Yes, yes, I know I’ve committed to ignoring the former guy and that he must be allowed to fade into oblivion. But, when I saw this one by Claytoonz yesterday … it made me laugh … really laugh … and I simply couldn’t resist sharing the humour! The cartoon is good, but his commentary beneath is truly priceless!
I have excellent timing. Minutes after finishing up this cartoon and while creating different file types of it for my clients, The New York Times sent me a notification that the ship blocking the Suez Canal for the past five days has finally been freed (I made that sound like I’m really important because the NYT sent me a notification, but it’s an app on my phone).
In case you’re a Republican, the Suez Canal is in Egypt. It’s a vital artery for the world’s shipping and economy. Think of it like a short cut between the Atlantic Ocean, after going through the Mediterranean Sea, to the Indian Ocean. It beats having to go around Africa. In case you’re a Republican, Africa is a continent, not a country.
While salvage crews were digging and tug boats were tugging, it was the moon that came through with the final push. The…
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Filosofa's Word 
We are talking about the numb nuts who asked if we could use nuclear weapons to storm a hurricane ?
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The exact same one, and also the same one who thought if California raked their forests, they wouldn’t have wild fires.
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‘Raked their forests’????????????????
Lyrics:
Say it ain’t so, Joe, please
Say it ain’t so
That’s not what I wanna hear, Joe
And I got a right to know
Say it ain’t so, Joe, please
Say it ain’t so
I’m sure they telling us lies, Joe
Please tell us it ain’t so
They told us our hero had played his trump card
He doesn’t know how to go on
We’re clinging to his charm and determined smile
But the good old days have gone
The image and the empire may be failing apart
The money has gotten scarce
One man’s word held the country together
But the truth is getting fierce
Say it ain’t so, Joe, please
Say it ain’t so
We pinned our hopes on you, Joe
And they’re ruining our show
Ooh baby
Don’t you think
We’re gonna get burned?
Ooh baby
Don’t you think
We’re gonna get burned?
We’re gonna to get turned
We’re gonna get burned
We’re gonna to get turned
We’re gonna get burned
We’re gonna get learned
Yes, we’re gonna get burned
We’re gonna get burned
We’re gonna get learned
Yes, we’re gonna get turned
We’re gonna get burned
Say it ain’t so, Joe, please
Say it ain’t so
That’s not what I wanna hear Joe
And I got a right to know
Say it ain’t so, Joe, please
Say it ain’t so
I’m sure they’re telling us lies, Joe
Please tell us it ain’t so
Told us that the leader has played his trump card
He doesn’t know how to go on
You’re clinging to his charm and determined smile
But the good old days have gone
Say it ain’t so, Joe, please
Say it ain’t so
I pinned my hopes on you, Joe
And they’re ruining our show
The image and the empire may be falling apart
The money has gotten scarce
One man’s word held the country together
But the truth is getting fierce
Say it ain’t so, Joe, please
Say it ain’t so
That’s not what I wanna hear, Joe
And I got a right to know
Say it ain’t so, Joe, please
Say it ain’t so
I’m sure they’re telling us lies, Joe
Please tell us it ain’t so
That’s all I wanna hear, Joe
And I got a right to know
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Ahhhh … I actually remembered this one from … decades ago. Shoeless Joe, the baseball ‘hero’ whose fame came crumbling down when it was discovered he had taken a bribe. Hmmmm … such things were frowned on back then … these days, people just shrug their shoulders.
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The background of the song fascinated me, particularly as it constantly resonates today in other situations where we are let down by those who have achieved ‘status’.
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I begin to think that the old saying “the more things change, the more they stay the same” is spot on. It used to confuse me, but I understand it now. The problems are still the same, only wearing new faces.
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Band: Talking Heads:
Song: ‘Once in a Lifetime’
Extract: ‘Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was’
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Oh yes, I remember that one well!
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It doesn’t get any better than this: 😍
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I see WordPress still hasn’t fixed the bad-formatting-on-reblog bug 😦
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No, they haven’t … sigh. WordPress is too busy figuring out ways to make it HARDER for us to do what we do! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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It’s Skynet out of Terminator in another guise I tell you
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Ahhhh … that ‘splains it!
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It’s got its hooks into Word too.
I used one Italian phrase in one of my books and the whole Spell check defaulted to Italian. It took several efforts to convince it to do otherwise.
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Oh my! Happens to me, too. I often compose emails in Spanish, one of my two native languages, and the next time I open Word, it wants to write in Spanish.
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I’m gonna start putting big chunks of Latin in my stuff, let’s see how it handles that!
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Ha ha … that will probably confuse the heck out of it!
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That’ll teach it😊
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You show it a thin’ or two, Roger!
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🤭
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I thought it was priceless too, as my comment there suggested implicitly.
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I’m sure I detected a hint of partisanship there. Perhaps if I’d read more………..
Cwtch
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GASP … NO! You think? Well, perhaps just a little tad … 🤣
Cwtch
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Wondering he not really had something to say about. 😉 Have a beautiful evening, Jill!
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I think his goal was mainly to poke a bit of fun at ‘the former guy’ 😉 You too, Michael, though you’re likely sound asleep right now!
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Always a good idea, although not everything made you laugh. Incidentally, he has advertised his own office. I hadn’t slept, by the way, Jill. 😉 We seem to live in similar time zones. Here it is currently 10:30 a.m. :-)) Have a nice Day!
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True … he’s a political cartoonist, and their job is to present the news with a humorous twist. Sometimes we laugh, other times we cry. When you posted this comment at 10:30 a.m. your time, it was 4:30 a.m. here … and I was sleeping, although interrupted by the phantom cat!!! You too, Michael!
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Oh, truely different timezones. 😉 I hope you slept well Jill!. Now it must be supper /dinner time at your side. Have a good one, and enjoy the rest of the evening! Michael
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That was hilarious.
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I debated about posting it, but it was just too funny not to! Glad you liked it!
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