Not to bring everybody down, but I thought it needs saying.

A Tempered Reflection on the Anniversary of 9-11 by israphael 9-11-02

Hi. I want to take some time out from writing comic strips to talk about the state of the union. On the anniversary of the terrible events of 9-11, we stand on the brink of an ill-concieved war with Iraq. It doesn't benefit us to start a new war when the work in Afghanistan is just begun. We'll just anger the Arab world without addressing their greivances. Talking about threats to America, let's discuss the recent business scandals. Those have done more to erode confidence in the American Dream. It is time to make corporations accountable for their actions. And let's remove the corrupting influence business has in government. That's how we'll insure that the "government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

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"Nothing expresses the brutal grandeur of rectal polyps and anal fistulae quite like the mother-tongue of Goethe."

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It is time to make corporations accountable for their actions. And let's remove the corrupting influence business has in government.
That's how we'll insure that the "government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

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"Eat a fucking cock." - attitudechicka

Let's consider the abandoning the concept of "defending US interests in the Persian Gulf." Is there any such thing as "defending Chinese interests in the Gulf of Mexico?" Do the Russians or the Iranians get to park missile cruisers in Galveston Bay to ensure their access to our strategic oil reserves? No. If we imagine that scenario for a few seconds, we might get an inkling of why "radical Muslims hate Western culture," as we are fond of saying.

Democracy in the Persian Gulf will mean nationalization of natural resources. It will mean Arab oil for Arabs, Persian oil for Persians, and so on. It will mean America will have to relinquish its supposed "interest" in monopolizing the world's energy reserves. I have the deepest doubts that Washington will ever tolerate such a thing. They have overthrown nascent democracies in the region over this very issue, and they will again. They will back the most repressive elements they can find to keep the people down, and these elements will keep coming back to bite us in the ass. So it has gone, and so it probably will.

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This entire thread is appropriate 9/11 reading. Do it!

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In Memoriam by Scyess 9-11-02

Hi, Earl! Happy September 11th! Jon, you insensitive, cretinous bastard. September 11th is the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in history. Show a little fucking sensitivity, for Christ's sake. Yeah, you're right. I guess I'll cancel the stripper. Woah, now! Let's not be rash...

In related news, I heard that today people are supposed to drive around with their headlights on to commemorate the deaths of those who died in the attacks. While I admire their bravery and sacrifice (or in some cases their tragic dumb luck), it's my own personal view not to annoy other people by displaying my opinions openly. (My reason being I don't give a rat's ass what YOU think, why should I be so presumptuous to assume you care what I think?)

But then again, I do fear retribution from the more patriotic and (probably) inbred of my fellow countrymen if I don't assimilate and show enough sensitivity. I guess I have no choice but to stay inside until dark.

But... there's no food... and I need blank CDs...

Someone send a political prisoner a sandwich...?

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"Old" is the old new.

In the first Gulf War, I was driving my car down a public street when it was assaulted by patriotic young persons with very short haircuts because I declined to "HONK FOR USA." They yelled at me and banged on my car and rocked it, and it occurred to me that they might try to turn it over.

People were getting bricks through their windshields for not tying yellow ribbons to their antennas.

BUT THEY WILL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM!

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You know... THAT day. by il_schmucko 9-07-02

America: 2051 Grandpa, what's Patriot Day? Well dear, before your daddy was born, some mean men stole some airplanes and used them to kill a lot of people. Really? Why is it called Patriot Day? The President named it, and he wasn't very smart. Oh. Grandpa--what's a airplane?

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"I don't know who you are, schmucko, but you rule." - lara7 | christ@myself.com

If the United States is confined to using American oil, you may as well kiss the economy goodbye.

Bull Fucking Shit.

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Almost the entire state of Texas is above huge quantities of oil. But, some of it is deep, and oil companies prefer not to drill deep. But the #1 reason the US experiences periodic oil shortages is because there are not enough refineries {to convert the oil into a usable form) to refine the supply already on hand.

Additionally, the middle eastern countries are happy to sell oil to the United States. Certain people stay incredibly rich. The US military is there to protect Exxon, Mobile, Shell, etc... from being nationalized or in some other way harmed. In other words, to protect the fat wallets of the US oil middle men.

