But if there’s no chance to get ahead, as there had been in my parent’s generation, their grandchildren and great grandchildren will see themselves as exploited. As indeed there are.
If I curse another’s success, does that make me a failure? SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED should have listened to her mother when she said, “You could do better.”
America – where people vote to protect millionaires from higher taxes because they are totally winning the lottery next week. (Not to mention Fear, the October Surprise, a Ruthless Messenging Efficiency, and an almost Fanatical Devotion to Rush Limbaugh.)
The socio-political stance of “Barney and Clyde” has been pretty obvious from its earliest days. If you don’t like it and want to drop it, God speed you along your way.
But if you’re just now making that decision, you must be either (1) a newcomer, (2) really slow on the uptake, or (3) a glutton for punishment.
The Horatio Alger, spit-on-your-hands-and-pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps, rags-to-riches story happens just often enough for the entrenched powers to dangle examples to the poor and say “See? Anyone can get rich!” That may be true, but it’s NOT true that everyone can be rich, and we’re suckered into believing that our own failure to be millionaires is a failure to be good Americans, and our own damn fault.
Charles Brobst Premium Member almost 13 years ago
But if there’s no chance to get ahead, as there had been in my parent’s generation, their grandchildren and great grandchildren will see themselves as exploited. As indeed there are.
lewisbower almost 13 years ago
If I curse another’s success, does that make me a failure? SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED should have listened to her mother when she said, “You could do better.”
Plods with ...™ almost 13 years ago
’K time for this strip to go to the editorials and me to take it off my favorites
Dirty Dragon almost 13 years ago
America – where people vote to protect millionaires from higher taxes because they are totally winning the lottery next week. (Not to mention Fear, the October Surprise, a Ruthless Messenging Efficiency, and an almost Fanatical Devotion to Rush Limbaugh.)
fritzoid Premium Member almost 13 years ago
The socio-political stance of “Barney and Clyde” has been pretty obvious from its earliest days. If you don’t like it and want to drop it, God speed you along your way.
But if you’re just now making that decision, you must be either (1) a newcomer, (2) really slow on the uptake, or (3) a glutton for punishment.
The Horatio Alger, spit-on-your-hands-and-pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps, rags-to-riches story happens just often enough for the entrenched powers to dangle examples to the poor and say “See? Anyone can get rich!” That may be true, but it’s NOT true that everyone can be rich, and we’re suckered into believing that our own failure to be millionaires is a failure to be good Americans, and our own damn fault.