Donna Barstow by Donna Barstow
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Donna Barstow is a cartoonist for Parade, The New Yorker, Barrons, Harvard Business Review, The LA Times, etc.
Her feature on restaurants, "Daily Special," runs in very important mainstream and alternative papers.
She edited and cartooned two books: "What Do Women Really Want? Chocolate!", and "Love Me or Go to Hell," and a calendar.
She has an orange canary, and collects priceless jewelry.
Visit Donna Barstow's Blog.
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Comments (35) Jump to Comments Form
dtroutma said, 4 months ago
Hopefully, disappear.
myhaircut
said,
4 months ago
You’d think a female artist would be able to wrap her head around drawing breasts.
cdward said, 4 months ago
I thought she just didn’t know how to make parentheses.
lalas said, 4 months ago
LOL! Nice one CD! I can’t believe anyone in their right mind thinks she’s qualified and/or a good choice. She’s just a self-centered ideologue.
senorbullwinkle
said,
4 months ago
LALAS, Donna or sarah ?
I Think Sa rash wants to be President of Alaska also too !
They say the baby takes after his mother.
parkersinthehouse said, 4 months ago
my and cd!!!
BWAAAHAAAHAHAHAaahahahahahaaaaa
excellent !! hahahahahaaaaaa
stebon said, 4 months ago
Alaska is in the black and has been since Ms Palin took over–also, her approval rating is over 80%.
Every state with a conservative administration is in the black; while liberal run states such as Ohio and Michigan, Massachussetts, and ol’ “IOU” Califronia are bankrupt (by the way, girly-man Arnold is by no means conservative and the legislature has been dominated by liberals for decades).
You can bash Ms Palin all you wish, but she was the only one of the 4 major candidates with ANY executive experience–have you seen the unemployment figures lately or the stimulus which isn’t doing anything but drive up interest rates, inflation and expand an already bloated federal gov’t.
Now that’s experience!
wbr said, 4 months ago
lalas said, about 3 hours ago
LOL! Nice one CD! I can’t believe anyone in their right mind thinks she’s qualified and/or a good choice. She’s just a self-centered ideologue.
but then again people elected some just as qualified as POTUS
NoFearPup
said,
4 months ago
“If you leave your country without competent leadership for four years, what will you do…? What will you do?
Common sense - do not go to the voting booth without it.”
lalas said, 4 months ago
WBR – he’s a freaking Constitutional scholar.
Gladius said, 4 months ago
Being a decent scholar doesn’t make or break you as an elected official. I’m still in wait and see mode on Obama. He hasn’t had a full year yet.
NoFearPup
said,
4 months ago
Gladius, is your name in reference to gaming or something else?
BTW, thank you, stebon - excellent post.
Gladius said, 4 months ago
Latin. No gaming reference. It’s sharp or dull depending on whether I’ve been using the whetstone lately.
dtroutma said, 4 months ago
Stebon- Alaska is “in the black” because they have 1. oil and 2. the highest federal subsidies of any state in the union. The state came in with completely different laws, and privileges from the fed, than any other state. If you want the REAL welfare state, Alaska is your baby!
believecommonsense
said,
4 months ago
dtrouma, funny how those durn pesky facts trip up those who spout the rhetoric of others without checking facts
NoFearPup
said,
4 months ago
We (the U.S.) have lots of resources the Libs won’t let us use…and accusing Alaska of being the only welfare state is incredibly myopic…squint harder dtrout…to see the truth.
believecommonsense
said,
4 months ago
pup, dtrouma didn’t say Alaska is the only welfare state, he said it has “the highest federal subsidies of any state in the union.” Perhaps you need new reading glasses.
lalas said, 4 months ago
BCS – Pup putting totally ridiculous words into dtr’s mouth helps to see him/her as ridiculous. It’s totally Psych 101.
dtroutma said, 4 months ago
The Murkowskis were ripping the treasury off for Alaska long before Palin, and we do NOT have sufficient resources to continue our profligate energy use domestically. A little study of land law, and study of federal subsidies to the states will substantiate what I’ve said. Alaska sucks a VERY big hole in the treasury.
NoFearPup
said,
4 months ago
I understand that Bcs, but I do not feel like writing a treatise right here defining “welfare” and “subsidy”, and which or all states have this, that, both, or more. My point is that Alaska’s federal subsidies doesn’t necessarily mean it should be ruled out as a model for other states. Since, I’m not getting the big bucks to know the difference, I hope you can forgive me for not being specific. All the Libs here have academic arguments which are largely untested in OUR real world, so why should I accept them without further analysis or discussion?
NoFearPup
said,
4 months ago
Barstow is beginning to be one of my favorites, though some of her themes go over my head (or bounce off). And i don’t think she is as conservative as some here think. Take, for instance, this ‘toon shows the fleeting pre-eminence of so-called political movements, rather than an implicit endorsement of Sarah Palin.
Savannahis4 said, 4 months ago
My daughter lives in Alaska and loves it. 5 kids and a grandchild at home{Hey sounds familar, must be the water or those really long winters}, gets a tidy check each year for living there so like most of the population works less than half of the year
lalas said, 4 months ago
And Savannah, you know that Alaska draws the most dollars from the federal pool right? So your lazy daughter is taking money from us so she doesn’t have to work.
