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post mid -term election TOON--says it all..... (Original Post) riversedge Nov 2014 OP
We let the evil corporate genie out of the bottle! Dustlawyer Nov 2014 #1
K$R nt myrna minx Nov 2014 #2
Now this one says it all. This isn't a Republican victory mountain grammy Nov 2014 #3
and the ones that heaven05 Nov 2014 #4
The American People have regurgitated what's been fed to them. Martin Eden Nov 2014 #5
D'oh! meegbear Nov 2014 #6
Precisely. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #7
Idiocracy Bobcat Nov 2014 #8
Ah, yes, Chompsky hit in the mark-way back. We riversedge Nov 2014 #10
Reading? Who needs to read when we can take tons of selfies all day!! Amonester Nov 2014 #19
And let's discuss the Taylor Swift topic ad nauseum..... llmart Nov 2014 #32
The American people have not spoken, but their inability to fight election fraud has. DesertDiamond Nov 2014 #9
I just forwarded this to a bunch of people. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #11
Here: Rhiannon12866 Nov 2014 #14
That's it. Thanks. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #18
Sorry that the pic didn't show up, but I posted this from my phone Rhiannon12866 Nov 2014 #20
K&R! Perfect! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2014 #12
K&R! Cooley Hurd Nov 2014 #13
The pity is....... DeSwiss Nov 2014 #15
Yup. n/t A Simple Game Nov 2014 #25
indeed. hifiguy Nov 2014 #29
Orwell dreamed small. Huxley and Kornbluth dreamed exactly that. NuttyFluffers Nov 2014 #33
Ah, Kornbluth..... navarth Nov 2014 #35
Fear is a very strong motivator to get people to vote against their own best interests. Roland99 Nov 2014 #16
I never thought fear was enough to override the instinct hifiguy Nov 2014 #31
Typical American voter, circa 2014... nikto Nov 2014 #34
This is so true that it shouldn't be a cartoon. n/t SpankMe Nov 2014 #17
K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2014 #21
Sigh... discouraged. calimary Nov 2014 #22
Is our children learning? moondust Nov 2014 #23
Let's make the pie higher! OrwellwasRight Nov 2014 #27
God's big flashlight... Docross Nov 2014 #24
They won't assume any blame. Why would they? A Simple Game Nov 2014 #26
More wealth for the wealthy... czarjak Nov 2014 #28
This cartoon is humorous, so why do I feel like crying looking at it? n/t SylviaD Nov 2014 #30
Oh I especially like the one that says.. "Don't tell us what's in our FOOD"!! "More celeb new" Cha Nov 2014 #36
K&R stage left Nov 2014 #37
Well that pretty much sums it up. SoapBox Nov 2014 #38
This cartoon is 20 years old Midnight Writer Nov 2014 #39
So it's timeless. Cha Nov 2014 #41
Even more true today as 20 years ago, even the same issues Midnight Writer Nov 2014 #44
Yes! "More celeb news" "We don't want to know what's in our food".. etc etc etc.. and yes I did Cha Nov 2014 #45
KICK! Cha Nov 2014 #40
They won tiptonic Nov 2014 #42
I hate crumbs riversedge Nov 2014 #43

Martin Eden

(12,867 posts)
5. The American People have regurgitated what's been fed to them.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 09:55 AM
Nov 2014

And for the next two years their feeders can blame Obama for the consequences of corporate control of both houses of congress.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
7. Precisely.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 10:04 AM
Nov 2014

K&R!

The voters don't have a clue that they voted for these things. But they did. It's called ignorance.

llmart

(15,539 posts)
32. And let's discuss the Taylor Swift topic ad nauseum.....
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 07:49 PM
Nov 2014

because this is what's considered "newsworthy" nowadays.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
11. I just forwarded this to a bunch of people.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 11:20 AM
Nov 2014

It really says it all.

