A self-described liberal, award-winning editorial cartoonist Chris Britt nevertheless delights in skewering deserving politicians of every persuasion. Britt's sardonic, biting cartoons are sometimes controversial, often outrageous and always thought-provoking.
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Chillbilly
said, 4 months ago
Hoodwinked by the gun industry. How much did YOU spend on your paranoia this year?
MortyForTyrant said, 4 months ago
I wonder… Did Mr. LaPierre fight in the U.S. military? How much of those people that wear the flag like jewelry actually did? How much of the gun nuts you hear and see about on TV? Hey, let’s make a new rule: you only get to vote or run for office if you served in the military or a civilian replacement (like firefighter, medic, etc.) for the same length of time, let’s say two years. THEN you call yourself a patriot, not before…
Gypsy8 said, 4 months ago
Gonna have to rethink this evolution thing.
apfelzra
said, 4 months ago
The Minutemen on the left represent the “well-regulated militia” described in the 2nd Amendment. The dingbat on the right (literally and politically) does not.
remrafdn said, 4 months ago
Scurrilous.
dtroutma
said, 4 months ago
Britt has it right.
Radish
said, 4 months ago
Three cheers for Britt.
Billy Sargent
said, 4 months ago
http://www.gocomics.com/michaelramirez/2013/01/17/
DrCanuck said, 4 months ago
What gets me is the attitude that the Constitution, written for a time and a culture 250 years ago, is carved in stone and cannot be changed under any circumstances for all eternity regardless of how societies and situations change.
This is really stupid. Even amendments can be amended. Re-write that sucker so it works.
Larry said, 4 months ago
@DrCanuck
Yesterday I got an on-line petition (I know, ha ha) to make a Constitutional Convention. They want to make laws regulating congress pensions and their insurance.
With all this other stuff going on?
But yes, amendments can be amended.
The Bear Arms issue will wind up in the Supreme Court, likely after new vacancies have been filled with new judges.
fritzoid
said, 4 months ago
@Larry
“Yesterday I got an on-line petition (I know, ha ha) to make a Constitutional Convention. They want to make laws regulating congress pensions and their insurance.
With all this other stuff going on?
But yes, amendments can be amended.”
My understanding is that Jefferson, at least, fully expected that the Constitution would be periodically rewritten top-to-bottom, not just through amendment. That’s why there’s provision for doing so. It’s a legal document, after all, not Holy Writ. If he were alive today, I suspect he’d be mighty surprised that we’re still operating on the 1791 version (although whether or not he’d be pleased is a separate question).
Still, can you imagine what what a Constitutional Convention would be like nowadays? It would take 30 years just to agree on a new Preamble, and even that would run to 100 pages.
Gresch said, 4 months ago
Guess what…. the revolution was fought by rebels… who won because they had arms…
Tue Elung-Jensen said, 4 months ago
@Gresch
No, they won because the French helped. Who also had arms – like anyone else unless they were cut off.
lookinside said, 4 months ago
@MortyForTyrant
Morty: You know that is precisely what Robert A. Heinlein suggested in his Sci-Fi classic, “Starship Troopers”.
lookinside said, 4 months ago
I doubt a new Constitutional Convention will ever be held. There are far too many axe grinders in positions of power. A Liberal SCOTUS might change that. Pray for a few conservative deaths in the SCOTUS before the 2014 elections, followed by a Liberal landslide. THEN a new Constitution could be written that might expand our Rights and Liberty. The GOP would enslave us all, at gunpoint.