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1. about 16 hours ago on Doonesbury

   I don’t know if this is intended to specifically indicate Hillary Clinton, since it could be any of a number of Democrats. I believe that if Hillary hadn’t voted for the war authorization, she would have been elected President in 2008. Another problem was that she never apologized for doing it, unlike John Edwards and others. I always thought she was trying to look tough and decisive with both her vote and not apologizing for it, as she had her eye on the Presidency. Although she was favored to win the nomination in 2008 (and might well have won the November election), my understanding was that she only came in third in the Iowa Caucuses (after Obama and Edwards) largely because of strong anti-war feeling and her vote “in favor” of the Iraq fiasco (where Obama was anti-war from the get-go, and Edwards apologized for his vote). That started Obama’s sprint to the nomination and the Presidency.

2. 1 day ago on PreTeena

   Did any kid ever actually LIKE Topo Gigio? When Ed Sullivan would announce that Topo Gigio was coming on, my grandparents would go get me to watch it, I guess because he was supposed to appeal to kids. I never liked him at all. My favorite puppet character on any old variety show was Rowlf when he appeared on the Jimmy Dean Show in the mid-1960’s. Senor Wences was good too, in fact Topo Gigio (I thought then that it was “Popo Gigio”) was the only one I disliked.

3. 4 days ago on Shoe

   I always liked the Three-toed Tree Sloth, although I’d say my spirit animal is probably a bear (amble along everywhere, go wherever you want, everyone else leaves you alone, eat whatever you want and all you want and not worry about your waistline, sleep all winter, etc.). I will add that “Sloth” is my favorite Cardinal Sin however.

4. 4 days ago on Shoe

   I wouldn’t go back to my old job for a million dollars, maybe not for 10 million! One can always get more money, one way or another, but we each have only a limited amount of time, and as far as I am concerned, my time (especially my free time) is a lot more valuable than anything of monetary value.

5. 4 days ago on PreTeena

   Teena is a redhead. That’s all she needs! Green eyes are just icing on the cake.

6. 4 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   I would much prefer to get any of these comics in Spanish than I would in French, which is what we would have to deal with if certain parties got their way and the US annexed Canada. Also, I don’t think the Quebecois would be as near as accommodating as far as using English as recent immigrants from Spanish speaking countries are.

7. 5 days ago on Frank and Ernest

   This reminds me of a bit in James Michener’s “Centennial”, where Paul Garrett, the subject of the “modern” (1970’s) part of the historical fiction about Colorado, comments how having some Native American ancestry is somehow very acceptable, maybe even honorable, but Mexican ancestry (discussed when he married a younger Mexican-American woman) was anything but that.

8. 5 days ago on Working Daze

   I don’t see Rita’s teddy bear anywhere.

9. 5 days ago on Luann Againn

   Frank and Nancy look a wee bit annoyed at Luann.

10. 5 days ago on Luann

    Hey, 1952 was a good year! That’s why I’m 72 now, and turn 73 before Christmas (born after Eisenhower was elected but Truman was still President).