I needed to take a break from blogging, but there are some interesting things going on in the background via e-mail that will probably appear here.
Before disappearing again so I can start working on the taxes, I’d like to say that after listening to this week’s self-servicing blathering by Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association, he has a point about mental health and guns. Because any private citizen who wants to own an assault rifle with a 30- or 100-round ammo clip is nuts.
Twenty five years ago, when the NRA had a public relations campaign featuring some famous people saying “I’m the NRA,” I drew this cartoon for the Comics Buyer’s Guide, with a famous gun enthusiast that the NRA had neglected to include. Elmer J. Fudd.
From what is known so far, Adam Lanza had access to the guns he used in slaughtering a classroom full of children because his mother apparently thought the way that Wayne LaPierre wants everybody to think. The NRA’s position is “you can’t beat us, so join us,” and I resolutely, absolutely refuse to accept that.
I am no relation to Larry Pratt, who began and heads the dangerous extremist group that he calls the Gun Owners of America, but I am sickened and ashamed that he shares my family’s name. Irrational fanatics like Pratt have done everything they can to put guns in the hands of as many people as possible, and now they claim the solution to the carnage they helped cause is to have even more guns in circulation.
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Montgomery Burns explains the fiscal cliff to the common folk.
This came in the mourning mail from Stephen Colbert…
Dear Super Loved Ones,
I write this letter with a heavy heart and elevated cholesterol. Earlier today, our advisor and chief strategist, Ham Rove, passed away. Authorities believe he repeatedly tripped and fell onto a knife several dozen times. Later some dogs ate him. It was all quite tragic.
When it comes to describing how important Ham Rove was to Colbert Super PAC, I find myself at a loss for unsubpoenaed words. Ham Rove did everything for this organization, particularly any of the things that an angry donor or federal official might want answers to.
Due to Ham Rove’s timely passing, I am announcing that Colbert Super PAC is shutting down effective immediately. During this time of mourning, we ask that you respect our privacy, and more importantly, the privacy of our money. It wishes to stay out of the public eye, so please don’t go trying to find it. Rest assured, you won’t. We have a really good lawyer.
I am a man of faith. I believe that Ham Rove is in a better place now… and so is the money. I hope you have faith as well, because that’s all you’re ever going to know for sure.
Don’t stop bereaving,
Stephen Colbert
Former President
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow (defunct)
General David Petraeus had an affair with a younger woman? I’m shocked! He’s a disgrace to the memory of America’s great military leaders of the past. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, for example. Here’s Ike after signing Germany’s declaration of surrender.
Hey, who’s that younger woman in the background? Why, it’s Kay Summersby, Eisenhower’s personal driver and assistant, with an emphasis on the “personal.”
