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   Dutchboy1 said, 10 months ago

   The old saying is true; It’s better to stay silent and have people think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

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   ejcapulet said, 10 months ago

   I sure appreciate ho Lucy just sort of lets Danae go ahead and shoot herself in the foot.

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   slug_queen said, 10 months ago

   Why not, Danae- Bush got away with the same tactic for eight years…

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   attyush said, 10 months ago

   Time for me to use the Dilbert vision generator for my meeting tomorrow.

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   unvrno said, 10 months ago

   sounds like an interview with Palin.

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   comic-reader said, 10 months ago

   I thought that isosceles triangle was one of the newly created States that obama referenced when he said that he was going to visit each and every one of the 56 States!!!

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   LeonardWatson said, 10 months ago

   Sounds just like Obama… Let’s see we need change, yeah that’s it change. I have no idea what needs to be changed but change is what we need. That’s ok, no one is really going to ask me what I want to change anyway so all I have to do is get the media to throw the word change around a lot and I’ll win for sure.

   Then reality hits, what has Obama changed so far? Let’s see inspite of what he said about having a diverse cabinet and a diverse set of advisors every appointment he has made is either a corrupt Chicago politician, Democrat party leader, or a leftover from the disastrous Clinton administration.

   Yeah, that’s change alright!

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   mivins said, 10 months ago

   Leonard, you must be part of the 22% that still supports Bush. I’m sorry this transition is so hard for you. Give the new guy a chance, and try some different news sources, please?

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   cleokaya said, 10 months ago

   LeonardWatson=Fox news 24/7.

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    Wiley said, 10 months ago

    Ok, come on… can we knock off the strident political posturing, please? If you want to get into political arguments, go to a political board. This is a cartoon board, so please keep the comments to the cartoon, which, today, has absolutely no political commentary of any sort. You guys are just too predictable in your daily rant and is very boring. If this is too much to ask of you, then please just stay away.

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    Char32 said, 10 months ago

    Wiley…good luck, one day Winnie the Pooh took a political Hit!!

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    plus4 said, 10 months ago

    << can we knock off the strident political posturing, please? If you want to get into political arguments, go to a political board. This is a cartoon board, so please keep the comments to the cartoon, which, today, has absolutely no political commentary of any sort. >>

    See? I told you guys the last couple days, but did you listen? Noooooooo!

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    h2oman said, 10 months ago

    I thought the isosceles triangle was how a kitchen was layed out according of the position of the sink stove and fridge. ???

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    Northwoodser said, 10 months ago

    Amen to Wiley Pro. I look forward to the blogs except when they’re used to spread hatred on either side of the fence.

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    LeonardWatson said, 10 months ago

    Ah yes, you liberals are all so predictable. You assume that just because I know that putting Obama in the White House is a disaster of epic proportions that this country may never recover from, that I must be a Bush fan and that I must get all my news from Fox (which is far less liberal than the other news stations but still a very long way from being conservative).

    Just to set all of you whiny liberals that bought Obamas lies hook, line, and sinker straight. I am not a Bush fan, never have been a Bush fan, not even from the begining. Bush was simply the least of the evils that we were presented with. I mean really, this country would not even exist anymore as a soverign nation if we had allowed Gore or Kerry into the White House.

    Secondly, I do not watch or read Fox news, never have. In fact, I get the majority of my news from MSNBC (one of the most liberal news organizations). The difference is that I do not allow the media to tell me what to think. I can do that on my own.

    I have given Obama a chance. I am from Illinois. Obama and the rest of the liberal political machine here in Illinois have nearly destroyed this State. You know the old saying a leopard cannot change his spots, well neither can a politician. Not even one with a messiah complex like Obama.

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    Jazzlily said, 10 months ago

    To Comic-Reader and LeonardWatson, I don’t mind your comments. I hear you and say Amen. But I guess some of the other comments are correct also: today’s strip isn’t truly political; mostly an observation of people in general.(I think.)Well, hang in there, We will overcome.

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    Margueritem said, 10 months ago

    Wiley, I’m afraid that it’s hopeless. Sigh…

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    Fenyugreek Tubbsbott... said, 10 months ago

    Isosceles, -Mrs. Tubbsbottl informs me- was an old Greek siding salesman back in the 1st. century B.C. Turns out he invented the triangle shape to help fit odd pieces of siding on some of the then newer Roman buildings.
    (What’s sauce for the goose is worth two in the bush!)

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    Char32 said, 10 months ago

    I think I Love You Fenyugreek, just don’t tell Mrs Tubbsbott III, I think she can whip me!!

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    prasrinivara said, 10 months ago

    h20man, the kitchen triangle that you describe is usually scalene (no sides matching) rather than isosceles (at least two sides must match).

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    danielsangeo said, 10 months ago

    Well, isn’t the the sum of the square root of any two sides of an isosceles triangle equal to the sqaure root of the remaining side?

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    Wiley said, 10 months ago

    Thank you, Leonard, but it really gets tiresome when political innuendo is read into virtually everything and taken as an opportunity to go off on an ideological rant. I’m just asking to keep the comments directed toward the actual cartoon of the day, cartooning in general, or, most importantly, about ME! Constant praise and worship of all things Wiley never gets old.

    I should also point out (this comes as an unofficial announcement) that Non Sequitur will be steering clear of politics for the foreseeable future and just get back to satirizing life. All the more reason to knock off the political commentary that no one is interested in here.

    My page, my rules.

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    LeonardWatson said, 10 months ago

    Wiley,
    The beauty of your strip, and a very few others, is that it speaks to many different people on many different levels. That is what makes your strip stand out from a lot of lesser quality strips. The fact that your comic strip can create as much debate on multiple levels as yours does on a regular basis should be taken as a compliment. It means you are reaching lots of people at lots of levels. That alone is quite an accomplishment.

