There seems to be a wide range of people who are concerned in the US with the TSA putting Body Scanners in the security lines as another line of defense against terrorism. This article from the Washington Post explains much of it.
I think the above might be an unintended consequence for those men who are “underpacking”.
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Don’t know about kids outside the USA, but in the US we were exposed on Saturday mornings to little blurbs between cartoons called School House Rock.
These little ditties taught me the different between an adjective and an adverb, what the preamble to the US Constitution is and one of my favorites, was Bill. It told the story of how a bill becomes a law on Capit0l Hill.
Unfortunately many bad bills get made into law and many good bills sit forever never becoming law. No matter which side of the healthcare debate you are on, you might enjoy the latest tshirt from WackSack.com. It shows “BILL” beaten down and depressed because he is the “Healthcare Bill”.
Those of you who remember School House Rock…what was your favorite???
As many of my loyal readers will attest, I am a fulfiller of dreams. Brock Heasley has such a dream. His dream is to get a contract with DC Comics. Brock is the mind behind Superfogeys, the webcomic about old superheroes in a nursing home (that yours truly provided a guest cartoon for just last month). As good as Superfogeys is, Brock and his team have submitted MONSTERPLEX to Zuda. Zuda is a site owned by DC and each month they pit 10 different webcomics against each other. If he wins, he gets a one year contract to keep making it.
From Brocks site on how you can help:
1. First of all, go to http://www.zuda.com Pretty cool, right?
2. Hit the “Sign Up!” link in the upper right hand corner. You can’t vote or interact with the site in any meaningful way without registering first (don’t worry, it’s painless and DC Comics won’t spam you afterwards).
3. Follow the instructions to create your Zuda account.
4. Click on the Zuda logo in the upper left corner of the screen to go back to the homepage.
5. Click on “VOTE” to go to the current competition.
6. Scroll down until you see MONSTERPLEX and then click on that!
7. Now, this is the good part. There’s a whole bunch of things you can do to support MONSTERPLEX and they’re all right here:
a. Click the VOTE button!
b. Give MONSTERPLEX a star rating under “Rate This Comic:” (5 is great, but follow your conscience.)
c. Click the red “+” sign to “Add to Your Favorites”
d. Scroll way down on the page and leave a comment!
So go off and do your good deed for the day. Brock promises that if he wins, he will add a real Bear-Man to the monster mix who wears a beartoons.com t-shirt all the time. OK, I totally made that up. But I have dreams too you know.
It is interesting how often political party members get into a tizzy when one of their own doesn’t go along with the party line on every single issue. Not that it ever was a secret but now it is out in the news that Scott Brown, the Republican who won Ted Kennedy’s Senatorial seat, is not a pro-life senator. He believes the government should stay out of the debate (with the exception of late-term abortions) and shouldn’t provide federal funds to support it.
Are Republicans who looked at this guy as a savior now going to backtrack? The problem Republicans are having is their small tent litmus test mentality that says you have to fit into every category to call yourself a Republican. At least on the surface I like the fact that Brown is trying to open the doors of the tent a little wider.
Fiscally I lean to the right and socially to the left. As I have said before I want the Conservatives to stay out of my pants and the liberals to stay out of my wallet.
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With all the talk about iPad, Apple’s new tablet, there have been those who are disappointed with the final result. Cartoonists like myself bemoan not being able to actually draw our stuff on it. Others wonder if it is advertised to show movies, then why no DVD player (answer I tend to hear is battery power). Do you care? You getting one? I know all the reasons people don’t want one. What are the reasons you do want one?
BTW…looks like Stalebacon cartoons also was thinking along the same lines as I was that calling it an iPad just sends a confusing message.
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