Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 09, 2011
February 08, 2011
February 10, 2011
Transcript:
Duke: So who's still in play, son? Earl: Yemen, Ivory Coast, Tunisia - almost our entire client list. The phones have been lit up all week. Every despot on the planet is panicking! Duke: Really? Wonder why I haven't heard from President Bmzklfrpz yet... Voice: Mr. Duke! Berzerkistan's in flames! Earl: There you go. Duke: Put it up on Screen Three!
Boy, I thought Duke n Sons was a small Mom and Pop operation. I didn’t know they were bigger than Xe.
I guess when things aren’t going so swell it’s easier to take an ostrich view of the past, and hope it doesn’t bite you … but I noticed that some of the people who coned their way into Iraq were Contracons before they were Neocons, and I’m wondering if we don’t wise up soon what kind of con they’ll run next. If this happens many more times, people will start to think we’re a bunch of Okey Dokes. Did you hear what they’re saying about Egypt? They act like they have more cred than ElBaradai. Do you remember what the Neocons said when ElBaradai reported about Iraq: “I can’t find any WMDs anywhere, and I’ve looked everywhere”, and they have scorned him ever since. If they don’t want to learn from their past, how can they begin to understand what’s happening now?
I’m struggling to express what I really mean, maybe all I need is a little more rhythm and bass, and I apologized for the gruesome images … of Robert Novak.