Guess what. Hybrid cars work on the power generated by the brakes. Honda has one that is priced about the same as other new cars of the same size. They pollute far less than other cars, and get over 60 miles of gasoline to the gallon.

But "the ladies who lunch" want to drive thier single passenger SUVs to the mall to buy their designed clothes (made by child laborers and political prisoners).

But promise Joe Six Pack a tax cut and he'll vote for you --- and fuck everything else. He only cares about his own pocketbook.

How about conservation of energy. How about looking for alternative sources of energy. Nah, let's just use all the oil as fast as we can and leave our grandchildren to figure out what to do when there is none left.

There is a bottom line below money. It is ethics. Too bad so many in this country seem to live without them.

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A heartwarming story of women achieving equality... by pita 7-22-02

This is truly marvelous! The last time I came to Kabul for an interview, women were required to walk ten feet behind their husband at all times! Now, I see, the men are walking several yards behind their wives. Can you tell the free world just what enabled Afghani women to achieve such a reversal of roles? Land mines.

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

Ha ha. Brilliance.

Best... Pita... Strip... Ever.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

This is Spinal Tap's Tribute by kaufman 9-11-02

Rock, rock, rock... Rockin' round a 4-sided Pen-Ta-Gon! PEN-TA-GON! They must have ordered it from the same guy who built their Stonehenge.

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I just wanted to deliver some papers to another office during lunchtime.

Most of Seattle turned out at the base of my building with loud speakers. Half of the crowd was there to prove they could grieve (something I always considered a private ritual). The other half was selling flowers and little flags and t-shirts and buttons and commemorative bibles and freaking red white and blue air fresheners.

I could hardly make it through the vendors and back before lunch was over. And I couldn't count the different kinds of uniforms and guns I saw - most looked like a cross between Mounties and mall security.

Whatever happened to a moment of silence and private prayer? The exhibitionist pain and patriotic capitalism made me want to hurl.

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

Untitled by wirthling 10-09-01

Why'd you do do that? To show my patriotism.

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

The Rush-types would have you believe that there are two extreme positions with no middle ground possible: either you are terribly sad that those America-haters attacked the US on 11th September 2001 and want the US government to do anything it feels like to get revenge; or you think the US deserves everything it got and you are an America-hating terrorist-loving liberal.

There is a middle-ground, of course, and most of us here on SC.com stand at some point along the spectrum, recognising to some point that the actions of those terrorists were horrific and indefensible, and it is a tragic thing that those thousands of innocent people died so suddenly and terribly, but that fifty years of US foreign policy and corporate activity (if there is a difference) contributed significantly to creating a climate in which such things could happen. Most of us would agree that something needed to be done to capture and punish the guilty, but that launching into an unjustifiable potential World War Three won't fix anything. Suggesting that the US government's attitudes to the Middle East (and most of the rest of the world) as a support network for its corporations is a bad thing is regarded as traitorous thought these days, despite the fact that it is completely true.

The sad fact is, these corporate mouthpieces want you to stop thinking and just agree. The best way to show respect for the fallen in last year's attacks is to keep thinking, keep learning, keep an open mind, and use the information you acquire to do your part to help the human race move on from this brutality we keep getting bogged down in, and become a better species as a whole.

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Why do you hate America so much? If you hate it so much, why don't you leave?

Oops, sorry about that. I'm still being deprogrammed.

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

Mainly because it spawned you.

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Some people have a better perspective to view the truth. Check out this film at Atom Films:"Voice of the Prophet".

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"Nothing expresses the brutal grandeur of rectal polyps and anal fistulae quite like the mother-tongue of Goethe."

Wow... powerful stuff... That man had more integrity and goodness in his toenail clippings than Dubyah, Cheney and Ashcroft have in their whole fucking geneaological lines.

I'm a bit choked up... what a great man.

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a few more oldies but baddies which are appropriate for this thread

(I've deleted a lot of my bad comics recently, but somehow I missed these)

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"Eat a fucking cock." - attitudechicka