Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for September 27, 2008
September 20, 2008
October 04, 2008
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Today's USA is the USSR of the 1980s State Ownership of Industry Boss: Central planning has issued new directive: tomorrow, we make shoes. Secret Police Spying on Citizens Woman: So I said to Ann, "If you wear that, you'll be more unpopular than George Bush." Man: It's not wise to ridicule members of ruling party. Loyalty Tests and Enforced Patriotism Department of Justice Man: Why is your picture of our glorious leader crooked? AND WHERE IS YOUR FLAG LAPEL PIN?! Military Quagmire In Afghanistan General: The Afghans have had virtually non-stop wars for a thousand years. Surely ours will end soon. THROUGH WAR PEACE Debilitating Financial Crises Man: Here are the U.S. mortgages. Did you bring...the Euro? Next: The Breakup of the Empire... New York Times Mass Secessions U.S.A. Whittled Down to Original 13 The New U.S.A. Anchorage Daily News ALASKA INDEPENDENT Pres. Todd Palin Secession
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ejcapulet about 16 years ago
Don’t they realize just how BORING it is to listen in on most phone calls?
xangatom about 16 years ago
It’s funny because it’s true!
Dejanirathompson about 16 years ago
CIS 120 -300 WOW! This is the state our world is in.
raywking about 16 years ago
Cheney is not amused….
tobybartels about 16 years ago
I see that Virginia has reabsorbed West Virginia, and New York is once again claiming Vermont. However, Massachusetts has apparently decided to let Maine remain independent. Interesting!
Steve Bartholomew about 16 years ago
Now we can at last achieve the dream of an independent nation stretching from San Francisco north to the Canadian border, with maybe parts of Nevanda thrown in, the parts that aren’t radioactive.
snapper1 about 16 years ago
Maybe someone can tell me where Nevanda is?? Never heard of it before.:)
dukster45 about 16 years ago
to compare the u.s.s.r. to the united states is without a doubt the dumbest,innacurate,and most desperate comparason I,v ever seen in my life
runar about 16 years ago
That first panel is all wrong. In the US, industry owns the state. Either way, the people get screwed.