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N.B. I try to keep the cartoons on this page more or less current. A few, that just keep on giving, can be found on the Golden Oldies page.   c-736 - The World According to John McHero John McCain seems to step in it more often than not. Maybe at 72 years of age we all can get a bit fuzzy in the head (I should know --I'm older than McCain). But unlike the rest of us fuzzy-headed septuagenarians, we aren't pretending for the presidency of the United States, and the virtual leadership of planet earth. This man, who thought Czechoslovakia still existed, would be 80 years old at the end of two terms. It's hard to imagine him as a symbol of a vibrant, exciting new chapter in American and world history.  c-737 - Yet Another 911 Fiscal Emergency This life guard probably won't get much rest for next year or so, rescuing more and more of America's corporate greedophiles from their huge gambles with other people's money. As usual, the entities too large to fail obviously won't fail; only those poor saps whose money these entities swindled will be out in the cold. I'm told this is the only kind of government intervention tolerated by Wall Street. Who wouldn't tolerate no-risk gambles... the rest of us should only be so lucky...  c-738 - Eustace Tilley Does a Double Take Not every cartoon hits a home run. Some are strike outs and foul balls, too. The viewer/reader of a political cartoon or a satire shouldn't have to guess as to what is being satirized. In my opinion this New Yorker cover not only missed the bull's eye, it missed the whole damn target. But a New Yorker cover gets catapulted into the buzzosphere pretty quick, and that's all this is - much ado about a badly conceived cartoon. Big whoop.  c-735 - Joys of Air Travel, cont'd More and more air travel has increasingly become a first-class indignity and a coach-class headache, but now the whole caboodle costs more, to boot. Who knew that three ounces of toothpaste would one day qualify as a 21st century luxury?....  c-733 -- Mighty Dim Light at the End of the Tunnel According to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Fed, the sub-prime disaster can only worsen bewteen now and the end of 2009. But who knows, that generous stimulus check might get this couple a new garbage can, anyway.  c-734 -- "Dick" on the High Seas NH Gazette co-conspirator Rose Eppard couldn't escape the July 4th irony of Dick "Dick's" latest act of per-usual jingoism. So we came up with this effort. We cherish any chance to zing this monster, however lamely.  c-730 - OffShore Tomfoolery While ExxonMobil, Chevron, et al., move into Iraq for the kill, the mastermind that has caused gas prices to blast off into outer space has decided that offshore drilling -- an official no-no since the 1970s -- is the answer. The answer, of course, is not to increase oil supply and oil independence from the Arab gazillionaire sheiks, but the answer is to grab a quickie pop in the pre-election polls. But boys will be boys...  c-728 - Mr. Empathy Out For a Drive  c-727 - New Math update Sometimes it takes an empty wallet to understand advanced economic theory.  c-725 - Ms. Liberty having a Downer It's been a tough slog for the Old Lady, what with torture, secret wire taps, illegal wars, arbitrarily restrictive immigration policies, and general all-around unconstitutional malarky.  c-720 - A bad day for the skinny kid The miracle is that the dollar's persistent shrinking hasn't created a runaway inflation horror show in the U.S. But as somebody once said, God seems to love drunks, children and the United States. Otherwise the entire world would be dumping our worthless dollars quicker than an overly ripe kitty litter box.  c-706 - If Polar Bears Could Vote I guess this scenario is unlikely ever to come to pass, because if polar bears could vote, I am sure the Republicans would devise a way to disenfranchise them anyway.  c-716 - Only a Mirage, Alas Them were the days. $1.65 may seem like the good old days, but there are those among us still who can still remember 23¢ a gallon! And they're not hallucinating, either. But I suppose in a year or two when gas becomes $8 to $10.00 a gallon as it is in Europe today, our current $4.00 will define the new good old days. | Return Home | How to buy stuff | POLITICAL CARTOONS | GEORGE W, THE SON KING (the book) | WATERCOLORS, plus collages | GOLDEN OLDIES | DESIGN YOUR AD page | CONTACT MIKE HERE | SON KING Sample Pages | Common questions (or even uncommon ones) | |
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