Frazz by Jef Mallett for July 05, 2012

Well, we’re really good at doing things half fast…..

Yes, we’re patient. Except for that drone button…..

try the Echota Treaty, the government convinces 500 Cherokee to sell their ancestral homeland for 4.5 mill that treaty was ratified by congress in record time none of the other Cherokee wanted to sell. next thing they know they were marching to oklahoma on the Trail of Tears

Yes, messages went at the speed of wind at that time. As the ship flies.

@chireef. Even though the Supreme Court found for the Cherokee, pres. Jackson said “let them enforce it” and sent the army to kick them off their land. They never did get paid either.

Al Gore didn’t “INVENT” the Internet yet.

Silly song, bunny rabbits can go thru any bush and nearly all fences!

I thought the amount of time it took for all of this was pretty quick. This was back when boats took six weeks with no motor to cross the ocean. If you sent a message on land, it was via horseback. There was no electricity, so you couldn’t do much at night. I think it’s miraculous when the government gets anything done, in spite of all of our marvelous technology. lol

jessegooddoggy, well then, using a crocodile for a canon probably is a silly idea too!

pluddleglum: What do you mean “inept” reporter. He worked for a corporate medium, doing his job of brainwashing the public to do the corporations’ bidding, and he succeeded (helped by a Brooks Brothers mob storming a ballot count and a junta getting a substantial minority of their income from the Koch Speaking Agency, of course). Sounds rather ept to me – not ethical nor patriotic, but what do those outmoded values count for today?

War of 1812.Song Johnny Horton 1960.

@Varnes, Of course using a crocodile is silly; you use a gator.

If there is a Jesse Good Doggy here he probably knows an old rascally bud in New Mexico…

Our true, legal, Independance Day was after the Treaty of Paris when Parliament and King George III accepted the outcome of the Revolutionar War. Untill then, the colonies belonged to the Throne.

Down the coast of Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico!

It can sure ram-rush through the Patriot Act and a monstrous health care bill (both so-called) without really knowing or understanding what’s in either legislation. You know… pass it so we can read it later to understand what’s in it per Nancy Pelosi.

Back in those days, it took almost 2 months to cross the Atlantic. Communications were just slow because of distance. It took that long for the news to get around.