Cartoon(s) of the Week – Solving our problems won’t be easy…

Hey… sorry I missed CotW last weekend… got caught up in a number of activities and only realized on Tuesday that it hadn’t been done. But…We’re BAAAAACK!

Nick Anderson in the Houston Chronicle:

The Deficit Committee sure looks unpromising…

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Dana Summers in the Orlando Sentinel:

Warren Buffett doesn’t seem to be convincing other rich folk to do their share…

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Tom Toles in The Washington Post:

Not everyone’s goal is PREVENTING disaster…

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Lee Judge in the Kansas City Star:

But there’s so much to keep Political Cartoonists busy…

Cartoon(s) of the Week – The Debate gets us Nowhere because…?

Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Watching our Congressional Leaders negotiate with the President on raising the debt ceiling has given me a really negative opinion of the House…

– and -Chan Lowe in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:

… For one thing, they listen to the least politically knowledgeable people…

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Lee Judge in the Kansas City Star:

… and the spend so much of their time trying to get through legislation which does not add to the solution of the major economic problems…

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Tom Toles in the Washington Post:

…and many of the right wing folks, led on by their radio stars, try to make us think there is no real problem…

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Jim Morin in the Miami Herald:

… so, wouldn’t it be nice if they had real leaders who responded to all of us?

 

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Cartoon(s) of the Week – Women vs. Corporations (and Society in general)

Jim Morin at the Miami Herald:

So the Supreme Court thinks more of Wal-Mart than it’s poorly treated female employees…

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Kevin Siers in the Charlotte Observer:

… and their lawyers were reduced to second raters…

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Jeff Danziger of the New York Times Service:

… but perhaps the second raters are actually IN the Supreme Court…

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Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

… and women are persecuted by society in general…

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Joel Pett in the Lexington Herald Leader:

… of course, we are following precedents from other countries.

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Cartoon(s) of the Week – It doesn’t matter which Party… there are things we need to know.

Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

It’s time to reevaluate our elected officials and figure out who they work for…

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Signe Wilkinson at Philly.com:

… or think of what they could be spending our tax money on… things we need…

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Pat Oliphant in the Washington Post:

… and what about those who are trying to get into office… will they bring us back to our earlier evil?

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Nick Anderson in the Houston Chronicle:

Why can’t the media spend it’s time on important things instead of sensation?

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Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

…And, above all, when will parties ignore their competitive idiocy and evaluate policy by seeing what really works?

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Cartoon(s) of the Week – Some Questions Regarding Republican Primary Candidates

Tony Auth in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

What sets Tim Pawlenty apart from the other Candidates?  Nothing.

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Jeff Danziger in the L.A. Times:

Who do the Media Controllers on the Right want for a Candidate? Someone with their weight on issues.

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Don Wright, Tribune Media Services:

Who do the ordinary Republican voters want? Who knows?

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Milt Priggee in the Puget Sound Business Journal:

How do we know if a Candidate is in the race or not? Hard to tell…

Cartoon(s) of the Week – We’ve compromised without knowing how to pay off the debt…

Tony Auth in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Perhaps we really believe that we can, eventually, get out from under our debt to China…

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LUOJIE in the China Daily,  Beijing, China

I don’t think the Chinese are expecting a payoff soon…

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Lisa Benson of the Washington Post News Group:

… and a short term win can have REAL consequences…

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Steve Sack in the Minneapolis Star Tribune:

… of course, when the Republicans take over Congress, it may be clear that the Democrats have LEARNED from them.

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Cartoon(s) of the Week – Here Comes Santa Claus

Joel Pett in the Leington Herald-Leader:

 

Ah, the holidays… doesn’t everyone think about sharing?

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Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

 

…and, to some, it is better to TAKE from everyone…

 

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Clay bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

… and GIVE to the folks who need it least…

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Jeff Danziger in the Los Angeles Times:

… and don’t look up the chimney for Santa Claus.

 

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Cartoon(s) of the Week – The Big November Show

Ben Sargent in the Austin American-Statesman:

It’s the election season and we’re all invited to The Show…

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Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

One side of The Show has its own Network….

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Stuart Carlson at Universal UClick:

It’s sometimes hard to tell who the sponsors of The Show are…

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Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

…so let’s settle in for the show with a nice cup of Tea.