Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 12, 2015
Transcript:
Caption: The great 1% debate continues. Flo: If elected, what will you do... Voices from out of frame: I'M GONNA MAKE... Flo: Wait, I'm not finished. ...Keepin' in mind yaw'r runnin' fah president, not emperor. Voices from out of frame: Whoa, look at the time...Gotta go! Flo: My work is done here.
Argythree about 9 years ago
At least this lot seems to realize there’s a difference between “President” and “Emperor”. I’m not sure that the same is true of the gaggle of talkers running for President in the Real World…
Dtroutma about 9 years ago
Hmmmmmm, sorry but, Donald Caligula?
Varnes about 9 years ago
Back in the clown car, guys……Should have known they’d get some Flo back…..
ChukLitl Premium Member about 9 years ago
I may be slow catching the joke, or the names could just be coincidence, but Flo & Eddie? Is Wiley a fan of the Turtles &/or Mothers of Invention?
Gerald Henley about 9 years ago
@dtroutma
Tell that to Obama, his phone and his pen. He is supposed to enforce all laws not just those he agrees with and he cannot change laws unilaterally. Obama is the clown who thinks he is emporor.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 9 years ago
Can they still have the Greek Columns and the reverb when they give electioneering speeches?
jarvisloop about 9 years ago
Hillary Napoleon for President and Jail.
jarvisloop about 9 years ago
ghenley:
No, I don’t think that President Pajama thinks he is Emperor.
I think he sees himself as Lincoln, when he functioned as the Tyrant.
Hardthought about 9 years ago
Somebody should have told Barack that. Then he might not have (I emphasize “might”) seen fit to alter or negate laws without Congressional action.
Nah, he would still have done it.
puddleglum1066 about 9 years ago
And… as of 6:32am CDT, the number of commenters who don’t understand the Constitutional definition of presidential power (he’s not a king, but he also doesn’t need congress’s permission to use the bathroom) stands at three. Check in throughout the day to see how it rises!
paul GROSS Premium Member about 9 years ago
Exactly, you will not be able to get with all the things Obama has
dabugger about 9 years ago
Flo does a good job of confronting the ‘gimme crowd’, but too bad that guy was interrupted. ’I’m gonna make. . ." It would have been interesting what he was saying; or rather demanding.
Duncan Idaho about 9 years ago
I do believe I’m done with Non Sequitur until after the election. See you all again in December 2016. You’ll still probably be arguing the same idiotic points.
Vonne Anton about 9 years ago
What? Wait… the president isn’t an emperor??? Well, then, might as well suspend my campaign.
matzam Premium Member about 9 years ago
the presidency is really more of a figurehead these days than any real power. dose’nt matter which one is in office,
Ermine Notyours about 9 years ago
The one thing presidential candidates have in common with emperors is that they are frequently revealed to have no clothes.
duanemorgan2013 about 9 years ago
you’ve got the wrong party
strictures about 9 years ago
Obviously you don’t live in Illinois, where the new governor has accomplished absolutely nothing & is at war with the legislature.
jahoody about 9 years ago
He thinks he IS one already……but where are his new clothes?!?!
Elisabunny about 9 years ago
They’re only following the example of the current president/emperor.
GiantShetlandPony about 9 years ago
Why is it the people that always fain objections so grievous that they will never return to a forum/thread, always return? Wouldn’t it be more truthful to say, “I don’t agree with this.” and leave it at that? Could make a drinking game of it. Drink a shot for every post made after the declaration a member makes about not returning until after the election or ever. However, it is likely the bottle will empty quickly, so please drink responsibly.
hippogriff about 9 years ago
KveldulfSimplistic, but a lot closer to reality than most of the posts from south of the line are.
JimT8 about 9 years ago
If you are referring to Walker, I am happy to see he is WAY down in the polls now.
GiantShetlandPony about 9 years ago
Not quite the same thing, aside from letters to a company will not likely change the product or the way the company does business, no more then ‘I won’t read your comic strip anymore’ posts will influence how Mr Wiley continues with his stories. In business it would not be a stretch to guess most letters like that get passed around, laughed at, and they laugh as they send you some coupons and if you are lucky, perhaps a freebie or two. With which you start buying products that you said you were never going to buy again.
As for me, the only thing I really notice from people that post I’m leaving, blah, blah, blah, is those are people that tend to not only have no problem lying, but don’t even recognize when they are lying.
kaffekup about 9 years ago
The president’s main power is appointing SC justices; that can have reverberations for decades.
Kaputnik about 9 years ago
I’m evidently quite a bit to the right of Wiley, politically, but the basic point here is something we can agree on. I’d love to hear a candidate, regardless of his “program” and basic political orientation, say “of course I understand the constitutional limits on the power of the executive branch, and will scrupulously respect those limits.” It wouldn’t hurt the legislative and judicial branches to take note either, particularly the latter.Of course, once a candidate knows what a large number of voters want to hear, he’ll say it. A candidate who said this and meant it would be really special.
sbwertz about 9 years ago
Let’s face it. Obama NEVER wanted to be president. He ALWAYS wanted to be Emperor!
Dtroutma about 9 years ago
Quiet Dragon: The interesting part of “signing statements” is that “W” was the first to use them constantly not to clarify the Exectutive review of the laws, but rather to nullify large sections, or the entirety of those laws’ intent and purpose. I’ve read said statements over the years, and the Cheney/Bush documents DO secure the intent of the “unitary Executive” with no intent to either implement or follow the laws passed by Congress.
Timothy Madigan Premium Member about 9 years ago
Well, if you get a rabble like Reid’s and Pelosi’s crowd behind you in office, you can act like an emperor for 4-8 years.
JP Steve Premium Member about 9 years ago
“Congress is where the laws go to live or die, pres. signs them into that law.”Interesting, so the president serves the same purpose as the Queen of England. Does he open shopping malls too?
Reppr Premium Member about 9 years ago
So that’s what Danae looks like all grown up.
spaced man spliff about 9 years ago
Rump is running for Emporer-I wish Adolf Schlump was running for his life.
38lowell about 9 years ago
AMEN!
pbarnrob about 9 years ago
Flo for National Debate Moderator!
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 9 years ago
This is how fusion seems to work. Each molecule has its own circle of sacred cows, and those interact and oppose the sacred cows of other molecules. Under great pressure, the actions of the sacred cows is converted to heat and radiated away. Once the pressure becomes undeniable, the sacred cows are lost, suppressed to silence by their obvious frivolity, and the core issues become a common issue. New sacred cows are corralled and a new equilibrium established, based on a heavier, (some say denser), molecular core with more sacred cows than either alone. The waste from the original two issues is wholly rejected and discarded as radiant energies, along with any responsibility that may attend it.What an elegant and robust system. It will continue on as long as their are little people to be crushed by the burden of the collective, and collectives to crush them.
Tarredandfeathered about 9 years ago
One of the things I find most interesting is that the only thing the “Conservatives” ever seem to want to “Conserve” is the Corporations’ ability to poison our Drinking Water, Pollute our Air, dump Toxic Waste in our backyards, steal our National Parks and sell us poisonous Food. .And, when anyone complains that this might be a bunch of Really Bad Ideas, they accuse that person of “Hating America & American Freedom”..When did wanting to Conserve the Good & Beautiful things in the world become BAD to “Conservatives”?.