Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 17, 2010

Wiley Miller has turned into Garry Trudeau.

Oh, no! Not those guys, governing!

You mean, find out what’s actually going on, what’s wrong, and write some laws that actually gasp fix something? OMG! Holy Congressional Research Service, Batman!

…nah…they’ll just tie it up in Committee…

I think this Sen. Kingpit Dixon is a new character, but he had an ancestor who comitted foul deeds in 1850s California–see Homer the Reluctant Soul from about 13 years ago.

Actually, most of the time I prefer when they don’t do anything.

We need an Ekert - badly.

I love the “plunger” on the top of the building.

Toss out almost all the incumbents and put us rookies in.

They might even start READING the bills that they pass! The horror! The horror!

A few days ago several were begging to leave politics out of this. Hmmm…

This guy looks like a fat faced Kerry to me. And we do need a new one to emulate, since it’s not nice to make fun of the dead.

Maybe the Ekert will sit down and have lunch with the Tea Party.

I don’t mind when they do nothing but it starts bothering me when they start flushing money down the toilet in vast quantity. Wars, payroll fraud, selling off revenue-generating taxpayer-dollar-built assets to cronies at a fraction of their build value… that sort of thing.

Highway 407 still ticks me off.

Sorta reminds me of Allegheny County Port Authority. They are building a trolley tunnel UNDER the 3 rivers to the Northshore @ 123 Mil Overbudget, yet theres an unused RR bridge that could’ve been refurbished @ 1/2 the price.

I *do* mind it when they do nothing. If they do nothing, what are we sending them to Washington and paying them for?

why do spammers flood our relevant debates?

Okay, did anyone else read the first panel and instantly think of The Music Man? “We’ve got trouble! Right here in River City!”

I love a do nuthin Congress. Every time they do something it costs us money. I live in the Insurance Capital and am pleased pink that yesterday the insurance industry announced a 24% hike in health premiums .But but but my Congressman said that bill they passed wouldn’t cost anybody any money? And the $700 billion we spent on magic beans ain’t growing. Now they say raising taxes save us money. I wish they would take a long vacation.

Is there a dusty old paper that tries to limit federal power? Why’d those dudes in the white wigs write that? Something about throughout history any strong government failed? Did they know something we forgot? What did they mean by, “All other powers are reserved for the States”? I guess that could be interpreted a lot of ways. I can think of one.

Yes! I did! Trouble, trouble, trouble! Haha! BTW, my_discworld, love your avatar - looks like my cat!

Wiley, love this strip, as always.

No, Wiley hasn’t turned in Trudeau. If this were Doonesbury, the Democrats would be the heroes, and the Republicans the villains, rather than portraying both parties as lazy leeches.

Wiley puts me more in mind of how Breathed handled Bloom County. The humor is based on the foibles of those involved, not just one party or the other. Bloom County would skewer the Republicans one day, and the next day, skewer the Democrats with just as much aplomb.

I don’t bother reading Doonesbury. I get enough partisan politics as it is. I read Bloom County when it was still a first-run comic in the papers, and I’m enjoying reading it again here on Gocomics.

Hi Wiley,

I don’t know if you intended it, but that third panel looks like a tribute to Shoe. Very similar style of drawing a politician. If so, kudos. It’s great.

Does anybody remember Will Rogers. the cowboy comedian from the 30s? What he said then is just as true now.

Democrats never agree on anything, that’s why they’re Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.

If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.

The more you observe politics, the more you’ve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what’s going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.

And of course:

No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe when Congress is in session.

Lewreader,

Do you mean that if no program had passed the health insurance industry would have REDUCED or held steady their premiums?

Ekert, grab the plunger the capitol’s full of crap.

Sorry Clark Kent - Canada’s politicians aren’t much different…

Since the start of the monthly trade imbalances in the 70’s we’ve had the constant flow of dollars offshore. Progressively those dollars have returned in the form of foreign ownership of our “American” companies - thru stock, outright purchases, or mergers.

These “American” companies are the ones who hire the lobbyists, make the political donations, advise the writers of our laws, etc.

Any wonder we provide the manpower, even the finances (taxes), as World Policemen? While our “American” businesses reap profits from those military endeavors?

The scene of the guy with puppet strings tied to the general has to have capsulized this situation!

Yet, I don’t see comments that rifle in on that significance.

The Ekert is Glenn Beck.

aircraft: will Rogers also said in reference to rush hour: “How come they call it traffic if it’s not moving?”

UB never accuse Glen of spreading niceness.

Double flush that krap hole called congress!

[had to come back and edit] freeholder;

I just did. Also, Beck left a clean mall, wait’ll when Steward leaves it (that is, if anybody shows up).

Besides, Rogers also said “When I make a joke people laugh. When congress makes a joke it becomes law.”

Someone should start the “Honesty Party”.

Slogans: I’m only in it for what I can get out of it. I can be bought, and I will stay bought until someone comes up with a better offer.

@ mydisc_world:

Okay, did anyone else read the first panel and instantly think of The Music Man? “We’ve got trouble! Right here in River City!”

” that starts with T and that rhymes with P and that stands for POOL.”

With the plunger, I’d assume that Congress is backed up.

pouncing tiger–great laugh this time of night!! Thanks…

Bdaysuit – I too loved the plunger!!

hey pouncing, you must not be a long time reader of non seq. he is very political and very liberal, he made fun of bush 2 mercilessly. but I read him anyway cause he’s too good.

so why was eddie against all this?

This would be a good time to run these again since nothing has changed in 10 years.