Two Dudes: Early Cartoon

It probably seems like I’m really busy, and I am. I haven’t had much time to post to the blog, but I have spent what little free time I have working on a few cartoons for May 20th. I figured I’d post one now, since I don’t plan to post before then (my wife’s graduation is Monday, our families are coming into town, my work is eating most of my time, and my car needs to get fixed). This one is perfect for releasing early, since it has nothing to do with Muhammad.

The Importance of Action

Civil disobedience is an important part of every healthy society. Civil disobedience is a non-violent act performed with full knowledge that negative consequences may be inflicted by others.

Often, it is the government that is being targeted for exposure as the heavy-handed reactionary: black people sitting in seats designated for white people, Indians making salt despite a British ban on the practice, even drug dealers selling their wares despite the threat of incarceration.

However, in some cases, it is not a government that reacts to an act of defiance. May 20th has been arbitrarily selected as “Draw Mohammad Day.” I for one have been feverishly working on Photoshopping some things together. I may even drag out the pen and paper to actually create something brand new.

But why do it? For one thing, we can. There is nothing morally wrong with lampooning someone’s religion. Islam is not special, it deserves no special respect or reverence. I refuse to even admit Islam is the craziest and most violent faith.

Sure, they took down the two towers and 4,000 3,000 people, but the largely Christian army of America takes out more buildings and people in any given month over there. I’m just not too frightened by a society that still rides camels and builds car bombs out of fireworks.

So let’s pretend some Muslims will try to kill people who draw Mohammad. If a couple people do something, it’s easy to scare them with threats. If thousands of people do it… let’s be honest, they don’t have the time. They’re too busy praying five times a day.

The more people who do it, the more improbable it becomes that violence will follow the depiction of that 7th century child fucker. The more people who draw Mohammad, the safer it will become to do so.

“But Ginx, I can’t draw.” Great! Just take a brown marker and draw an oval. Fill it in and there you have it: Poohammad. “Who over 7 years old still has markers?” Fine, use MS Paint. It’s really not about quality, it’s about quantity.

So warm up your imagination and start sketching those incendiary drawings and cartoons. Islam deserves to be treated the same as any other faith.

Wednesday Word: Gliberal

Gliberal: loquacious left-winger

Robin Hood: Libertarian or Socialist?

Suspend the anachronistic nature of the question, and help me discern whether the legend of Robin is more Libertarian or Socialist? It seems to be both: you have a libertarian who bears arms and fights tyranny, and you have a socialist who robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Is Robin Hood the perfect fusion of the two, a timely hero for modern America?

Here Come The Fashion Police

“Courts have looked at dusty shoes and pants and backpacks with water bottles on the person indicating that he has just completed a long journey... All of these things can constitute individual factors that add up to reasonable suspicion.”
- Connie's Congres

Arizona did not give law enforcement freedom to racially profile. No, they just became the fashion police.

Backpackers beware: Arizona is full of feeble old people who hate seeing you flaunt your youth. If it ain’t a fanny pack, get the hell out!

The Most Ironic Thing...

If you’re expecting some sort of deep religious or political criticism, this post won’t be it.

My wife put an Obama campaign sign in our window two years ago. Like most liberals, we’ve been too lazy to take it down. I noticed the red coloring on the sign had faded almost completely, which is what made me remember… the most ironic thing I ever saw.

I was driving around, minding my own business, when I passed a tanning salon. They put up posters in the storefront window. I could tell they were once images of bronze, swimsuit clad models. However, the sun had bleached the color right out of the poster, reducing the models to a washed out white.

A tanning salon… whose sole job it is… to darken people’s skin… by simulating the sun… displaying images of pale people… which were once golden skinned… until the sun’s rays burned out the color…

It was an infinite loop of irony. It was more ironic than McDonald’s sponsoring the Olympics.

Wednesday Word: Baracknophobia

Baracknophobia: the irrational fear that Obama will spin a web of tyranny

Response on Immigration

Regarding Arizona’s decision to become a fascist police state, No Guy In The Sky commented (my reply in non-italics):

Really retarded is what I think of your thought process. Have you read anything since third grade?

Sorry, I must have missed “The Turner Diary.”

I am not a racist. I have friends that were illegal. I have friends that are illegal. I could easily turn their whole families lives upside down by reporting them. That is not my job.

But if paid to do so, you would? The only thing keeping you from being a monumental douchebag is laziness? Who says two wrongs can’t make a right...

It is the job of the government to protect its citizens[’] jobs. Which it isn’t doing when it ignores illegal immigrants.

I hate to stop you right there, but economies don’t work by a process of finite jobs that must be defended and set aside for certain people. Employment is reliant upon the operating capital of the private sector, which has shrunk as wealth is consolidated into the hands of a few who merely stash their boon in investment schemes which provide no real productive output.

