Cartoon for March 22
Last week, Bill Gates testified before Congress that American business needs more math and science grads, but probably won’t get them–and will therefore need to import them from abroad.
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Lying for Obamacare
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Obama’s healthcare plan would only require that parents purchase insurance coverage for their children. In the future, therefore, adults will need fake IDs to pass as kids.
Keeping Our Options Open
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Americans like to keep their options open. We don’t torture, Bush Administration officials claim. We just like to have the option available. You know, just in case.
I wonder: Does anyone beside Matt Bors and I wake up every day, wondering what the fuck is wrong with a country that thinks it’s perfectly OK to torture people?
The American Hallucination
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A wag in the New York Times pointed out that the current ARM mortgage crisis owes at least as much to predatory borrowing as it does to predatory lending (which is admittedly a huge problem). I own a home now, but I can’t help wondering why renters–people who can’t afford to buy a home–should pay higher taxes to support those who own? It’s already pretty crazy that the Army Corps of Engineers spends millions to shore up beaches to save homes owned by multimillionaires.
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Cartoon for March 13
Barack Obama offers hope to African-Americans that they could finally see one of their own in the White House. Hillary Rodham Clinton does the same for women. But they’re not alone. Only John McCain gives old pricks something to hope for.
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