...is exactly what a republican good news fairy would look like.

she would probably be more aggressively anti-democrat, though -- a little more Coulteresque.

There are fewer casualties in Iraq. And if you really believe this is good news, you've been snorting too much pixie dust.

There are fewer casualties in Iraq. And if you really believe this is good news, you've been snorting too much pixie dust.

Fewer casualties in Iraq is, in fact, good news. But reading more into that news than it merits ... that's where the pixie dust comes into play.

Fewer casualties in Iraq is only good news relative to an alternative of more casualties in Iraq. Being in Iraq at all is bad news all around.

Only the Republicans could have sold the media (not the people, however) on the idea that the goal and justification of our occupation of Iraq is to lower the number of U.S. casualties caused by our occupation of Iraq.

my eyesight has improved or TMW has gotten bigger.

May I take this moment to express my annoyance with these Bowflex ads that have suddenly taken over Salon? (Or is it a campaign targeted at specific regions, i.e. Canada?) All these shirtless mutants are creeping me out.

At least whoever is in charge had enough good sense to dispense with the strobing "Get a Free Laptop" ads. And I must admit Bowflex is still somewhat preferable to the bidet ads of questionable taste from a few months ago.

Perhaps it's part of the Evil Man-Bashing Feminism taking over Salon (at least according to many of the letters pages these days).

Oh well, at least Tom Tomorrow is still funny.

For kwyjor:

"May I take this moment to express my annoyance with these Bowflex ads that have suddenly taken over Salon?"

No; you may not. Subscribe and you'll never see them, as I haven't.

Putting the words "Republican" and "fairy" in the same sentence seems somehow, umm, perverted...in a brotherly sorta gay way. >>snort<<

Anyway, as any good hetero knows, there ARE no "fairies" in the Republican party; just ask all of them who have been either arrested or drummed out of same.

God, I love irony...

Sexual jealousy, revenge, attempted murder, deceit. Now there's a gal I can take home to mom.

that 2.5% of the local population do not have jobs (I live in a mid-market. About 1.3 million folks). Of course about 5% of the local population is incontinent, addicted, living under a bridge, or all three.

It's funny what people focus on (or not) when they want to make a point.

BTW, the bulk of those people that have "lost their homes" didn't lose anything, as they didn't have anything to start with. They just lived at a lower rent for a couple of years. No down payments, no closing costs, no proof of income, they wreck the place and walk out. Are they crying the blues? No, they're not. Notice how the media is the only ones boo-hooing the situation? Poor people. Boo hoo. Yes, that's pretty much what they are, poor people. And they will always be poor. Give them a million dollars and in a year they will have pissed it away, and be right back where they started. Poor people.

Gas prices do suck, however. I wonder how many speculative petroleum buyers are democrats? How many are republicans? Blaming is so easy, and so easily turned around.

Wow, you sure did nail it!

Yep!

Good Job!

Now go ahead and tie the left shoe.

The cartoon was too predictable to be funny.

It doesn't help that its take on the economy is also wrong.

Let's start with a premise--the economy is never perfect. There will always be issues--unemployment, inflation, etc. But compared to most times and places, things in the US right now are still very good. Most of us drive cars that have better climate control systems than the houses our parents grew up in. The food problem for the vast majority of Americans is not that we don't have enough; rather, we eat too much of the wrong foods. Aside from some of you in the big cities, we have far more room in the houses we live in--have you ever checked the average size of a home 50 years ago with now? Not to mention the number and sophistication of the appliances in those homes. And you don't have to have much money to see the world and talk to the world and learn about the world on the internet. And speaking of anecdotal evidence on the economy, I will believe we are in serious trouble when some of the $3 a cup gourmet coffee shops start closing. Lots of average joes and janes continue to buy their coffee there. Is gas expensive? Yes and there are good reasons for it, primarily the fact that the 3 billion people in China and India and elsewhere want to have a standard of living like ours (you know, this terrible life we have with this terrible economy)

Concerning the many who are in foreclosure, there is much blame to go around. The mortgage companies and property appraisers were no doubt trying to make a dishonest buck. But many of those who signed those mortgages knew that they--the ones who were ultimately responsible, were making false statements about their income and house value and other things in order to get the mortgage. Well, acts have consequences (something the left tends to forget if it isn't about war and being mean to prisoners).

What would that look like? A fat, trucker lesbian fairy with a mustache reminiscient of Cindy Sheehan screaming about Halliburton and how the world is ending because of global warming.

Come on Tom, I'm sure you're all for the Fairness Doctrine in cartoons!

So, what else do us liberals/lefties think? You seem to have it all figured out.

And, you could have saved yourself some typing (and me reading drivel) by just saying, "he's phoning it in."

What else do lefties think (or, to be more accurate, 'feel') about things. Let's see. How about:

1. Pro-lifers are hypocrites cuz they pretend to care about unborn babies but think certain convicts should be executed. (hint: maybe its cuz babies haven't been convicted)

2. Its wrong to make judgments about other people and cultures--we are all just the same. (why conservatives always have and always will have to pull naive liberal butts out of the fire)

3. The only people who oppose gay marriage are hate-filled homophobes. (Hmmm. Maybe society has an interest in providing the privileges associated with civil marriage to couples who can naturally procreate)

4. Bush knew Saddam didn't have any WMD. (Yeah, then so did Clinton and pretty much the rest of the world)

5. Saddam's WMD were the only reason we went into Iraq. (Read the NYTimes archives for 2002 and 2003; read the Spanish Ambassador's statement for going into Iraq, the gist of which was, when you tell someone there will be consequences if they misbehave, you better be willing to enforce them.)