A
Poke In The Eye
 In
case you hadn't heard the news the recent
mid-terms had the lowest
voter turn-out since 1942. You know, right
in the middle of a REAL world war.
Yes, only 34.6% of registered voters bothered to make their voice heard in 2014.
Do you think that might have ANYTHING to do with people saying
to themselves "My god! Government
is so gridlocked my vote won't do any good."?
Ya think? Maybe? Perhaps?
(More confusingly, data suggests
66% of GOP voters actually want MORE obstructionism while, at the same time,
supporting
Democratic notions of climate protection, aid to veterans, better wages, etc.
I'm
not entirely sure these people understand what voting is supposed to do.)
Anyway, great job Republican Party, for staunchly refusing to do anything for
the past six years and for doing nothing important for the next two years. You've
always wanted to destroy the government (so your masters can rob and maim at
will) and if you finally drive voter turn-out to zero percent you'll have completed
your task.
It's all about the freedom.
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 Like
most of the rest of the country we're experiencing
a deep freeze down here in North Texas
as a cold front is settling in for the
long haul, and it reminded me of a story.
One late November day, back when I was
in the ninth grade, I was walking home
from school. It was a walk of several miles
as the new house we'd moved into was just
inside the school bus-line limit. That
sucked.
The
weather
had
been
pleasant
that morning but about 4PM
the
temperature
quickly
started dropping
into the low 40s, accompanied by a stiff
breeze. I was still
more than
a mile
from
home
so the only thing I could do
was suck it up trudge onward.
Unfortunately, that morning I had decided
to wear a new wool shirt I'd received as
a birthday present, a decision I was soon
to regret. I won't go into gory detail
but let me just say that up until that
point I
had
never
really given
thought
much to my nipples. Or knew that they could
bleed like that.
Yeah, that's it.
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Note: YES! YES! YES! It's Hidden
Cartoon Day again! In fact, I may have created the
main cartoon just so I could do the hidden one.
For
those who don't know what I'm talking about, click
on the 'toon once to see the alternate version, and
double-click to return to the original.
=Lefty=
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