Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 28, 2011

Mike didn’t read last Sunday’s strip or he would know that Sorkh Razil is all for free enterprise and raw capitalism.

LEFT OVER FROM YESTERDAY

@LewreaderAnd what do you do Lewreader, when the insurance companies refuse to pay legitimate claims if there is no strong government regulation to force them to pay?.The Republicans and too many Democrats, are in office only because of anti-strong-government $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. They want weak government (their deceptive code term is “small government”). Reason: so they can do whatever they want to rip off “the little guy” who signed a deceptive contract written under laws which are written by the insurance industry. They are handed in bill form to Congress on a golden platter like the head of John the Baptist. .The system has become corrupt and only strong, honest, government regulation can clean it up. Don’t hold your breath, Lewreader.

Did Sarah Palin become a Wall Street secretary?

Raining like crazy and the wind is picking up.

I went to college in the Inland Empire (3 years). Recently I lived in Loma Linda (2 years) and now in San Bernardino (8 years). That makes 13 years in the Inland Empire. Today’s temperature reached 107 degrees F. I waited till 9:30 pm, as late as could, before it was cool enough to begin my walk. Since my outdoor thermometer recently stopped working, I don’t have a measurement. But I would guess 90 degrees F. I believe that is “highly unusual”. You may have a different opinion.

He’s holding that knife backwards….

MORE GENERALLY:In Third Reich fascism, the state (Hitler himelf) told the military-industrial-financial coomplex (MIFC) what to do (but did not own it, as the Soviet Union did). By contrast, in U.S. fascism the MIFC tells the state (the Three Branches) what to do. Lesson to be learned: THEY ARE BOTH FORMS OF FASCISM..The whole thing runs on Ayn Rand’s “greed is good”, “scorpion sting scorpion” CORRUPT $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$-fueled economic principles. Which Scary Rick Perry supports..Yes, “Cry the beloved country” — going . . ., going . . ., going . . . .

The moon landing is another good example of what a government can achieve.

Surprises me that he doesn’t hold the sword like Zatoichi (qv) It would be like strange enough for him… probly just hasn’t ever watched a Z movie. There’s some on hulu

Whenever we adopt an all-encompassing paradigm of ANY kind (“all government is bad”, for instance), we will increasingly, inevitably, fall into error.Conditions change. Unexpected events sprout up. The universe is filled with gradients and our view of it is relative.I see this as the most significant factor in the decline of the United States. In a time when we need to examine the facts and the trend lines, and make course corrections accordingly, we are instead arguing over and over with entrenched ideological paradigms, that have only sporadic connection with the facts on the ground.

Retired. Med condition requires me to awaken two, three, maybe four times during night. Sometimes post during those times. I do do part time work — professional editing — though.

Do you know Seuss’ Cat in the Hat? I used to live near Los Gatos (“The Cats”) on the Peninsula. Lived in both Mountain View and Sunnyvale.

Who is Len Taylor?

We have had record rain in NY in August, and that was before the hurricane. If I could send you some the rain I would, but then Perry would give the credit to his praying.

@Night-Gaunt49Thanks for that good news. Texas deserves every bad thing that it gets!Next time you want to secede, please go. And take South Carolina with you!

Big guvment, like a broken clock is sometimes right.

First he sends a missile to an enemy ammo dump. Then he shoots down a USO chopper. And now, he crashes the dream of an honest, hard-working friend of the family.

What will that rascal do next?

When it comes to Wall St Bloodsuckers, don’t go half steppin’ make sho you bring all yo weapons.

Are there any long term plans to deal with the water issue? The population in Texas has increased dramatically over the past 40 years. The demand on resources is a problem that can no longer be ignored.

I would have thought that Sorkh Razil would be wielding a Khyber knife.

@DylanThomas3.14159Trudeau wasn’t trying ‘to win’, but you don’t due to your lack of research. 1) Afghanistan is not an Arabic country, it is Pashtun, 2) the scimitar (shamshir, tulwar, etc.) is not Arabic either…the Turks brought it with them when they invaded the Middle East, 3) the scimitar was a light sword used on horse-back; the curved blade allowed for a slashing cut that would not rip the sword out of the attacker’s hand, 4) the khukri DAGGER is a short blade, but the khukri-style Gurkha sword is longer, finally 5) the traditional knife of the Afghani people is the pesh-kabz or khyber, and is straight.

I am 2 days late, but in case anyone reads this, altho John Grisham isn’t the world’s best writer, I find him entertaining, and his book The Rainmaker gives a thoro, detailed portrayal of what the insurance companies get away with and how they do it. Recommended if only for educational value.