Ted Rall for March 17, 2010

If you say that again I will stab you with a stale breadstick.

“I tried to resuscitate it but the last 8 years were too traumatic.”

Poor thing, it was starting to turn around, too.

@Jade

To be fair, its taken longer than the last 8 years,

but I’d like to see a caricature of Alan Greenspan with a big bag of heroin and a comment like, “the funeral home hid the track marks well” …

Ha!

Yeah, Grandaddy was fond of saying…”Keep on exercising–they bury the skinny ones too!”

Back to the toon..I truly cannot fathom the whole economy conundrum. I read the other day that the #1 wealthiest person on earth is a mega-billionaire Mexican fellow. Apropos of little, other than more puzzlement.

I do feel that balancing the budget would be a start.

zeke, it only works because everybody has agreed on the same fiction. If the governments of the world decided together that trading would henceforth be done with clam shells, all the current money in the world would become utterly worthless.

sirrom, I’m hoping beach glass will become the global currency. Maybe with clam shells as change.

So what is the fiction you speak of? I’m sitting in the corner with my dunce cap on in Economics 101.

(And listening to the O’Jays song “Money”.)

How does he expect to get the economy going when the Fed is run by Goldman lobbyists Geithner and Mark Patterson?

So what is the fiction you speak of?

The financial system. Money itself.

“To be fair, its taken longer than the last 8 years, ”

Oh I know. There’s just this “wave” off misinformation circling around that the debt suddenly exploded the second a certain president took office, as if it wasn’t abysmal when he took that Oath. But it definitely has been a while coming. More regulation, not less, is needed.

The economy is actually IMPROVING!

^ But only because of Bush’s policies. The recession clearly was Obama’s fault, so credit for the recovery has to go to Bush. Or maybe the credit should go to the next president. whoever it may turn out to be, especially if it’s a Republican. But whatever Obama does, it must be bad.

Well, of course! All because he’s (a) __.

Gotta luv me some o’ that Obamacare!

How come all the Repbuli-cons complain about a “government” plan, which covers that large employee subscriber base at lower cost than “private plans”. If you are an individual, you are a TARGET for the insurance companies.

The plan is too big, and Repbuli-cons played a large part in that, so stop whining and pass something for the PEOPLE!

I’m sorry sir, you were not properly cleared for dying as you failed to pre-pay your mandate. The IRS shall now take the pennies from your eyes and repossess your soul. So sorry.

BO will balance the budget. He’s printing more money.

And I’m collecting clam shells.

I’ll see you your clam shells and raise you my beach glass.

I’ll raise a glass at the beach anytime.

Our seagulls drop clams on the road, then retrieve the meal, leaving the packaging on the macadam. Oft times the sharp edged shells slice up tires rolling through @ 45+ mph. Sadly, a gull or two screws the pooch on occasion when not quick enough. I guess whole clam shells could be folding money, and pieces could be the coins. C’mon to the Outer banks, I’ll buy you a drink to raise, they only cost a couple of clams during happy hour!

Climate change and erosion of barrier islands prove that even the Outer Banks are not too big to fail.

The Outer Banks cannot fail…as barrier islands, all they do is their job–absorb the ocean’s energy. They form, shift, reform… the houses built on the edge, now they can “fail”.

I chose to build on a hill in a maritime forest. Riding out hurricanes has proven to be quite the education.

Jim Cantore is a weenie.

You’re as mad as a Hatteras.

l love you guys

Zeke is a “Hatteras” retriever. Our vet guesses 5 different breeds formed his canine committee.

I agree, Parker. All you need is love. Lotta toxicity glowing from the GoComics screen. Selfishly, I’ll take all the prayers you got. God knows I need ‘em. Your list freaked (good) me and many others.

Yeah, sirrom, living on the coast can wear on you…”rust never sleeps”.

The story is back in the ‘40’s a lady of the Royal family was visiting our sandy shores on a blustery day and she kept holding her dress down while trying to keep her hat on her head when an old salt said “You’re gonna have to make a decision, Ma’am..hat or ass!”.

@obamascares

Good point, we should mark it somehow so we don’t get it mixed up with the stuff Bush printed for tax cuts, Afghanistan, Iraq, Medicare Plan D…

After all, if we don’t, money is fungible according to Bart Stupak, and we might pay for real stuff with Obama’s fake money.

@ Jade we agree more than we disagree

I think it was in his first SOTU address Obama mentioned the deficit in a tone that suggested they just moved into an apartment and the old tenant left their crappy music in the closet.

Michelle! Who’s LPs are these? Toad the Wet Sprocket? Seriously?