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    Doctor Toon said, 10 months ago

    LeonardWatson - very nice statement, and it’s the only thing you’ve posted here that I agree with.
    The question is: will you respect Wiley’s wishes?
    Go to State of the Union if you want a political sounding board. You’ll love the crowd over there.

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    LeonardWatson said, 10 months ago

    Wiley,
    Right now politics is at the forefront of everything going on in this country, therefore it is only logical to assume that it will be read into everything. Besides I did not start the political chatter, I just finished it. In spite of what a lot of people think it is imperative that someone stand up for the truth. I guess that is my job.

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    Wildmustang1262 said, 10 months ago

    Define for isiceles triangle: having two equals sides
    (an __ triangle)

    Danae should talk about Bermuda Triangle.

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    Bender_Sastre said, 10 months ago

    The pythagorean theorum only works on right triagles–those with a 90 degree angle.

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    grazer said, 10 months ago

    I thought everybody knew a isosceles triangle is that little thing that goes “ding” when struck at the very end of the William Tell Overture.

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    ChadSexington said, 10 months ago

    Leonard….

    “Then reality hits, what has Obama changed so far?”

    cut the guy some slack eh? by the time you posted this he had been in office in less than 24 hours - and here is one very prominent thing - the announcement of the closing of Guantanamo Bay - pretty significant. What have you done in the last 24 hours?

    “Just to set all of you whiny liberals that bought Obamas lies hook, line, and sinker straight. I am not a Bush fan, never have been a Bush fan, not even from the begining. Bush was simply the least of the evils that we were presented with. I mean really, this country would not even exist anymore as a soverign nation if we had allowed Gore or Kerry into the White House.” - This doesnt even make sense…i suggest you try this - http://www.amazon.com/Improving-Sentence-Structure-Better-Writing/dp/1419641913

    “Secondly, I do not watch or read Fox news, never have. In fact, I get the majority of my news from MSNBC (one of the most liberal news organizations)” - I didnt know you could read Fox news…when did their paper come out? Also NBC…owned by GE…one of the largest weapon contracters to the DoD - yeah…they are real liberal

    “Not even one with a messiah complex like Obama.” - Yes some people hold Obama up to be a Messiah, but that doesnt necessarily means he views himself as such

    oh and while we are on the subject…Obama is not liberal - George Bush was liberal (him and his father), as was Reagan too.

    so there…chad out!

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    Kaero said, 10 months ago

    Thank you, Wiley. I’m all politicked-out myself and would gleefully flog the next person who attempts to engage me in a conversation about how wonderful/terrible the change in administrations is.

    Now, back to Danae…

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    danielsangeo said, 10 months ago

    “This doesnt even make sense…i suggest you try this”

    Actually, it does make sense. In this comment, Leonard was claiming that the President has the ability to singlehandedly destroy the United States. When Gore and Kerry ran, the legislative branch was majority Rpublican. Therefore, they had the ability to tie the President’s hands, but Leonard believes, according to this comment, that this ability doesn’t matter; that, somehow, the President can supersede that ability.

    Talk about a messiah complex… It’s comments such as those that would make Danae speechless.

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    Macushlalondra said, 10 months ago

    It’s pretty cool when the cartoonist himself is here on the board to see the comments. I just started reading this one about a week ago so I’m not familiar with it very well yet. But I think we should honour Wiley’s wishes. I agree with all you said about Obama LeonardWatson but maybe it would be better to leave the politics off this particular comic and take them to another board.

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    ChadSexington said, 10 months ago

    “This doesnt even make sense…i suggest you try this”

    Actually, it does make sense

    i was referring to the sentence structure…hence the link

    and yes, it is really cool that the artist posts too - its always an amazing experiance when you can discuss something with the creator - and yes we are putting too much politico-context into things

    so lets all just stop it - Left-wingers be content that Bush is gone and Right-wingers suck it up - the left put up with 8 years of Bush - least you can do is give Obama at least a week before you start criticizing everything about him

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    tobybartels said, 10 months ago

    Wiley wrote:

    “My page, my rules.”

    Does Gocomics give you the power to delete or edit comments?

35. 

    Wiley said, 10 months ago

    Yes.

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    Fenyugreek Tubbsbott... said, 10 months ago

    Char says:
    “I think I Love You Fenyugreek, just don’t tell Mrs Tubbsbott III, I think she can whip me!!”

    Dear Char, sadly Mrs. Tubbsbottl is unable to use the keyboard just now. I do turn on the computer for her, and it is her pleasure to read with me the comics.
    Your comment made her laugh.
    Her laughter is beautiful to me….
    I thank you for that gift!
    …

37. 

    teechcher said, 10 months ago

    Thank you WileyPRO for bringing much needed humor to teaching, is you dayjob a teacher? You certainly have some of my students pegged precisely.

38. 

    Joe Minotaur said, 10 months ago

    I get the feeling that the horse has more sense than she does.
    Keep fighting the good fight, Wiley. Political mud-slinging belongs on the campaign trail, not in a comic strip!

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    The Old Wolf said, 10 months ago

    @Wiley:

    Huzzah!

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    m_ortal said, 10 months ago

    To clear up two iffy statements…
    An Isosceles Triangle is a triangle with AT LEAST TWO congruent sides (Therefore equilateral triangles are also Isosceles)
    The Pythagorean theorem CAN work for any triangle. If a2 + b2 < c2, the triangle is obtuse. If a2 + b2 = c2, it’s a right triangle, and if a2 + b2 > c2, it’s acute.

    Last point I remember an old cartoon introducing the Isosceles Triangle - Mr. and Mrs. Isosceles and their maid, Grizelda.