago

    Greed is not limited to certain income levels, it is pretty much a problem for all. I saw a lot of foreclosures during the late 70’s and 80’s because some people did not want to live within their means.

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    phyl10  almost 12 years ago

    Touché, mr Miller! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, BTW!

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    Odd Dog Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    Very poignant and sad

    MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERY ONE

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    pschearer Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    These comments show how many people share Wiley’s unthinking bias against business, which explains why Obama won.

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    socalglide  almost 12 years ago

    Not that I disagree with the sentiment, but it seems a little weak since this is rather old news.

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    fanciladi Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    Sad Christmas Greeting………not Merry in the least! :(

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    Caddy57  almost 12 years ago

    Going around my town looking at how other houses were decked out for the season this year was a bit of a let down….too many dark (possibly foreclosed or otherwise empty houses)….When I was much younger almost every house was decked out…and winters seemed somehow warmer back then too.Today the “high” was 13 degrees. and it felt GOOD to get back to my warm little house paid for years ago with sweat and blood. One string of lights across the front and a candle (battery operated) in the front window. Merry Christmas to all.

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    DavidGBA  almost 12 years ago

    4 signs for 3 houses, is one a duplex?

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    CKO86  over 11 years ago

    If you doubt that prayer works, a replay of Brad Marchand’s goal in overtime of last night’s Bruins-Rangers playoff game might give you cause to reconsider those doubts.

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