The other day someone posted a cartoon showing a movie theater with a split marquee. There were 2 or 3 people standing & waiting to get in to "An Inconvenient Truth," and a line around the block waiting to get in to a show entitled "Comforting Lies" (description from memory & probably not exact). Anybody got the link?

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
15. The pity is.......
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 02:28 PM
Nov 2014

...they're going to get anyway.

- Fast, down and dirty the Republican way. Or slow, deliberate with smoke and mirrors the Third-Way. They're still going to get it.





It's the system, stupid.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
29. indeed.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 07:35 PM
Nov 2014

The repuke 1% and the batshit preachers have managed to buy/manufacture something that has never been seen heretofore in human history: a population that happily and enthusiastically votes, again and again, to liquidate itself. Not even Orwell could have predicted that.

NuttyFluffers

(6,811 posts)
33. Orwell dreamed small. Huxley and Kornbluth dreamed exactly that.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 08:29 PM
Nov 2014

craven opportunism + jingoistic zealotry is a very old combination. and no, religion is not the only location for this marriage in hell. it's well alive in secular circles and scribbled throughout history.

stare at the abyss longer, learn more. we're nowhere near in the worst of possible worlds... yet. there's always hope.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
16. Fear is a very strong motivator to get people to vote against their own best interests.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:19 PM
Nov 2014

and the GOP is king at instilling fear in the electorate.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
31. I never thought fear was enough to override the instinct
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 07:42 PM
Nov 2014

for self-preservation. Clearly, it is.

Docross

(39 posts)
24. God's big flashlight...
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 05:57 PM
Nov 2014

Well....

Billions of dollars worth of pounding on our President and
the Democrats in congress for years.
Corporate paid media.
That big 'herd of Americans' who don't really check things out and
understand how it affects them...
EVERY so many years try to give the Republicans
one more chance.

It's all theirs now. What are they going to do. They now
assume all of the blame.

President Obama already has one Hell of a legacy, if they'd print it.
And it will be, in history.


Grandpa said, " Oh look out, God's got his flashlight on them now".

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)
26. They won't assume any blame. Why would they?
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 07:19 PM
Nov 2014

Is President Obama going somewhere? That's who they blamed for the last six years, why would they stop now?

I only see the blame Obama meme getting stronger, they have to divert attention from their actions somehow. How about some talk, if not action, on impeachment? That should be good for a few "pay no attention to what I'm doing, look over there" moments.

Cha

(297,235 posts)
36. Oh I especially like the one that says.. "Don't tell us what's in our FOOD"!! "More celeb new"
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 10:42 PM
Nov 2014

right freaking on, riversedge!

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
38. Well that pretty much sums it up.
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 12:30 AM
Nov 2014

Oh what about, "Restore DOMA" and "Ban same sex marriage".

Just adding to their agenda, for them to spend their Political Capital on.

Midnight Writer

(21,765 posts)
39. This cartoon is 20 years old
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 01:16 AM
Nov 2014

I clipped it out after the 1994 mid-terms and taped it onto my locker at work.

I retired 6 years ago, but went back to my office for a retirement party for an old friend.

I went into the locker room and found, much to my surprise, that the cartoon is still taped up on my old locker.

Midnight Writer

(21,765 posts)
44. Even more true today as 20 years ago, even the same issues
Fri Nov 7, 2014, 12:59 AM
Nov 2014

And notice the "dollar sign" logos on the armbands of the winners.

Cha

(297,235 posts)
45. Yes! "More celeb news" "We don't want to know what's in our food".. etc etc etc.. and yes I did
Fri Nov 7, 2014, 01:09 AM
Nov 2014

notice the arm bands. shh

I posted it on my FB.. it's so perfect.

tiptonic

(765 posts)
42. They won
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 06:49 AM
Nov 2014

Just hope the Kock bros and repugs show a little mercy on us peasants. Give us a few crumbs. Or is this the big population control, we've heard so much about

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