The Ship of State

Jim Morin, 10/17/13:

The original Boston Tea Party boldly threw crates of tea off the nation that wouldn't exist for another twenty years!

And that means...um, what, exactly?

It Happened One Night?

Jim Morin, 9/12/13:

Absolutely! Why is no one talking about our own homegrown rebel forces, which have conquered much of the country and include radical al-Qaeda elements, forcing our own tyrannical Western-backed dictator to use chemical weapons on thousands of Americans!

Or, um, what the hell does Morin really mean here?

I Know You Are But What Am I?

Jim Morin, 12/9/12:

Right-wingers are icky, stinky, booger-heads who have cooties. Morin is going to hold his breath until they go away.

Someone's Melting Down....

Jim Morin, 3/18/11:

Nuclear power is an incredibly dangerous way to generate power, killing dozens of workers even in the most modern and safety-conscious mines -- oh, wait, that's coal...

No, nuclear power causes immeasurable ecological damage when one of its units regularly leaks over millions of miles of water -- oh, wait, that's oil...

Um, nukes are bad, OK?

Is It Safe?

Jim Morin, 3/15/11:

Any power-generation system must be able to perfectly withstand a 9.0 earthquake and associated 250+ foot tsunami at any time to be considered safe at all.

Applying this standard to the US's coal, natural gas, and other facilities is left as an exercise to the reader. Enjoy the darkness.

Over the Bounding Main

Jim Morin, 2/27/11:

Once again, we have here a cartoon with almost enough labels. Sure, Obama is busy steering the S.S. Economic Recovery, and oblivious to the oncoming storm of Mideast Revolution, but what is that sea he's on?

Perhaps the sea should be Economic Recovery, and the ship is the USA, or the Liberty, and its sails are Private Sector Hiring and Lower Taxes. But the cartoon is missing the dangerous reef of Double-Dip Recession, and it desperately needs an oil metaphor to bang its point home.

Jim Morin: 2/9/11

Jim Morin, 2/9/11:
Hans und Fritz are alive and well -- for a few more seconds, at least -- in Florida.