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N.B. I try to keep the cartoons on this page more or less current. A few, that just keep on giving, can be found on the Golden Oldies page.   c-730 - OffShore Tomfoolery While ExxonMobil, Chevron, et al., move into Iraq for the kill, the mastermind that has caused gas prices to blast off into outer space has decided that offshore drilling -- an official no-no since the 1970s -- is the answer. The answer, of course, is not to increase oil supply and oil independence from the Arab gazillionaire sheiks, but the answer to grab a quickie pop in the pre-election polls. But boys will be boys...  c-728 - Mr. Empathy Out For a Drive  c-725 - Ms. Liberty having a Downer It's been a tough slog for the Old Lady, what with torture, secret wire taps, illegal wars, arbitrarily restrictive immigration policies, and general all-around unconstitutional malarky.  c-727 - New Math update Sometimes it takes an empty wallet to understand advanced economic theory.  c-729 - McMirror, McMirror on the wall... Who is this guy? His flip-flops make John Kerry look like an ice sculpture. First McCain opposes Bush's nutball policies, then embraces his nutball policies; bear hugs W at the White House, then avoids him like poison ivy; says one thing, then contradicts himself. And who cares? Sure as hell not the mainstream media. That bunch of suck-ups love him, and in America that's all that counts. Because, as everyone knows, the most essential criteria in any U.S. presidential election is this: which candidate would you most like to have a beer with?  c-724 - The Good Old Days Live On  c-720 - A bad day for the skinny kid The miracle is that the dollar's persistent shrinking hasn't created a runaway inflation horror show in the U.S. But as somebody once said, God seems to love drunks, children and the United States. Otherwise the entire world would be dumping our worthless dollars quicker than an overly ripe kitty litter box.  c-731 - The Supreme ideologues Dogmatic, inflexible, doctrinaire, whatever - the the imperious Pooh-Bahs on the right constitute in a nutshell the precarious health of our democracy - paragons of the Age of Rigidity.  c-726 - McCain's Nightmare With Bush's so-called approval rating in the dumps, poor old John has to come up with some pretty creative dancing so as not to alienate the True Believers. Not an enviable undertaking.  c-716 - Only a Mirage, Alas Them were the days. $1.65 may seem like the good old days, but there are those among us still who can still remember 23¢ a gallon! And they're not hallucinating, either. But I suppose in a year or two when gas becomes $7.00 a gallon, our current $4.00 will define the new good old days.  c-721 - Bush's America The devastation isn't over yet - the loonies are still in office for eight or so more months - so the damage they could cook up is limitless - besides blowing up Iran, I mean. (This is a work in progress so it is currently not for sale.)  c-706 - If Polar Bears Could Vote I guess this scenario is unlikely ever to come to pass, because if polar bears could vote, I am sure the Republicans would devise a way to disenfranchise them anyway.  c-711 - Beijing Bling (or All is not Gold that Glitters) It's doubtful that free speech will garner too many gold medals this summer in Beijing. In fact these winners will be lucky if they get so much as a bowl of rice for supper. Then again speaking truth to power, or trying to, has never been a particularly good career move under totalitarian regimes, or, lately it seems, under a lot of so-called democratic regimes, either. | Return Home | How to buy stuff | POLITICAL CARTOONS | GEORGE W, THE SON KING (the book) | WATERCOLORS, plus collages | GOLDEN OLDIES | DESIGN YOUR AD page | CONTACT MIKE HERE | SON KING Sample Pages | Common questions (or even uncommon ones) | |
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