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January 28, 2006
Mail Sack!
Week after week we here at the Shrubville home offices receive oodles of mail from every corner of the world. So today we begin what I hope will be a regular feature here at the Shrub: Reader Mail!
We start with an email from Mark in Washington:
Dear Shrubville: Today is the first time I read the comic strip Prickly City. I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. Is this supposed to be funny? It shows some kind of fuzzy animal - I think it's a squirrel - falling through the air and saying "If I were in charge things would be a lot different." What does that mean? Is it a flying squirrel? And why is it supposed to be funny? I googled "Prickly City unfunny" and your website came up - can you give me a hand?"
Hi Mark - thanks for writing. You're not alone in not seeing any humor in PC, and you came to the right place. You see, Winslow is a liberal coyote who's always trying to fly. It's a metaphor for lefties, since they always dream the big dream but they'll always fail because...well, because they're dirty, stinky, smelly liberals according to "artist" Scott Stantis. I know, I know - the country is at its lowest point ever under Republican rule, but you have to remember that Scott Stantis is a card carrying neo-con, so in his mind everything is cheeky.
However the more I think about it, I get the feeling that today's strip might be Stantis's first attempt at a "They did it too!" defense. Let me explain: Winslow says if he were in charge things would be different, yet he crashes to the ground. Just like the Republicans are doing now. But like Sacki pointed out the other day it doesn't matter who's in charge - they're all going to fail. Now I don't know if I agree with that (especially not on Abramoff - Stantis DID lie, and not only did he only donate money to Republicans, he actually directed the Indian tribes to give LESS money to Democrats. So suck on that, Sacki). So I get the feeling that after trashing Harry Belafonte and Howard Dean as wackos, yet waking up to see that mAnn Coulter had called for the poisoning of a Supreme Court justice, Stantis might be trying to say, "Hey, it's not our fault - anyone in charge is going to fail sometimes." Way to stick up for your party, Stantis.
This letter comes to us from the great state of New Jersey, thanks to Samira:
Hey hot stuff (lol) - are you guyz on myspace? Because that would totally be cool and stuff.
Hi Sam. Actually, this past week a Shrubville group was started on myspace: click HERE to sign up. I'm not really sure what myspace is all about, but our intern Gary thought it would be a good idea. But he also thought reader mail was a good idea, so who knows.
Our first hate mail comes from Bill in New York:
How dare you try to judge the brilliance that is Prickly City. Scott Stantis is a TRUE American - not like you commie pinkos who don't support the troops and want Osama Bin Laden to be our President. George W. Bush should be able to do whatever he wants - he won the election in 2004, and HE'S A WAR PRESIDENT. And no, I'm not a little girl who's afraid of everything and thinks that only Daddy Bush can protect us, and I'm not worried about paying my bills every month because I'm running out of room on my credit card, and I might be worried about not being able to fill up my SUV this week but we have to invade Iran because they have nookular weapons!
You suck!
I'm sorry you feel that way Bill. I guess you're right - there are consequences in elections. And unfortunately we've all suffered under President Bush. I'm sure things will get better - I mean, Bush does have a plan, right? Right? I'm sure the State of the Union Address on Tuesday will detail exactly how Bush will make things better. That he'll own up to the fact that the economy isn't as strong as he says, that things aren't going as well as he says in Iraq, and that the national debt is so high that we could default on our loans in February and that he's going to take immediate measures to deal with the problem other than more tax cuts for the rich. I'm sure his SOTU will be a true, honest assessment of how far down the shitter he's flushed this country and he'll offer real solutions to our problems.
Just like I'm sure this whole mail bag wasn't just made up by me to kill a Saturday entry when Stantis chalked up yet another unfunny strip.
Join us next time (maybe) for more from the Shrubville Mail Sack!
Comments
Damn, that Samira IS hot!
Posted by: FredN. at January 28, 2006 10:18 AM
