Tom Toles by Tom Toles
- May 17, 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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Michigander said, 6 months ago
Pass the buck.
M Henri Day said, 6 months ago
But the question is, why these policies, plans, and responses are, in fact, derivatives of those of the Bush/Cheney administration - i e, in whose interests are they conceived and administered ?…
Henri
LLeRay
said,
6 months ago
This is a better response than Bush’s first days, where anything that Clinton did was ipso facto (in their estimation) wrong, and they tried to do the exact opposite. Thus resources were diverted from terrorism prevention to busting pot-heads. And we know the results of that philosophy.
HOWGOZIT said, 6 months ago
LL–tsk tsk tsk.
Dale Hopson
said,
6 months ago
Odd some think the Obama “honeymoon” is over, but not the right-winger who think the media is in love with him. They also think he and Pelosi are of the same mindset which they aren’t!
The fact Obama has 3 out of every 4 Americans on his side is a HUGE plus!
harleyquinn
said,
6 months ago
Sorry Dale the BIG O numbers are way down.
LL What? Bush was cleaning up the Clinton mess of keeping department competing against each other and starving them of the $ they needed. That is how it slipped thru the cracks.
As much as I hate to agree with some, So what if most of his policies start with a Bush frame work. You have to start somewhere and you can not just start over you have to see what you have to work with. Fix what is broken and throw out what does not work.
Reality is smacking him in the face and he is seeing some of the wheels and cogs behind some of the things he promised he would do away with. Those wheel and cogs work so you keep them and work on the face to get it to tell the time you want.
HOWGOZIT said, 6 months ago
Hopson–where has anyone or the media even offered that Obama and Pelosi are of the same mindset. Obama is intelligent and Pelosi is…well simply is not.
Machado said, 6 months ago
Another liberal cartoonist turns on the “messiah”, they now realize the clown had no new workable ideas to begin with…..and to think that America turned down a legitimate experienced hero for this flunky….Sad…
“A few, like MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, have even hurled the left’s ultimate epithet – suggesting that Obama’s turning into George W. Bush.”
this is why no one should ever trust any leftists, they eat their own offspring!!
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22604.html
watching this roller coaster’s descend is going to be fun……Ta-ta
Tigger
said,
6 months ago
Makes perfect sense. This has been the Matra since LBJ’s Term
Tigger
said,
6 months ago
Dale,
I can think of 100 out of 101 who are not on his side
Simon_Jester said, 6 months ago
You righties are priceless. Here you are, gleefully rubbing your hands over what you think is GOING to happen to the Dems, when it’s already happening to the Republicans.
mike.jones said, 6 months ago
Personally, I’m puzzled by the righties who simultaneously a) claim that Obama is becoming more and more like Bush and b) claim to dislike everything he does.
Dale Hopson
said,
6 months ago
HOWGOZIT asked “Where has anyone or the media even offered that Obama and Pelosi are of the same mindset”
Fox News… from O’Reilly to Hannity!
They act as if they are joined at the hip!
HOWGOZIT said, 6 months ago
Should have guessed that!
Adam Sperry said, 6 months ago
Clinton was not always right, but Bush was always wrong. Automatically doing the opposite of Bush is a perfectly fine place to start any decision-making process.
LLeRay
said,
6 months ago
harleyquinn typed “keeping department competing against each other and starving them of the $ they needed. That is how it slipped thru the cracks” when excusing the Bush Administration’s failure to prevent the September 11, 2001 attacks. Isn’t it an article of faith among conservatives that money doesn’t solve the problems? The ‘competition’ among the departments he perceives is more different areas of focus, and the departments that were focused on terrorism were switched by Bush to the war on drugs. His office is supposed to coordinate the areas of responsibility and he UTTERLY failed at that!
NoFearPup
said,
6 months ago
Lleray, how long was Bushie in office before Clinton’s terrorist’s flew their planes into the buildings? Where and when did the pilot’s get their training ? What was done when the suspicious actions of these “pilots” were reported? Would the ACLU have allowed the 9/11 hi-jackers to be searched and scrutinized when boarding the planes they eventually hi-jacked? The truth of the matter is that Libs and their action taken during (or inaction) the Clinton terms are just as responsible or more so than the Bushies. But please keep reliving your “bad years”; it just helps your opposition next time around.
danielsangeo said, 6 months ago
“Lleray, how long was Bushie in office before Clinton’s terrorist’s flew their planes into the buildings?”
