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Saturday, March 6, 2010

44 Funny Political Cartoon Strike Outs: Bunning, Health Care, Chile, Toyota

From Denny: Cartoonists weaned themselves off the Olympics and went full tilt onto the battle for health care reform. They also enjoyed lampooning Republican Senator Bunning denying 400,000 people their unemployment benefits paychecks. He seemed to think it was funny that now many people will lose their homes or could not afford to feed their families because of his thoughtless act that lasted almost a week. Those people will never recoup that one week's worth of monies.

Have you noticed that the Chilean earthquake, 500 times more powerful than the Haiti earthquake, has received so little media attention? Check out the cartoons on this sentiment.

They mentioned in passing the sadness over the recent Sea World death and the death of six day mail service from the United States Post Office. Over time email has won out over cutting down too many trees to send mindless products overflowing in mail order catalogs of garbage made in China, poisoned with heavy metal contaminants we don't really need anyway. (Gee, "Do ya think?" I have an opinion about Chinese products? :)

Lampooning the arrogance, financial stinginess and foot-dragging service of Toyota won out as the all time favorite of cartoonists to blast this week. Climate change received a few nods too. Democrat Rep. Rangel of New York hasn't won any points of late and it was long over due for him to step down. Actually, what we need are term limits as both sides of the aisle have people who have been in Washington far too long and it has compromised or corrupted them.

I propose no more than five year terms for Senators, one or two terms maximum. House Representatives should get no more than five terms, for a total of ten years. And the Supreme Court? We should have impeached the fakers like Thomas and Scalia a long time ago for wrong-doing in the 2000 Presidential election as it was clear there was a conflict of interest with their children working in the Bush campaign. Term limits for a Justice should be a maximum of 15 to 20 years and then they are forced to retire - or if they hit the magic age of 80.

As to credit card reform, we all need to put our feet in the backs of the politicians to do far more than the anemic legislation they passed 18 months ago. The lobbyists won out then, already planning the highway robbery tactics of good and bad accounts gamesmanship, acting more like shady back alley loan sharks than legal bankers. Expect the rising tide of public anger to demand break-up of these monopoly banks. As it is the smaller banks are under their thumbs for they must borrow money from the big banks. Only the largest banks have the buying power to buy from the federal government. If Obama would stop that practice then the smaller home town banks would stand a chance and could compete. The consumer would win out too and not be held hostage to monopoly banks.

I guess that pretty much sums up the feeling of the American public: we feel like we are being held hostage - by our government, our insurance companies, our banks and our cars.

Take a look at what the cartoonists have commented upon this week. Get a chuckle and have a great weekend! Spring is almost here. Hold onto your cabin fever sanity... Winter is almost over and Spring is so close that I can practically hear it breathing... :)



Obama and Health Care:















































Republican Senator cavalier with over 400,000 lives denying unemployment benefits:











United States Postal Service losing so much money that it will now go to five days a week service:











Chilean earthquake:














Ethics and or senility - it's time to go, permanently:













And the climate change cartoons keep rolling into the house:









Post Olympics syndrome:








When NOT to take your child to work, uh, like an air traffic control center where there are thousands of planes in the air in the same space:





Sea World travesty:





Toyota's Turmoil:


























Credit Card Reform:










*** ALSO in related posts:

Chilean Earthquake Shortened Earths Day

8.8 Chilean Earthquake 500 Times More Powerful than Haiti

Update: Republican Senator Flips Off Middle Finger to Families: Takes Food Off Kids Plates

Speaker Pelosi Grades the Republicans on Lack of Governing

Hissy Fit Over Controversial Armenian Genocide Vote

30 Funny Creative Animal Ads


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Friday, March 5, 2010

A Poem to Think About When You Dream

*** Are you honoring yourself every moment of your life?

From Denny: Every Friday I put up an original poem for the Libations Friday segment over at my news, politics and poetry blog, The Social Poets. I also like to pair wonderful photography from my friends over at flickr with my poems. Discover someone new and enjoy their photos! Here is this week's offering:



Today was one of those triumphant days when a friend broke through into a new realization of where fear had taken her was a place she did not find comfortable. There comes a time in our spiritual development that we cannot return to the "tried and true" of third dimensional thinking and doing. We must finally stop, be still, patient, learn to wait and trust. When we do, life falls into place faster and into a better fit.

Often we are restless but cannot pinpoint as to why. We rush off to solve our immediate problems by creating still another. Usually, it's best to stop long enough to listen inside ourselves to learn where we belong at each moment of our life. When we do, we ease into a harmonious perfect rhythm that enriches us on so many levels. Take the time to honor yourself today and grow in your awareness.






Honoring Ourselves






Today I was faraway deep in thought,
Tapping away the late winter sighs and
Pondering the way of honoring ourselves,
Gathering the movies of life in my mind.







I looked over my shoulder at the day that was
And smiled to the moments of the hours
That touched lightly in their passing each other,
Stepping the path of the footprints left behind.







The natural rhythms of the day progressed,
Cooking meals, cleaning dishes and laundry,
Working at the office, returning to reunite,
Unwinding into easy conversations enjoyed.







Pulling the warm covers over as we sleep,
Cats crawling up to claim their blanket spot,
We talk quietly aloud of our heart’s thoughts,
Easing from the day into the calming night.







Sliding into rest, our eyes flutter and close,
Our silent dreams liberated once again,
Our tour guide clutches us tightly as we
Journey on the wings of our thoughts.







The sights we see, all that’s imagined is true,
Collecting thoughts, creating fresh reality,
We spiral down through the dark to view,
Awakening to our creation of the new day.








Denny Lyon
Copyright 5 March 2010
All Rights Reserved


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PHOTO CREDITS

Eagle flying between day and dream Photo by alicepopkorn @ flickr

Oceans of waterfalls Photo by Big Jobs @ flickr

Peace found at the water's edge Photo by lepiaf.geo @ flickr

Daydreaming Tree sunset landscape Photo by Harold Laudeus @ flickr

Daydreaming in the fields Photo by h.koppdelaney @ flickr

Footprints within the dream Photo by lepiaf.geo @ flickr

Eagle gliding low over the ocean Photo by lepiaf.geo @ flickr

Awakening single flower Photo by Harold Laudeus @ flickr

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