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Loco80 said, 2 months ago

Related to this strip, I am confused to some extent, and want some intelligent feedback. (You guys know who you are.) Here in my hometown of Pittsburgh we have been frantically preparing for the G-20 summit next week. We will host the political and financial leaders of the 20 most powerful counties in the world. Everybody is excited about this. Great!
The amount of security and officers and guards being brought in is astounding because of fear of the “protesters.” We have released over 200 prisoners from our downtown prison to make room for “protesters.” These prisoners were not due for release, but we wanted the room. We have also made ready the federal penitentiary which has been closed for years to make room for 2000 more protesters to be housed after arrest.
My question - WHO are these protesters, and why are they to be feared. We have been fed stories of how they destroyed Seattle when the G-20 summit was held there. Our entire city will be closed for three days! Most people who can will work from home, the rest of us are assigned to “bunkers” in outlying areas to work. Now I understand that these “Protesters” are there to protest against the distribution of wealth among the population of the world, and that the majority of that wealth is controlled by the small minority of population. Now, excuse me if I am wrong on this, but isn’t this an issue of concern of the liberals? In fact, I think that this is the defining concept of the Communist Manifesto as Marks and Engels wrote it centuries ago. I am not even stating here that this is evil, the whole idea of “share the wealth” is appealing to an extent. What I am opposed to is that these protesters use such gang fear and certain levels of violence to bring the entire city to it’s knees, to close down all businesses, and leave their owners and employees to cringe in fear of the liberal masses in the streets.
I do not think ANY tea party yet has brought about this result. Mr Carlson, please do not respond, you are obviously NOT an intelligent man.
scottfreitas said, 2 months ago

Really getting tired of these truly racist cartoons designed to tar and feather only white males.

The fact the GOP is mostly white males has nothing to do with racism; it is first and foremost because the Demoncrat party is the party of radical feminism. The Demoncrats are more than anything else a woman’s party (more specifically, a selfish godless foolish unmarried shallow-thinking materialistic sexually immoral woman’s party); add on the Demoncrats’ animosity towards religious freedom (they scream SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE at every Christian officeholder who dares ever suggest doing anything the Bible states as being beneficial for humanity), their love and defense of homosexual behavior which makes every truly masculine man feel queasy and disgusted, and last but not quite least their “All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others” attitude, which attracts so-called “minority” voters who selfishly want to benefit from the exact same types of racist laws that whites once used against them, and THAT is why white males today make up the majority of the GOP.

Yet the Demoncrats and their Godless, hysterical followers always sneer, “The fact there’s so few women and minorities in the GOP proves it’s a RACIST party!” when in fact, as I just explained, the reason the GOP is mostly white males is because white males who aren’t feminized metrosexuals have nowhere else to go where either their manhood, their religious faith, or their libertarian beliefs are respected…
ahab said, 2 months ago

Scott, judge not…
ahab said, 2 months ago

Guess you miss the torture and incompetence of the last administration. Oh Godless one yourself.
believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

Loco, I think it is inaccurate to attempt to characterize protesters at World summits like this as partisanship as we know it by our internal politics in the U.S.

Protesters at summits like the G-20 are there to protest a wide variety of issues beyond economics. Global warming, the environment, animal rights, and more I’m sure.

Thus your comparison to the tea parties is also not fair. The G-20 draws people from countries around the world.
NoFearPup said, 2 months ago

Off limits, please. Obama is “special”.
Loco80 said, 2 months ago

BCS - So you are saying that the protesters are from world-wide origins? I really don’t know. I do know what panic is happening here, and that ALL of the issues you mention here are representative of the liberal concerns. Can you deny that, honestly? In comparison, I consider the tea parties to be just that, with liberty and doilies for all. Have any teaparties required jail acomodations for 2000+?
nz4m60 said, 2 months ago

Glenn McCoy does this heavy-handed stuff routinely, (although not this well, and to the point) and you republicans don’t seem too upset. As a white guy, I find the tea-baggers and the Fox News set as nothing but a bunch of tools of powerful interest getting other white people wound up in the cause of the factions that will do them the most real harm. Dupes, is the word that comes to mind. Beck and Rush each makes hundreds of million$ a year keeping the cracker’s shorts in a knot. You guys are too easy!
person918 said, 2 months ago

