Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for July 03, 2014

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enjoy this vintage 2009 classic tom the dancing bug every thursday panels from the annals of the tom the dancing bug archive check back every friday for a fresh, brand new tom the dancing bug! tom the dancing bug by ruben bolling second in a series depicting the horrors of the recession... the toxic asset! it rose from the swampy waters of wall street, a festering sludgy byproduct of capitalism gone berserk! it destroyed the banks that created it and rampaged on, threatening america's heartland, and indeed the world! asset: urr! crunch as the populating fled in panic, one man saw the way to save humanity! tim: don't you see? it's not bad -- it's misunderstood! timothy geithner, a u.s. treasury official, knew only he had the answer! tim: hold your fire! this monstrosity doesn't need bullets and bombs! it needs... love! tim: the u.s. government believes in you! asset: urr? tim: in fact, we'll spend hundreds of billions guaranteeing your performance! and so, with geithner's guidance, the toxic asset was accepted into civilized society, and the crisis ended! tim: pass the sugar? asset: urr! tim: oops! don't worry! we'll pay for that! crack!