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Yeah, I'm suspicious of Unca Sam there myself.


Oh, Stephen Harper, you poor minority-government ass.

I don't quite agree with this cartoonist's politics (or, let's be honest, he doesn't quite agree with mine), but he's clever enough. Worth a look.

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Alan Grayson: The [State of the Union] Speech I'd Like to Hear
Man, with a little modification, I could see using that as a campaign speech, if one were campaigning. It's pretty good.

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http://www.thepaincomics.com/weekly110112.htm
My apartment in New York has been broken into twice in the last year, which is, of course, both enraging and scary. In the aftermath of these break-ins I have sometimes imagined buying a gun, but I recognize this for what it is; a pathetic wish-fulfillment fantasy. Yeah, next time I'll get 'em! I'll blow their fucking brains out as they crawl in the window! Then it occurs to me that I am imagining murdering someone over the theft of property I can pretty easily replace, and realize that I have temporarily lost my mind. (Plus I remind myself that the burglar went to the bother of replacing the screen that keeps my cat from getting out the window, and my heart softens toward him.) Unfortunately this state of mind is not temporary in some people; it's chronic, maintained and reinforced by everything they watch and hear and read. And it is on such pathetic impotent wish-fulfilment fantasies that the gun industry is built. Foreign audiences regard our violent thrillers and action films as fun escapist fantasies; they might be appalled to realize that Americans actually regard blowing people's heads open (in our folksy idiom, "kicking ass") as a practical solution to real-life problems. Hence not only our history of mass shootings and assassinations, but even more embarrassing examples of poor impulse control such as Iraq.

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