Stanek Sunday funnies extra 10-16-11: Occupy Wall Street
There were so many good political cartoons this week on the Occupy Wall Street crowd, I had to give the topic its own post. First up, Steve Kelley at Townhall.com…
by Gary Varvel at Townhall.com…
by Glenn Foden at Townhall.com…
by Gary McCoy at Townhall.com…
by Michael Ramirez at Townhall.com…
by Eric Allie at Townhall.com…
Last one, by liberal Mike Luckovich at GoComics.com, was too funny to pass up…
Oct.16, 2011 9:55 am |
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The “Evolution of a protester” seems to hit the nail on the head. I thought another idea that was worthy of a comic this week would be Jesse Jackson Jr.s idea for the government to hire every unemployed person for $40k a year. Spoken like a true public union backing member of the party of people who really just don’t get it. They can’t see that these kinds of ‘ideas’ are unsustainable and would bring us to a collapse if people were dumb enough to implement them.
Ex-RINO, I know you like Jill’s Sunday Funnies so prior to your getting a post in on this weeks Sunday Funnies blogline I wanted to appeal to your sense of liberal compassion and make you aware that your posts have graduated to the realm of credibility equal to that of an Occupy Wall St. protester on kool-aid and caution all those who might come across your posts that your posts have been shown to be a detriment the health of the minds of all those who happen to come across them.
Thought I’d post some additional ones if people wanted to see some funny political cartoons this week:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/politicalcartoons/ig/Political-Cartoons/
Spoken like a true public union backing member of the party of people who really just don’t get it. They can’t see that these kinds of ‘ideas’ are unsustainable and would bring us to a collapse if people were dumb enough to implement them.
Truthseeker, there are any number of Republicans and Democrats who don’t really “get it” when it comes to economics in the US. Sure, many of the pie-in-the-sky ideas are unsustainable. Then there are also clear-cut cases where government “of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich” is the deal.
“I’m so mad I made a sign” – love it! :)
Great Sunday Funnies this week! LOL! Someone – I believe it was Anne Coulter – had a great response about the fact that many Liberal-minded folks are comparing the OWS protestors to the Tea Party. She suggested calling them the “Flea Party” instead, I assume because they bear little resemblance to the Tea Party.
truthseeker - Your comment and the referenced comic reminds me – I need to make up my kids’ chore chart! ;-p
The McDonald’s bag needs to be replaced by a Starbucks cup for that extra authentic detail. lol!
Some here would probably appreciate this one.
http://i.imgur.com/8vLHp.jpg
True, Hippie, and vice-versa.
I see on Drudge that both the communist and nazi parties of the United States support the OWS movement.
There was also an article a short time ago that the communist party endorses Obama for reelection.
Does this speak volumes or what?
Mary – I went to the American Nazi Party site – yikes.
They are in big favor of jailing anyone who hires illegals, they hate Obama, and they hated the bank bailout.
I’ll leave it at that.
Would love to know how “No Bama” is racist? It’s just a play on his name. And, throwing it out there: HE’S HALF “WHITE.”
EGV,
Well apparently they share something in common with the communist party besides socialism as they are both opposing the bailouts and supporting the OWS. NAZI was an acronym for the National Socialist Party in Germany.
The Nazis hate Obama? Why do you suppose the communists love him?
The fleabaggers have had many times more anti-semitic signs than the very few racist ones at Tea Party rallies.
Hi Hans,
No surprise there. Communists can be as virulently anti-semitic as Nazis. The only real difference between Stalin and Hitler was that when it came to mass murder, Stalin made Hitler look like an amateur.
Chinese communist Mao tse-tung made them both look like choirboys.
Obama is sure soaking this situation for everything he can get. I wonder if he has any issue with the anti-semitism?
Mary – maybe you spend more time than me on communist sites – I went briefly and saw no evidence of support for Obama. They do support the organize efforts – but that seems to be an opportunity for a lot of people to raise their voice.
I work not too far from the “Occupy Philly” site at city hall so I went over to observe. The community is somewhat transient, but according to the papers there are about 300 people there at any given time. There are people from all walks of life, but the majority seems to consist of white left-wing college-age types. It’s fairly organized — there is a first-aid tent and even a communications tent, and they pass out food every day (there are quite a few homeless there). Overall I don’t have a problem with it, but I’m still not sure what they are protesting. I see signs protesting everything from big corporations and McDonald’s, also for other causes like legalizing marijuana, etc. Ironically, many are communicating via laptops, I-phones, etc. Um, who do they think made these things, as well as the tents they’re living in? BIG CORPORATIONS! i’m also kind of irritated by the fact that so far these protests have cost more than a hundred thousand in police overtime, even though the city is BROKE.
I just wonder what’s going to happen when it starts to get cold.
Here’s some pics and an article. I heard they have $250,000 in donations in the bank, that’s alot more than I have!
http://www.metro.us/philadelphia/comment/article/996292–occupy-philly-day-eight-photos-and-video
Obama is out pushing his Jobs Bill.
Never let civil unrest go to waste.
I agree, Phillymiss. This was clearly organized and orchestrated.
No EGV,
I spend no time on socialist/communist sites. Oh, and google Communist Party USA endorses Obama”. Again EGV, why would you suppose the CPUSA would endorse Obama? Yes, like the Nazis, they support the “organize effort”.
