AltWeeklies Wire
Cartoon: The New New Worldnew
What would old-time adventurers have done if they had faced the same fearful climate we face today? Try to get anything new off the ground, and everyone is willing to talk, but no one has the guts to put their money on the line. Instead, you get fed a line about the Internet, social networking, and the like. Will anything ever get done in the future?
Animated Cartoon: Mercenary Madnessnew
Recent news reveals that the US government has been using Blackwater USA (now called Xe) to do everything from assassinate Al Qaeda members to load Hellfire missiles onto Predator drone planes in Pakistan. What next for the firm that does everything? New animated editorial cartoon by Ted Rall and David Essman goes there.
Cartoon: Swine Flu Scammingnew
Some expert scientists say that half of the U.S. population could be infected with swine flu this winter. But there's good news: Since the only way the government will treat you for free is when there's a newsworthy epidemic, this might work out to a form of de facto health insurance! We certainly won't be getting anything out of the Obama Administration.
Tags: swine flu, Healthcare
We Have Met the Nazis, and They Are Us
Godwin's Law be damned -- it's impossible to read the newly-released CIA report on the torture of Muslim prisoners without thinking of the Third Reich.
Cartoon: The Furtive Economynew
Everyone is unemployed. Why is the economy doing well? There may be an explanation to be found in the natural world.
Tags: unemployment, economic issues
Cartoon: While You Were Off Fighting in Afghanistannew
As Barack Obama appears to follow LBJ as a president hellbent on screwing up his own domestic agenda in order to get bogged down in another president's unwinnable war, one can only wonder what the hell he is thinking.
Cartoon: What a Difference White Skin Makesnew
What kind of country locks of terror suspects on the slimmest of pretexts while failing to lift a finger to protect its (African-American) president? A very, very sick one.
Animated Cartoon: E Stultus Unum
What if the left were able to motivate stupid and ignorant people as effectively as conservatives did at the town hall meetings on health care?
Existing Gun Laws Weren't Written With Presidential Death Threats in Mind
Make no mistake: guns don't have anything to do with health care. This is a revival of Klannism. A black man is president, and the good ol' boys don't like it. That's what this is about: putting him in his place. Which, if they or someone they inspire has their way, will be six feet under.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-24-2009 |
Commentary
Cartoon: The Global War Against Global Warmingnew
First they sent the military to "help" (i.e., shoot) hurricane victims in Katrina. They they sent them to "help" tsunami victims in South Asia. Now they're using the troops to take on climate change. Really.
Cartoon: In the Year 2525new
In the year 2525, as the old song goes, we'll still be putting up with Boomer nostalgia about Woodstock.
Animated Cartoon: Terror Yokelsnew
Lampooning the new trend in radical Islamist terror: rural cells of wannabe jihadis in the sticks.
Tags: War on terror, terrorism
Cartoon: Obamaman vs. Rightzillanew
The right wing didn't kill healthcare. Obama argued against himself so long that he finally won.
Cartoon: Honduran Hypocrisynew
Obama accuses his critics on Honduras. In the past, he says, critics complained that the US replaced democratically-elected leaders in Latin America with dictators. Now that a dictator has supplanted a democratically-elected president in Honduras, the US is refusing to lift a finger. Our new lack of involvement on behalf of a dictator, in other words, marks a departure from our previous involvement on behalf of dictators.
Obama: the new Bush of logic.
What If They Gave a War and Nobody Knew Why?
Eight years after invading Afghanistan, the U.S. government is still struggling to explain why. If you can't figure out if you're winning or losing, you're losing.
