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So what’s the deal with the butt-hurt conservatives lately? They say this is Obama’s Katrina, like it’s something that isn’t being handled properly and there’s multiple levels of command failures everywhere. Can the US government physically stop an oil spill? No. The government can’t stop a Hurricane, much less an oil spill. But what can they do? The government can put a freeze on deep water drilling for 6 months to make sure this type of thing never happens again — can you say that about hurricanes?
There’s probably a lot more the US government and the president can do about mobilizing more personnel and organizing them in the clean-up effort, but at least they are organized and not a tragic mess like the Katrina FEMA response was. So is this Obama’s Katrina? Definitely not.
Sometimes you wonder if things actually happened. For example, did Sarah Palin actually say, “Drill, baby, drill?” Yes. She did. So did many other republicans. You can’t be pro environment and pro drilling. When the Horizon sank, supposedly one of the most advanced exploratory ships in the world, republicans shut up. It always seems to take a national disaster to fuel both outrage and and sympathy. We’ll see in the next few weeks how they’ll spin this story — perhaps they’ll say we need “safer” drilling techniques, or we’ll need to start drilling farther from the coast. Whatever the right-wing says, Americans won’t be fooled.
There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.
- President George W. Bush
There used to be a little thing called the Bill of Rights in America.
I just wrote an entire Facebook note about how economics works in our country and its relation to the health care reform bills being worked on by congress. Facebook decided not to post it (because it sucks) and so I decided to make a comic. I haven’t been making comics lately. I’m looking for a house. I’m getting married. These are things that happen, I suppose. We have health insurance, but it’s so expensive, I don’t know how much longer we can afford to keep it. I think this is the common denominator in our society. Democrats are fighting for reform, but republicans don’t seem to want it–or they want to do it their way.
Kate: Didn’t all moderates die out in the 80′s? scientists are trying to resurrect them with DNA extracted from mosquitoes, but they’re not hopeful.
At the Lei Lounge, this Boston chick pleaded with me to volunteer for the campaign, or at least donate some money. I basically told her to eff off because she was seriously badgering me. To make up for it, I did this comic. Here’s a link to the proposition. http://www.noonprop8.com
So, I’ve been watching a lot of Battlestar Galactica. I’ve been a huge fan since I was a kid and have the crazy Cylon box set. I’ve been missing the new series, so I decided to Netflix them and watch it over the summer. So far so good.
Happy 4th of July Indepdenence Day to my friends and family. I’ll leave you with this image to freely spread around and link back to my web comic:
<a href=”http://www.ihearteddie.com/2008/07/03/obviously-not-paid-for-by-obama/”><img src=”http://www.ihearteddie.com/comics/2008/07/johnmccain-cylon.jpg”></a>
As Clinton pummels Obama in Pennsylvania, I can’t help but wonder if there are more black people or women in PA? FactCheck.org has some interesting stuff about each candidate and their accuracy. What keeps me going is that the shroud of a party divided and in the spotlight really doesn’t matter. Clinton and Obama both know it’ll be one of them winning the election in November, and it leaves us asking, “McCain who?” That’s good for democrats. As for my cartoon today, I predict a Clinton/Obama ticket. It can’t be any worse than Gore/Lieberman. Wtf happened to that guy? He was kinda cool, and now he may be invited to speak on behalf of the republican party at the GOP convention? What a sell out Lieberman is. Ef that guy. If Newt and Nancy can get along on global climate change, what the fuck s up with Joe?
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