Why must you see everything as a “bash” or as a “racist” remark? The facts are very simple: defense business goes up or down in part based on which political party is in power. Many people would read exactly the same comments and see it as a compliment in that the current administration is saving money by cutting the defense budget and giving that money to…well…down a rathole?
Now THAT was a bash.
Today, defense spending is rather niggardly.
And that is NOT a racist remark.
Umm ! Poor Jay Maerder trying in difficult times to keep a comic strip ALIVE with realistic twists and turns that might attract readers (leave Slampyak out he just does the art).
Perhaps he’s succeeding. He may even find he’s got Annie up on the radar screen and he’s becoming a victim of a style of LEFT- BOOT MaCarthyism (?)
Odd, there is no mention of the Blue Circle group.
You gotta love Robin Williams……..Even if he’s nuts! Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan. What we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.
Robin Williams’ plan…(Hard to argue with this logic!)
‘I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace. So, here’s one plan.’
1) ‘The US / UK / AUSTRALIA will apologize to the world for our ‘interference’ in their affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those ‘good ‘ole’ boys’, we will never ‘interfere’ again.
2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany , South Korea , the Middle East , and the Philippines . They don’t want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.
3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave We’ll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are from. They’re illegal!!! France will welcome them..
4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don’t like it there, change it yourself and don’t hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don’t need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.
5) No foreign ‘students’ over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don’t attend classes, they get a ‘D’ and it’s back home baby.
6) The US /UK/ Australia will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while
7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don’t like it, we go someplace else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)
8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not ‘interfere.’ They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.
9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don’t need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us ‘Ugly Americans’ any longer. The Language we speak is ENGLISH..learn it…or LEAVE…Now, isn’t that a winner of a plan?
‘The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.’ She’s got a baseball bat and she’s yelling, ‘you want a piece of me?’ ’
I know a bash of the Obama administration when I see one. (I should know - I’ve blogged a few myself.) The most logical interpretation of this strip is that Short and Annie are differentiating between local law enforcement and federal policymakers.
AKHenderson and Margueritem:
You are expressing what I think is what the writer is getting at here. DoD procurements are very lengthy processes, tied up in rules for competitive bidding, senators and congressmen lobbying for their respective states, budget setting and a lot of other red tape. In my company’s business, it’s not uncommon to chase a contract for several years from concept to award, spending millions on our own R&D, and then if you win the losers may protest the award resulting in still more delays. Obama, Bush, Clinton…probably back to Truman, these rules have slowed things immensely. Poor Tom will just have to wait. And then when he gets the contract, the government will spend $1000 to be sure you’re not cheating it out of $10, and meanwhile you have to spend $100 to prove you’re not cheating.
At first when I saw the length of your post I groaned and wondered what it had to do with the Annie comic strip (?)
But it’s damed interesting. Too logical to be agreed on or implemented. Although I thought he would have included Canada with the group of three.
And he hasn’t addressed the impact on trade (?)
Does Robin Williams take time off from acting to do a blog ? I’m like Oliver Twist. Please Sir, i’d like some more !
They could transfer the UN Hearquarters to the Maldives Islands. I hear they’re sinking. Perhaps Al Gore’s Global Warming is really kicking in (?) Their Government is about to hold a Cabinet Meeting under water !
margueritem almost 15 years ago
The gummint’s a bit slow on the uptake…
jumbobrain almost 15 years ago
Um…isn’t the police department, like, part of the government?
Ray_C almost 15 years ago
Why must you see everything as a “bash” or as a “racist” remark? The facts are very simple: defense business goes up or down in part based on which political party is in power. Many people would read exactly the same comments and see it as a compliment in that the current administration is saving money by cutting the defense budget and giving that money to…well…down a rathole? Now THAT was a bash. Today, defense spending is rather niggardly. And that is NOT a racist remark.
Fred_Basset_fan almost 15 years ago
Defense spending is Offense spending. We’re not involved in wars but occupations.
sydney almost 15 years ago
Umm ! Poor Jay Maerder trying in difficult times to keep a comic strip ALIVE with realistic twists and turns that might attract readers (leave Slampyak out he just does the art).
