Views of the World by Cartoon Movement-US for April 06, 2010
April 05, 2010
April 08, 2010
Transcript:
If we can avoid the expensive and seemingly endless trips to the emergency room We'd all be better off... Take this guy for example Middle East Peace Process
We’ll never get people to avoid the Emergency Room, because Dr’s don’t want to work nights and weekends. And guess what, they don’t get paid more for working odd hours.
^ I’m beginning to think that dove is a dodo. It couldn’t fly either.
Truth is, a peace dove has never flown.
I may not always agree with Kal’s views but I do this one. Lately his cartoons have been excellent. Just wish they’d leave Views of the world to someone else since he is actually American and has his own spot in the editorial line up.
@fennec - My previous insurer required that any visit to a hospital or specialist went through a referral from our PCP. One time my spouse got sick but it was a Saturday. We couldn’t visit the PCP because the office was closed. There wasn’t a “weekend staff” or anything, we had absolutely no access to the doctor. She was incredibly sick and we couldn’t “wait till Monday” for the office to be open again, so we went to the Emergency room.
That visit ended up costing quite a bit of money – to us, too. Insurance made us pick up a lot of that cost because we visited the hospital without a referral.
I never said doctors are goof-offs, however that there wasn’t some sort of staff available when we needed them meant what we’re trying to avoid: ‘visiting the emergency room.’
om,
I’ve always loved KAL’s work. This year is the first time I bought a calendar before they went on sale. He illustrated one for the Economist. You’re right about only needing him in one place. I often get him three times. Once in my Economist issue and twice here.
Forget the doctor for Middle East, get an exorcist!!!
I divide the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into three phases;
1948- Camp David agreement; Where israel was at war with states with armies that really had the power to exterminate it. There was really a hazard for the very existence of Israel.
Camp David agreement - Oslo agreements; There was possible cohabitation. No conventional army were against Israel, which was clearly there to stay. The Palestinians became the underdogs.
Oslo agreements - now; The assassination of Itzak Rabin and the massacre made by Baruch Goldstein showed that for some, peace is against their religion. It’s the same thing about the Hamas; they use suicide attacks to manipulate Israel into another war. They don’t want peace, they live better in war. In the last 15 years, religious extremism hd skyrocketed there.
With political programs, it’s easy to negotiate and live together but religion leaves no place to negotiation or compromise. As long as religion plays a part in that conflict, the only way to get peace is if one group exterminates the other.
If this goes on, I don’t know which group will massacre the other and I don’t know when, but one will be gone and the other will have “Butcher” written in bold on its forehead for centuries to come.
4uk4ata about 14 years ago
Hah! Good one. The poor guy might need quite a bit of care to make it, mind you.
ken591 about 14 years ago
We’ll never get people to avoid the Emergency Room, because Dr’s don’t want to work nights and weekends. And guess what, they don’t get paid more for working odd hours.
Gladius about 14 years ago
The Middle East peace process belongs in a Frankenstein type lab not an emergency room.
Jaedabee Premium Member about 14 years ago
Very true kensurg.
ChukLitl Premium Member about 14 years ago
They only way that dove survives is in the emergency room or intensive care. It can’t fly on its own.
OmqR-IV.0 about 14 years ago
^ I’m beginning to think that dove is a dodo. It couldn’t fly either. Truth is, a peace dove has never flown.
I may not always agree with Kal’s views but I do this one. Lately his cartoons have been excellent. Just wish they’d leave Views of the world to someone else since he is actually American and has his own spot in the editorial line up.
Jaedabee Premium Member about 14 years ago
@fennec - My previous insurer required that any visit to a hospital or specialist went through a referral from our PCP. One time my spouse got sick but it was a Saturday. We couldn’t visit the PCP because the office was closed. There wasn’t a “weekend staff” or anything, we had absolutely no access to the doctor. She was incredibly sick and we couldn’t “wait till Monday” for the office to be open again, so we went to the Emergency room.
That visit ended up costing quite a bit of money – to us, too. Insurance made us pick up a lot of that cost because we visited the hospital without a referral.
I never said doctors are goof-offs, however that there wasn’t some sort of staff available when we needed them meant what we’re trying to avoid: ‘visiting the emergency room.’
Gladius about 14 years ago
om, I’ve always loved KAL’s work. This year is the first time I bought a calendar before they went on sale. He illustrated one for the Economist. You’re right about only needing him in one place. I often get him three times. Once in my Economist issue and twice here.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member about 14 years ago
Forget the doctor for Middle East, get an exorcist!!!
I divide the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into three phases;
1948- Camp David agreement; Where israel was at war with states with armies that really had the power to exterminate it. There was really a hazard for the very existence of Israel.
Camp David agreement - Oslo agreements; There was possible cohabitation. No conventional army were against Israel, which was clearly there to stay. The Palestinians became the underdogs.
Oslo agreements - now; The assassination of Itzak Rabin and the massacre made by Baruch Goldstein showed that for some, peace is against their religion. It’s the same thing about the Hamas; they use suicide attacks to manipulate Israel into another war. They don’t want peace, they live better in war. In the last 15 years, religious extremism hd skyrocketed there.
With political programs, it’s easy to negotiate and live together but religion leaves no place to negotiation or compromise. As long as religion plays a part in that conflict, the only way to get peace is if one group exterminates the other.
If this goes on, I don’t know which group will massacre the other and I don’t know when, but one will be gone and the other will have “Butcher” written in bold on its forehead for centuries to come.
woodwork about 14 years ago
Consider this, that most wars in the 20/21st century have had major religious overtones…