I was just thinking that mid-April has consistently been unkind to the good guys. Jesus was crucified about then; FDR died on the 12th, Lincoln was killed on the 14th, Tim McVeigh blew up the Murrah building on the 19th, Adolf Hitler was born on the 20th.

And, as Tom T. just reminded me, Bush announced to the world that he's the Decider on the 18th.

This is exactly what we need to remind people, and to provide perspective. Battle Bush's cartoon thinking with cartoon truth.

Keep it simple, stupid. Keep it simple AND stupid. Amen!

Of course, this same recap of the year's events is just as unfunny as in any number of other year-end recaps. Looks like Dan has phoned it in. Again.

2006 has been a seriously unfunny year, both here and abroad.

If you're looking for simpleminded jokes, familycircus.com might suit your needs better than Tom Tomorrow.

Of course, this same recap of the year's events is just as unfunny as in any number of other year-end recaps. Looks like Dan has phoned it in. Again.

It'll be interesting to see how much of BushCo's bullshit is "phoned in." Too bad you have a problem with the truth.

is a hackneyed cliche...of course even 'hackneyed cliche' is redundant. It is not meant to be taken literally, anon. It means someone who doesn't even bother coming into the office to submit the same ol' stuff day after day. It's a shortcut of an insult...and in this day of cell phones here there and everywhere, I believe the term will rapidly lose its meaning as people literally 'phone it in' all the time.

Sick of hearing how sick of it you are. Shut the fuck up already.

Nobody cares about your lame, one-man jihad against Tom Tommorow.

Every time I see one of your dumb letters, I got to Amazon and send another copy of his book to a friend or relative (I ran out of Conservative friends awhile ago, now I send it to anybody).

Don't worry though - I'm a rich, successful "Limosine Liberal" and I can afford it. If you want, I can even send one to you!

ROFL

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While we all despise Bush, as he goes, there follows the nation. It would have at least been a bit more fair to include Democratic faux pas. Speaker Pelosi telling her (angry) constituents in San Francisco, that she was not in favor of an Impeachment Resolution. Sen. Dianne Feinstein winning reelection in a landslide, after once voting for the War in Iraq, then saying she would bring the troops home, using a commercial filled with sentimental claptrap, or Democrats embracing Arnold Schawzenegger in California, after he attacked their programs in a special election which cost millions in tax dollars. No, the Republicans are who they are, because the Democrats are who they are.

WE'RE the ones with an unhealthy relationship to this comic strip, its creator, and reality. How could we not see that? We just got so worked up from your sly manipulation we didn't recognize what a completely sensible, emotionally healthy prankster you are.

Thanks for the jape, you devilish mastermind! We'll close the lid to the outhouse crapper and let you get back to sleep now.

And the issues the Dems had are on the same level as nuclear war, fascism and the Iraq War?

i think the "phoning it in" guy has been off lately. there's just no life or "oomph" in his screeds. it's like....he's phoning it in. damnit, phone it in guy, this is a comic strip on the internets! it's, dare i say, the most important thing in the world!

i know it's the holidays, phone it in guy, but that's no excuse for slacking off!

Just like so much human activity. Merry freaking x-mas cheer. The cynic is as much a phone-ffer as anyone else, but he gets sad when he realizes it.