Posts tagged: death

Ted Rall and Donna Barstow: Separated at Birth?

capital punishment cartoon

Ted Rall is a liberal who hates most things President Obama has done this year. I am (mostly) conservative, who thinks Obama is doing a decent job, although I can’t point out anything in particular that is great. So we’re kind of going in opposite directions, but I enjoyed pointing out to him recently on [...]

9/11 Cartoon in 2009.

9/11 September 11 memorial cartoon

I have a growing collection of Sad Cartoons, it appears. I could have put this in the Holiday category, but that wouldn’t have been appropriate, when this is a memorial cartoon for September 11.
I forget that holidays are big in newspapers. Newspapers, and in schools! I never forget what happened that day, of course, but [...]

Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo’s purse.

Charon tells Ted Kennedy that a woman is waiting for him

I’ve always been curious about the Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne drowning, so of course that’s where my mind went last night when I read about his death.
What? Is that bad, or is that normal!? I’ve only been following the news closely this last year, remember; it’s like a crash course of the history [...]

Who paid for Michael Jackson’s flamboyant funeral?

Michael Jackson

We did. Los Angeles did. I’m so disgusted by this ostentatious funeral/memorial display! Shutting down part of the city, motor cascade, stars mouthing off, TV show, news coverage, blah blah blah. Not to mention the WASTE of money, when California is completely broke, with layoffs, warnings, etc by the state.
No doubt Michael Jackson would have [...]

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