Cartoons: thwip, thwack and ping

Today I'm riffing on the US's do-nothing Congress, the NRA, the GOP's victimhood (they earned it), and internet trolls.

Nate Beeler at the Columbus Dispatch makes a subtle comment on U.S. gun control. A copy is available for sale at Cagle's Political Cartoons.

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Nate Beeler, The Week

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Steve Sack at the Star Tribune makes it clear that the NRA is a carrion-eating buzzard feeding the Congressional pigeons. A copy is available for sale at Cagle's Political Cartoons.

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Steve Sack, The Week

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Independent cartoonist Chan Lowe at Tribune Content Agency brings up a good point about the GOP.

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Chan Lowe, The Week

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David Horsey at the Los Angeles Times defines troll for us. He can also be found at Tribune Content Agency.

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David Horsey, The Week

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-- Marge

Friday cartoons: Congress loves the NRA

Congress also loves the health-care-industrial complex, which has spent $5.36 billion lobbying since 1998, compared to the defense and aerospace industries at $1.53 billion and oil and gas interests at $1.3 billion (Steven Brill, "Bitter Pill," Time Magazine, March 4, 2013).  But today we looking at the love affair between Congress and the NRA, which spent $2.98 million in 2012 on lobbying, $2.90 in 2011, and has spent $1.45+ million on contributions (OpenSecrets.org).  If you estimate an average of $2 million per year, the NRA has spent $2.8 billion on lobbying from 1998 through 2012.

So, without more ado, let's have a rueful laugh on the U.S. Congress.

From political humor at About.com by Pat Bagley (slow connection):

From TheWeek by David Horsey:

Also from TheWeek by Chan Lowe:

From U.S. News (political cartoons, April 19, 2013) by Walt Handelsman:

From Creators.com by Steve Benson:

The almighty dollar still rules.

-- Marge

Fiscal cliff cartoons

You're probably as tired of hearing about the U.S.'s fiscal cliff as I am, but there are some good cartoons on the subject in the webosphere.

What I suspected all along -- a cartoon by David Horsey, published at The Week:

The following four are from US News & World Report's site, the Congress Cartoons category.  First is one by Chris Britt:

Marshall Ramsey gives us a look at Billy's Room:

 

Lastly two cartoons on points of view, one by Dick Locher and the other by Walt Handelsman:

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And that's a wrap for today.

-- Marge