Dark Humor: BP Oil Spill Cartoons - 26 June 2010

*** Check out the latest from the cartoonists as they chronicle the BP oil spill news.





From Denny: What a week this has been! The audacity of Republican Joe Barton - member not of the Grand Old Party but rather the Greed Over Principle party - who actually apologized publicly to BP at the Congressional hearing. The Cheshire Cat grin of BP CEO Tony Hayward was the weasel smile of a Big Business guy who got his money's worth from that politician.

That sure was hard to watch, knowing we, the average voters, are currently powerless to do anything about corrupt politicians and corrupt Big Oil and Big Banks and Big Business taking apart this country piece by piece. Yeah, well, wait until November guys. There will be a lot of surprises. Already there is the rise of non-corporate Democrats stepping up to run for office like a guy in Colorado.

Cartoonists have kept their pens busy giving their two cents worth about BP, the government's response, and how the Pelicans view this mess and disaster. Don't you just love it how BP CEO continues to try and paint himself as a victim? Is this guy an alcoholic or something? Typically, alcoholics use the sympathy drama to control others and this guy works that drama every chance he gets.

And there are those General McChrystal cartoons I'm posting separately. Yeah, there are that many of them. :)

See Cartoons by Cartoon by J.D. Crowe - Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com - Email this Cartoon

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See Cartoons by Cartoon by Joe Heller - Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com - Email this Cartoon

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*** See Also more cartoons of the day: Funny General McChrystal Cartoons - 26 June 2010

*** See Also more cartoons of the day: American and World Politics Cartoons - 26 June 2010


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Fourth of July When Life is Simple poem - Libations Friday 25 June 2010

*** An amusing Fourth of July poem that celebrates living.







Fourth of July When Life is Simple







Grand Dad used to say, “Life is simple.”
I thought silently, “Yeah, when you’re 90.”






Grand Dad used to say, “Life is good.”
I asked him if it was good all the time.







Grand Dad used to say, “Life goes up and down.
Learn to appreciate it all, even when it doesn’t look good.”







Grand Dad sat on the porch steps, slicing the watermelon.
It was The Fourth of July, his favorite holiday.







He pulled out his pocket knife and poked out the large seeds,
Throwing them hard to the ground and far away into the grass.







He said, “This is how you handle problems when they come.”
We sat in the shade for a while, thinking, and poking the seeds.







Then he put his mouth to the sliced fruit, biting hard into the sugar.
He smiled wide and satisfied, as watermelon juice dribbled down his chin.







“And this is how you engage the sweetness in Life.” Grand Dad said.
And he took another big bite. And, then, so did I.







Now I knew what Grand Dad knew.
Sometimes, Life really is that simple.



Denny Lyon
Copyright 21 June 2010
All Rights Reserved


*** With special thanks to nothingprofound, a fellow blogger, a fun guy who posts aphorisms on his blog, Aphorism Of The Day, that tickle my mind, one of from which this poem sprang (Life is simple... 18 June 2010).


*** For more Fourth of July posts see also:

63 Quotes About Freedom and Liberty: Happy Birthday, America!

How Do We Live Freedom and Liberty? Libations Friday - 2 July 2010

Fourth of July Fireworks Cartoons - 3 July 2010

Dennys Photo Gallery: Fourth of July Watermelon

Cake Tuesday: Red, White and Blueberry Shortcakes

Cake Tuesday: Red, White and Blue Independence Day Cake



Photo Credits


Fourth of July fireworks at Pismo Beach, California by puliarf @ flickr

Watermelon quarter close up by ccharmon @ flickr

Pink watermelon by Esther Gibbons @ flickr

Watermelon keys by Torley @ flickr

"Flutter-bye" on watermelon enjoying the sugar by puliarf @ flickr

Watermelon slices by moreno0101 @ flickr

Watermelon on ice by quinn.anya @ flickr

Watermelon seeds by Muffet @ flickr

Watermelon on the sky by mfrascella @ flickr

Eating watermelon with gusto by Jonf729 @ flickr



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Pentagon Junkyard Dogs Bow to Obama Pressure

*** President Obama puts a chokehold on the scornful military to bring them into line.



Prez Obama on Air Force One last year when he disciplined McChrystal the first time



From Denny: Well, it took long enough but at long last President Obama has a choke hold on his Pentagon junkyard dogs - at least for the moment. Forcing them to issue this statement is only the first step at putting a huge hat pin in the bloated egos of the scornful military.

Their mocking of civilian government is legendary and has existed for decades. This wrong culture will not evolve and change over night. It's the very reason for the rapes of women cadets at America's military academies that continues to appear in the news for two generations now. This is a systemic attitude tolerated far too long and it's time to dismantle it.

It's also time to do a Pentagon Joint Chiefs shuffle, starting with Admiral Mullen. He tolerated and encouraged this crappy attitude of disrespecting their civilian authority. He is also a Bush leftover and we can't count on him to be loyal to the President.

If there is one thing that greatly concerns me is the lesson of history. President Kennedy tolerated and ignored his Pentagon junkyard dogs, leaving them in places of authority. Kennedy dismissed President Eisenhower's warnings about what the Pentagon, the military-industrial establishment, was capable of plotting. They used that authority and networks to assassinate Kennedy in the end. I'm not eager to see an historical repeat for this President. Remove them all now, Mr. President and take no chances. You get enough death threats as it is.

What the public - and this current president - may not realize is that the very reason our intelligence communities cannot work together effectively or share intelligence wisely is because of this loose cannon cowboy culture. While there is that segment of the public that worships at the altar of the military there are certain facts and history of which they are unaware.

The reality is the Pentagon is the birth place of this scornful mocking attitude toward civilian authority. The reality is that when military members leave official military service they often join up with other alphabet soup agencies like the CIA, the DEA, the NSA and the FBI. They take their prejudices and contentious combative attitudes with them into the next job, continuing to foul up cooperation, sharing of intelligence and just plain getting the job done right. Their bloated prideful egos get in the way of everything practical and common sense.

Stand down the military and Big Business. Only then will the President and the American people finally get their lives back - and our country.


Watch the Pentagon back pedaling from these Republicans - Sec. Gates and Adm. Mullen:






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