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Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 13, 2011
Transcript:
Clerk: So Duke tells me things were pretty rough for you back in Berzerkistan, Trff... well, we're gonna get you a fresh start, guy! With a green card, you can drive a taxi, start a small business, maybe a taco cart... Man: A taco cart? Clerk: Sure! If you work hard, who knows? Maybe two taco carts! Man: I used to command armies! Nations trembled! Clerk: Must've been awesome. Just give this to the clerk.
BE THIS GUY over 13 years ago
The nation that did most of the trembling was his own.
DylanThomas3.14159 over 13 years ago
Trffâs arrogance reminds me of the HUMILITY of Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow (I absolutely LOVE this gorgeous woman). When asked by some paparazzi-generated gossip sheet reporter what her all-time âfaveâ restaurant was (NY, LA, Paris, London, name it but think in terms of thousands of dollars per meal), she coyly admitted, Some of the taco trucks around here.
rayannina over 13 years ago
@Dylan, thank you for giving Pepper Potts her due. And INS official, thank you for not taking Trff too seriously.
DavyG over 13 years ago
We used to have a great roach coach that parked along the road on my way to work, and sold the best breakfast burritos ever. Or would that be a (coche de cucarachas?) I sure do miss it. I might welcome Trff to the neighborhood if he could duplicate their green chile.
DylanThomas3.14159 over 13 years ago
To put this in some kind of non-insane perspective, think of just one 12-year-old child that a dozen of Trffâs troops raped and murdered, deliberately in front of her parents and siblings. Just one out of probably thousands. And yes, WITH Trffâs knowledge and full approval. Think of just one. Then ask yourself, Why didnât âThe Dukesterâ â before she was âdisappearedâ â rescue HER and set HER up with a green card, adopted parents, a school, etc.? Think! Ask why . . . . Then youâll understand what Trudeau is all about. Not to mention what Cheney was all about. In fact, the entire (unrepentant) neocon agenda.
DylanThomas3.14159 over 13 years ago
To understand what Rayannina is talking about, in case you donât know, go to .http://thewritersideoflife.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/sexy-science/.and use your computerâs search function to search for either âPaltrowâ or âPepperâ..Hereâs a quote from that website: .â[T]he best scenes and I have to say some of the best acting came from Ms Paltrow. The relationship between Stark and Pepper Pots is brilliantly funny. Their chemistry and dialogue is witty and entertaining and she plays the part wonderfully.â
DylanThomas3.14159 over 13 years ago
Re: âINS official, thank you for not taking Trff too seriously.â.Letâs not forget that Mr. INS official Sir is corrupt as spam, and Mr. Excellency Trff Sir hails from a small, unimportant-to-neocon-interests âStanâ, not, say, Communist China or Communist North Korea. If CIA had extracted, say, Mr. Kim il Jung Sir, then Mr. INS official Sir would probably be relieving himself inappropriately. .Just as Mr. Dukester Sir will when he hears the dreaded words, âHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereâs Joanie!â (master of facts-on-file, heh heh)..This is just my predictive opinion run wild, of course. But Iâm a hopeless prediction gambler. And I like to have this kind of fun. So apply Rayanninaâs advice to me, and donât take me too seriously.
roctor over 13 years ago
NEXT!
DylanThomas3.14159 over 13 years ago
Why doesnât Gwyneth get more roles? Well, if she surgeried herself into a pair of double Dees, not only would she probably get a ton of offers straight out of the woodwork, but Angelina and Jennifer might have to retire. Well, maybe not Angelina (slinging along Brad as well as her own Oscar), but Jennifer . . . .
gladlythecrosseyedbear over 13 years ago
In propagandizing for those who rule by apartheid, GT picks what he thinks are easy targets. But this fellow looks Turkic, and many of those who rule by apartheid are descended from Turkic tribes. Thatâs one reason for the love-hate relation between Turkey and the land of apartheid. Whatâs more, this fellow sounds arrogant, just as the governmental leader of the apartheidists does.
DylanThomas3.14159 over 13 years ago
He wants to be reinstated in Berzerkistan. But if he were to be, then theyâd probably hang him upside down like the Italians did to Il Duce âthe Bossâ Mussolini. But Il Duce (pronounced Ill DOO-che), his bod was dead by then..The Berzerkistanis might hang Trff upside down live and poke thousands of holes into him with their pitchforks. Of course he doesnât understand this. Remember Khadaffy Duck saying, âMy people LOVE me!â? Heâs probably still saying it..One question still dogs me, though. Why is âIl Duke-sterâ going to all this trouble? For $$$$$, of course. But then, why is Overkill? Or whoever is the ultimate decision-maker, who is shelling out all the taxpayer-generated lucre to pay off people like Mr. INS Man Sir? Under GWB it would have been âthe deciderâ. Remember him saying, âIâm the decider!â? So, whoâs âthe deciderâ in this case?
Sandfan over 13 years ago
Trff doesnât seem to realize that trembling is often a side effect of uncontrollable laughter.
YatInExile over 13 years ago
How the âmightyâ have fallen.
Jogger2 over 13 years ago
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babka Premium Member over 13 years ago
give me your indolent, your rich, your former criminals yearning to breathe freeâŠ.the wretched refuse of the killing fieldsâŠ.send these, the homeless, limo-smoothed to meâŠ.I lift my lamp (with implants) by the seaâŠâŠ.the polluted sea.
leftwing_conspirator over 13 years ago
Too bad we couldnât have gotten Quadaffi out this wayâŠimagine how many would still be alive. Iâd gladly have one âdear leaderâ or another serving tasty tacos down the street. HmmmâŠâŠmaybe thatâs an idea for a chain (trainâŠconvoy..fleet?) of food trucksâŠ.âDear leader tacosâ Has a nice ring to itâŠ.
glenardis over 13 years ago
gwyneth paltrow âcoyâ?
RinaFarina over 13 years ago
@dtpi, to quote Tomielm: âItâs so nice to see someone our age with such passion and clarity of thought. I enjoy reading your posts, regarding them as a delectable âside dishâ to Trudeauâs âmain course.â Thank you for being!â I was just thinking that, as I read your comments, and I couldnât have said it better.
Hunter7 over 13 years ago
I like how the character of the INS clerk has been written. Heâs such a cheery fellow â never quite hearing what Trff or probably any other ârefugeeâ or immigrant is saying. I have run across people like that.
Dragoncat over 13 years ago
Now the thought of commanding nothing more than a taco cart is making him trembleâŠ
DylanThomas3.14159 over 13 years ago
Weeell, okay, not dates, but maybe poppy seeds?
LOKIJY over 13 years ago
Canât you just hear the jolly clerkâs unctuous voice dripping with smiley boredom. âMusta been AWESOME.â