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(Bumped up from October 22nd for today’s Halloween.)

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Happy Halloween everyone!

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Comment by HARP | 2009-10-22 14:10:27

Pat…….That white sheet you used in the great toon…..are you not afraid of the RACIST charge coming out?

Comment by Obamastolemycounty | 2009-10-22 16:21:55

 

Comment by Typewriterstreaming | 2009-10-22 17:09:27

That is exactly what I thought….

 
 

Comment by IndieDogg | 2009-10-22 14:17:39

Awesome!

And, a question. This has been nagging at me and I need some help sorting this out.

How does someone “work on” deciding something?

Once all the facts are in and the meetings are held and the only thing left to do is to decide what you think, how do you spend weeks “working on it”?

Is that like sitting in a restaurant not able to decide whether to go with steak or fish? There’s nothing you need to know that you don’t know, but you just can’t decide? Is that what this is, just a brain fart that the POTUS can’t seem to pass?

And a follow-up question. Do I want someone as Commander in Chief (sorry, even saying the term with reference to this guy sounds ludicrous) who sits in a restaurant after it’s closed and everyone’s gone home, still saying to himself: Steak or Fish? Steak or Fish?

Comment by Lana | 2009-10-22 14:22:50

Well said!!

Comment by Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy | 2009-10-22 14:27:55

Agreed on all counts!

And excellent cartoon, Pat!

 
 

Comment by Diana L. C. | 2009-10-22 15:01:10

Yes, Pat, good cartoon.

IndieDogg, it’s like sitting on the pot and not being able to do anything. Maybe he’s constipated.

 

Comment by oowawa | 2009-10-22 15:03:36

How does someone “work on” deciding something?

I think it involves a dartboard.

Comment by oowawa | 2009-10-22 15:08:50

Or maybe a ouija board–better for Halloween . . .

 
 

Comment by moonette | 2009-10-22 16:50:39

it’s not as simple as steak or fish! i always mull over major decisions.

 

Comment by lark | 2009-10-22 17:15:05

There is a reason for all of that rhetoric referencing a decision delay: morale chaos. It helps military commanders of all parties to take uncertain actions that would lead to waste of resources and lives. Obama was not trained in property management and has very little to loose in terms of resources and life, like his counterparts, Fidel, Chavez, etc. is of very little concern to him since he lost his parents early in life. Morale chaos is a general paradigm of purpose in everything Obama does. It is similar to an ad I saw yesterday of Johnny Walker scotch. The ad advocated to keep drinking, that is the message: keep drinking. Yet it immediately says, “drink responsibly.” How does that paradox works? For those who are customers and users of the Johnny Walker drug the keep drinking message reinforces their habit and the “drink responsibly” reinforces their illusory believe that they are ‘responsible drinkers.’

So what’s important is to reinforce an illusion, a false representation of self, a misrepresentation of facts. Pathological liars thrive on that and it is accomplishment they constantly seek and cherish.

Comment by TeakWoodKite | 2009-10-22 19:52:06

Obama was not trained in property management

So I suppose his treatment of the constituents in the 13th don’t count?
Or the “boneheaded move” for his Mc Mansion?

 
 

Comment by Ferd Berfle | 2009-10-22 19:17:19

How does someone “work on” deciding something?

I take it you never worked for the government. First, you have to have some “issue” which needs to be resolved. In order to resolve it, however, you must have a consensus as to what the problem really is that is causing this “issue”. Once you have that consensus, then you have to decide who will work on that problem which defines the “issue”. Now you can’t have the real experts decide how to rectify the problem that led to the “issue” in the first place because they might have some sort of bias, i.e., actual knowledge which might rectify the problem ANd the issue and God only knows we can’t have any people too close to an “issue” actually resolve it because that would mean that the corrective action might represent a conflict of interest.

So you have a problem which is part of this “issue” that is now given to a group of people who have no expertise in the area sitting around a conference room table debating the particulars about this problem, asking all the wrong questions but coming up with great answers such as “let’s have a subgroup study problem X which will be correlated with the findings given by group Y and have them followed up by group Z.

So group X and Y, which have no real relationship to each other and are flying blind, independently come up with two recommendations that will then be massaged by group Z so that it appears in the end that they really were after some sort of reasonable response to the original problem that led to the “issue” in the first place.

The final answer is usually a punt to give the problem further consideration since the “issue” is too important to have only a single review, no matter how complete it might have been because they aren’t the experts.

I’ve seen this s h i t happen.

Comment by oowawa | 2009-10-22 21:13:19

Good explanation, Ferd. Franz Kafka and Joseph Heller would have loved it.

 
 
 

Comment by Lana | 2009-10-22 14:24:41

Fabulous cartoon, Pat. And yeah…that white sheet thing. You might get put on “the list.”

 

Comment by Kim | 2009-10-22 14:42:26

This is a great cartoon Pat! You really nailed Obama with this one.

 

Comment by getfitnow | 2009-10-22 15:04:04

Love it, Pat!

