Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 31, 2016
October 30, 2016
November 01, 2016
Transcript:
Guard: Warden? Here's an update on the inmates' demands. Things are reaching a boil in there, sir. The events of the last few weeks have really taken their toll. Should we call Washington, sir? Warden: This can't be happening. I can't be the first warden ever to preside over a minimum security prison riot! Slackmeyer and Inmates: Curb federal spending! Curb federal spending!
Saw the movie last night, “The Brainwashing of My Dad” about the rise of the right wing media. Learned about “ditto-heads” which I’d never heard and about Roger Ailes instructing Nixon more refined methods of scaring and tricking people: Today television news is watched more often than people read newspapers, than people listen to the radio, than people read or gather any other form of communication. The reason: People are lazy. With television you just sit—watch—listen. The thinking is done for you. Today we’re seeing the rotten fruit of lazy people wanting their thinking done for them: Donald Trump as a (gasp) candidate for POTUS. Don’t touch that dial!