Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 06, 2015
February 05, 2015
February 07, 2015
Transcript:
Caption: The Vicious Circle
Man in black: Stop depicting me like that!
Man in brown: Sure...as soon as you stop being like that.
Man in black: You're not listening to me.
Ah, politicians complaining about reporters. My first real news story was of a minor scandal in City Hall, an illegal use of federal money. Two lawyers from the city attorney’s office came to the newspaper and threatened to sue both the paper and me personally. They never denied what I said was true, they just said I had no right to say it.Their club was loaded with blanks.
“But a rival, of Solutré, told the tribe my style was outré— ’Neath a tomahawk, of diorite, he fell And I left my views on Art, barbed and tanged, below the heartOf a mammothistic etcher at Grenelle.”
(Excerpt from “In the Neolithic Age,” Rudyard Kipling) http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_neolithic.htm
I once had a contract presented to me where the other party wanted to codify that I would say nice things about him and included the phrase “truthfulness is not a defense”
My wife ran for public office once. The newspaper quoted her as saying something actually said by a different candidate. The retraction came out in small print in the back of the newpaper the day after the election.
dflak: Better than I got. The Dalla Snooze said only a Republican and Libertarian were running for my state school board district. I requested a correction that a Green was in that race. So they reprinted the same lie all over again. While I was initially on their online candidate survey, it was deleted and I never appeared on their printed version.
Gokie5: I filed against the leader of the flat earth faction (who lost in the Republican primary). I knew I wouldn’t win, but just wanted to raise a few issues. The only place my name appeared in print was the League of Women Voters’ survey and the ballot itself. Corporate media may not mention the Green Party at all. Rachel Maddow did back then in 2010 and suddenly had an unscheduled one-week vacation. She has followed policy since. The only coverage of Greens is on viewer-supported Link and Democracy Now. Fun is irrelevant, but the song said, “It’s not easy being Green”, that I can accept.
Superfrog over 9 years ago
Life intimidating Art.
Can't Sleep over 9 years ago
Ah, politicians complaining about reporters. My first real news story was of a minor scandal in City Hall, an illegal use of federal money. Two lawyers from the city attorney’s office came to the newspaper and threatened to sue both the paper and me personally. They never denied what I said was true, they just said I had no right to say it.Their club was loaded with blanks.
Argythree over 9 years ago
How bullies silenced ‘Charlie’ in ancient days…
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 9 years ago
Or, ‘a self fulfilled prophecy’
pelican47 over 9 years ago
Petey, Rolf, and Victoria.
keenanthelibrarian over 9 years ago
That’ll teach him ..
alviebird over 9 years ago
What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
pretty good lanquage for a cave man…methinks.
Kilrwat Premium Member over 9 years ago
An armed society is a polite society, as long as you do as the nice man with the weapon says.
dabugger over 9 years ago
Tradition of not listening.
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
“But a rival, of Solutré, told the tribe my style was outré— ’Neath a tomahawk, of diorite, he fell And I left my views on Art, barbed and tanged, below the heartOf a mammothistic etcher at Grenelle.”
(Excerpt from “In the Neolithic Age,” Rudyard Kipling) http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_neolithic.htm
MeGoNow Premium Member over 9 years ago
And thus, art critique was born.
yimhere over 9 years ago
Looks like he joined the wrong CLUB…..?
nmcconnell over 9 years ago
I once had a contract presented to me where the other party wanted to codify that I would say nice things about him and included the phrase “truthfulness is not a defense”
SavannahJim Premium Member over 9 years ago
Oh, So THAT’S what Mohammed looks like…
echoraven over 9 years ago
Brilliant cartoon
dflak over 9 years ago
My wife ran for public office once. The newspaper quoted her as saying something actually said by a different candidate. The retraction came out in small print in the back of the newpaper the day after the election.
hippogriff over 9 years ago
dflak: Better than I got. The Dalla Snooze said only a Republican and Libertarian were running for my state school board district. I requested a correction that a Green was in that race. So they reprinted the same lie all over again. While I was initially on their online candidate survey, it was deleted and I never appeared on their printed version.
lazygrazer over 9 years ago
“Why should you pay for a crime somebody else noticed?”—Bob Lawblah, Attorney at Law
braindead Premium Member over 9 years ago
Call me a gun nut and I’ll shoot you!
Arianne over 9 years ago
Neandergall.Some people are loaded with it. Perfect toon, Wiley.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) over 9 years ago
Fred and Barney – the early years.
hippogriff over 9 years ago
Gokie5: I filed against the leader of the flat earth faction (who lost in the Republican primary). I knew I wouldn’t win, but just wanted to raise a few issues. The only place my name appeared in print was the League of Women Voters’ survey and the ballot itself. Corporate media may not mention the Green Party at all. Rachel Maddow did back then in 2010 and suddenly had an unscheduled one-week vacation. She has followed policy since. The only coverage of Greens is on viewer-supported Link and Democracy Now. Fun is irrelevant, but the song said, “It’s not easy being Green”, that I can accept.