"SOTU or STFU?" | the week in TOONs

[nostamj]

bush and SS are post- SOTU faves today. lots of Iraq post-election too. and a double-dose of England's Steve Bell too.

all worthy of copius kicking.....

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[Bozita]

1. very powerful collection

Thanks for all the work.

[nostamj]

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[MostlyLurks]

2. Kick

Is Bush actually screwing the earth in the first one?

[nostamj]

6. yup!

subtlety is not Bell's strength.... ;-)

[mantis49]

36. OMG, I didn't catch that!

Awesome!

Kick

[me b zola]

80. I didn't get that either.

I thought it was a take-off of Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" where he spins & plays with the earth. Maybe a combination of both?

Either way, for those who haven't seen it, I highly recommend the movie. I'm not sure if it was his first 'talkie', but it was one of his first.

[plasticwidow]

30. A chimp??? Screwing????

My goodness, your right!!! Its a d@##$ chimp screwing our world!!! Who would've thought? And look, everyone's watching!!! Actually, that was a really good satire. I love these things when they come out.

:P

[uppityperson]

77. Thanks, I couldn't figure that out.

I like Steve Bell.

[Blue_Tires]

3. ttt

[Blue_Tires]

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[babylonsister]

4. Great! Many thanks! n/t

[Rapcw]

5. Thanks for compiling this! n/t

[GliderGuider]

7. Kick

[Toucano]

8. Toons! The staff of life! n/t

[Worst Username Ever]

9. kick

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[GoSolar]

10. Kick!

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[Misunderestimator]

11. "My fellow Heteros" LOL

[Jacobin]

12. Kick for 'toons

[alphafemale]

13. Very powerful group. I needed the "Sponge Boob" levity. kick

[meow2u3]

14. Kick city

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[SheepyMcSheepster]

15. thanks! kick!

[underpants]

16. Kick

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[Walt Starr]

17. Kick

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[Maclilly]

18. I love your toons

Keep up the great work

[yowzayowzayowza]

19. Thx fer the toonz...

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[imax2268]

20. good ones...

thanks nostamj

[flygal]

21. Great! I knew there were toons here somewhere - thanks for kickin'

[nostamj]

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[MsAnthropy]

23. A true public service. Thanks!

[smedwed]

24.

 

[meganmonkey]

25. Love the ships passing in the night one...

kick!

[donsu]

26. kick

nt

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

27. Once again

a fine job! :)

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. Is Libertame over the counter or prescription only?

by the way, GREAT collection, but that one tells all

[Synnical]

29. Good Stuff

Thanks.

[Lisa]

31. keep calling him on those brainwashing backdrops!

And I thought the Libertame ad was a stroke of genius -- "It's like freedom in a nice, safe box".

[mrbassman03]

32. kcik... kikc... kick! there we go...

knew I could get it... And send this to the top!

[rbnyc]

33. kick

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[billyskank]

34. Bump

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[realFedUp]

35. "Ok, smile"

and I always love Ann Telnaes....

Danziger was really good and
State of the Union(between a man and a woman) was clever.

[BurtWorm]

37. Just a slight error in Steve Bell's Creation cartoon (Second in series)

The hooded "Adam" is presumably a Muslim (i.e., circumcised).

[Karenina]

38. Kick!

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[kiwi]

39. Kick!

Kiwi

[OxQQme]

42. Kick

Wondering if the Libertame is imported
lol
Wonderful compilation


Now,Smile :o)

[Blecht]

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[Blecht]

41. kickin' the snot outta this

[sundancekid]

43. and another KICK

[illini]

44. I love the creating jobs in the infantry one.

nt

[Cha]

45. Where's Al Gore and his Lockbox when

you need him? :-(

[TaleWgnDg]

46. nostamj, wha? No "Postcards from Buster" . . .

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nostamj, wha? No "Postcards from Buster?" No political cartoon about Buster's visit to Vermont filming maple sugaring with Vermont kids from two lesbians families who are "civil unioned" u/ Vermont law? No bashing U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' second day on the job when she acted to censor Buster? Wha?

Oh, geez.

Hey, Buster demands equal time!

http://www.newyorkblade.com/2005/2-4/news/national/recruiting.cfm

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[nostamj]

49. IF i had seen ONE....

it would have been with the Spongebob TOONs. maybe the TOONGODS will do something next week...

[TaleWgnDg]

52. Yeah. I did a google. Zip, nada, zero. Oh, well.

Yup, I agree -- keep an eye on it for next week. And, thanks.

[Matt Jordan]

64. I think SpongeBob is a bigger "celebrity"...

...so he's easier to use in toons. I've never seen either SpongeBob or Buster on TV (mostly because I don't have a TV), but I knew about SpongeBob because of advertising. In my case (as an amateur editorial cartoonist), I felt I could do a SpongeBob cartoon and people would get the reference, whereas with Buster I'd have to work within the cartoon to explain the reference. I tried doing an explain-the-reference cartoon once and I'm not sure it worked, but then I am just an amateur. Maybe one of the pros will tackle it in the days to come, though.

