Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for September 27, 2008
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Today's USA is the USSR of the 1980s State Ownership of Industry Boss: Central planning has issued new directive: tomorrow, we make shoes. Secret Police Spying on Citizens Woman: So I said to Ann, "If you wear that, you'll be more unpopular than George Bush." Man: It's not wise to ridicule members of ruling party. Loyalty Tests and Enforced Patriotism Department of Justice Man: Why is your picture of our glorious leader crooked? AND WHERE IS YOUR FLAG LAPEL PIN?! Military Quagmire In Afghanistan General: The Afghans have had virtually non-stop wars for a thousand years. Surely ours will end soon. THROUGH WAR PEACE Debilitating Financial Crises Man: Here are the U.S. mortgages. Did you bring...the Euro? Next: The Breakup of the Empire... New York Times Mass Secessions U.S.A. Whittled Down to Original 13 The New U.S.A. Anchorage Daily News ALASKA INDEPENDENT Pres. Todd Palin Secession
That first panel is all wrong. In the US, industry owns the state. Either way, the people get screwed.