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Sunday Funnies

It was a busy, busy week in political cartoon land last week. President Obama visited Japan and China where his bowing to the Japanese Emperor was seen as offensive by some back home. In Canada, a portly Member of Parliament took offense when another Member Twittered about his girth in a Parliamentary Committee.

Elsewhere, allegations were made that Canadian soldiers knew Taliban prisoners would be tortured when they handed them over to Afghan authorities. Sarah Palin's much anticipated book came out last week. And believe it or not, Bert and Ernie and all their Sesame Street buddies hit a significant milestone.







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John J Savo said…
God... Obama is such an ass.
22 November 2009 at 08:28
nonamedufus said…
John: I bow to your opinion, sir.
22 November 2009 at 08:47
Anonymous said…
So where are the "girth" twitters? I'm anxious to read them!

Ha!

Great funnies as usual. I especially like the one of Obama bowing to Burger King.

Yeesh.

word veri: miesses
22 November 2009 at 09:57
Me-Me King said…
These are great! I love the first one and the second one. Gosh, you Canadians are privileged, your cartoons are in color.


word veri: allyzing
22 November 2009 at 10:17
nonamedufus said…
Quirks: One MP wants to ban twittering fro Parliament because it shows "the banality of this place." He seems to have forgotten the televised daily Question period where members' stupidity is on display for all to see.
22 November 2009 at 10:41
nonamedufus said…
Me-Me: #s 4&5 are Canadian. The rest are by American political cartoonists. I'm an equal opportunity political cartoon displayer.
22 November 2009 at 10:43
http://howtobecomeacatladywithoutthecats.blogspot.com said…
I have Ginsu knives... can I be president? Or better yet, king?
22 November 2009 at 12:02
nonamedufus said…
Cat Lady: You really are the sharpest knife in the drawer!
22 November 2009 at 12:59
Donnie said…
Those Barack O'Boy cartoons are so true. What a milquetoast and moron. His wife actually gave PM Brown tapes of Barack O'Boy's speeches. How damned egotistical! Both of them.
22 November 2009 at 17:00
nonamedufus said…
Don: I hear he bowed because his teleprompter was tipped over and he had to bend over to read it.
22 November 2009 at 18:02
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