David Ortez

Uh-oh! The tea partier ran into the Taliban terrorist and they both dropped some of their most prized possessions! Draw a line from each object back to its rightful owner.

In the lexicon of American democracy, the word "sacrifice" means that the citizens are supposed to do with less benefits and services at the expense of an elite few protected by Washington because they do not wish to sacrifice their pleasure of owning more. – David Ortez

Sometimes my conservative friends say the darnest things. Other times they say silly comments that challenge my perception of them. If anyone has noticed, today was a cold day. In fact, when I woke up around 7AM, the news reported that it was 21 degrees but it felt like 8 degrees. 

I have always enjoyed the following political cartoon by Joel Pett of the Lexington Herald-Leader.

For any skeptic out there, I highly recommend checking out this 18 panel series by Darryl Cunningham that introduces the reader to climate change information in an interesting way. 

I lived under Reagan for about 4 years and I do not remember a thing. Grant it, I was born about three weeks after he was reelected to his second term. That election will remain in history because the Democrats nominated the first female Vice Presidential candidate and Reagan unleashed "Good Morning America" on the world.

I stumbled upon this political cartoon on the Internet today and I felt that I must share it with the world born outside that political time period. Enjoy and do not forget to click on the image to view a higher resolution version of the image. (Credit: David Horsey)

This political cartoon was created over 90 years ago by Art Young.  It is quite fitting that the message still resonates to this day.

Notice that the elephant which represents the "Republican Party" is taking "the People’s" money "for the benefit of Big Business." It is ironic that the current Republican House is determined to "cut spending" this session. I wonder why they are fighting tooth and nail for tax cuts for the rich … perhaps one should look at who is benefiting from the GOP’s actions.

As Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr once eloquently stated, "The more things change, the more they stay the same."