Swift
Response
Anyone remember the TEA Party? The "taxed enough already"
guys? As I recall they arrived in Washington, DC, way back
in 2009 loaded for bear because the then-President was hoping
to improve their
lives with better health care for all.
Where were these "patriots" when Trump's idiot
platoon was trying to overthrow the government on January
6th? And
where were they when a Republican-led government passed and
signed
into law the PATRIOT Act? You know, the 2000-page bill that
was somehow ready for the floors of Congress while the remains
of the
Twin Towers were still smoldering after the attacks of September
11th? You know, the law that has neutered much of the Bill
of Rights? (All but the Guns For Everyone part, of course.)
That one?
And where were they when Trump actually raised their taxes
and gave it all to the rich in 2018?
I actually have a pretty good guess. They're at home, still
(secretly) drinking Bud Lite and stroking their blue-steel
dildos while awaiting new
orders,
and paychecks, from any of the many Conservative think tanks.
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You
know, here at the old Raging Pencils popsicle stand I've
touched on many sensitive subjects over the years (abortion,
religion,
Nickleback)
but I'm not
sure
I
have
ever struck a nerve so profoundly as that of the apparent
legions
of
decaf
quaffers
in the
world who beheld my
last 'toon. In retrospect, I understand their dismay
at my attack on their coffee-flavored beverage of choice
as
I've
had to
adjust
my diet over the years in response to a nervous system that
began
playing
practical jokes on me all because I learned, to my regret,
that increased caffeine<>adequate sleep.
I had many other examples of "useless things" I could have
portrayed in that particular 'toon, like "BMW turn signals"
or "glass hammers", but the ones I chose were the one's funnest
(and
easiest) to
draw. This single rule is paramount in my cartoons, second
only to "What the fuck has Trump done now?"
But what's done is done and I hope that I and the vast
decaf demographic of this fragile world can
reach an agreement wherein they can continue to enjoy their
bitter brown liquid in peace and contentment and I can continue
to be a complete ass about almost anything else. <grin>
Happy Juneteenth, one and all!
=Lefty=
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