"Frankly" Speaking...

Oh, no the sky is falling!! Do they mean that the sky is falling again? “Democrats” are now running around all panicky and feeling destitute about losing the 60-vote filibuster proof majority… yeah, like they had it just before and look what happened. I mean seriously, what’s the difference? In my mind the “wake up call” had already come when we all came to realize that “special interest” and “money” rule above all. We saw the very democratic majority we thought we had elected (the mandate) to effectuate “change we can believe in” being the ones who most effectively blocked and derailed healthcare reform. It seems like unless you take “cold cash” (like the kind you hide in the freezer) as a bribe you can get away with it like in the case of Joe “the snake” Lieberman (to mention just one snake). I’m in no particular mood to sound “activist-like”; I don’t like it but these are such basic things and they are actually as bad as they sound. It’s like a comic book out there, and once again, reality is crazier than fiction.

“Frankly” speaking, what the voters in Massachusetts actually said is “We already have insurance so screw you”. I mean really, as much as they like to complain about it, they are all covered and of course they where not voting to take out “their own” health insurance but just for the rest not to have it. And it makes sense on the basics of course, why pay “additional taxes” to cover everyone else when you’re already covered? I mean really, and that’s the bigger irony aside from the other irony that it was Ted Kennedy’s very own seat. What are the odds that all of that would come together, right at this junction of the debate? And no “God” has nothing to do with it; and no, there’s no message to Washington; and no, the “republicans” have not been proved right in any front. And let’s not be masochistic either. If the democrats, obstructions or not (and this is not child’s play), have shown that they cannot govern effectively… that should not mean that we should now re-elect the assholes that fucked it –and continue to fuck it all up in the first place.

So now what? Well for starters if the only shameless philosophy in Washington is going to be about winning or losing rather that the common good (or the serving the people thingy) then the “democrats” are going to have to play hardball (and it’s about time). One thing that the republicans got right (if that’s the game that in the end we all have to play) is that they have no conscience. The guidelines for being a prick are easy to follow and apparently they work. Shame on us of course but when it comes to doing the work of the people why not be an asshole? I mean really what’s there to lose? And what’s the point of running around all “sensitive” and afraid of everything? If you are going to lose either way, why not at least get something good done; something that generations afterward would appreciate. The means to an end thing. And why not play by their rules, the cause is good and they are not playing by ours anyway. I can live with being an asshole for a good cause, Can you?

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Frankly Speaking... KRAASHH!!

In practical terms the bill now being considered may be too big and twisted (after all the bizarre deal making who really knows what’s there and how it would affect us) that we may be better off passing bits and pieces of it (up and down votes). At a minimum they should pass a basic “patient bill of rights” and get rid of the preexisting condition and dumping customers when they get sick. These are not –or shouldn’t be- legislative issues (like what’s there to negotiate and/or with whom?) but of basic principals of law and fairness. These are basic rules and laws most people would agree on. We can all be cowboys all we want, but even in the Wild West there was “the law” to protect the “law abiding majority” against those who, rather than making it on their own prayed on the others. And back then they used to “hang” horse thieves.

We’ll see what happens in the end (and there are many people of conscience on capital hill). But if we all finally came to the conclusion that Washington is “completely” screwed up, corrupted and useless, then we’ll perhaps see something else emerging. Grass-root technology-enabled initiatives to get around “government” and take advantage of the immense business opportunities that will emerge within the default of government. We’re in many ways on our way there already (we’ll see what happens with Google vs China in the long run). All that is needed is this kind of “additional motivation”. The opportunities may be enormous; we’re resilient and innovative. After all, this is America and there’s plenty of socially conscientious entrepreneurial-spirit to go around.

Young minds and the technology they dominate had made a difference in the past election… but stopped short by thinking that someone as smart and noble as Obama may make the difference. So maybe it is not possible to change Washington, but maybe we don’t need to. Maybe it's time for a real change, a change we can believe in and actually do something about it.

