Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 13, 2022

Moral: The sooner we all realize we’re in the same boat, the better off we’ll be.

ain’t two-party democracies just wonderful?

Bipartisan truth we can believe in.

The blue half realizes that no progress is being made. It’s because the red half is trying to stop any progress.

Twaddle, only one party chooses to worship an egomaniac rather than steer the ship of state.

This is a true representation of the political climate today!

Good morning Steph, Great lesson learned! Thank you

It would be nice if they could work together.

Mutually assured destruction. Then they’ll have to install a Red Phone….. or will it be a blue phone?

Someone pointed out that we’re not all in the same boat, we’re all in the same storm. Except some of us have yachts, some have rowboats and some are drowning.

Here’s an idea… we see how stuff works in other countries, and then if it goes wrong, we don’t do it. Or at least, try not to do it. Agreed?

Soon enough there will be a Green half

This certainly sums up today’s posters here.

Terrence and Philip sing another verse of “Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore”.

Why is America so darn divided?

Its too bad that blurry bit in the middle doesn’t have a voice.

FALSE EQUIVALENCY ALERT!!!!!

This cartoon should be put up for a Pulitzer Prize for best Editorial Cartoon.

And THIS is why America is up S#!T Creek.

the five W’s – Who, What, Where, Why, When

Let’s see… “My boat” and “My boat” ….. I wonder who is paddling our boat.

I think Pigs got it!

The miracle of collectivism.

And the guy in the red side of the boat says “Do EVERYTHING the way I WANT, or I’ll sink the boat!”

Funny cartoon, but nothing will EVER change. Just read the comments. Everyone thinks it is the OTHER party’s fault. There are NO mirrors in politics.

If, and that’s a big “IF”, today’s comments are a valid cross section of the country … and not just the politicians … then in the words of that great philosopher, “We have met the enemy; and he is us.”

Sad but true…Pig’s observation is prescient, but who (or who can) is going to put an end to the madness? (My apologies for the poor syntax of that sentence.)

And so it begins anew. Nothing learned…….

I found this strip disturbing. Pig seems to advocating violence, like the January 6th protest or another civil war.

The politicians don’t realize that some of us vote for the party out of power most of the time so they can’t do anything. The libertarian ideal rules!

@suv2000 isn’t “hitting the other guy with an oar” what the Jan. 6 seditionists did? Or, was it a fire extinguisher?

False equivalence.

Rat shows a flash of insight.

Pig should really cut down on coffee

… oar else!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZmZzGxGpSs

Not remotely accurate. The red guy should be over-weight, shirtless and be wearing a horned headdress! (The crazies ARE the republican party now. 130,000%)

I think we all can relate to this

OMG so… much… this. It’s not YOUR boat.. it’s OUR boat.

I don’t see it that way. It looks to me like both of them are steering the boat in the opposite direction from all the people who are drowning, with the red leading the charge and the blue one hurrying to keep pace.

We actually have only one oar. When it’s red’s turn he points us at the giant waterfall. When it’s blue’s turn he asks red not to point us at the giant waterfall while NOT paddling away from it.

Welcome to America.

Not a bad suggestion Pig!

Man, I knew I didn’t want to read the comment section on this one, and I was right.

There is no such thing as “common good.” It’s me, myself, and I.

Sums it up perfectly

Spot on analogy.

This is why we’re all marooned!

let’s just cut the damn boat in half already! each half sinks or swims on its own.

Yep. Violence is always the answer.

That’s what their doing now, Pig. Not working.

LOLOL

Here’s the “both sides are as bad” theme again. Except one side isn’t condoning a violent attempt at insurrection or trying to corrupt the vote for the next election.

Hit each other with an oar? I’d pay to watch that!

The government was intentionally designed this way. Otherwise the minority in any decision would have no rights, they’d just be rolled right over.

The more the US fights internally the less time it has messing up other countries. Well at least that is what we can hope for but then again if leaders have internal problems they tend to benefit from a war overseas. Hum, wonder if there is a historian out there that could see if these hypotheses holds any water?

Yeah, right, Pig. Always blame it on “the other guy”! That’s surely the way to make Progress (however you define “progress”)….

This may be hard to believe, but I believe the key event or decade starting the great divide in our country was about 100 years ago. It’s been obscured by the huge events since, the Depression, WWII, the Cold War — but do some research and I think you will see it, too. Look up and watch the movies Flame in the Wind, Sheffey, Time Changer, and Alleged.

Rams won

a pro is someone who is good enough to make a living at something, a con makes a living from fooling people or someone in jail … progress is moving forward …so what is congress???!!!

I call it an idiotic analogy

Pig’s suggestion isn’t that bad. It must be, since so many nations do it.

The Founders of the Constitution made it a hard and deliberate process to change it on purpose. It helps stymie mob rule as with the French revolution. It’s the kind of thing Obama, Hillary, and the Democrat-Socialist hate. They want to make the rules as they go, as long is benefits them entirely. Thank you Founders!

rat is right NGL

That’s a good analogy !!I’ve always said it’s like the hands of a clock are at 6 and we agree we need to change them to 12… but some will turn them clockwise and some will turn them counter-clockwise

Funny. An octopus has eight arms, each of which has its own brain, and they cooperate just fine.