Tom Toles by Tom Toles
- November 02, 2009
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With his singular style, Tom Toles tackles the complex issues of the day. This Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist skillfully targets political, economic and social concerns — in particular complicated environmental issues — with a clear-eyed precision that hits the mark every time.
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comYics
said,
26 days ago
Ahh, whats the number to the hospital please….
scottfreitas
said,
25 days ago
Stop calling it “health care reform.” That”s just false, deceitful, Orwellian Newspeak being parroted by the Demoncrats.
We’re talking about a government TAKEOVER of the entire health care industry. Because that is what it will be, if not at first, then later. The current bill(s) are designed solely to allow government (meaning the Demoncrats) to get its foot in the door. Once its passed, that’ll be the end of any pretense about “reform.” The federal government will simply behave as though it has been given total control over healthcare, and will defy the public to prove otherwise.
Anyone who can’t see this coming is either willfully ignorant or else hasn’t paid any attention to EVERY Federal “entitlement” program created since the 1930’s…
a.c.d said, 25 days ago
So, who cares if they take over the industry. I say good riddens, health insurance is a scam that provides nothing to the consumer other than worry and bills. Even the bible is against health insurance (as a form of ursery and gambling), I say, lets put this monster back in it cage and just have a single payer system. It is the easiest, least expensive and very popular with anyone who uses it.
Jim said, 25 days ago
Perhaps if the monitor showed a flatline and he said ” He’s stable ” .
billdog
said,
25 days ago
Hey Scott, you shouldn’t foam at the mouth like that when you’re online…your keyboard is a slobbery mess!
Just calm down, old timer, take your meds and turn Limbaugh up full blast. and get your Minimum Daily Requirement of lies. There, isn’t that just a whole bunch better?
eft said, 25 days ago
scott - you’re a hoot. Oh, sorry - “you” are a HOOT.
dtroutma said, 25 days ago
Hey! The patient is the stock market, watched closely by the “health care industry” and big pharma- who are more concerned about their stock values than the patients in their care.
eft- did you mean “coot”??
Michael Rupp said, 25 days ago
Wow, scottfreitas has issues. We should make a pool of how long before the next psychotic rebranding of an important issue by a public official. Another pool for how long it takes scottfreitas to parrot it on the Internet.
garyjbp said, 25 days ago
hey Michael Rupp, scottfreitass doesn’t necessarily have issues. He probably just has stock in big insurance and big pharma. and he also hasn’t noticed that the government pretty much insures about 50% of people already, like the Medicare recipients at the tea parties telling the government to keep its hands off their insurance.
It’s easy scott. Divest yourself from those stocks, invest in something worthwhile, like wind and solar power, and life will go on.
g joe-bob p
scottfreitas
said,
25 days ago
No, my issue is that I can do MATH.
Medicare is BROKE. Medicaid is BROKE. They continue to exist only because the Government printing presses are running full steam 24/7, printing counterfeit money backed up by nothing but hot air. There is no possible way to sustain the insane levels of growth in government taking place now, and within a few years at most the entire foundation is going to collapse out from under us.
Meanwhile, China continues building its military up at a record pace–a rate FAR surpassing ours in terms of GNP– and also China keeps buying up precious metals, sealing deals for more offshore oil drilling all around the world, growing its economy each year in double digits while ours continues to stagnate, building more and more high-tech factories and power plants and rail lines and you-name-it…
China, of course, does not have a debt. Its government runs a huge SURPLUS each year.
You little girls all living in your THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOD ETERNAL AND IMMORTAL state of brainwashing are pathetic. You’re going to get a hard, cold dose of reality handed to you during your lives, and when you predictably only break into tears and look for some woman to save you, you’ll discover those sorts of tactics only work in Hollyweird movies…
eft said, 25 days ago
scott - could you do that again? no, no, i know you were trying. i just think we need something, … ah, now, don’t take this wrong - but, a little more … over the top?
HabaneroBuck said, 25 days ago
Despite the objections, all scott said is that “reform” is the wrong nomenclature, and “takeover” is the more accurate term. Does anyone really have any objection to or contention with his point? I didn’t think so…the left always uses the term “reform” to express what they are doing, because it’s a voter-friendly term. Tax “reform” always amounts to something other than a decrease in government spending…and healthcare “reform” will amount to government enlargement, of a necessity. Not really debatable.
fennec said, 25 days ago
Has anyone noticed that the heart monitor is showing a NORMAL activity for a living heart?
dtroutma said, 25 days ago
China is spending 14% of what the U.S. does on “defense”. And yes, the EKG is pretty near normal. Too bad so many Americans have a flat line on EEG.
nerual53
said,
25 days ago
Scotty, Google your own name! Doesn’t even bring up a GED! Try to stick to the CARTOON!
HOWGOZIT said, 25 days ago
Can’t even provide enough swine flu vaccine and they are to run the whole healthcare system!
Of course GTMO detainees are getting top priority for the vaccine.
nerual53
said,
25 days ago
Hey HOWG, Dubya & Dick(head) made sure the inmates receive the most up-to date care. Just more of their unAMERICAN plans to bring down the Country. Check out the news report today on KBR! WTF! IMPEACH DICK&DUBYA! Of course, after the fact…we still have time!
fennec said, 25 days ago
Howie, you DO realize, don’t you, that vaccines are produced by private companies, not the government? All we in the government do is the basic research to show what is necessary. Then the private sector is supposed to take it from there. Free market and enterprise and all that.
d_legendary1 said, 25 days ago
@fennec its easier to blame the democratic government.
ahab
said,
25 days ago
Howie, Conservatives don’t want the vaccine, haven’t you heard? Geeze, make up you mind(one,lockstep mind).
NoFearPup
said,
24 days ago
I’m sick right now…Is it the Flu, swine Flu, a cold…If its swiney flu do I need the vaccine? Should I waste the time? As bad as this is , is worse coming? Oh, gee…what to do? I’ll think I’ll try to survive on my own…Got a problem with that?
Anthony 2816
said,
24 days ago
You’re sick? Is that why you’ve been in such a foul temper with me today? Or are you just trying to imitate the Scott&Striper brand of christianity?
Otherwise, good plan, Puppy. Save the vaccine for someone that would appreciate it.
Heard on the news today that the CDC isn’t finding any seasonal flu cases…if it’s the flu, it’s H1N1.
And if you already have been infected with H1N1, why get the vaccine? It would seem to me that you’ve already got plenty of antigen already.
comYics
said,
19 days ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMqYlnAiIUU&feature=player_embedded#