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Friday The 13th

Its not friday and its not the 13th but may as well be because with Sarah “Jason” Palin, everyday is Friday the 13th…

Oh, and the American flag in the lapel thingy… what? Just “don’t leave home without it”? If you’re in the business of fear mongering and like “Jason Voorhees” (Friday the 13th, but in politics) terrorizing people or “Palin-out” consternating your country, just don’t forget to wear an American flag in your lapel. Oh and don’t worry if that’s not big enough to cover the offense. Just “misuse” a BIG American flag as a backdrop. The bigger the flag, the bigger the offense you can get away with…seriously.

This cartoon was about the election massacres in the Republican Party with the measuring up to the tea-baggers standards of purity…but this flag thing kind of tips the scale on the bigger picture. I’m for one sick of it…it feels like the “thou shall not take the Name of thy God in vain” thing. Honestly, it’s too much and in an honest and serious way it’s offensive to the depth and dignity of the idea of our country… and actually a very dangerous road to travel. Is Sarah Palin’s idea of what defines an American is now going to be the standard? She actually goes at it in her book…saying something to the extent that “everyone in America” should wear one…now that’s a much scarier idea than Friday the 13th, isn’t it?

Besides I don’t know about you but I keep thinking of her as a Canadian…it does not make any sense (wishful thinking perhaps) and I know my geography but I fancy to think that Alaska is more Canada than it is USA. No offense to anyone, Canadian or Alaskan (just kidding of course)…maybe it’s just too cold up there to think straight.

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Zombie Health Insurance

I guess it’s a treat, “HAPPY HALLOWEEN” everyone… and thanks for following all this nonsense…more ghouls and vampires coming up.

Do you think zombies should have health insurance? What kind of premiums should dead people pay? Is being dead a preexisting condition? Now, that’s a worthwhile debate isn’t it? Anyway, I had this particular cartoon drawn a while ago and right at the height of this summer’s tea-party’s exuberation (this word is not in the dictionary?) but I’d decided to wait for Halloween. I was planning to have a Halloween special to peak this nonsense… and this zombie cartoon was just perfect for it. As the healthcare debate got more civil and into substance I’ve started to feel that the punchline and emphasis of the cartoon was diminishing. That is, until the tea-baggers (and I’m restraining the best I can not to make a joke about the “other meaning” for “teabagging”) decided to go at it again…thus the “DIE-HARD” as a title came up. Like zombies are hard to kill, right? So the new title seems to make it even better. Things are looking up…and again, more ghouls and vampires coming up. 

Blood Sucker

So here’s Bela Lugosi (DRRRRAKULA), the new -HealthInsurance- Industry’s Spokesperson. Well, he’s dead by now, but then again he was a vampire, right? So -like the -HealthInsurance Industry, Drakula will stick around for as long as there’s someone’s life to suck the blood out of (the other way around?). It’s like the Vampire’s “Business Model”, they will suck your blood for as long as you’re -healthy- and of course they’ll dump you when you -getsick-. Like “duh”, where’s the profit in that? Yeah “TRRRRRUST” us, we’re for prrrofit but…we have yourrr best interrrest in mind. So why do we do it? Why do we still trust vampires?

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Nosferatu

I’m not sure if I’m castigating the subject a little too much (editorially that is) but the jokes are still valid and at this point it’s more about the art, the form of expression and the neat effect it seems to have. Meaning that there’s something creatively honest about how this format forces the artistic expression and how it comes together into a thing of its own. There’s the primal magic on hand drawings and there’s the humor of course… and like in the traditional political cartoon in newspaper and magazines. The intention by design is that the humor is in the graphic and that the graphic itself is the punch line… and the same thing if there’s (limited) animation, sound or interactivity involved. The text is there to set it up and to emphasize it all. The idea is to get an effect and/or a reaction, all quick and in one pass.

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