 

Comment by ImaLlindatoo | 2009-10-22 15:22:20

Excellent. And so true…on many levels.

 

Comment by foxyladi14 | 2009-10-22 15:25:32

outstanding Pat..thumbs up

 

Comment by oowawa | 2009-10-22 15:26:26

Alternatively: “Halloween candy has been found to promote obesity, which drives up health costs and promotes tooth decay. Now everyone may take only one carrot or radish from the bowl . . . ”

Striking cartoon Pat–here we all are out in the darkness waiting for the goodies we were promised, while Thee One smiles from the radiant glow that always surrounds Him . . .

Comment by sowsear | 2009-10-22 15:58:46

Let’s HOPE we get that pony for Christmas..

 

Comment by Lana | 2009-10-22 16:33:06

Now everyone may take only one carrot or radish from the bowl . . . ”

…but you have to give half of your carrot to those who aren’t out trick-or-treating tonight…

 
 

Comment by yttik | 2009-10-22 15:39:35

Cute cartoon!

Maybe next year! In the meantime, please pay this five cent sugar tax on the goodies you aren’t going to be getting.

 

Comment by TeakWoodKite | 2009-10-22 16:24:41

Won’t the kids be sc sc sc sc scared **itless when I show MY BO mask! I have candy duty this year!

Great picture Pat.

BTW, Houses that do not hand out Candy get the TP treatment…. :)

 

Comment by Martha Washington Collier | 2009-10-22 16:26:59

Great cartoon, Pat.

My God, this is a nightmare…all our worst fears come true. And, the fraud is still on tee vee every single darn day.

 

Comment by sarainitaly | 2009-10-22 16:29:17

hehe So cute, and SO true!

 

Comment by lark | 2009-10-22 17:27:53

What happens to a society whose president happens to be a pathological liar? What happens? It begins to mimic the behavior and accept it as a standard conduct. True or false?

I have been seen that lately TV ads seem much more bolder in their misrepresentation of facts. And some like in the Johnny Walker ad use much more obvious paradoxes to convey their underlying messages.

 

Comment by Peggy Sue | 2009-10-22 17:33:11

Hey, Pat. The rule is: no treat then you deserve a trick. Hope never enters this equation. How ’bout this:

No real leadership, no vote of confidence. None, nada, zilch. Polls tanking? Gee, I wonder why?

Can’t make up your mind on Afghanistan? Well, I understand the Dems have switched back on a missle defense to Poland [btw, the POTUS was firm, firm I tell you on superior strategic weapon defense from off-shore. Remember that?].

So, no worry. No candy offered today? Check back tomorrow.

The Administration might be serving waffles.

No leadership? No vote today and tomorrow or for all the days after. We can still soap [and sink] those windows.

And Republicans? Don’t get too excited. Because you’re all on the radar, too.

Treat or Treat! Happy Halloween.

 

Comment by Maggie | 2009-10-22 18:16:58

Oh my, thank you Pat, so very much for the deep belly laugh as I sit here, dazed and confused from alka seltzer flu medicine. Great cartoon!

 

Comment by Clara | 2009-10-22 21:24:12

The cartoon says it all. You see how easily he delivers the bad news to the children. He has no heart and no soul. He cares not who he hurts.

 

Comment by confusedinAmerica | 2009-10-22 23:27:56

just think of it this way…If we end up with a sin tax Candy just might lots of taxes for next Halloween.

 

Comment by IndieDogg | 2009-10-23 03:24:03

FLASH!! This just in. President Obama has announced a decision regarding the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan.

The White House this evening announced that the President, after careful deliberation and consideration of input from all parties, both military and civilian, has decided to definitely decide what to do.

Details to follow… eventually.

Meanwhile, the President had this message for our troops huddled in poorly defended strategic positions in that barren wasteland:

“Duck!”

# # #

 

Comment by Sassy | 2009-10-23 09:07:49

“Serpentine”
From the old movie with Falk and Arkin!

Cute critters Pat!
My odometer has been racing, I overran Halloween.
I have finished my Christmas shopping, and am ready to love me some pretty paper and ribbon.
I have completed physical therapy on a rotator cuff injury.
My 17 year old granddaughter has received her first full scholarship offer.
Our stocks are improving, so I have had a good week!

 

Comment by Sassy | 2009-10-23 09:33:52

The only “urgency” BO has is in the bathroom apparently.
Cheney said he “dithers”.
I don’t support that vile guy in anything, but we need to start hearing some truth from some source!

Comment by oowawa | 2009-10-23 09:57:44

The only “urgency” BO has is in the bathroom apparently.

Sassy, I am shocked to hear that Thee One needs to use this gross earthly device. I assumed that he somehow defecated clean little styrofoam “angel turds,” which could then be gathered and used as sanitary packing materials.

Comment by candymarl | 2009-10-23 10:22:41

 

Comment by Tricia Spiegel | 2009-10-31 14:18:09

 
 
 

Comment by Sassy | 2009-10-23 10:50:33

Good grief oowawa!
You are fogging up my bifocals! LOL!