The original definition of “racist” was “classifying people according to race.” The negative connotations were added later. By that definition, everyone would be “racist” unless you wouldn’t mention the skin color of a person who mugged you when speaking to the police. Secondly, I do not believe the negative portrayal of “white men” in this cartoon is “racism” (or more accurately racial predjudice); I think it’s more of a class issue. Jim Goad’s “Redneck Manifesto” is an interesting read on the subject….
nz4m60 said, 2 months ago

We’re Number 37 in health care, and we pay number 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVgOl3cETb4

Check this.
harleyquinn said, 2 months ago

So believ you do believ that the most radical “protesters” are “issues beyond economics. Global warming, the environment, animal rights”
basically all lefty save the world loons?
And Carlson, Yawn. It has been done to death and we all know you are painting with a brush from the 60’s. Get over it because people are not buying it.
NoFearPup said, 2 months ago

nz4m60, Fox News is “tool”-ish and lame, but more relevant than mainstream media. But, I don’t watch either one. I think this “Toon is offensive, person618, because the only politically correct representation of a white man is as an ignoramus, and this “toon assumes Obama-detractors are idiots. But if I say Obama is a clueless communist; I am called a racist. I guess I can just say Obama is a tool (borrowing from nz4), and that would be acceptable.
person918 said, 2 months ago

I’m trying to make the distinction that it’s about lower class white men, specifically.

in any case, “racist” is thrown around by liberals the way conservatives throw around “communist” and… “liberal.” just charged words that help people hate each other better.
believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

Loco, Because the G20 summits encompass so many other countries and so many issues may be affected, I think it is not comparable to the “tea parties.” Protesters may be in the US on temporary visas or may be legal immigrants from other countries.

I would caution you not to make the conclusion from this that liberal protesters are more dangerous or badly behaved than conservative protesters. I don’t think that conclusion is warranted. If one looks back in history, you can find multiple examples of violent behavior from “conservative” protesters, as well as liberal.

I also don’t know if this is the first G-20 summit in the U.S. since 9/11. I would imagine security plans for summits like this would be much more serious and stringent since 9/11. When was the Seattle summit?

Things to think about before you leap to dire conclusions.
believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

Harley, I don’t know that much about G-20 summits. I’ve posted to Scott above that he conduct a little more investigation before leaping to conclusions.

If others here are more familiar with G-20 summits, please join in!
believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

last comment …. if the leaders of the tea parties and other gatherings would say from the podium to put down the racist signs, cartoonists wouldn’t have these horrible graphic signs to mock. Sigh. But they won’t do it. I just heard the well-known spokesman for conservative Christians say on CNN that those types of signs “may exist, but I haven’t see them.”

It’s that type of non-denial denial that keeps this going.
fbrewer said, 2 months ago

@pup - I’ve never called you a racist. I don’t think you’re a racist. I do think you’re an ignorant fool, and you prove me correct with every post you make. There, is that better?
motivemagus said, 2 months ago

You know, I’m getting awfully tired of rightwing wackos declaring that liberals or Democrats are one thing and another, with no evidence or even logic - and mostly just throwing out epithets. (scott, you might be more convincing if you didn’t talk about “Demoncrats.”)

And there are lots of white males in the Democratic Party, dude. We’re also not afraid of women or women’s rights. If that makes me a “radical feminist,” so be it. But I doubt you even know what one is, or could name more than one.
ChuckTrent64 said, 2 months ago

Describes most of the “non racist” right wing friends I know.
4uk4ata said, 2 months ago

AVATRBR, you mean Obama? Kenyans (like his father) are Arabs? Just what grade did you get in world geography class?
Tigger said, 2 months ago

Enough is Enough!

Where was the out rage when Democrats Disrespected ‘W’?
Copperdomebodhi said, 2 months ago

Same old excuses and denial Republicans always offer: “Racism isn’t the problem in this country, political correctness is!” Or, maybe: “I’m no racist, I just think black people should work for a living instead of living off of taxpayer handouts.”

