Sunday Comics: The Week In Review

The Big Fuçkin' Deal passed this week. If we all don't turn into independent contractors, (I guess we'll really get single payers that way) and if you can find a competent physician in a couple years - we'll be one big happy, broke, nation.
Then and now...

Meanwhile, at the Vatican...
And the story of the 200 deaf boys who were abused in Wisconsin is getting a lot of play... pun unintended.

Yeah, let's get started on that one again. Republicans got a lot of heat for it last time. Let's see how their counterparts fare.

And China and Google aren't playing nice. Neither is Israel and the U.S. They're still fighting over a new subdivision. And a the Korean war might start getting all hot again, assuming that the ship that sank didn't just accidentally hit a mine? Stay tuned.

"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!"

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden."

Sounds like Tea Party rhetoric? Nope, Barry Goldwater. Barry's fiery and committed rhetoric made him a hero to arch conservatives but cost them an election and perhaps contributed to the creation of Johnson's Great Society. Barry would be a huge hero today for Tea Party activists and their tag-along GOP followers. But his proclaimed ideals led to a landslide defeat... Just friendly advice. Best start coming up with alternatives and plans -- and perhaps background checks on the folks you're looking to lead your movement. Racists and violence only intimidate and undermine the movement... ask anyone, such as your critics and also Yasser Arafat, Benito Mussolini, Castro and Francisco Franco.