The only reason to oppose “illegal immigration” is because you don’t like immigrants. Anyone with a cursory understanding of economics knows that an increased pool of cheap labor only solidifies the foundations on which the middle-class rests. Immigrants ought to be given citizenship, pay taxes, and abide by all laws (including those regarding minimum wages, though these may have to be lowered).

So you think schools are free? Sewers? That is all free?
You[’]r[e] an idiot. We have an immigration policy for a reason. Why do you think it is? You didn’t answer the first time I asked.

Functionalism is bunk, but I agree there is a “reason” for immigration policy, and that reason is racism, a reason dating back to the Immigration Act of 1924, when limits were initially placed on how many people could gain citizenship (it was based on how many people of that background were already here). Prior to this, and according to the intentions of this nation’s founding principles that all are created equal, immigration was completely open, and merely required the filing of paperwork. There were no limits, no lines, no families split by borders, no bureaucratic red tape...

And as I stated earlier, legal citizens pay taxes and help pay for sewers to flush turds like you.

Doors wide open sounds great if you want to completely fuck all working class citizens. Only the hot ones... You are brilliant. Thank you. Since you[’]r[e] talking out of your ass. Please explain how supply(workers) and demand(jobs) works in your situation.

As per economic theory that extends beyond simplistic 101 level supply and demand charts (which are primarily used for the cost of goods, and certainly not applied to complex labor markets), immigration supplies a market with low-cost labor. You know how factories are closing and going to other countries? Instead of going to where the cheap labor is, we can bring the cheap labor to companies here. Having the means of production in your home nation creates economic stability and jobs beyond the low-level grunts. We don’t have “real” Americans lining up to do factory work for minimum wage without benefits, and what you’re suggesting is to force Americans to do so. Limitations on immigration simultaneously lowers the standard of living for Americans and weakens our productive output.

You obviously were dropped on your head when as you said “Your cunt of a mother shit you out!”

I did not use an exclamation point, because using one would have been tacky. It’s like laughing at your own joke. And you left out the part of America’s soil being greasey.

FYI - Dumb Ass! Being against illegal immigration does not make me racist. Your thinking that way shows severe retardation.

You want people to leave your country based on their heritage, but you aren’t racist... I think you’re late for your hood fitting...

Why is America supposed to open the doors?

Because some jackass racists closed them for no good reason

Is the rest of the world open? Australia? Thailand? Russia? China? England? France? Doors open? Nope. Why is that? Research that ya melon head. Heard about passports? Why do we need them? [Confusing repetition of z deleted]

Like I said earlier, if you want to live in Australia, Thailand, Russia, China, England, France, etc., please go for it. You will not be missed.

America should be open to all who wish to reside and work here because that is what made us better than all of those nations you listed. Ignorant dolts like yourself are making a move to Scandinavia seem appealing.

Really. What the fuck is wrong with you?

I can tolerate living near people who are different?

The Arizona Solution

The past couple of days, I have pondered how best to handle the idiocy coming from the Arizona state legislature. There have been protests, and there are those who are boycotting the state. However, I think the solution requires something a little more…

The United States should cede Arizona to Mexico. Think about it. We acquired Arizona from Mexico in the Mexican-American War, so it may be argued we have no legitimate right to the land. We also don’t need Arizona. The state is largely old, white, racist retirees, and the money we could save not paying for their Medicare would far outweigh the meager benefits the state provides. [The Grand Canyon is nothing but North America’s asscrack.]

While we’re at it, we should give back California and Texas, too. Texas is an obvious choice, but why would I suggest getting rid of Cali, the liberal Mecca? Well, their insurmountable debt problem makes the decision appealing. Politicians who suggest policies that circumvent Constitutional amendments would be another.

Being faced with trying to [re]gain American citizenship might instill a sense of empathy in the hearts of these desert-dwelling bigots.

Origins

I haven’t talked too much about the bible lately, so I figured I’d give it another whirl. What better place to start than the beginning…

The Bible picks things up at Day 1, but I’m more interested in Day 0. What happened on Day 0? Trick question, there is no Day 0, just as there is no year 0. However, one can imagine what one would call the era denoting these prior days: BG, Before God.

What were things like back then? Well, according to the Bible, it was wet. It’s pretty fuzzy beyond that.

I sometimes wonder why religious people would trust a being which won’t even explain where it came from. If you met someone and asked where they’re from, and they said “I have always been,” you would probably bury your head in a book or put headphones on and ignore them.

There is, in fact, an innate human fear of outsiders. There is a legitimate function to this, sociologically. Exile was a common punishment throughout history, and self-imposed exile (otherwise known as “fleeing”) is also a common practice. Societies do not want criminals joining their ranks, and they have little way of distinguishing between those kicked out or escaping punishment for crimes, and those innocently seeking asylum from persecution or famine.

How is it that right-wingers hate undocumented immigrants, but take God at His word?