And I have to say: it was really cool to be drinking my Saturday morning coffee and see that one of my beginner efforts was included in a DU cartoon round-up. It makes me want to work even harder at this stuff.

[RushIsRot]

47. Kick-erooni

Thanks!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

48. Siers kick

with a Conrad back

sp

[mdmc]

50. a pre read kick

[mdmc]

51. good toons!

thanks for the thread...

[mdmc]

79. vvb

Genesis 1:26-30).

[lavendermist]

53. Kick...

Great 'toons as usual.
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[alittlelark]

54. kickin' for another great round of toons

[Karenina]

106. Kick!

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[MarianJack]

55. KICK!

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Powerful Stuff!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

56. How great these are!

Every week, you post these incredible cartoons. They seem almost more real than the stories they represent. Some are so heartbreaking, and others make me LOL. Thank you for making such a superb selection. Thank you, Nostaj.

[nostamj]

60. welcome to DU

how kind to make your first post on a TOON thread!

[Blecht]

57. I love it - TWO toon posts on p.1

[wabeewoman]

58. I laugh

I cry...

[Change has come]

59. My fellow Heteros

THAT is exactly how it feels....

[NC_Nurse]

61. Nice!

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[RetroLounge]

62. Kick

Great collection as usual!

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RL

[Straight Shooter]

63. Not-so-subliminal mixed messages

I absolutely loathe those background misleaders bush uses. Looks like I'm not the only one ...

Thanks nostamj, another great roundup.

[mike_c]

65. kick-- thanks for the toons!

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[loudestchick]

66. thanks!

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[ashmanonar]

67. kick!

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

68. Here's another funny pic

It's from the Daily Dirt which has excellent funny political commentary but unfortunately its trapped in what is essentially a porn site. For those who can ignore the x-rated trappings, its a great site you should check out http://www.dailydirt.com/

On edit, I thought the text written along with the pic should be included!

Thank you Mister Speaker, woofers, tweeters, freedomites, libertines, Lucifer, Beelzebub, and anyone who isn't watching American Idol right now. It's a pleasure to be here tonight, delivering the fifth of what I hope will be my eight State of the Union addresses. We're almost halfway there! Ouillah!

(applause)

A lot's happened since the last one, and I'm pleased to report that I have been able to keep all the promises I made in 2004. I put an end to Third World sex tours. I cut steroid abuse in half. And, for the first time in nearly a hundred years, NASA has landed a man on Mars. I'm sure you'll agree, there's a lot for me to be proud of.

(applause)

To those of you who chose to dip your fingers in purple ink before coming here tonight, I have a message: Don't try to shake my hand after I'm done up here. Just smile and wave. And to the new, democratically elected leaders of Afghanistan, Palestine, Ukrainia, and Iraq, I have another message: You owe us, big-time!

(woot-woot-woots)

Ladies and menfolk, with our 'conomy doing so awesome, more jobs going back to work, and a whole new batch of Liberation Wars ready to roll, I am pleased to report that the state of our union is healthy, wealthy and strong!

("Praise Jesus!" "Amen!")

As I said, the 'conomy is in the best shape it's ever been. Things are so good, even black folks are buying houses. But just like the mighty shark, if the 'conomy stops moving, it drowns. That's why I'm gonna gut all non-essential programs -- such as education and healthcare -- while making my tax cuts permanent, under penalty of death. The principle here is clear: Taxpayer dollars must be funneled into my contributors' Swiss bank accounts, or nowhere at all.

(applause)

We must prepare future generations for the jobs of the 21st century. By applying free market logic to our public schools, the No Child Left Behind Act guarantees that every high school diploma is a ticket to success. And to all the mediocre students out there, who are forced to drop out so their bad grades don't threaten their school's funding, I would like to remind you that there are some great opportunities for redemption to be had in the United States military.

(cheers, applause)

By now, it's an accepted fact that manufacturing, software development and customer service have joined crop-work and nannying as employment beneath the dignity of the American worker. That's why small businesses and e-Bay are so important to the future prosperity of America's non-investing classes. And this is why we must abolish junk lawsuits by revoking frivolous regulations, because you can't be sued for breaking rules that don't exist… especially rules about asbestos.

(applause, cheers)

Another thing we need to do is produce more energy here at home. It's time Congress passed my Clear Skies legislation, which will reduce pollution, cure cancer and stamp out clinical depression, so help me God. Then and only then can we afford to start thinking about ethanol, corn-o-hol, motors that run on rainbows and all that other hippy bullshit.

