Friday, September 14, 2012

'Toontime: Another PR Exercise

The DNC National Convention came and went away quietly while US Person was in Kenya asking if Alibama is really a Kenyan. The most interesting reply was, "we don't talk about him anymore." Same here, bro! Here are some funny takes on the conventions by the credited 'toonists: The first shows who thinks she is the actual candidate and who is the front:
credit: Steve Benson
The second depicts the real results of all the expensive hullabaloo on both sides:
credit: Mark Streeter, Savannah Morning News]

In an all out bid to bribe corporatists into hiring more people, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve announced the third round of money printing in the form of buying up forty billion worth of mortgage bonds. The Wall Street Casino immediately jumped at the idea of more cheap money coming their way. The Fed's own policy committee predicted that the move will not bring the unemployment rate below the official 8% in the near future.