Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 24, 2013

Sounds like Calvin may have dunked his head in a bucket of shite.

I must memorize that speech.

The last thing Calvin needs is empowered.

Pull out yourself with all your force and power!Perhaps you can do it with Hobbes at your side!!

To under stand all that I need a bucket of cold water too.

20-30 years of psychobabble later, and Watterson’s obviously tongue-in-cheek commentary has become accepted rationalization and justification. I somehow doubt that that was his intent.

So do many of your fellows, Calvin.

welcome to Thailand …. so hot to day ….

so, if a kid fails in school, it is the kid’s fault, not the teachers who are not motivated to teach, not the outdated books, not the non-conducive learning environment, not the days taken away for standardized testing, and not the parents’ inattention to their kids.

Certainly has a large selection of buzz words.

Not even Dr. Phil can help this poor soul out.

Every time the law breakers commit a new atrocity, it’s the law abiding that get hit with new restrictions on their rights.

too many people have succumbed to this culture of victimhood. Time to give it up and take responsibility for our actions. Harumph!

We have a president who believes this now….

Hear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_zPfy0OHVU, it’s in German, doesn’t exist in English!

Sounds like he’s having a Big Mac Attack!

Well, at least Calvin is still in touch with his inner child.

Click here: Peanuts (September 24, 1967)

Thank you for absoulution!!

Click here: Ziggy (September 4, 1991)

Click here: Peanuts (September 23, 1962)

Perhaps my all-time favorite, mainly because of Hobbes’ comment in the last panel. I’ve had it on my bulletin board at home since it was first published.

Calm down, Calvin! You’re still a little boy. Though at your age… I’m impressed with the complex words you use.

xxx

I’ll have to use this argument in court the next time I find myself at the scene of a crime (no committed by me, of course).

Calvin’s final statement “I love the culture of victimhood” would make a great title for a book about Socialism.

Hillary Clinton…???

For a kid who hates school he sure has a vocabulary

Since when did Calvin become a Democrat?

Unfortunately, that’s how society seems to think nowadays – like Calvin.

Something Bill Hicks said beforehand?

@ OmniusYou might try for a class in civics 101. Read the constitution and you’ll discover that ‘Congress’ (the House of Representatives) makes the national budget. The President can’t pay the light bill unless Congress gives him the money. IOW, the President never has had the power to make a budget. He can ‘recommend’ just like you and I if we call our representatives. And they have the power to ignore him, just like they do to you and I.

Sounds like a typical liberal.

He-he… just look at the vitriol. Libs just can’t stand to be called out.

And on another subject, Check out Diamond Lil for the past few days if you haven’t already. There you will meet Calvin’s “Grand MaMa”!

the stuff that Calvin says in panel 3 is random jargon that doesn’t even connect to itself…

Sounds like the NRA creed, doesn’t it?

I agree since I learned to think for myself,about whats is really happening .

There are those that twist Christianity to their own evil ways, and these people ARE NOT true Christians.

“By the end of his term, 138 Reagan administration officials had been convicted, had been indicted, or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations.”

Shouldn’t he then have been accountable and resigned?

I actually agree with this. I’m tired of everything being everybody else’s fault instead of the person who actually is at fault. People need to take responsibility for themselves!

Some days it’s really difficult to enjoy this strip.:-(

I sure do miss President Reagan right about now . . . sigh. . . .

A kid who can use words that many adults wouldn’t understand. There are those who would regard the use of the bucket of ice water as torture and worthy of a major lawsuit…Hobbes would represent Calvin of course…..

Sums up American culture perfectly

nice to know nothing has changed in 30 years.

rape culture

Cannot argue with much of your allegations regarding Christendom, war, etc. I share your frustration.-My only niggle with your comment is a common misinterpretation of Judges 11:30-40. Verse 40 could be translated to read: “From year to year the daughters of Israel would go to give commendation to (or converse with) the daughter of Jeph′thah the Gil′e·ad·ite, four days in the year.”-In other words, she was still alive. He sacrificed her only in the sense that she (willingly) went to the tabernacle to live and work, thus giving up her chance to have children and raise a family. Admittedly, a big deal in those days; that’s why she was so honored.-He did not sacrifice his daughter in the literal sense.

Wattesay? Wattesay? Translation pleez.

Dear Calvin,Hate to throw cold water in your undies but any good holistic healer would tell you that the beginning of healing is that you recognize that you are responsible for your choices in spite of your past.Gnosh on that.

I think a switch to the butt will show him the path to holistic healing and wellness.

The culture of victimhood is OK, as long as a gun isn’t involved.

It appears that there are some who would dismiss the message because they don’t like the messenger. I think the statement stands on its own.

In Judges 11:29 the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah. In the next verse Jephthah made his vow. God wouldn’t honor the vow as he did by giving Jephthah the victory over the Ammonites if Jephthah would kill his beloved daughter to fulfill the vow. The word translated “lament” in Judges 11:40 can be translated talk with.