If this isn’t about racism, what’s it about? It sure isn’t about running up the deficit, a trillion-dollar health bill or “taking away freedoms” - George W. Bush did every one of those things. Republicans didn’t compare our nation’s leader to Hitler back then - they were claiming anyone who criticized the President was a traitor.

Tell ya what - find me ONE pre-Obama example of a congressman saying the President of the United States is “…gonna have to express some humility”, the way Saxby Chambliss did, and then maybe I’ll believe this isn’t about racism.

Of course, first I’ll have to forget all the pictures of Obama as Curious George or with a bone through his nose.
Copperdomebodhi said, 2 months ago

Tigger - you mean when a Democrat screamed “you lie” at W in the middle of address to Congress? It didn’t happen. Or when pundits started blaming W for the failings of the previous president on the same day he took office? That didn’t happen either. Or when congressional Democrats seriously talked up the conspiracy theories. Uh-uh. These are all things that Repubs have done under Obama. Democrats cooperated with Republicans on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Patriot Act and the No Child Left Behind act, and they got called godless America-haters in return.

Obama isn’t just up against racism, he’s up against the right wing’s sense of entitlement. Just like with Bill Clinton, the campaign of destruction began on day one, because Repubs seriously believe no one to the right of Michele Bachmann should be allowed to run the country.
Corosive Frog said, 2 months ago

Scotty, There is not even a single representative who claims to be an atheist and radical feminists actually made an alliancewith the right to fight against pornography.

Some even say all sex is rape (I am not one of those). If you call those people “women with loose morals”, how does a woman have to be to please you? Are they even allowed to have genitals?

Please think before you post. Make sure you know what you are talking about.
believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

copperdome, two thumbs up for your post, but I think you meant to say “no one to the left of Michele Bachmann should be allowed to run the country”, yes?
dtroutma said, 2 months ago

Much as I found “southerners” waving the Confederate Battle Flag irritating at times (it isn’t the actual flag of the Confederacy)- I found the biggest bigots in the 60’s to come from the upper midwest.

The caricatures of W were often fairly witty, and as good cartoon caricatures should, exaggerated his physical characteristics and mannerisms.

What is going on with Obama is vile, violence encouraging, psychosis, period. It is NOT worthy, or proper, of blaming even the most confirmed southerner.

This is a form of falsely exaggerated outrage not seen at this level, except in Germany, in the late 1930’s.
deadheadzan said, 2 months ago

Tsk, tsk, Scott— the talk of “demoncrats” and what they are is just not mature enough to allow you a spot at the grown ups table. What would be mature would be for a Republican with some sense of moral decency to say “enough with the racist, insulting images of the President”.
michael said, 2 months ago

Dear Scott:

“they scream SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE at every Christian officeholder who dares ever suggest doing anything the Bible states as being beneficial for humanity”

The idea between separation of church and state is to protect religion by making sure the government stays out of it. If (by your measure) government can’t be trusted with anything why the heck would you trust them to promote religion. I don’t know about you, but I want government to stay out of the pulpit and leave the preaching to churches.

“their love and defense of homosexual behavior which makes every truly masculine man feel queasy and disgusted”

Again, the idea is that government should stay out of what two consenting adults do in the bedroom. Are you actually advocating for more government control over what people can do in their own homes?
NoFearPup said, 2 months ago

I’m starting to lose my genitals…
charliekane said, 2 months ago

^Hope your health insurance covers that!
oldlegodad said, 2 months ago

wgaf**
believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

^ the answer to you last question is a big YES for some conservatives …. and apparently they ignore the irony of advocating government involvement in personal matters while insisting government be less involved in economic matters. They hate government until they want it to impose their personal beliefs on others.

hmmm … something happened to the order. I piggybacked on Michael’s last question.
NoFearPup said, 2 months ago

OldLego just lost his genitals…
oldlegodad said, 2 months ago

Their function has been gone for a long time for lack of opportunity, BUT there is a possibility in the air….
believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

^ Don’t you have a wonderful wife?
4uk4ata said, 2 months ago

“… politicians such as Murtha and Kerry and many others were bashing our troops here and abroad.”