 

Comment by Miss H | 2009-10-25 16:26:47

You think these kids are ticked off at the lack of Halloween candy; what about the wait of our troops in Afghanistan?

Check out this great video made by a friend of mine:

“The Phone is STILL RINGING”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9unwjgXSA30

 

Comment by helenk | 2009-10-31 13:16:11

http://www.myphl17.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=cd4ae1e7-b123-4424-a112-a1498ae57660&cat=empty&src=front

OT
this is for Rev Amy as I will be working later tonight during the game and will not be able to post.

GO PHILLIES

WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE

 

Comment by helenk | 2009-10-31 13:32:46

Pat
your cartoons always are right on the mark. They are worth more than a thousand words.

backtrack has nothing but stale old brand x candy that he promises but never delivers.
Even little kids learn which houses have the good stuff and which houses to avoid on Halloween.

WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE

 

Comment by Linda Mac | 2009-10-31 13:40:32

Great cartoon and so very true.

 

Comment by helenk | 2009-10-31 13:51:13

Miss H
I e-mailed the link for your friends video to some friends. More people should see this.

WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE

 

Comment by Stan Davis | 2009-10-31 14:14:34

Great ‘toon, Pat!

I guess he’s trying to find the compromise between the vegetarians and omnivores.

Stan Davis
Lakewood, CO

 

Comment by JohnnyB | 2009-10-31 14:16:39

Nice Cartoon Pat; You know Obama is right, candy is not good for your health anyway, so not getting any from Obama is good for you. Same with health care, there’s no REFORM in the current bill. So forget it. Time is running out. The honeymoon is long over.
The press now will be looking for the “Scoop”. The dogs are being let loose. Universal Health Care or dont’ touch what we have. Forget the compromise “Public Option”, it doesn’t go far enough and its been further compromised by “opt out” potential. This is a three cup with one ball card table on-the-street-game, and we are going to play and pay.

 

Comment by Rich | 2009-10-31 15:20:17

Wonderful cartoon. Very creative.

It does seem to me that Obama and the Democrats, this year, have no to little plan for “helping” (i.e., no candy) the people who need a good job or are losing their homes, so no use knocking on their door this year. They do have lots of promises for next year in hopes that you will believe them and be motivated to reelect the Democrats in hope that in 2010 or 2011 they will keep their promise.

This reminds me of a saying that goes something like “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.”

I think they may have over-promised and misread many of the people who voted for them. People are starting to realize that there is a price to those feel-good promises and that the price may be too high. Also, there is a difference between good intentions and promises made and the reality of what is really possible or even good for the country.

It may be unfortunate that the only way the government will listen to the people is if more Republicans get elected. I say unfortunate because I do not believe the overly conservative Republican who are now in charge of the party are any better at listening to the people or even care about the people either.

Rich

Comment by Martha Washington Collier | 2009-10-31 16:17:01

only way the government will listen to the people is if more Republicans get elected.

And it does seem that the dye has been cast: The main stream Republican in NY, Dede Scozzafava just suspended her campaign, giving Doug Hoffman, the conservative running as an Independent (the Sarah pick), a huge boost. If Cristie wins against Corzine in NJ and the Repubs take VA, will they hear us then?

 
 

Comment by pyjama | 2009-10-31 15:49:39

http://citizenwells.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/michele-bachmann-health-care-bill-november-5-2009-make-a-house-call-on-congress-on-november-5th-and-stop-the-government-take-over-of-health-care/

Please read and plan to attend Washington. This is the last leg for full implementation of a socialist regime. It may be the last chance for a peaceful revolution.

 

Comment by candymarl | 2009-10-31 16:20:22

I’m going to trick or treat and ask for TARP money and a bailout. I’m too big to fail.

 

Comment by jiminycricket | 2009-10-31 17:33:50

Brilliant cartoon, Tricia! You have captured the moment of disingenuousness and indecision on the part of the “president” (lower case “p”), and ultimately the disappointment on the faces of the children perfectly!

One of your very best, artistically, as well as politically.

 

Comment by Sassy | 2009-10-31 18:29:29

I hope I get a treat on Tuesday, with republican victories in Virginia and New Jersey.
I’m new to their party, but it will be gratifying to see voters paying attention!
A delegation from our area was attending a Tea Party in Nashville today. They were delivering “pink slips” for use in 2010.
The democrats may have deliberately botched health care reform so they can “opt out” of voting on it!

 

Comment by Don X | 2009-11-02 00:23:05

Great cartoon, Pat.

The Obamas actually spent about 30 minutes passing out candy to trick-or-treaters at the White House.

Then they had a reception for military families and for the moms and dads who work at the White House, along with their kids. The visiting children were chosen with help from the Education Department.

Comment by Tricia Spiegel | 2009-11-02 19:41:32

I saw that also. But I think the cartoon was meant to symbolize his fast talk and slow action.

 
 

Comment by cadeau | 2009-11-02 03:02:04

It is really very nice and cute cartoon. Thanks for this nice post. I really enjoyed here.

 

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