"Greetings Suspects! - D'oh" I Mean Citizens!" - The NSA comes clean --- by Tom Tomorrow

[kpete]

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H. L. Mencken

[NoMoreWarNow]

1. good stuff

I was making that joke about the spying really being a data back up plan sometime back...

[Fumesucker]

2. How come cartoonists are about a brazillon times smarter than pundits?

Huh?

[L0oniX]

5. They, like Sam Clemens and George Carlin are/were astute observers of humanity.

[zeemike]

6. Yes they are and were.

And much funny material comes from that.
And laughter is a nervous response biologically

[BlueStreak]

14. Exactly. Cartoonists are successful when they expose ironies. Pundits are successful when

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they perpetuate the propaganda their employers pay them to read and write.

Any questions?

[Enthusiast]

29. No questions from this quarter.....nt

[Warpy]

9. They're more tuned in to that right side of the brain

That's the side we are meant to tune out if we're ordinary workers because it shies away from petty detail and focuses on how inter connected we all are.

[Doctor_J]

11. They are just the only ones who can express these opinions and still keep their jobs

[markiv]

13. it's the tradition of the court jester

in medieval times, the court jester was often the only one who could ever tell the unvarnished truth, and he was often considered the wisest man in the room, ironically because his role as 'fool' he could say whatever he wanted

i think Orwell took a cue from that, as a novelist of fiction

you can say obliquely what you cant say directly

[bluedeathray]

17. Not smarter, more honest. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

21. Because pundits are on a corporate network payroll.

[n2doc]

3. As long as Obama is president it's all a-ok!

Watch out if a repub wins in 2016, or 2020, 0r 2024.....Then we are all screwed! One man (or woman) makes all the difference!

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. It's not even one man or woman...it is a letter

[Capt. Obvious]

4. Heh, heh, a little surveillance humor

[Lugal Zaggesi]

7. Save us, NSA, save us !

From Communists, Drug Dealers, Terrorists, Evildoers, Aliens, Socialists, whatever
Just make them all go away !


Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!

[Zorra]

8. Tom Tomorrow is hands down the best political cartoonist/satirist

evah!

Consistent, right on target in your face truth in art.

Take a bow, sir!

[markiv]

12. he's in top form here

i dont always like his stuff, but when he's in top form he's the top

[WillyT]

15. HUGE K & R !!!

[SaveOurDemocracy]

16. K&R!

"Have we ever lied to you? .......... I mean in the last week or two? ........... That you can prove? ..."

[chimpymustgo]

18. Priceless. Can't wait for the ProAuthoritarian, ProNonsensers to weigh in.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

19. Who are these "trustworthy low-level analysts"?

Like this guy working at an airport?

[rpannier]

39. Who are they?

Fine hard working young men and women who are looking out for you and this country. We... I mean... they are tireless worker here to viola... I mean defend and protect your liberties. Think of us.. I mean... them as like Santa Claus; they know when you are sleeping and they know when you're awake, they know who you've been talking to, so don't ask any more

[1-Old-Man]

20. I haven't done anything wrong, so why should I worry about the rights of over 300 million others?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. You mean you THINK you haven't done anything wrong....

Some people would object to you being a member of "some underground".

[1-Old-Man]

27. It is very difficult to know what is right and wrong in a world of secret laws, police, and courts.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

28. Wish we did, we could make a point of breaking every single one of them.

[Dragonfli]

32. We are now purposely kept ignorant of laws

yet ignorance of these laws is no defense...

[nashville_brook]

33. well said!

[Uncle Joe]

23. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[reusrename]

24. I want to hear Trayvon's last call to DeeDee.

It's in the cloud there somewhere.

[Warren DeMontague]

25. I personally am SHOCKED to find out that NSA spying data has been used to go after pot smokers

....not

[felix_numinous]

26. LOL Classic!

[Coyotl]

30. Quite uncomplicated when distilled by Tom.

[cantbeserious]

31. K&R

eom

[gtar100]

34. When they talk about whistleblowers aiding and abetting the enemy, just who exactly is "the enemy".

We the People.

That's who these whistleblowers aided and abetted.

[AppleBottom]

35. LOL, I want to laugh and cry now.

[blkmusclmachine]

36. Here comes Obama's 30,000 armed Drones, to your neighborhood, to watch you.

Like license-plate recording cameras at every intersection weren't enough. And now they're implanting recording cameras and microphone listening devices into your digital TV's, to record your activities while at home.

9/11 was just the excuse to enact their preconceived agenda.

[quinnox]

37. Kick and recommend, #169!

Nails it to the wall, this is the truth.

[eppur_se_muova]

38. Kpete ! That is an awesome Mencken quote in your sig line !

Oh, and the 'toon was good too.

[blackspade]

40. Brilliant.