Really? Because what I remember is that they bashed the people who sent them there. Murtha might have gone overboard on the Haditha case, but pretty much anyone who disagreed was called a traitor. Well, now we are still in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the people who decried every form of dissent now doing it as loud as they can. The conclusion that I draw is that the only reason why it was treason then was that their guy (Bush) was in charge.
striper77 said, 2 months ago

Obama the first person to steal the Presidents seat, is about to bankrupt the nation, pushes every liberal cause on the general public, then wonders why a majority of the citizens are in an uproar.
parkersinthehouse said, 2 months ago

striper is loco is frito?
charliekane said, 2 months ago

Tripe is loco, period.
striper77 said, 2 months ago

If you for or against Obama you have to admit that he did thoroughly think out a plan to steal the election for himself and his fellow democrats.

Has their every been a President with so many different claims against them as Obama. From stealing the election, attending a racist church for 20 years, tied to all the corruption in Chicago, tied to the Black Panthers, tied to the Muslims, his own birth certificate is in question. With Bush and Reagan the liberals hated them. Clinton had his affairs, he had a few people killed and his whole liberal agenda. But, Obama is the most evil and wicked President this nation has ever had. Everything about him is in question.
charliekane said, 2 months ago

News from the parallel tripe-o-verse…
deadheadzan said, 2 months ago

striper is even quazier than usual—it must be the full moon.
fbrewer said, 2 months ago

I expect there was a rip in the tinfoil covering his windows. The alien thought transmissions got thru and confused him. I have this clear mental image of striper peering out of his little bunker, hands clenched on a rusty old shotgun, colander on his head, watching for the black helicopters. Tough to be striper.
4uk4ata said, about 1 month ago

Striper, wait a little more and we may forget the 2000 election. THEN you can go claim Obama stole the president seat and all his ties and maybe get a few converts.
striper77 said, about 1 month ago

If you look at the whole Florida deal in 2000. The state has two time zones. Before the polls closed they called it for Gore. The panhandle is strong republican area. That is the area that still had time to vote after it was called for Gore. There is no way of knowing how many votes did not get placed due to that call. Then they called it for Bush. It was the secretary of state that stated it was to close to call. Then they started counting the votes. As expected the strong democrat areas would count more for Gore than he really got. But the votes that were counted in the end showed Bush won. But Gore wanted to keep on counting them until the count went his favor. You had the hanging chads. The democrat area’s were wanting to pull them off. The more handling they had it would cause the chads to become loose. The courts ruled for Bush but it was after the first count was done. By the way it was not Bush or his administration that made this happen as with Obama he is tied directly to all the voter fraud. Furthermore it was Gore that wanted the counts to go over and over and never stop still it went to his favor. I took off work until it was completed and I do not recall once Bush crying over the votes like Gore was. From my memory it almost appeared he was not going to challenge it either way it was called.
The courts did not allow a MN senate race to happen with the President office.
As you can recall their was more votes in some counties for the democrat senator than the entire population had.

Now Obama, the Democratic Party and ACORN knows how to steal an election, we may never have an election without major voter fraud.

It was all ready bad enough in some areas all the dead people will get in their democrat vote. Or in the Indian reservations, every person will vote for the democrats. You know as well as I do that a total population does not vote and as well the dead cannot vote.
striper77 said, about 1 month ago

Fbrewer,

I watched your favorite movie Bugs. It has the foil that were talking about.
No thanks, I do not live like that.
tjanus said, about 1 month ago

Excellent cartoon comrade. Commissar Obama will allow this to be published in the state-run media. You are now eligible for a People’s Endowment for the State-Run Arts.
oldlegodad said, about 1 month ago

800# yeah,she was wonderful, but according to her I wasn’t anymore so she left me.She can’t divorce me or she’d lose her TriCare health Insurance..and I won’t for the same reason. Plus we still have a son to get thru college. Lives with her, I pay.
nomad2112 said, about 1 month ago

Time to join the one and only human RACE people.
believecommonsense said, about 1 month ago

I’m sorry to hear that, oldlego. Hope your son lives nearby so you get to spend a lot of time with him

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