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In reply to the discussion: Business is booming in Texas! [View all]Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)24. Good for the editorial page editor for answering Perry's poutrage.
He pointed out exactly what the cartoon was about. Deal with it Ricky.
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That's not a funny cartoon. Using tragic death for a "joke" is just plain mean.
Pterodactyl
Apr 2013
#1
No, not on the same level. Making jokes about dead first reponders is just plain offensive.
Pterodactyl
Apr 2013
#8
I don't know about that. Democrats such as Sen Durbin think something needs to be
neverforget
Apr 2013
#35
Neither is the reality, but that won't stop'm from laughing all the way to the bank...
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Apr 2013
#32
unless you are a kid in public school or a poor woman in need of health care
arely staircase
Apr 2013
#39
Medicaid exists here in Texas. In fact, it applies to assisted living facilities
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#61
Yes, your point is beside MY point. Your "poor women in SE Texas"? They're rich...
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#71
and rick perry is a sorry son of a bitch who couldn't care less who gets blown up
arely staircase
Apr 2013
#20
I wonder if the survivors and families left behind want, or care, about an apology from
jtuck004
Apr 2013
#43
Sometimes satire hits too close to home as when Swift suggested the English take up cannibalism.
gordianot
Apr 2013
#34
They are not saying the firefighters deserved to die but deserved to know what they were getting int
uppityperson
Apr 2013
#58
That's what happens when you have a lack of regulations to benefit the wealthy
Cali_Democrat
Apr 2013
#50