Tour de Hartford

Matt Davies, 11/25/12:

OK, so "Connecticut Education Funding" is a tandem bicycle on which the first rider, "Property Taxes," does all of the work, while his diminutive friend, "State School Aid," sits quietly, because he can't reach the pedals anyway.

So, clearly, we should get some of those Lance Armstrong-endorsed super-steroids for the little state dude, so he can grow big and strong and then take his fair share of the pedaling, right?

I can almost see what that would mean in the real world, but I suspect Davies has not thought through the fact that Connecticut taxpayers are going to be the ones really spinning the wheels either way, no matter which middlemen are in the cartoon, and so the difference isn't terribly compelling.

One Less Mouth to Feed Is One Less Mouth to Feed

Matt Davies, 10/26/11:

Isn't it horrible that those people we don't like are having so many babies?

Zombie Judges?

Matt Davies, 10/5/11:

For a limited time only! You get two -- two! -- cartoons in one!

First it's a confusing comment on the Troy Davis execution!

But look again, and it's also a confusing comment on the al-Awlaki assassination!

I'm not 100% sure what it means, but Davies clearly doesn't like our government killing people...or something.

Shotgun Approach

Matt Davies, 3/11/11:

Collective bargaining for public-sector unions is both enumerated in Section 1 of the US Constitution and not enacted anywhere in the US until Wisconsin in 1959. Discuss.

What's that Road Paved with Good Intentions?

Matt Davies, 2/24/11:

Not only can't you eat freedom, you can't run your car on it, either.

Matt Davies: 2/8/11

Matt Davies, 2/8/11:
Businesses would really rather avoid having any rules whatsoever, if they have any say about it. Also, substituting "commas" for "commerce" is officially The Lamest Pun Ever.

Matt Davies: 2/4/11

Matt Davies, 2/4/11:
Someone actually knows what the Congressional GOP position is on Egypt. No, wait -- someone actually cares what the Congressional GOP position is on Egypt.