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March 14, 2006
Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kodos
Yesterday CJo called it and today Charles got it right - Stantis brings up the Simpsons vs. the First Amendment poll. And it shouldn't be any surprise that more people know about Homer and the gang than what's in the Bill of Rights. It's not like they put up the Constitution three times a day and on Sunday nights for everyone to see. Much like geometry, the last time anyone cares about it is when they need it to pass a test in high school.
And let's face it - under our new President and his unitary powers (translated: I can do whatever I want because I'm king), the Constitution doesn't mean squat anymore. Heck, Bush has admitted that he BROKE THE LAW with this whole illegal wiretapping deal, then says he's going to keep doing it (and is), and odds are the guy's not even going to get censured for violating the Constitution (although I give props to Senator Feingold for trying).
I actually got my hands on the latest draft of the First Amendment, as written by Karl Rove:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion (as long as you're a Christian), or prohibiting the free exercise thereof (as long as they're Christian holidays); or abridging the freedom of speech (unless you disagree with the President, then you're with the terrorists), or of the press (unless you blow the whistle on the President's illegal activities); or the right of the people peaceably to assemble (unless you're Cindy Sheehan), and to petition the government for a redress of grievances (unless you're being held as an "enemy combatant" and your family isn't told you're being held or what the charges are).
Also, the Fourth Amendment has been been eliminated entirely, replaced only with this picture:
Comments
I'm kinda confused with what I've been seeing this week.
Monday it was about Don Knotts, Tuesday was about the Simpsons thing, and tommorrow's is about the whole Port deal (I recently got tommorrow's newspaper in advance and it showed Carmen telling Winslow that the government sold the port of Prickly City to Belgium)
If the port strip I saw in advance turned out to be what Stantis originally drew and another "Simpsons" strip shows up tomorrow on ucomics, I'll have it scanned for all to see.
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at March 14, 2006 09:32 AM
One in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms in the Bill of Rights.
None of them can identify even one difference between the four panels Stantis repeated for this strip.
Curse them for their sloth, artist!
Posted by: Anonymous at March 14, 2006 09:57 AM
Stantis isn't writing a comic strip. He's operating a way-back machine that's stuck on "14 days ago".
Posted by: Annie at March 14, 2006 10:41 AM
I wish more people knew about the 19th Amendment and the evils contained therein so that we could 21st Amendment it like we 86'd the 18th.
Posted by: Sacki at March 14, 2006 10:59 AM
Instead of 86ing it, maybe each one of "their" votes should only count for 70% of a vote, like "equal pay."
Posted by: j kendall at March 15, 2006 12:32 PM
