Tag: bailout

  • Bearman Cartoon: GM Too Big to Fail…

    …but we don’t give a damn about the suppliers or dealers.

    I hate that phrase that has been pushed around in the US with regards to Banks and the American Auto companies. I am all for capitalism but in my mind too big to fail means it is way too big and while the government shouldn’t put restrictions on growth they should install measures to protect pensions, etc of companies that size.

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  • Bearman Cartoon: Misdirection the UK Version

    A few days ago I published an editorial cartoon about how the US government is wasting taxpayer money but wants us to be angry at AIG for doing the same.  One of my frequent commenters, Woman in Black, is from Britain and had this to say

    “Is it possible to offer us Brits an Anglicised version (Royal Bank of Scotland and Gordon Brown)? We are a simple race, and need things spelled out to us.”

    Then she said no one knows what Gordon Brown looks like.  Across the pond their Uncle Sam is known as John Bull.  so for you WIB…I present  (I did it down and dirty and quick so not quite up to my crap standards.):

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  • Bearman Cartoon: New way to bailout the Banks

    As the banking industry continues to stumble given the latest earnings reports, their stock takes hit after hit. I thought at what point could I just take my meager earnings and buy one of them out. End result…this editorial cartoon.

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  • Bearman Cartoon: Larry Flynt wants a Bailout

    This week Hustler Magazine Publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild guy Joe Francis announced at a press conference that the Porn industry needs an economic bailout. See Here, here and here.

    Well my latest cartoon thinks if Larry takes a certain angle, he might be able to get it. Insert your own joke here (ex “these hard times”, “flaccid economy”…etc etc)

    110 09 Bearman Cartoon Larry Flynt Hustler Bailout

  • The death of the Newspaper Cartoonist

    With all this talk of layoffs at daily newspapers all over the country, one position that doesn’t get much press is the editorial cartoonists. This Washington Post blog article brings the story to light. It even mentions Cincinnati’s own Jim Borgman as one who has been pushed out this year.

    Will we soon see a group of middle aged men marching to Washington, ink and Wacom tablets in hand, looking for their own bailouts? Is this the death of the political cartoon as we know it?

  • Bearman Cartoon: Big Three Auto Execs return to Washington

    The first time they came to Washington asking for a Bailout from Congress, they didn’t have a plan and came in private jets. What if this time they were serious?

    What’s more, this article brings up an interesting point. When will Congress start cutting back on their travel and budgets?


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  • Bearman Cartoon: Economic Band Aid

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