Dicky's Doodles &Scribbles

Cartoons,editorials and comment about current events and more.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Poor Public Planning Is Rampant!








Landfills are filling up, energy costs are rising, pollution is getting worse, the environment is being damaged, global warming is on the rise and water supplies are dwindling in some places. Isn't it about time we wised up! It's not all about money or making sure the wealthiest among us are nice and cozy!
Smart growth is needed and long range community, national and international planning and co-operation is the order of the day, like it or not!

Friday, September 28, 2007

In the Next Clinton White House...

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Texas Guv Rick Perry's Temp Digs To Cost Taxpayers $9,900 Per Month!







The Texas Governor's Mansion is being renovated. It probably needs it. Meanwhile the Governor, Mr. "Goodhair" (as the late late Molly Ivins described him,) Rick Perry and his family will be moving into an expensive private home in a posh Austin neighborhood at the tune of $9,900 per month! That's more than most Social Security recipients get to live on for a full year!

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

White House Teleprompter





It should come as no surprise that G.W. Bush has tricky names such as "Zimbabwe" and "Australia" in his speeches spelled phonetically. You don't expect him to know that "Austrian" troops don't come from Sydney do you?

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Greenspan Retires; Knocks G.W. Bush!








Recently retired Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's new book was just released and he had some bad things to say about the current resident of the White House.
Perhaps ole G.W. suffered from "irrational exuberance!"

Monday, September 24, 2007

Does Blackwater Really Represent The Best Face Of The U.S. In Iraq?

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad






What is the problem with letting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speak at Columbia University or place a wreath at Ground Zero in New York?
What have we to fear? Is there anything he can say that we would not hear if he released a statement from Tehran? Are we so insecure in our country that we cannot hear opposing or even disreputable speakers?
Those who protest this visit do not seem to understand what free speech means. Allowing freedom of expression does not mean in any way a validation or a repudiation of the speakers views, it only gives a person the right to express those views. It will not hurt him that we denied him here, indeed it will probably elevate his status in the eyes of those who oppose us.
It will expose us as hypocrites to the world when we deny freedom of speech on our own shores.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

CHIPS

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Winston Churchill 'Created' Modern Iraq












Winston Churchill was brilliant, irascible and not given to give in on a fight, much like the English Bulldog which he so closely resembled.
Churchill, with his Powerful oratorical and writing skills led the Allied victory in World War II.
Churchill loomed large in the 20th century and left his imprint on much of the history of that period.
Many may not know that in a very real way Churchill “created” modern Iraq.
Following World War One the Ottoman Empire had collapsed and Britain and France moved to gobble up parts of the empire.
Britain took over Palestine, Jordan and backed the monarchy in Arabia by imposing their “puppet” King Faisal.
Greedy for more oil in the Middle East British Colonial Minister Churchill drew up the borders for a new country, to be called ‘Iraq,’ and in 1921 placed a Hashemite leader, called King Feisel, on a freshly created throne in the region composed of opposing groups of Kurds, Shia and Sunni. This started a long and complicated chain of events and the rest, as they say, is history!

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Osama Declares War On Musharraf

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Mitt Romney's Hypocrisy On Health Care






Recently GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney attacked Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) health care policy.
Romney, gleefully criticizing the far right’s favorite target, said "The last thing we need is Hillarycare," and "The last thing we need is socialized medicine."
Of course he had not yet read her plan and it turns out it has many similarities to the plan that he, as governor of Massachusetts, signed into law requiring Massachusetts residents to purchase health insurance.

Links:
http://midlifemutations.blogspot.com/
http://www.ostroyreport.blogspot.com/
http://fuzzyandblue.blogspot.com/
http://jcdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://majikthise.typepad.com/
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
http://www.slate.com/
http://www.dailykos.com/
http://www.impeach07.org/
http://sonnyboy3.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/bush-needs-brain-again/

Monday, September 17, 2007

Little Nell's Mom Holds A GOP Fundraiser

What Happens In Vegas Stays In Vegas...

Friday, September 14, 2007

A Long Fight Ahead...

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Surge Needs More Time...

Monday, September 10, 2007

It's Not Nice To Mess With Mother Nature!

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Turnabout Is Fair Play!

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Iraq Cheer













Iraq Cheer (with apologies to Country Joe McDonald)

Gimme an I…
Gimme a R…
Gimme an A
Gimme a Q…

What’s that spell?
What’s that spell?
What’s that spell?

Yeah, c’mon on all you neocons
Old G.W. has pulled another one
He’s gonna extend their tour of duty
So all the troops better watch their booty!
He’s got our troops under attack
Way over there in old Iraq

And it’s 1, 2, 3, what’re we fighting for?
When will our troops come back?
We’re in a mess in old Iraq
And it’s 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we’re all gonna die

Well c’mon generals, let’s move fast
Your big chance has come at last
Forget Osama, attack Iraq instead
The war goes on though Saddam is dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we’ve blown ‘em all to kingdom come

And it’s 1, 2, 3, what’re we fighting for?
When will our troops be comin’ back?
We’re in a mess in old Iraq
And it’s 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we’re all gonna die

Well c’mon Wall Street
Don’t be slow
Why this is war a-go-go
There’s plenty good money to be made
By supplyin’ the Army with the tools of the trade
Build some tanks IED’s can’t blow
And you can make a lotta dough!

And it’s 1, 2, 3, what’re we fighting for?
When will our troops be comin’ back?
We’re in a mess in old Iraq
And it’s 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we’re all gonna die

Well all you people throughout this land
We’re in a quagmire of desert sand
We started a war based on lies
Now hundreds of thousands have had to die!
We don’t know when our troops get back
‘Cause they’re gonna be stuck in old Iraq!

And it’s 1, 2, 3, what’re we fighting for?
When will our troops be comin’ back?
We’re in a mess in old Iraq
And it’s 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we’re all gonna die

Now we practice extraordinary rendition
To interrogate suspects with no conditions.
Illegal wiretaps have come to light
They can hold you for years without your rights.
We may be on a slippery slope
Ending the war is our only hope.

And it’s 1, 2, 3, what’re we fighting for?
When will our troops be comin’ back?
We’re in a mess in old Iraq
And it’s 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we’re all gonna die

Suspected Terrorists Arrested In Germany With Large Amounts Of Hydrogen Peroxide

GAO Report Gives Bush Failing Grade On Iraq!







Links:
http://midlifemutations.blogspot.com/
http://www.ostroyreport.blogspot.com/
http://fuzzyandblue.blogspot.com/
http://jcdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://majikthise.typepad.com/
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
http://www.slate.com/
http://www.dailykos.com/
http://www.impeach07.org/
http://sonnyboy3.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/bush-needs-brain-again/

Monday, September 03, 2007

Marie Antoinette Award Goes To:Oscar Ortiz!



The County Commissioners recently voted themselves a hefty 20.2% pay raise, added to their already overpaid salaries and expense accounts. They also voted to increase taxes for local taxpayers. Oscar Ortiz, a long time veteran commissioner had this to say to critics of the un-deserved pay raise; “The cost of living goes up.”
I suspect his constituents, most of whom live on a far less princely salary and compensation package than the esteemed commissioner, are very well aware of that!
For this kind of disconnect from real life Oscar Ortiz is hereby awarded the Marie Antoinette Award, named for the queen of France who was so isolated to the hunger and suffering of the peasants of France her rejoinder when informed of their plight was “Let them eat cake!”

Sunday, September 02, 2007

U.S. In Quagmire!

GOP Platform