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Bush’s strangle hold on the MEDIA may be slipping

l3wis May 20, 2008 0Comments

We’ll see, but I did enjoy this White House crybaby story.

And I think NBC nailed it here:

“Just as the White House does not participate in the editorial process at the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal or USA Today, NBC News, as part of a free press in a free society, makes its own editorial decisions,” NBC said in a statement.

Maybe you need to start paying NBC to shovel your bullshit for you, like you have done with other news organizations and journalists?

I’ve written in the past how the 4th Estate is no longer a watchdog of our government, especially our local daily in Sioux Falls, that has agenda’s on how to spend out taxmoney, Event Center, but I hope NBC holds tough on this one.

SATIRE; DO YOU GET IT?

l3wis May 19, 2008 6Comments

I’ve been disenfranchised lately with editorial cartooning. It seems the harder I work at it, the less people get it. Satire, especially in columns and cartoons, doesn’t always have to be laugh out loud funny to be effective.

The recent lawsuit filed by Dan Scott and Bill Janklow against the Gargoyle Leader is further proof that people do not get satire, and if they do, it really pisses them off. Good satire’s intent is to expose the lies or at least the foolishness of someone or something. Dan Scott was foolish in his remarks about the state legislature, so Beck exposed that foolishness. Seems pretty straightforward, doesn’t it? Well, this is where we hit a fork in the road. Some people hate to be lied to by politicians, some people love it. I’m seeing a majority of Americans are falling into the loving it category. We elected one of the biggest liar’s in American history to two terms of president. We see thousands gather at Obama rallies to hear him tell us false aspirations of hope and change. Trust me, McSame is no better.

Why do we hate the truth so much?

We have become a society that wants immediate satisfaction, and if that satisfaction includes being lied to, fine. Give me a bumper sticker to slap on my car.

I guess I’m not asking everyone to understand my cartoons, some of them I don’t even get, but I am asking people to demand the truth from those who are in public service and to stop being such arrogant pricks.

And if you are not a fan of satire, please stop visiting this site. This site is for people that enjoy honesty and laughter.

Bush’s sacrifice; golf

l3wis May 19, 2008 3Comments

Cartoon Weasels

l3wis May 19, 2008 0Comments

Mr. Hope and Change makes an appearance in Sioux City, I mean Sioux Falls.

l3wis May 19, 2008 5Comments

I was going to do a toon about his gaffe, but Mr. Daiker beat me to the punch in the Gargoyle Leader.

But here are some of the lines:

Obama, “It’s good to be in Sioux City”

Audience member, “I hope he knows what country he is in?”

or

Obama, “It’s good to be in Sioux City”

Audience member, “Great. Another presidential candidate the doesn’t know their ass from a hole in the ground?”

or

Obama, “It’s good to be in Sioux City”

Audience member, “Well, both cities suck, so close enough I guess.”