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sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts) Mon Apr 23, 2012, 08:26 AM Apr 2012

'Stone Soup' comic strip enters the political fray!

http://news.yahoo.com/comics/stone-soup-slideshow/#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Fstone-soup-slideshow%252F20120423-ss120423-gif-photo-050622891.html

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'Stone Soup' comic strip enters the political fray! (Original Post) sinkingfeeling Apr 2012 OP

K&R Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2012 #1

The LA Times carries this strip. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2012 #2

Some papers have bounced Sunday Doonesbury to the inside, and LuckyLib Apr 2012 #3

The cartoonist Jan Eliot lives in Eugene, Oregon. classof56 Apr 2012 #4

k&r eom ellenfl Apr 2012 #5

K&R SunSeeker Apr 2012 #6

What frightens me is that there's likely some truth in this. harmonicon Apr 2012 #7

Sadly more than a little truth. WHEN CRABS ROAR Apr 2012 #12

"Enters"? This strip has been there for awhile LadyHawkAZ Apr 2012 #8

The middle one n2doc Apr 2012 #9

Never read Stone Soup before, but they really nailed this...knr joeybee12 Apr 2012 #10

kick n/t Iris Apr 2012 #11

K&R ProudProgressiveNow Apr 2012 #13

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,835 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 08:54 AM

Apr 2012

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,622 posts)

2. The LA Times carries this strip.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 10:26 AM

Apr 2012

I read it every day, and relish it!

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)

3. Some papers have bounced Sunday Doonesbury to the inside, and

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Mon Apr 23, 2012, 10:49 AM

Apr 2012

put Stone Soup on the front comics page. Doonesbury being too political, of course . . .

classof56

(5,376 posts)

4. The cartoonist Jan Eliot lives in Eugene, Oregon.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 11:05 AM

Apr 2012

That hotbed of liberalism!

I love her, and love her toons. Saw her at a women in comedy workshop in Eugene a few years ago. She is awesome! Glad to know so many papers carry her strips.

A Proud Oregonian

ellenfl

(8,660 posts)

5. k&r eom

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Mon Apr 23, 2012, 11:12 AM

Apr 2012

SunSeeker

(51,557 posts)

6. K&R

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Mon Apr 23, 2012, 11:15 AM

Apr 2012

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)

7. What frightens me is that there's likely some truth in this.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 02:24 PM

Apr 2012

Are there really people who don't know who Karl Rove is? My family and the only people I talk to from the US (and most from outside) would know who he is.

WHEN CRABS ROAR

(3,813 posts)

12. Sadly more than a little truth.

Reply to harmonicon (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 07:34 PM

Apr 2012

I fear that the vast majority in this country are unaware of basic political facts.

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)

8. "Enters"? This strip has been there for awhile

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Mon Apr 23, 2012, 04:51 PM

Apr 2012

Usually she's a little more subtle with the message, but the strip has had plenty of political moments before.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

9. The middle one

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Mon Apr 23, 2012, 05:15 PM

Apr 2012

People did vote to send billions to the middle east. It was the 2002 election, and I remember distinctly Bushco making it a referendum on their "War on Terror". It was clear that if the repubs won we would be going to war in Iraq. And they did it again in 2004.

And...people voted against health care in 2010. It was the big issue then. So yes, people are voting for more war and less care. They may be completely under the control of the propaganda machines, but that's what they are voting for. They'll even say so and be proud of it.