Ted Rall for August 16, 2013
August 15, 2013
August 19, 2013
Transcript:
Don't worry! Says the NSA. (Man: We only "touch" 1.6% of internet traffic. (Man: We only "touch" 1.6% of internet traffic.) Which doesn't mean 1.6% of e-mails. Communications-e-mails instant messages, etc- is 2.9% of U.S. web traffic. 68.8% of that 2.9 is spam so that 1.6% of that 100% of all your e-mail. But even if their "it's only 1.6% talking point where true- which it isn't- it would be more of a pedophile's defense. (Man: I only touched 1.6% of their bodies... granted, it was the best 1.6%!) Which may partly explain why Americans are responding to the data rape by their police state like traumatized kids. (Man: They touch us cuz they care about us. We owe them something for their love... anyway it's not liked they raped all my orfices...)
Editorial cartooning is an inherently negative medium. I have read tens of thousands of political cartoons. I have never encountered one that was positive — one that praised someone or something (never mind whether or not they deserved the praise) that wasn’t horrible.
The purpose of an editorial cartoon is to scream on the page, or screen, to wake up a complacent populace to injustice. It’s true, if injustice went away, I’d be out of work. Which would really be great.