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December 09, 2007
I Couldn't Have Summed Up Bush Republicans Any Better Myself
Uh oh. Stantis is getting all philosophical on us again. Never a good sign.
Today he's either referencing a Brazilian proverb, or he's misquoting George Herbert (who actually said "He THAT knows nothing, doubts nothing"). Yeah, it's a nitpick. Then again I guess it proves the proverb, showing that Stantis really doesn't know anything so he doesn't doubt that he's right about the quote.
Ultimately this is just an attempt at a lame twist on the old Bugs Bunny gag of walking off a cliff and hanging in mid-air because he doesn't have to follow the law of gravity since he never studied law. It's not terrible or anything, which is better than anything else Stantis has done this week. It's just not all that funny either.
However it is funny if you laugh at how terrible Stantis' drawing is in this strip. That bizarre moon makes yet another appearance - even though it's the middle of the day. Carmen's bike doesn't have spokes - until the last panel, where only half the wheel has them. For some reason there's a pharmacist's mixing bowl at the bottom of the ramp. And so on.
I guess Stantis decided it would be too much work to come up with more than what are basically single panel strips this weekend. Yesterday it was a store, today it's the desert. The pattern with Stantis seems to be that if he's going to spend a lot of time drawing he only uses one panel like this weekend, but if he has a lot to say we're lucky if he takes the time to draw both Carmen and Winslow standing against a blank background like we had during the week. Gee, I'm so happy that he gets paid to devote so much of his time to making the best strip possible.
So what's on tap for this week? What Republican scandal will Stantis avoid? He's got lots to choose from, but I'm thinking we'll get a week of the War on Christmas. It is December after all. Offer up your own guesses in the comments section if you're so inclined. Or not - I can't expect our readers to make any effort to write something if Stantis never does.
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Now that I think about it (yeah, I know - probably should have done that before writing this entry - sorry), this is an extremely timely strip for this week and feels like Stantis could have drawn it just a few days ago. That's when President Bush claimed he hadn't seen the NIE that said Iran stopped their quest for a nuclear weapons program back in 2003. Bush said he hadn't heard the details about the NIE until LAST WEEK, so that's why he spent the last few months talking about how Iran is the next great threat and is looking to start World War 3. Although that's in doubt since word is Bush actually knew about the NIE in August, and the slight change in wording he used in his speeches from that point on would indicate that knowledge. So there's your proof that this quote is fitting for our own President: he claimed to know nothing about Iran's nuclear ambitions, so he didn't doubt that we Americans would believe him when he said they were going to start World War 3. Yup - Bush Republicans know nothing, so they doubt nothing this administration says.
Comments
And what do you think of Obadiah Shoher's arguments against the peace process ( samsonblinded.org/blog/we-need-a-respite-from-peace.htm )?
Posted by: Alex at December 15, 2007 11:39 AM
