Beneath the calm, serious demeanor of Barack Obama, there's still a hint of the quirky, boyish human being who has been shaped by his life to this point.
Click thumbnail for the full effect of this affectionate caricature by Beth Cravens.
At least the money got washed and pressed.
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Some people just need an age-appropriate incentive!
Click image for full Beth Cravens cartoon. You won't be sorry!
Recession is defined in aggregate. There are large segments of the economy that are shrinking, and the ordinary working people see this on a daily basis, even if Duhbya doesn't.
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Click image for full Beth Cravens cartoon - and Ron Paul tease.
I saw a Ron Paul sign still up in Concord yesterday. Ron Paul was the candidate for people who have sense enough to come in out of Iraq even if they don't have the sense to come in out of the Republican Party.
Sense to come in out of the rain? I'm not sure.
If you have to bite your lip, could you leave your wife out of it?
For full Beth Cravens cartoon, click the image.
Despite my support of Obama (now that Edwards is out of the race), there are some things to look forward to if Hillary becomes President. One of them is the frank exchange of views that would take place with U.S. "ally" Saudi Arabia, which has to be one of the most repressive regimes on earth.
Of course, the frankness would take place out of public earshot, but I giggle uncontrollably at the thought of Hill having King Abdullah into the Oval Office. You can bet she wouldn't let a photograph be taken of her seated lower than a member of the House of Saud, the way Duhbya let his stature lapse with Bandar. Put ol' Abdullah into a beanbag chair! Maybe Hillary would show just a scosh of that cleavage which brought such cluck-clucking from the punditaliban. Then she could smile and tell him which camel he can stick his wah'habi into.
Update: A belated valentine for Hillary.
Beating its own record to rack up the largest annual corporate profit in American history, Exxon Mobil Corp. said yesterday it earned $40.6 billion for the year, reaping the benefits of crude oil prices around $100 a barrel.Benefits, huh? When their major cost goes up, their profit goes up? Yeah, sure, price changes can show the impact of increased demand, and that demand is inelastic. Exxon Mobil just bumps up its bite, too. Corporations exist to price-gouge; that's what this is.
The annual profit was enough, at $3 a gallon, to buy nearly four 15-gallon fill-ups for the roughly 243 million registered passenger vehicles on American roads.Update: Beth Cravens cartoon - click image for full cartoon.
Click image for full cartoon from Beth Cravens.
Found Beth Cravens by a very circuitous route, and I couldn't wait till Sunday to link to her whimsical blog and its intrinsically funny drawings.
