Happy Mothers Day Nosy Moms!!! Well isn’t every mom nosy and prying? I mean that is what they are supposed to do. Years ago someone I knew named Doug recounted this story to me as he was in his mid 30’s and his mother was pressuring him to get married. His response was so classic I somehow remembered it the other day and had to post for all of you for Mothers Day.
Happy Mothers Day to my mom…who never comes to my site so she can’t smack me for making fun of old ladies. 🙂
Look at that….with all the people threatening to move to Canada, Donald Trump is already a job creator (cough cough)
“Black Lives Matter” For whatever reason since the phrase was first invoked, there is a large population of people who miss the point and respond “All Lives Matter.” What is missing from their understanding, IMO, is when someone invokes the phrase “Black Lives Matter” they aren’t saying ONLY black lives have meaning but rather “Black Lives Matter TOO”. It is implied in the phrase and yet so many seem to miss the point.
Let’s say you are at a birthday party and everyone is served cake but you. You say “I want cake!!” First, you don’t have to say “I want cake too because clearly everyone else has cake.” Second, imagine the response is “Everyone wants cake”. Can you see how demeaning it is. All your friends are standing around enjoying the delicious confection and have a blind spot to the fact that you have been left out. But what is worse, is they shut you down when you bring up the injustice.
And just because you support the “Black Lives Matter” cause does NOT mean you are anti police. As Trevor Noah of the Daily Show clearly points out in this video, you can be Pro Black and Pro Police….and should be.
What do you think?
Yes it is that time of year once again. The Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge 2016 from May 9 – June 15, where you do stuff and I donate money to worthy charities. This is the 8th Year I have done this so far donating over $7500.
I do this challenge each year to raise awareness of my blog while giving money to charities who need it. Some people have asked why I don’t just shut up and donate the money without all the fuss. Three reasons. First, what I spend on this is my advertising budget for the year so if you enjoy Bearman Cartoons, please help by spreading the word on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, etc and/or thumbing up on StumbleUpon or Reddit. Second, I have heard from many people who want to donate but their current financials don’t allow for it. This is a great way for them to get involved. And finally, no one would probably know about all these great charities without the challenge so it is my way to strum up some publicity for them.
Again this year I will divide evenly the amount of money donated between three charities up to $1500. The first charity I will support is the Red Cross in their continued efforts. The second charity is the Brandon C Gromada Head and Neck Cancer Foundation. This charity is named after my friend Brandon Gromada who was stricken with this terrible disease and passed away in 2012. His family set up this foundation to direct funds to research for better treatments. This is a rare type of cancer that research funds are needed to combat it. And the third is of course one of my favorite charities, Crayons to Computers. It is a free store for teachers allowing them to stock up on school and art supplies for their students/classrooms. But that is not all. I will donate the indicated amount for each thing that you do in the month of May:
PLUS Donation Match. You make any donation to any of the three charities listed above in honor of Bearman Cartoons or Beartoons.com and I will match that donation up to the maximum payout for the challenge. Just send me something or post something showing your donation so I can count it.
The Grim Reaper has been a busy entity in 2016 with all the celebrity deaths. Dan Soto sent me this idea on Facebook so I ran with it. I can only imagine the Grim Reaper being happy about this fortune in his fortune cookie.
RIP Prince. The words “It’s such a shame our friendship had to end” from Purple Rain is such a fitting sentiment. Another childhood icon gone too soon.
Minimum Wage. Everyone seems to have an opinion during this election cycle. Bernie Sanders wants a $15 minimum wage. Hillary Clinton says raise it to $12. Cruz is completely against it. John Kasich says let the states decide. And Donald Trump has said both increase it and don’t increase it in the past.
At $15 per hour and a 40 hour work week (something I managed to do easily during High School and College during breaks), would equal $30,000 per year. I wondered what soldiers make and found this listing of Army pay. A private coming into the Army only makes $18,000-20,000 per year. Somehow I think that takes a little more commitment than the guy serving up your burger at a fast food restaurant.
So until the government pays a living wage to our military, they shouldn’t debate what the private sector is doing. And you want to manage the cost of education…mandate that public universities lower tuition to keep in line with inflation (but that is another cartoon)
Thought I would do a Bernie Sanders Caricature. You know, just in case he pulls it off against Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Primary for President.
Have a great week.
Preparation Hillary T-Shirt. I thought this parody of the Preparation H box would make my readers who are fans of Hillary Clinton (any of you out there?) happy. Clinton’s biggest threat in the Democrat nomination for President is Bernie Sanders.
Bernie supporters are very mobile and vocal on social media tagging many of their posts with “Feel the Bern” So what better way to take care of the “Bern” than some Preparation H.
Get the shirt here
One Cincinnati claim to fame is that Union Terminal is considered the inspiration for the Hall of Justice where the Superfriends managed their operations. Union Terminal was built in 1933 much in the grandeur of Union Station or Grand Central Station as a train depot. As train travel diminished especially after World War II, the site became rarely used. In the 80’s it saw brief life as a shopping mall and most recently it is the permanent home of the Museum Center housing the Cincinnati History Museum and the Museum of Natural History and Science.
Well after years the Terminal is badly needing repairs. Rather than propose a new bond levy on property taxes, the County instead is asking voters (with Issue 8) to consider raising the sales tax by .25% for five years. Unlike the horrible deal voters agreed to with the Bengals and Reds Stadiums whose sales tax never has expired, this tax would only be limited to 5 years and end automatically. A huge selling point IMO and the primary reason I am voting for it.
Now about those Superfriends. Superman was a reporter by day, Wonder Woman held many jobs usually with the government, and Acquaman….well he didn’t have a job as far as I can remember. So none of them had money yet they somehow they could afford a swanky headquarters with all the latest technology. And who probably had to foot the bill? Batman. And he earned his money the old fashioned way: He inherited it. Bunch of slackers.