Today's cartoons: waving the flag

Today's selection of cartoons, found at The Week, is a sly tribute to America, the founding fathers, and the current state of liberty.

Rick McKee, "Those Fraudulent Forefathers:"
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Gary McCoy, "Betsy's First Go:"
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Mike Ramirez, "Checking In:"
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And this one by Gary Varvel, titled "Oh Beautiful," that could be seen as tongue-in-cheek.
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In my search for cartoons today, I came across the AEI (American Enterprise Institute) site and an article titled "What polls say about the state of American patriotism."  Follow the link to see what their polls say.

To me moving to Canada is looking more appealing by the day.

-- Marge
 

This Friday's incongruous but funny cartoons

Before I begin, let me thank the online magazine The Week for such a fine selection of cartoons, some of which you will find below.

Newton's cradle (which illustrates conservation of momentum) and the news are combined by Steve Sack in "The domino effect:"

Gary McCoy postulates how a pope who is friendly and willing to to wade into crowds to greet people might handle security in his cartoon, "Pope of the people:"

 

Since the GOP's loss to Obama, many are pronouncing the party dead; Mike Luckovich takes the analogy one step further in "An honest reflection."

There's a fair amount of discussion lately about Americans' love of guns and the American gun culture.  Bill Day's image below, titled "Build-in," pretty much sums it up.

Returning to the combination of science (or more accurately mathematics) and cartoon, here's Tom Toles' combination of asymtote, train, and budget in "Chugging along.".  For a less geeky explanation of this word, try this reference at Wordnik.

Such are today's jewels.

-- Marge