Don’t you think if it was organized and orchestrated, there would be some kind of agreed-upon message nearly a month in?
Mary:
Recalling previous conversations about Obama’s sociopathy do you see his support of revolutionaries as an outgrowth of that?
I don’t know Mary, I’ve never been a communist.
If a hateful person wants somebody to be in office, you can hardly blame the person who’s running for office. Your reasoning seems a little odd…I mean, if a drug dealer votes for somebody for office, does that mean they love drug dealers, or support drug use?
It could be anything – a quick read of wikipedia says the party is devoted to anti-sexism and anti-racism – so maybe they see the GOP as being more sexist and racist? I mean, who the hell knows?
Again, bizarre line of questioning Mary.
Hi Jerry,
Its always good to see you here.
His “support” of revolutionaries is in my opinion, a way of deflecting blame from himself. Bush has run his course. Obama is using these OWS folks and their hatred of Wall Street to deflect from his failures and bolster himself. Never mind that Wall St. contributed heavily to Obama. The OWS folks are objects to be used to his advantage, period. “Support” them? No surprise. Obama would shake hands with the devil in hell to get the same results. Typical behavior for a sociopath.
His total indifference to the suffering of Americans, his accepting no personal responsiblity and what I see as deliberate efforts to undermine and destroy this country only reinforces my first impression. People think he is incompetent. I think he is calculating, deliberate and knows exactly what he is doing, and that frightens me more than incompetence.
People laugh when I say I look at a sociopath’s eyes and see emptiness. I once heard a police officer describe the sociopath’s eyes as “reptilian” and that he knew the minute he sat down with one what he was up against. I see only emptiness when I look at Obama’s.
Some argue he is a narcissist. Little seperates a narcissist from a sociopath. Both can be just as dangerous and deadly. I remain convinced my first impression has been reinforced time and again.
EGV,
You don’t quite address my question but I will let you off the hook. BTW, the communist party has a long history of anti-semitism, which you will hear from some of these protesters, but who’s perfect?
Hi Jerry,
If you would really like to see a study in sociopathy, watch the old mini series “East of Eden” which came out around 1981. Actress Jane Seymour gives a brillliant performance as the sociopathic Kate Trask. From early childhood you see her traits of sexual seductiveness, lack of empathy, blaming others, manipulation, complete lack of conscience, etc. that are characteristic of the sociopath. Interesting that in one point of the series, actor Lloyd Bridges describes her as having the eyes of a goat.
Also, the movie “Basic Instinct” which I think is a brilliant psychological thriller. Yes, there was some Hollywood license taken with it, but an important point of this movie, and one to never forget, is that you never play a sociopath at their own game. The Michael Douglas character thought he could, and nearly wound up on the end of an ice pick.
Also, I have mentioned a former co worker of mine who I have sadly come to the conclusion is a sociopath.
Am I afraid of him? Not at all
Do I think he would lie to and con me? Absolutely, he’s done it several times.
Do I enjoy an occasional lunch with him? Very much so.
Do I ever forget I am dealing with a sociopath? NEVER!
Mary:
Have been traveling the last couple of days. Thanks so very much for your replies and insights. My sense of the OWS people is that lots of them are fellow travelers of our nacissist president, even if they don’t support him on all his policies.
The Wall Street Journal ran an article from a polling firm that revealed disturbing beliefs the OWS people hold. Many of them are for violence and civil disobedience in pursuit of their goals…its all “the ends justifies the means” when it comes to their moral indignation and what to do about it. If all of the OWS protesters were to be shipped to an island somewhere my bet is that there would be a lot fewer Republican political signs stolen this upcoming election cycle
Jerry: The Wall Street Journal ran an article from a polling firm that revealed disturbing beliefs the OWS people hold. Many of them are for violence and civil disobedience in pursuit of their goals…its all “the ends justifies the means” when it comes to their moral indignation and what to do about it.
We’re into a time of hard economics for many/most Americans. Decade-upon-decade of things getting generally “better” have given way to not only the cessation of the upward trend but real-world declines in standards of living. There’s going to be a lot of people bumming out for quite a while.
Yes Doug, in a way we are victims of our own success. While listening to a radio forum recently one of the themes of the program was that no society ever managed to survive their successes. I don’t know that we are at that point yet, but I am reminded of the quote:
Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage.
I was attributed to at least two, maybe three people (one of them Benjamin Disraeli, another Arnold Toynbee).
Correction: IT was attributed…
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:) :) That was a “LOL” moment (and I almost never say that).
We’ve done what most societies do – stop the backing of our currency by “real goods” (usually precious metals) and instead substitute the mere promise of the government.
I’m not saying “we won’t survive,” but do feel we’ve had a sea-change, and it’s not going to be much fun for most Americans in the coming decades. Things “feel bad” to a lot of people right now, but hey – we’ve got low inflation, low interest rates, a currency that’s not “falling out of bed” as far as value in the short-term, a debt that while “large” still isn’t a necessary death-knell in terms of percentage of GDP, etc.
What happens when interest rates go up?
Doug:
Agreed to all of your post. But we don’t have much of a margin for error in setting future fiscal and monetary policy. I REALLY don’t like the talk of a QE3. Plus we MUST reign in spending to have any hope of reversing our slide into economic oblivion.