Perhaps he’s succeeding. He may even find he’s got Annie up on the radar screen and he’s becoming a victim of a style of LEFT- BOOT MaCarthyism (?)
Odd, there is no mention of the Blue Circle group.
KenyarJad almost 15 years ago
Did you just say blue? OH N0Z! The poor boy is selling these wonderful inventions to Blue Circle organizations fronting as police outfits!
By the way, city police forces only answer to city budgeting, so it could happen.
massha almost 15 years ago
Oh puhleeeeeeze. Poor Tom Short couldn’t sell his bots to the government before the Obama administration also.
durtclaw almost 15 years ago
You gotta love Robin Williams……..Even if he’s nuts! Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan. What we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.
Robin Williams’ plan…(Hard to argue with this logic!)
‘I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace. So, here’s one plan.’
1) ‘The US / UK / AUSTRALIA will apologize to the world for our ‘interference’ in their affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those ‘good ‘ole’ boys’, we will never ‘interfere’ again.
2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany , South Korea , the Middle East , and the Philippines . They don’t want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.
3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave We’ll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are from. They’re illegal!!! France will welcome them..
4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don’t like it there, change it yourself and don’t hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don’t need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.
5) No foreign ‘students’ over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don’t attend classes, they get a ‘D’ and it’s back home baby.
6) The US /UK/ Australia will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while
7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don’t like it, we go someplace else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)
8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not ‘interfere.’ They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.
9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don’t need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us ‘Ugly Americans’ any longer. The Language we speak is ENGLISH..learn it…or LEAVE…Now, isn’t that a winner of a plan? ‘The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.’ She’s got a baseball bat and she’s yelling, ‘you want a piece of me?’ ’
jpozenel almost 15 years ago
The police like them because they make great mobile red light and speed cameras.
Durak Premium Member almost 15 years ago
I just wanted to drop in and say how much fun this comic is, thanks!
AKHenderson Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Devonshade,
I know a bash of the Obama administration when I see one. (I should know - I’ve blogged a few myself.) The most logical interpretation of this strip is that Short and Annie are differentiating between local law enforcement and federal policymakers.
Ray_C almost 15 years ago
AKHenderson and Margueritem: You are expressing what I think is what the writer is getting at here. DoD procurements are very lengthy processes, tied up in rules for competitive bidding, senators and congressmen lobbying for their respective states, budget setting and a lot of other red tape. In my company’s business, it’s not uncommon to chase a contract for several years from concept to award, spending millions on our own R&D, and then if you win the losers may protest the award resulting in still more delays. Obama, Bush, Clinton…probably back to Truman, these rules have slowed things immensely. Poor Tom will just have to wait. And then when he gets the contract, the government will spend $1000 to be sure you’re not cheating it out of $10, and meanwhile you have to spend $100 to prove you’re not cheating.
sydney almost 15 years ago
durtclaw,
Talk about PRAGMATISM !
At first when I saw the length of your post I groaned and wondered what it had to do with the Annie comic strip (?)
But it’s damed interesting. Too logical to be agreed on or implemented. Although I thought he would have included Canada with the group of three.
And he hasn’t addressed the impact on trade (?)
Does Robin Williams take time off from acting to do a blog ? I’m like Oliver Twist. Please Sir, i’d like some more !
They could transfer the UN Hearquarters to the Maldives Islands. I hear they’re sinking. Perhaps Al Gore’s Global Warming is really kicking in (?) Their Government is about to hold a Cabinet Meeting under water !
foamybastard almost 15 years ago
durtclaw,
You do have to love Robin Williams but not for that piece. Check snopes.com : http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/williams.asp
He, George Carlin, and Andy Rooney get credited for many things they never created.
TimCrow62 almost 15 years ago
Devonshade - No, that was not a racist comment by Ray C. Look up the word. Learn English.
davidf42 almost 6 years ago
Morning, Anniephans!
jless almost 6 years ago
It’s bittersweet to see the late sydney posts! I miss him.