Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 24, 2015
September 23, 2015
September 25, 2015
Transcript:
Ned: Ok...so when you say,"make America great again", that means you want to take us back to a time when America was greater than it is now, right? Voice out of frame: Right! Ned: Gotta admit, that sounds good. Voice from out of frame: I know, right?! Man: So...when exactly was Voice out of frame: Oh, that sounds like another "gotcha" question to me!! Ned: Nice try, Bob.
Reference my rant this morning in Calvin and Hobbes.I’m 76 years old and growing up in rural Arkansas and rural Texas, I had a lot of the good ol’ days. Hunger, poverty, starvation, little or no medical care, disease from lack of vaccination and sanitation, and no government involvement in the care and welfare of the destitute citizens.My brother, staunch Christain Republican (he makes Tea Partiers look like flaming commie liberals), is opposed to all forms of welfare. If someone in the supermarket line ahead of him uses food stamps, he throws his groceries to the floor and storms out. So yeah, if you edit out the bad parts of the "good ol’ days, they were wonderful.I will take NOW, thank you very much.Did anyone ever notice that only people who have good medical insurance are the ones who oppose medical insurance for others?