Hmmmmm surprised none of the righties thought to gripe about that.
I bet she converts her food stamps into Cadillacs like Reagan said.
parkersinthehouse said, 4 months ago
you made a grave mistake lalas -
you can talk cheap about us
but you must never, NEVER EVER insult our children
please think rationally before you post!
senorbullwinkle
said,
4 months ago
PARKERINTHEHOUSE, I like you. But I think your wrong. One should NEVER put something IN the conversation, if you dont want IT talked about. You cant put IT in and then call IT safe. Not Fair. Let’s say “Billy the Kid” shouldn’t be talked about.” Well he’s over 18” you mite say. Well then a women with 5 kids and a grand child doesn’t sound to young. Every body is someones kid. Should LALAS have started his statement with ; “Someone” with 5 kids……
Fact is everyone who lives in Alaska gets a check from the Government, and probably does not buy a cadie, but a Cadillac snow machine, anyway, one should not talk about someones family unless there’s a point to be made, like she killed her parents, or something, or my daughter (age) has 5 kids just so she can soak the system.
AND IF not criticizing someones kid(s), how about praise ? And if that praise is not deserved, what then ?
One does not learn by praise alone, in the end its whether it’s deserved or not. Yes i have kids, gone now, but back then i told them which “KIDS” to stay away from.
Savannahis4 said, 4 months ago
Oh, she is my daughter and she is very lazy and she did get a check from the state of Alaska for almost $25,000 just for being a yearlong resident. Everone who resides there gets a yearly check, working or not. They call it oil revenues. The amount varies from year to year. Each dependent gets a check. I don’t know the exact amount for last year but was in excess of 4k per. She does spend every dime, however, this I’m sure of. Ialas, I’m not offended by your remark, that was my point. I’m recently retired and new on the computer but have been a troll for a short while and most of you seem to very bright.
senorbullwinkle
said,
4 months ago
A BIG P.S., Sarah Palin dragged her (family values) kids out on the stage, knowing her 17 year old daughter was an unwed mommy.
I grew up on the back end of , ; a girl had to leave town if she were pregnant. To parade your 17 year old baby mama daughter out on stage has never been done before, as far as I remember . (They would have least hidden the baby). In the old days, they would have been chased out of town, not run for office. Oh how things have changed.
So now baby mama is out on the road, telling other girls not to do what she has done.And what is that ? Not to marry the father (family values)? Or look, I did it , you can do it too. Even if your mamas the Governor. ( I dont know why you’re so wack over this mom, Sarah Palin’s daughter did it too !) So let us not say a discouraging word about the repair job shes doing for her mother, after all she’s somebody’s Kid. Like getting marriage advice from a bachelor.
parkersinthehouse said, 4 months ago
Thanks Savannah and Senor. Clear and solid explanations. I stand corrected and enlightened.
It’s the single-mom-bitch-wolf-protectionism in me I guess.
(I wish I could get that bleeep “enye” on my computer).
hey, all I said was “bleeep” why did they bleeep me?
NoFearPup
said,
4 months ago
Senor, why are you talking to your sock-Puppet?
senorbullwinkle
said,
4 months ago
^ PUPPY, I Haven’t got a clue to what you’re talking about. And why do you care ? What’s in it for you ? What’s-a-matter-U, am i ignoring you ?
.
PARKERINTHEHOUSE, SORRY, I shouldn’t have gone off on you. And on and on. Your right. Most of the time,one should not talk about someones else’s family. That’s a good rule,….but i wouldn’t put money on it. Thanks PITH.
The bleeeps, are a little crazy. You cant put a “U” in magna com louda or you’ll get bleeep but you can wright xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NoFearPup
said,
4 months ago
Two sock-puppets carrying on a conversation with their creator?
Gladius said, 4 months ago
Senor,
Your problem is that you seem to have this desire to make every debate here personal. There are a number of people here who are capable of similar views without adding your personal animosity. Fooling around with comments about someone’s screen name is elementary school level. Whatever the value of your views, your level of maturity needs work.
NoFearPup
said,
4 months ago
[I just did it again]
senorbullwinkle
said,
4 months ago
I’M SORRY, but i thought my comment was obvious and amusing. I thought it reminisce of john Belushi, maybe your not a fan
I remember puppy reeling me in with Changing his avatar and name in the middle of a conversation. And kick starting me with ” industrialized abortion clinics being built all over the country”, boy was I mad. and he went on for days.Pretty funny HUH ? Thing is, I still think he really believes that.
Anyway, the thing is, I felt you wanted some batting practice on me.Sorry if i didn’t think the issue was that important. Wall street journal, Wall street, The New yorker, and dozens of other publications, and people, that New York was void of any Conservatives, seemed ludicrous to me. And it wasn’t me doing the trolling. I was talking to you puppy.
So if you go out for batting practice you mite get hit with a ball once in a while.
So here’s my apology, Sorry I didn’t take you seriously, and sorry you did take me seriously. Friends ? Well maybe its to soon, anyway sometimes I’m a joker, sometimes I’m not. keep that in mind if you should ever read another post of mine, you should be able to tell the differents, hopefully.
senorbullwinkle
said,
4 months ago
YEA, you’re funny Pippy ! Thing is it makes everyone else mad. And you cant afford to lose any Friends.