Comments on: Placebobama

By: oowawa

oowawa — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:19:12 +0000

Ooooops–that was Virgil Partch (VIP) who was always in True Magazine. Wilson was in Playboy a lot. I remember buying that magazine only for the cartoons . . .

By: oowawa

oowawa — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:14:30 +0000

Excellent points, Onofre’s arm, and very apropos analogy from Gahan Wilson.

I’ve always loved Gahan Wilson. I first remember seeing his cartoons in True Magazine back in the 50′s. I assumed he was dead, but I see he lives on: “Gahan Wilson is the subject of a feature length documentary film, Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird.” (Wikipedia)

By: candymarl

candymarl — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:10:29 +0000

Classic!

By: Onofe's arm

Onofe's arm — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:55:52 +0000

Obama may on the one hand be dispensing placebo-like prescriptions, but on the other hand, he first feeds into the hypochondrai. Long before he peddles his snake oil cures, he first has to convince the potential sucker that he is suffering some imagined malady. How many times have we heard things like “Our health care system is broken”, “It’s worse than we thought.”, “We must act IMMEDIATLY or face dissaster”, “Capitalism isn’t working”, “We’re losing in Iraq”, “Man made global warming will doom us all”, “H1N1 will be the next great pandemic”, “Talk radio is responsible right-wing extremism”, “47 million people can’t get healthcare”, and on and on. In each case, this administration (and the left in general) has amplified the problem beyond reason and recognition, and in each case, their proposed cure is far more debilitating than the illness. It’s all part of an Alinsky stratagy aimed at drastically changing this country, and the most ironic and sad aspect is that they have convinced an easily snookered populace to beg for the means of their own destruction.

P.J. O’Rourke wrote that the government will break your legs, then, to prove their great concern for you, they’ll give you some crutches.

Gahan Wilson has a great cartoon along these lines. At one sidewalk stand, a little boy is selling “Iced drink” for 5 cents, while around the corner, people that consumed the iced drink are struggling to get to the next sidewalk stand (run by the little boy’s partner) that has the sign “Iced Drink Antidote, $100″. Both young lads are promising future politicians.

By: AF catfish

AF catfish — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:45:35 +0000

Great point – if you know it’s a placebo it won’t work. Ahhhh ignorance ignorance is part of his plan.

Nobody could say that about the Clintons.

By: lizzy

lizzy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:21:23 +0000

Great cartoon Pat. I think Obama is a little like a placebo because some people mistakenly feel better. A true placebo should be inert and do no harm. Obama is a deadly cancer growing in our body politic. He wishes to destroy us a free people.

By: Katmoon

Katmoon — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:17:24 +0000

So kind of you Cindy and than you.

By: oowawa

oowawa — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:41:19 +0000

A sparkler–yes I see it now, though I didn’t make that connection at first. As you say, the “hope” hypo-sparkler is unusually slim–slim or slender hope. The little entranced eyes of the children watch a sparkler as if they are hypnotized as it waves around in the dark. Yikes! Thanks Dr. O’Feelgood, but I’m feeling much better now: I think I’ll just have an aspirin, please?!?!

By: Sassy

Sassy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:30:55 +0000

The over-riding strategy to date has been to demonize the objectors, demonize insurers, demonize providers.
Insurance is a “risk management” process.
Consumers may choose to contract with an insurance company, and may opt to cancel said contract.
It may be a different “tail” with Uncle Sam Proctologist!

By: getfitnow

getfitnow — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:46:03 +0000

Yes, it was.

By: AF catfish

AF catfish — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:47:20 +0000

OMG – Hope is inactive. So true.

The human placebo. Perfect!

By: whoframedrudy

whoframedrudy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:26:46 +0000

I think you guys are being too cynical. After all, Obama did prevent the end of the world in his first 100 days.

By: Just Me

Just Me — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:14:19 +0000

Agreed!

Absolutely brilliant, and apropos, analogy.

By: Pat Racimora

Pat Racimora — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:29:40 +0000

Oooooh, I like that oowawa.

For this one I wrote the story first. I have been wanting to do it for a while now.

So, toon time all I could see was that big hand delivering the stuff from on high. The placebo had to be pretty and catch the eye, but fragile as if it could just disappear in an instant, sort of like a sparkler.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:45:02 +0000

Katmoon—Here’s wishing for you continued pain-free episodes. Bless you, kiddo.