tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post6750517667084348008..comments2024-03-28T14:05:12.281-07:00Comments on The Cartoon Cave: Happy Birthday, Garrison Keillor!Pete Emsliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451607722482352366noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-47586551191738771532009-08-28T09:09:34.943-07:002009-08-28T09:09:34.943-07:00Awesome drawing. Makes me wanna count the hidden N...Awesome drawing. Makes me wanna count the hidden Nina's ;)<br /><br />(that reference is a high complement BTW)Punchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03277389769446828301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-42719054796824005492009-08-23T21:00:16.546-07:002009-08-23T21:00:16.546-07:00George Bush and his band of rogues got America int...George Bush and his band of rogues got America into this fiscal mess, with admittedly some help from Clinton before them. All of that easy credit came at a huge cost that Obama's administration is trying to now correct. Yes, all of the stimulus money is going to plunge America into a huge deficit for years to come, but to have sat back and done nothing would have sent the country into a depression that would have been far more devastating. (Also, don't forget that Bush finally came to his senses in his last few months and initiated the stimulus spending. I personally salute him for that, if nothing else.)<br /><br />Regarding health care, again it's going to cost America far more in the long term to do nothing. There's too much wasteful spending on repetition of the same procedures for an individual's GP and specialists ordering the same tests, as well as too much money going into the pockets of insurers who will find any excuse not to pay out on a claim if they can avoid it. When I lived in Florida I was fine because Disney had a very good benefits plan, but I had friends, either self-employed or working for small companies, who were desperately afraid of getting sick enough to warrant a hospital stay, as they could not afford to purchase their own benefits for many hundreds of dollars each month. Sadly, for those trying to eke out a living as self-employed workers, especially illustration freelancers like my friends, the monthly rent trumps medical insurance. The risk they take, of course, is that a serious illness could financially destroy them for the rest of their lives.Pete Emsliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451607722482352366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-25799537977018205632009-08-21T18:39:32.631-07:002009-08-21T18:39:32.631-07:00Yeah, great going Garrison. Pork-laden and shockin...Yeah, great going Garrison. Pork-laden and shockingly wasteful "stimulus" bill bullied into law, 10 year deficit conservatively projected at 9 trillion dollars, has authorized more spending in less than one year than all combined presidential spending since the country's founding 'til his inauguration, absolutely idiotic plan for socialized health care at a time when the country's expenditures are already completely unsustainable. Sensible endorsement indeed. This new guy's every bit as incompetent as Bush on his worst day. Nice drawing though.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639309631985737282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-4378129689413359452009-08-12T10:05:11.273-07:002009-08-12T10:05:11.273-07:00kinda looks like Roger Ebertkinda looks like Roger EbertAndrew Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192578332671402281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-15872642420932755162009-08-12T06:38:49.707-07:002009-08-12T06:38:49.707-07:00very nice pete; I've only heard one or two of ...very nice pete; I've only heard one or two of his broadcasts but I've greatly enjoyed his novels.Carla (Veldman) Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042636268679480573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-84618478455812468952009-08-07T18:40:09.967-07:002009-08-07T18:40:09.967-07:00For some reason he looked very scary in that Miche...For some reason he looked very scary in that Micheal Moore doc I saw once. Anywho, happy berfday to him anyway. :)Ricardo Cantoralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518171797365794688noreply@blogger.com