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1. over 14 years ago on Doonesbury

   avacadomango - If an author’s character makes a statement that is not necessarily the author speaking. Mark has always been an overthetop radical. He WOULD feel betrayed by Mr. Obama’s centerist policies. But Trudeau has always protrayed Mark as an inrealistic idealist. Notice how he’s being applauded in the last panel by BD, the archconservative. This is a pretty accurate statement about the politial stratification of America, It says to me that the American people must indeed “stop bickering and just concentrate on moving forward.” But will they? Trudeau is a satirist, and satirists are not the most hopeful people.

2. over 14 years ago on Annie

   I’m about as left-wing as you can get without being Trotsky. I’m also a veteran. My flag is up constantly in my classroom. And I have no idea why on earth flying one’s flag on any day would make somebody mad.

3. almost 15 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   I wonder which translation…