I would not be just a nuffin’My head all full of stuffin’My heart all full of painI would dance and be merryLife would be a ding-a-derryIf I only had a brain
Two possible metaphors, straw man & straw poll. I think the former is what wiley is going for. The straw man is a common, if rather deceptive, debaters trick – used all the time in political arguments.
I don’t think all statements on politics and religion are worthless or self absorbed. It’s often interesting and it’s actually a big part of Wiley’s strip.If anything, cartoonists like Wiley and Garry Trudeau are to blame more than most commenters for instigating political discussion.
I’m going to have to chime in with ED. Wiley, your little details are marvelous. I have to admit I took a little time to check out the sketches of the bottles and stuff at the bar….nice…..
In political debates, the ever-ready scarecrow will spread fear and panic and insure the debate deteriorates into hysteria. “Reasonable discussion of the issues” is as rare as The Wiz’s scarecrow (remember who played him in The Wiz? Pretty rare nowadays…yes, tasteless humor…please forgive me).
Ahh, the abyss… It is a great and terrible place, a place of beginnings and endings, of life and death, of ultimate truth and lies. If you find yourself on the Path, pop ‘round some time, I’ve got a place there…
Man oh man, I sure am glad I’m just a headbangin’ tuba player for Deathtongue…all this political and religious angst makes me wanna play the blues, baby. Thought I stumbled into a comic strip. Guess I was wrong. When will you learn all that really matters is the tunes everyone can groove on?
“Religion is a Personal Choice, and a Freedom of Choice based on Religion is up to the Individual….”
Those choices depends heavily on one’s country of birth. For those countries in which it is a choice, the religiosity of one’s parents before one learns to form one’s own opinions on such matters is the limiting factor.
palos over 12 years ago
Just another perspective. The straw man is a ventriloquist, the man to his left is the dummy.
Varnes over 12 years ago
He be good for a straw poll…..But not the dancing kind of pole..
EDinWAState over 12 years ago
Will he bring along his other alter egos… the Tin Man who has no heart and the Cowardly Lion who is… well… a coward?
EDinWAState over 12 years ago
Wiley,The detail in your art is remarkable and matches your political acuity. This is now the only strip I read. Great stuff.
poppy1313 over 12 years ago
I would not be just a nuffin’My head all full of stuffin’My heart all full of painI would dance and be merryLife would be a ding-a-derryIf I only had a brain
Superfrog over 12 years ago
Nice hat. In Oz that would be the Katter Party.
GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago
There’s nothing to crow about.
psychlady over 12 years ago
They often know more than the candidates!
rpG Premium Member over 12 years ago
Two possible metaphors, straw man & straw poll. I think the former is what wiley is going for. The straw man is a common, if rather deceptive, debaters trick – used all the time in political arguments.
Commentator over 12 years ago
I don’t think all statements on politics and religion are worthless or self absorbed. It’s often interesting and it’s actually a big part of Wiley’s strip.If anything, cartoonists like Wiley and Garry Trudeau are to blame more than most commenters for instigating political discussion.
otforever over 12 years ago
Ohhh, So your wingman is a politician.
el8 over 12 years ago
actually, my strawboss
V-Beast over 12 years ago
Most arguers of politics (or religion) seem to use earplugs instead. Very little listening on either side.
Varnes over 12 years ago
I’m going to have to chime in with ED. Wiley, your little details are marvelous. I have to admit I took a little time to check out the sketches of the bottles and stuff at the bar….nice…..
LingeeWhiz over 12 years ago
Well, you just did!
yimhere over 12 years ago
bet he drinks Old Crow …..
Ermine Notyours over 12 years ago
When his friends say hello to him, they say, “Hey!” “Hey!” Get it? “Hay!”
Nelly55 over 12 years ago
brilliant Wiley
Madailein over 12 years ago
HA! Ok, that one was funny. :-)
V-Beast over 12 years ago
Hmmm, if you’re really 15, prove it, tell me what year you were born.
leftend86 over 12 years ago
No heart. No Brain. Over qualified.
Vonne Anton over 12 years ago
In political debates, the ever-ready scarecrow will spread fear and panic and insure the debate deteriorates into hysteria. “Reasonable discussion of the issues” is as rare as The Wiz’s scarecrow (remember who played him in The Wiz? Pretty rare nowadays…yes, tasteless humor…please forgive me).
Potrzebie over 12 years ago
I see his wingman used to be employed in Candorville where at last sighting he was Al Qaeda #2 man.
hmofo813 Premium Member over 12 years ago
That’s funny — the guy speaking doesn’t LOOK like Rush Limbaugh …
Spamgaard over 12 years ago
There are three sides to every story: your side, their side, and the side of the truth.
The foolish person is on their own side.
The wise person chooses to be on the side of the truth.
The clever person chooses the truth to be on their side.
We suspect you are very clever, Ingsoc.
Spamgaard over 12 years ago
Ahh, my mistake… When we stare into the abyss for too long, the abyss stares back into us.
Spamgaard over 12 years ago
Please strike each key with a hammer next time, some people without a computer may not have heard you.
“‘KILLED’ FOR OUR SINS” you say? An interesting theory…
Spamgaard over 12 years ago
Ahh, the abyss… It is a great and terrible place, a place of beginnings and endings, of life and death, of ultimate truth and lies. If you find yourself on the Path, pop ‘round some time, I’ve got a place there…
Vonne Anton over 12 years ago
Man oh man, I sure am glad I’m just a headbangin’ tuba player for Deathtongue…all this political and religious angst makes me wanna play the blues, baby. Thought I stumbled into a comic strip. Guess I was wrong. When will you learn all that really matters is the tunes everyone can groove on?
Spamgaard over 12 years ago
Who am I to say what you will Perceive along your Journey?
Spamgaard over 12 years ago
“Religion is a Personal Choice, and a Freedom of Choice based on Religion is up to the Individual….”
Those choices depends heavily on one’s country of birth. For those countries in which it is a choice, the religiosity of one’s parents before one learns to form one’s own opinions on such matters is the limiting factor.
Spamgaard over 12 years ago
“Each one of us alone leads our own way individually….”
So true, but some Truths are not Perceived as such by All.
Spamgaard over 12 years ago
“No one Snowflake is exactly alike either….”
Ah, but how many Snowflakes have you known?
gmu328 over 12 years ago
seems like everyone made a reference to a straw poll … darn
cptvdo1 over 12 years ago
I thought Obama already signed him.
raygun7139 over 12 years ago
“We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning together, headpiece filled with straw…” T.S.Eliot