Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 11, 1974
February 10, 1974
February 12, 1974
Transcript:
Secretary: Over?! The energy crisis is over?! Czar: Well, let's face it, scribe - one can't really call it a crisis anymore. I mean, everyone's used to it, right? It follows that the shortage has become part of the status quo - the way things normally are! Ergo, the crisis per se - to wit, the actual state of alarm is no longer operational! Secretary: Wow! Czar: We must tell the press at once. Secretary: Yessir. Announcement or leak?
The “new normal”, anyone?