{"id":383,"date":"2013-11-19T10:53:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T18:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/?p=383"},"modified":"2013-11-19T10:53:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T18:53:06","slug":"old-cartoon-message-still-current","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"Old Cartoon, Message Still Current"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like old Tom Lehrer songs, this cartoon, despite the replacement of Mr. Bush, remains pretty much on point. I wanted to share it in light of Laila Yuile&#8217;s engagement of a cartoonist to bring a bit of visual satire to her site. Humour is a great way to highlight the ills that plague us, and allow a chuckle as we contemplate all the nastiness and, hopefully, engage in remediation and restructuring. I&#8217;m also put in mind of a kind of column that I almost never see any longer, thinking of Art Hoppe&#8217;s series in the San Francisco Chronicle of the mid-\/late-Sixties about the eighteenth year of our lightning campaign to wipe out the dreaded Viet Narian guerrillas. Who knows, they may be out there but I don&#8217;t want to bother looking right now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yrbv40ENU_o?rel=0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s a cute one from Mr. Fish:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_384\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KickAssFuture_504x507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-384\" class=\"size-full wp-image-384\" alt=\"Mr. Fish Takes The Electorate To Task\" src=\"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KickAssFuture_504x507.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KickAssFuture_504x507.jpg 504w, http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KickAssFuture_504x507-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KickAssFuture_504x507-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Fish Takes The Electorate To Task<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just substitute &#8220;Premier&#8221;, or &#8220;Prime Minister&#8221;, if you prefer, for &#8220;President&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And perhaps have a listen to Chris Hedges as he speaks to a group of students:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hNT3_qugjZU?rel=0\" height=\"360\" width=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gee whillikers, all that just to welcome a new cartoonist to Laila&#8217;s site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like old Tom Lehrer songs, this cartoon, despite the replacement of Mr. Bush, remains pretty much on point. 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