So, let me get this straight. Bush isn’t responsible for something that happened 9 months into his term but Obama is responsible for something that happens in 2 months into his?
Wow.
“Where and when did the pilot’s get their training ? What was done when the suspicious actions of these “pilots” were reported?”
You ask what Clinton did to stop terrorism? I should ask you what he DIDN’T do. Let’s take a look at a short list:
Destroyed al Qaeda cells in 20 countries, increased military budget 14%, tried to increase tracking of explosives used by terrorists (Repubs blocked it because of opposition from NRA), stopped planned terrorist attacks to blow up: The US Embassy in Albania, the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, Boston’s airport, Israel’s Embassy in DC, FBI headquarters, UN Headquarters (John Bolton is mad this didn’t happen), and 12 jetliners simultaneously, as well as a plot to kill the Pope, and stopped the Millennium plot. He also told the Bush Administration about the serious threat that Osama Bin Laden was and that OBL planned to destroy buildings in New York with planes (“Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York.”)
All the while thwarting attacks from the Right Wing Spin Machine that said he was doing all this to distract from his escapades with Monica Lewinsky.
He won’t be remembered for any of this, of course. He will be remembered for Lewinsky.
“Would the ACLU have allowed the 9/11 hi-jackers to be searched and scrutinized when boarding the planes they eventually hi-jacked?”
Yes. The way you worded this question shows that you know VERY little about what the ACLU does and probably only know what you hear from the right wing. The ACLU protects the rights of ALL Americans. It has never sought to stop valid search warrants.
Try to think for yourself next time, Pup. You’ll look less foolish in the future.
Anthony 2816
said,
6 months ago
Okay, I’m offering excellent odds that Puppy runs away with her tail between her legs, and doesn’t even begin to respond to Daniel’s post.
Good job, Daniel!
NoFearPup
said,
6 months ago
I’m unimpressed. Some of your claims sound pretty hopeful, Danny. I doubt you have “citations” worth mentioning that back up most of your claims. As for Airport Security, I think I’m on pretty safe ground asserting that most airports were afraid to administer Israeli-type searches on any of their passengers; as proven by the one guard suspicious of one of the 9/11 attackers having her objections over-rode by her superiors.
danielsangeo said, 6 months ago
“I doubt you have “citations” worth mentioning that back up most of your claims.”
And there’s the kicker, isn’t it? What kind of citations do you consider to be “worth mentioning”?
“As for Airport Security, I think I’m on pretty safe ground asserting that most airports were afraid to administer Israeli-type searches on any of their passengers; as proven by the one guard suspicious of one of the 9/11 attackers having her objections over-rode by her superiors.”
So, do you have a “citation worth mentioning” that the objections were overridden by her superiors?
NoFearPup
said,
6 months ago
I have to plead ”mercy”. If I go google-ing on my computer it takes five minutes for each page to load , if it even loads at all. So I must budget my bandwidth, Daniel and if I’m wrong…so be it. But I think my points are common knowledge. The Millenium plot was foiled by a watchful border guard - hardly Clinton’s success. And as I recall one hi-jacker was given back his box-cutter as this was not a prohibited item…We were wide open and we wanted it that way. I’m sure you’ve seen Richard ?Clark? on TV; would you have believed anything that man told you? Or the Glamour CIA agent and her Hubby (Clinton Picks - Mr. and Mrs. No-Yellow-Cake)? I think I could have botched their and their opponents jobs (protecting America) for a lot less money And then the 9/11 Commission was allowed to sweep it all under the rug. Remember Sandy Berger shoving stuff in his pants? I really don’t think I have to do invalidate any of the spurious comments you Libs frequently roll out in order to win points. Obama’s President, isn’t that enough? Ooops! I guess not. He’s not doing anything the radical left expected him to do. (Except ruin the economy and what little production capability America has left….) I don’t mind being told I’m wrong…have at it!
danielsangeo said, 6 months ago
I see you have no answer to my question about what you would consider a “citation worth mentioning”.
And how do you know about “Glamour CIA Agent” again?