Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Ramirez combines an encyclopedic knowledge of the news with a captivating drawing style to create consistently outstanding editorial cartoons.
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Gore Bane said, 8 months ago
And we still have ships that go under the water. Can you talk down to us some more, please, Mr. Obama?
MortyForTyrant said, 8 months ago
What the QDR wants is not relevant. They are part of the DOD and therefor the MIC. You want to spend 99.9% of your taxes on the military and let children starve to death in the streets? Go right ahead, give the military all it asks for…
jack75287 said, 8 months ago
You know I love this one!
Dredpiraterobt$ said, 8 months ago
They’re called Jets!
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Because they have a Jet engine.
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Planes have propellers and a piston driven motor.
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Mr. Ramirez, when you’re going to teach a horse, first make sure that you are smarter than the horse!
Respectful Troll said, 8 months ago
SEE???? The seventh set of toons there!
I said it in at least two other places.
Bayonets in trained hands are very dangerous.
Pointy…
Sharp…
Oh, and while I know the military and Obama aren’t in total agreement on things, I think he does better than Romney might. Colin Powell seems to think so too.
C.
hanmari said, 8 months ago
We spend over one trillion dollars annually on welfare payments alone. The amount we spend overall on social gimmes dwarfs the amount we spend on military. Obama blames the military spending instead of the outrageous social spending. The social spending will grow exponentially as we all keep ending up in the poor house. Soon we won’t be able to afford any military at all, at which point we will lose any hope of maintaining our autonomy.
ReFlex-76
said, 8 months ago
Let’s see:
- No they’re not.
- It’s mostly to deal with Taiwan and Japan, not our concern (both have formidable militaries). Still nowhere near our power.
- Pathetic nuclear weapon (yes, singular), an ally, and no actual nuclear weapons. (HANDS OFF IRAN)
- Not as bad as you think, all can be taken care of by the locals with minimal outside assistance (see Libya 2011).
- No they don’t.
- Fewer horses, and I’d still rather have an Humvee.
- Fewer bayonets, and I’d still rather have an AR-15 (there’s a reason you rarely see them with bayonets fixed; hint: if you’re down to using your bayonet in modern war, you’re just short much screwed!).
- Ramirez got one right.
Also, I’m counting this as the fourth time he’s done this cut-and-paste job.
Otherwise, keep dreaming of horses and bayonets, but we ain’t in 1916 anymore.
MortyForTyrant said, 8 months ago
@Respectful Troll
Quite frankly I think that Powell is still pssscht as hell about the stuff they made him say in front of the U.N., you know, with the vial in his hand and the yellow cake from Nigeria and the mobile biological labs. He would endorse Alfred E. Neuman if he ran for President for the Dems, just out of spite and revenge for the biggest lie in human history and the fact that he had to spew it out, with a straight face…
dtroutma
said, 8 months ago
When I was taking bayonet training, the D.I. said “If the bayonet gets stuck, just pull the trigger and shoot the guy off your bayonet.” I responded, “IF I still have a bullet left, WHY should I let the guy get close enough to use the bayonet?”
Yes, a bayonet may still have a use, but with MRE’s, “Hellfire” missiles, where we used to use them to open C-rations, I can’t see much use for them today. Even in close situations like a “kill house”, a SigSauer makes more sense than a bayonet. We aren’t fighting trench warfare tactics any more.
Wraithkin said, 8 months ago
Trout, I know you weren’t in Marine Corps boot camp because you a) would never have responded to the drill instructors and b) would never have referred to yourself in the first person. Bayonet training was first phase of boot camp, when you would have been too afraid to say anything to the DI’s. I call BS.
As to the strawman that says “spend so much money on the military but let our children starve,” with a child obesity rate nearly 50%, I’m pretty certain that children are not starving in this country. When was the last time someone in a metropolitan area starved to death, much less a child?
DrCanuck said, 8 months ago
Why are Americans so unrealistic that they think they can have huge, massive military forces and don’t have to pay for them?
dtroutma
said, 8 months ago
Wraithkin, I was smart enough to know that joining the Marine Corps was the dumbest thing I could have done in 1966. The guys lining up who were drafted, and sent to the Marines in L.A., about “you know what” in their pants when a Marine D.I. stepped around the corner and informed them they were now drafted into the Marines!
In ’Nam, we several times had to bail out Marines who were in “deep trouble”. Their “predicament” more than proved I was better off being an Army crew chief.
A lot of my friends were Marines. I respect them. However, when I see: “officer” USMC ret, my experience doesn’t create any sense of respect for them. I just saw too many good men killed because of “poor judgement” on the part of Marine officers.
Uncle Joe said, 8 months ago
@HOWGOZIT
Bush and the GOP gave veterans a Big Bird when they got home from the Middle east, and I don’t mean the cute yellow bird.
Since you’re a conservative, let me be literal. By, “Big Bird”, I mean they got the middle finger.
Uncle Joe said, 8 months ago
@hanmari
Welfare spending was $496 billion this year. Defense was $965 billion this year. You must have had the same math teacher as Romney.
Uncle Joe said, 8 months ago
China and Russia combined, spend 1/5th of what we spend on military. Russia and the former USSR, have a long history of having a much smaller effective fighting force than they claim. Putin wants to re-establish Russia as a world power, but other than ICBMs, does not have the funds to do so. China is becoming a regional power, but they are years away from having an effective Navy. They have one aircraft carrier, and they don’t have aircraft or pilots capable of using it.
The Quadrennial Review calls for about 300 ships, and they don’t want more battleships or carriers. They want more small ships and more support ships. Even those vessels are extremely expensive, and I don’t think we should buy them just because some admirals think it would be nice to have more ships. Compared to all the other navies in the world combined, the U.S. has an overwhelming advantage. I doubt any other nation could field a bigger cavalry force wither.
You are a miserable hack, Ramirez.