(applause)

This year, I will fix our immigration system. We should not have to worry about foreign guest workers overstaying their welcome. They should submit to a rigorous screening process on arrival, and go back home just as soon as they're done working. America's precious minimum wage jobs must be preserved for Americans!

(applause)

Two great challenges face us today. The first is fixing Social Security. This extravagant, liberal entitlement program is in deep crisis. The only way the government will be able to keep its word in the future is if we break some promises, today. FDR would have wanted it that way. And even though I really don't understand the math, I'm just the man to do the job.

(applause)

But I have a message for every American who is 55 or older: don't let the liberals trick you. For you, the Social Security system will not change. As for everybody under 55… God bless America!

(wild cheers, applause)

Our second challenge is making sure liberal bias activist agenda judges don't turn our children into atheistic, homosexual pagans. The best way to do that is by stacking the judiciary with the kind of patriotic conservative activist judges who appointed me Preznit in the first place, thereby putting God back in the White House for the first time in nearly twenty years.

(shrieks of horrible ecstasy, babbling in tongues)

For the good of families, children, domesticated animals and freedom itself, we must enshrine our collective, righteous homophobia in our sacred Constitution. If queers wanna get hitched, let'em find a nice girl to do it with, like the rest of us. You can't get more equal than that!

(cheers, applause)

We should all be able to agree on some ethical standards. We must protect the embryo, in both womb and test tube, so that it's never grown for science experiments, or aborted for entertainment or sexual gratification.

(applause)

One way to increase public support for the values we hold dear is to continue to fund faith-based community groups that bring hope to harsh places. That way, those people thrust into poverty by my domestic policies will get the chance to enter into a relationship with their potential Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. Either that, or they can starve. They get to choose. And that's freedom.

(applause)

At home and abroad, the enemies of freedom are on the run. Working with our few remaining allies, we have thinned the ranks of al Qaeda and rid the world of the Taliban. But make no mistake; we are still in grave danger. To paraphrase FDR, the only thing we need to fear is the next New Pearl Harbor.

(ominous mutterings)

As I gaze out upon the world tonight, one thing is clear to me. Freedom is on the march. And that's important, because freedom is the only path to liberty. And the only way to bring the Almighty's gift of liberty to those parts of the world where freedom does not reign is by liberating them with a good-size dose of freedom. And that's what we aim to do, from Morocco to Jordan to Bahrain… and most especially Syria and Iran. To all our dusky friends, hunkering down with your camels in your modest desert huts, I have a message: Soon, you too will be able to choose between voting in dangerous, sham elections, or having your food credits revoked. Hallelujah! Let freedom reign!

(thunderous ovations)

Many brave American soldiers have sacrificed their lives, limbs, internal organs, senses and sanity in the War on Terror. I figure the least I can do is to take a moment now and pretend like I give a shit. Uncle Dick didn't like my idea of digging up a freshly killed soldier and thanking him in person, so instead, we invited his parents. They assure me that it was their son's great ambition to die in a poorly-planned war of imperial conquest that is doomed to failure. Stand up and let the people at home get a good look at you, folks!

(the sound of angels weeping)

I thank you, I thank your dead son, I thank the American people, and I thank Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who once reminded Americans: "Each age is a dream that is dying, or one that is coming to birth." I don't know what that means, exactly, but it's the thought that counts.

God bless you all! Novo Ordo, uber alles! Don't forget to tip your waiter!

Preznit Dubya
CEO United States of American Christendom

All the best,
{B^)
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[Change has come]

69. Kick

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[politicaholic]

70. kick, thanks again

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[Blecht]

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[oasis]

74. kick

[nostamj]

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[cynthia]

76. Libertame

We all need some of that Libertame!!
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[Blecht]

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[JohnnyRingo]

81. And the state of the union is......

....screwed.

Priceless

[Change has come]

82. Kick

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[Hatalles]

83. My pick: Ships Passing in the Night

[SalmonChantedEvening]

84. David Akers Style Kick!

[nostamj]

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[amb123]

86. Eagle-Droppings

About the cartoon that has the eagle GWB dropping the two bombs. Right between the bombs there should be a big bird dropping labeled "Gay Marriage".

[Chelsea Patriot]

87. A Joey Heatherton High Kick for 'Toons !!!

[giant_robot]

88. Kick

[Blecht]

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[catchnrelease]

90. Kick

[nostamj]

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[nostamj]

92. c'mon.... there must be a kick out there somewhere....

[NV Whino]

93. Kick

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[atommom]

94. Thanks for the comics! Great collection, as always.

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[Blecht]

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[Rob H.]

98. "POLYMORONIC PSEUDO-SECURITOL" lol

The "Libertame® Freedom Substitute" 'toon cracked me up. :D

kicking...

[Blecht]

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[Brooklyn Michael]

100. kickalicious

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