Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 23, 2010

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    pouncingtiger  almost 14 years ago

    Danae has a point, Dad.

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    Sisyphos  almost 14 years ago

    “Make no small plans…!” (Attributed to Willis Polk, though popularly associated with Daniel Burnham.)

    I had out-sized expectations when I was around Danae’s age. Let her have her ambitions, Dad. Reality will set in when enough time has passed.

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    harrietbe  almost 14 years ago

    So true, Danae. So true. So sad….

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    Mushnoggin  almost 14 years ago

    What baslimthebegger said makes me want to ask, What happened to the erkert anyway? Did that storyline come to an end?

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    Anthony Moats Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Uh, guys… Twain never “held it from publication”. In fact, he had many excerpts published in his lifetime. Subsequently, some attempts were made at publication, the real problem being that it was an editor’s nightmare. The 100th death anniversary release of Vol. 1 was a marketing gimmick of our own day.

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    Sandfan  almost 14 years ago

    Where can I get a SkullBook like the one she’s using?

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    GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    So true, Danae.

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    Colt9033  almost 14 years ago

    How long has she been nine years old? She talk like she been around alot longer.

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    alan.gurka  almost 14 years ago

    Based upon her future projections, she should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize now! Maybe several: one for world peace, one for science, one for humanity (HA HA HA!) …

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    Potrzebie  almost 14 years ago

    How come Kate is never using a laptop? What Brand would she use?

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    Barbaratoo  almost 14 years ago

    New York Peppermint Patties?

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    Nighthawks Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    those gullible people will swallow anything as long as they can wash it down with tea

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    thirdguy  almost 14 years ago

    Doesn’t this take place in Maine, home of the last two “moderate” Repubican Senators?

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    puddleglum1066  almost 14 years ago

    People are gullible enough to swallow the media story that this election, or the one before it, or the one before that in some way involved “change.” Yeah, right: in this big “house-cleaning” election, 87 percent of the incumbents won re-election. Down from an average of 90 percent for the last forty years. Wow! What a change!

    Never mind the Demoncraps and Repuglicants; the only party that matters in this country is the Incumbents.

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    Varnes  almost 14 years ago

    I find it easier to make up the past than the future. Oh the things I think I’ve done….About the election, abused women usually go back to their abusers and hope things will be different this time…

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    DesultoryPhillipic  almost 14 years ago

    Irrefutably proven in the presidential election. A matter for conjecture in the past one, as of yet.

    McCain would have been no better.

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    Justice22  almost 14 years ago

    Can we get an advance copy of the book? I’ll buy.

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    WaitingMan  almost 14 years ago

    If McCain had been elected, we’d have about 5 or 6 wars going by now.

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    JanLC  almost 14 years ago

    Wiley, you have asked many times to leave politics out of the comment section. You have opened the door all by yourself this time. “Election results” indeed.

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    kpduty  almost 14 years ago

    I can NOT believe that I’m being pulled into a political discussion! DEMOCRATS believe that ‘everyone who disagrees with me must be stupid’??? Me thinks it’s the other way around, as in ‘everyone whose stupid disagrees with the Democrats’. (she’s smiling as she types) The problem today is nobody has a sense of humor (well, except for Wiley) and we don’t respect each other’s right to believe what we believe. I RESPECT your right to be stupid. I do. I really do.

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    I thought gocomics cancelled “State of the Union”?

    But I can’t resist one parting shot here: SIgn seen on a bumper sticker (wish I knew where to buy one!):

    “DON’T BLAME ME, I DIDN’T VOTE FOR HIM!”

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    Wiley creator almost 14 years ago

    I shouldn’t have to explain this, but obviously I do here. The gag is in reference to campaign promises by candidates, folks, which applies to ALL politicians, regardless of what party they’re with.

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    mjd.kwanyin  almost 14 years ago

    …ummm …i thought it was a planetary joke…thanks wiley..;)

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    momazilla  almost 14 years ago

    And who was it that elected a Rassler as Governor?

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    Dtroutma  almost 14 years ago

    She’s just channeling H.G. Wells, and some presidential “historians” or ghost writers like for presidents like: “W”, GHW, Harding-a short one, and Harrison -a REALLY short one! Danae might be one wiling to assume command by succession?

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    Jaroca2  almost 14 years ago

    mature beyond her years and oh, so wise………….;0)

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    bmonk  almost 14 years ago

    Of course, in practice, Governor Ventura was not a great success–he didn’t play well with others, nor they with him.

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    milano99  almost 14 years ago

    Ah Wiley, you don’t have to explain yourself. Inference on the part of the reader is 90% of the fun. And, for what it’s worth, I got it and at 5AM this morning before the first cup of coffee.

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    lindz.coop Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Yep! the 4 billion dollar popularity contest – such a good use of money, and stick around folks cause we’ll do it again in 2 years.

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    yohannbiimu  almost 14 years ago

    Which election results is Wiley talking about? 2010 or 2008? I mean, Obama got a hell of a lot of gullible folks to vote for 100% hype and lies.

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    yohannbiimu  almost 14 years ago

    And, when I’m talking about Obama particularly, I mean he was elected on account of what was assumed were his qualifications and abilities, which were non-existent, so it would seem that this comic would have fit more perfectly with that election cycle than this one.

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    smizzlybob  almost 14 years ago

    The president wrote two autobiographies before he was 30. He should be given credit for the idea in the acknowledgement section, not Mark Twain. And I should get ten percent of the gross for suggesting it.

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    NightOwl19  almost 14 years ago

    Oops - see what happens when you use the words “election results” in a comic strip? Not a pretty sight…. :)

    Last weekend I was talking with someone who spent three years in a different country and then came back to the U.S. He said that the political polarization and negativity in the language used to describe the other party had gotten a lot worse during those three years. Kind of makes you think - are we getting so used to hearing that kind of language that we don’t notice ourselves slipping into the habit of using it ourselves and becoming part of the problem? When you’re in a bad mood, it is a lot of fun to think of the other team as evil. Maybe there are other ways to cope? (Sorry - barely relevant thought-stream over….)

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