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Feb 01 2011
The Week in Editorial Cartoons – Comedy Central Presents… Michele Bachmann
Crossposted at Daily Kos and Docudharma
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Jan 23 2011
“You Are the Un-Americans, and You Ought to be Ashamed of Yourselves”
Crossposted at Daily Kos and Docudharma
On January 23, 1976, one of the greatest Americans of the twentieth century died a nearly forgotten man in self-imposed seclusion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Over the last three decades or so, you rarely, if ever, hear his name mentioned in the popular media. Once every few years, you might hear someone on PBS or C-Span remember him fondly and explain as to why he was one of the more important figures of the past century. In many respects, he had as much moral authority as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks; he was as politically active as Dick Gregory, Harry Belafonte, John Lewis, and Randall Robinson; and, as befits many men and women motivated by moral considerations, he conducted himself with great dignity. For much of his life, not surprisingly and not unlike many of his worthy successors, he was marginalized and shunned by the political establishment of his time — until events validated their ‘radical’ beliefs and resurrected their reputations.
Throughout his life, few principled men of his caliber paid as high a price and for as long a period as he did for his political beliefs.
Jan 19 2011
The Week in Editorial Cartoons – Incendiary Political Rhetoric: Just Words?
Crossposted at Daily Kos and Docudharma
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Nov 24 2010
XXX Body Heat XXX – The TSA in Editorial Cartoons
Crossposted at Daily Kos and Docudharma
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Nov 16 2010
Hello Cruel World or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Blogs
Crossposted at Daily Kos and Docudharma
How exhausting is blogging? That’s the $64,000 question for some as following a discouraging election, they seek solace in drifting away or, even, posting a GBCW diary. As a follow-up to this wonderful series — Welcome New Users — by LaughingPlanet and smileycreek, I add my voice addressing not just newbies on this (and other) blogs but, also, a bunch of oldies.
JekyllnHyde’s Tip #1: 
and take a look at your computer keyboard first!
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Nov 14 2010
The Week in Editorial Cartoons – Misremembering George W. Bush
Crossposted at Daily Kos and Docudharma
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Nov 03 2010
Alfred Hitchcock Presents… The 2010 Elections in Editorial Cartoons w/Poll Closing Times
Crossposted at Daily Kos and Docudharma
Alfred Hitchcock Presents… The 2010 Elections
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Nov 01 2010
The Week in Editorial Cartoons – Republican Thuggery on Full Display, Part I
Crossposted at Daily Kos and Docudharma
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Oct 23 2010
TGIF – Which is Your Favorite War Movie?
Crossposted at Daily Kos
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Oct 17 2010
June Cleaver (Beaver’s Mom) Has Died – w/Fav TV Sitcom Poll
Crossposted at Daily Kos and Docudharma
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Barbara Billingsley, whose portrayal of June Cleaver on the sitcom “Leave It to Beaver” helped define the suburban TV mother of the 1950s and who lampooned her wholesome image in the movie “Airplane!” as a prim older lady who is fluent in “jive,” died Oct. 16 at her home in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 94. Mrs. Billingsley was a fashion model and supporting player on film and television before she won her best-known role, gowned in her signature skirts, high heels and pearls as the Cleaver family matriarch on “Leave It to Beaver.” June Cleaver was presented as the flawless housewife, lovingly going through the motions of running a home: stuffing celery with peanut butter, vacuuming in high heels, greeting her husband when he came home at night and tucking in her two adorable sons. |
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