Friday Nite Lite: Cartoons

Good Evening

My daughter has the flu, so I spent the day in the waiting room of the doctor…I don’t even know what happened today at the NRA press conference.  From the headline of Boston Boomer’s post,  Unhinged Wayne LaPierre Advocates Putting Guns in Schools as Gunman Kills 4, Wounds 3 in Altoona, PA , it looks like it was full of tragic irony.

AAEC – Political Cartoon by John Cole, Scranton Times/Tribune – 12/15/2012

Cartoon by John Cole -

AAEC – Political Cartoon by Scott Stantis, Chicago Tribune – 12/15/2012

Cartoon by Scott Stantis -

AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorensen on Respect for the Dead-ly | Alternet

AAEC – Political Cartoon by David Horsey, Los Angeles Times – 12/13/2012

Cartoon by David Horsey -

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11 Comments on “Friday Nite Lite: Cartoons”

  1. dakinikat says:

    The Republican party isn’t viable any more and I don’t think any one knows what to do about that.

    • RalphB says:

      Too bad there are too many of them in Congress to be ignored.

      • dakinikat says:

        I think there has to be a few Republicans that are loyal to the country and not insurrectionists that have to throw in with the Dems or we are seriously not viable as a country any more.

    • Geez, I had no idea that all this happened today. My son was going to go to the movies with a friend tonight, and after I saw BB’s post I told them to stay home. What the hell is going on out there?

    • RalphB says:

      If he hasn’t by now, he better fucking wake up soon.

      Jon Chait: Obama Waking Up From Dream of Grand Bargain

      “Call me a hopeless optimist,” said President Obama at his press conference tonight, in which he pleaded for Republicans to join him in averting the “fiscal cliff,” “but I still think we can get this done.”

      Okay. You’re a hopeless optimist, President Obama.
      [...]
      You can see in the Democratic side a persistent good-government impulse, one that finds the GOP’s inability to even advance its own interests rationally as a troublesome failure of government for which they themselves ultimately share responsibility. It’s true that a smarter, better organized Republican party would be easier to deal with. But the GOP remains dysfunctional and apparently bent on self-immolation. The only question for Obama is whether he wants to allow Republicans to turn this fact to their advantage, or whether he is willing to disengage and let them burn out on their own rage.

  2. Did y’all see this on huff post:
    U.S. Shooting Deaths Since Sandy Hook Top 100

    TO LIVE AND DIE IN AMERICA
    3 Shot And Killed In Mich… 18-Year-Old Shot Multiple Times, Dies… Man Kills Wife, Teen, Himself… Man Shoots, Kills Own Son… Cops Shoot Teen Dead… Man Gunned Down In Parking Lot… 5 Dead In Spate Of Shootings… 2 Murdered In Philly… 2 Kansas Cops Shot Dead… Shooter Killed… 4 Die In Apparent Murder-Suicide… Ga. Cop Dies From Gunshot… Argument Leads Teen To Shoot Friend… Man Shot To Death… Teen Dies After Being Tied Up, Shot… Man Shot Dead In Street… Drug Deal Leads To Shooting Death… Mother Of 2 Killed In Road Rage Shooting… Man Shoots, Kills Intruder… 1 Killed In Coney Island… Man Dies From Gunshot Wounds… Cops Investigate Gun Death… Shooting Victim’s Body Found On Bike Trail… Man Charged With Shooting Own Brother Dead… Man Dies After Being Shot In Chest… Body Of Shooting Victim Found In Pickup… Teen Arrested For Robbery Shooting Death… Man Carrying 2-Year-Old Son Shot Dead… Man Fatally Shot Near Home… Parolee Dies In Shooting… 1 Killed In Buffalo Shooting… Man Shot Dead In Apartment Complex… Street Gun Battle Kills Grandma Bystander… Man, Woman Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide… Woman Shot Dead By Intruder… 14-Year-Old Arrested Over Fatal Gun Attack… Man Found Shot Dead In Parking Lot… Woman Shot In Face By Ex-Boyfriend… 1 Woman, 3 Men Shot Dead… 2 Die In Attempted Robbery… Army Reservist Shot To Death In Alley… Man Shot To Death In Bodega… 2 Shot Dead In Burned House… Man Shot During Break-In… Man Fatally Shot… 20-Year-Old Gunned Down… Man Shoots Self During Police Pursuit… 1 Killed In Baltimore Shooting… Cops ID Shooting Victim… 60-Year-Old Man Shot Dead… Shot Man’s Body Found In Vacant House…. Woman Shot And Killed Outside Her Home… Shooting Victim Was ‘Trying To Turn Life Around’… Slain Shooting Victim Found In Street…. Driving Altercation Leads To Shooting, 1 Dies… 3-Year-Old Dies In Accidental Shooting… Man Turns Self In After Allegedly Shooting Wife… Man Shot Dead Outside Home… 3 Slain In Separate New Orleans Shootings… Cops Investigate Shooting Death… Man Shot Dead In Ohio… Teen Shot To Death… Man Dies After Being Shot Multiple Times… Man Charged Over Son’s Shooting Death… Cops Find 2 Men Shot Dead… 1 Dies In Shooting… Man Charged Over Gun Killing… 1 Shot Dead In Confrontation… Man Charged With Murder Over Shooting… Motel-Owner Shot And Killed… Husband Shoots Estranged Wife Dead… Suspect Arrested Over Deputy’s Shooting Death… Police Probe Fatal Shooting… Cops Kill 2 Suspects In 3 Shooting Deaths… Man Killed Fighting Back Against Robber… Man Killed In Home Invasion…. Nightclub Shooting Kills 1… Child Brain Dead After Drive By Shooting… Man Charged Over Shooting Of Ex-Wife… Body Found In Vacant House… Teen Fatally Shot…

    • Fannie says:

      Let’s just think about it, if those 100+ would have all had guns, we would have 100 more deaths……..keep counting.

  3. Sara says:

    NRA’s message: To protect schools means – Buy more guns, have government (taxpayers) pay for them, increase profits for gun/bullet manufacturers. This is what commentators should be saying.