Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for August 01, 2009
July 25, 2009
August 08, 2009
Transcript:
asteroid 2 secretary: mr. president, we've detected an asteroid headed toward earth! it will hit tomorrow! obama: good lord! this threat requires bold, decisive action! we'll fire all our nuclear missiles at it! secretary: yes! obama: but first we'll get a bipartisan consensus! please send in the congressional leaders! secretary: no! don't...! cong 1: hold everything! i know a scientist who disputes that the asteroid will hit the earth at all! secretary: it's just some crackpot who works for the pro-crater lobby! cong 2: still, there's no consensus! cong 3: see here! these missiles are very expensive! in these times, we need a cheaper solution! cong 4: i say that government can't solve this problem! cong 5: right! we need a market-based solution! hours later... okay, so we'll cap the damage allowed by the asteroid... and companies can trade their quotas, reducing the damage 15% by 2020... cong 6: 12% by 2025! oop: new crisis, sir! secretary: a black guy and a white guy had an argument over a parking space! the media needs your comment. obama: damn. i'll be back as soon as i can!
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ejcapulet over 15 years ago
We’re toast.
jnik23260 over 15 years ago
Why do these things happen when we have a black President?
riley05 over 15 years ago
Has any political cartoon been more on the money than this one?
pschearer Premium Member over 15 years ago
Hey, give the guy a break! Didja ever think that maybe he just likes beer?
(Yo, Ant’ny! You’re absolutely right. It’s a great cartoon.)
Kingoswald Premium Member over 15 years ago
Capitalism. You KNOW it makes sense …
Durak Premium Member over 15 years ago
Yeah! If we had a totalitarian dictator that asteroid would be so toast. Curse our democratic, bi-partisan form of government and our increasingly open minded voters! If we restricted the vote to land owning white men over 40 we’d never have this asteroid problem in the first place. —- Please note in the comic that the presidents first action was to launch an attack, It wasnt until the advisors got involved that things started slowing down.
Ushindi over 15 years ago
OK, 3hourtour, here you go. Now you can do your thing, and I will not say a word - pinky-swear.
aardvarkseyes over 15 years ago
Uhh, Harley, could you please explain what the teleprompter dig at the President is about? Are you saying that Republican politicians don’t use teleprompters? Have you never seen Obama answer questions without it? What?
steveArino over 15 years ago
Uhh, IRA, try Googling “TOTUS” Telepromter of the United States. You’ll get a bunch of hits. Several blogs about Obama’s over-dependence upon teleprompters. And, when they aren’t there, he has a huge LCD-TV in the back of the room with his talking points on it. When he’s off script - he’s terrible. Look at his last press conference (what a waste of prime time TV)– 10 questions of bleeep, no details, all filler, then, he goes off script and calls the Cambridge Cops stupid–next few days are filled with “Beer Summit” headlines. No script = off message = gaffes. Hence, TOTUS!
Randy B Premium Member over 15 years ago
Whatever you’re smoking, keep it to yourself. It’s making you silly.