Sunday, September 9, 2007

Cartoon for September 10 (a.k.a. Sneak Preview for Right-Wingers, aka the Professionals of Outrage)

The anniversary of 9/11 draws nigh once again--and, once again, America wallows in its own cheesy brand of commodified grief. Plus: Rudy-mania!



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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2007 at 11:03 AM

    At this point we should consider the "Worst conspiracy theory" as the obvious; That Dubya and Co. not only "Knew" but had an active hand in planning 9/11.

    Just like an about-to-be-disowned spoiled rich kid who's living it up after his Dad's untimely demise, the NeoCon leadership benefited far too much from 9/11 to be above suspicion. Bush read that book on g-g-goats when, supposedly there were up to a dozen hijacked planes in the sky. Anyone who wanted to know would have known where he'd be on that day. But he and his security behaved as if they were sure he was in no danger. His political goals achieved using the fear need not be listed here. What should be is his use of the term "Trifecta" for a year at elite clubs as a joke, to uproarious laughter.

    And, last but not least, the twin towers. There was motive. While even more impressive, the Twin Towers were a poor investment even more so than the Empire State Building. (called the "Empty State Building" for years) Compounding that fact was that they used Asbestos in the insulation, just before it was banned and very strict controls on it's handling were put in place. The long and short is they would have cost more to tear down legally than they cost to build. And the owner of the towers who was there so often he sometimes lived there was strangely absent that day... All he had to do was have lawyers scream at his insurance company for a year, then he got all his investment back. Now they'll just make generic but crudely artsy facaded office space at the site and he'll have bags and bags and bags of money as profit.

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  2. angeloSeptember 9, 2007 at 11:53 PM

    anon, to use Ted's words from years ago, Bush used the attacks to "ram through" shitty legislation.(Okay, it wasn't exactly a cassandra moment.) Still, most people in this country and in NY were still hypnotized by the attacks and the false war when he wrote it. There is a new book called Disaster Capitalism where they really look into the roots of the idea. Apparently, Milton Friedman actually came up with the idea of ramming through economic policy after a disaster. He shopped the idea around to world leaders and that is why they all use it. (There is brief summary video on youtube about it).

    Anyways, killer comic. I can never get enough of the ridiculous post 9-11 solutions. Remember the huge concrete barricade around WTC? Ted said it would stop terrorists, as well as revitalize the New Jersey concrete industry.

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  3. AngeloSeptember 10, 2007 at 12:52 AM

    [non-comic-related]
    David Lynch said that what is interesting about the theories, whether you believe them or not, is that there are all kinds of things we just accepted right after the attacks based upon the videos. Now those same videos are used to draw completely different conclusions.

    Jello Biafra has some very sober views on this matter. He rejects government involvement on the basis that 9-11 was not good for business. He rejects demolition theories because you can't sneak explosives the size of a car into a building. But, like many, he believes Katrina was at least willful neglect followed by callous(ed) disregard.
    Attacks aren't always as straightforward as we think. Once upon a time, Israelis dressed up like Arabs and bombed the British military headquarters, and central police command in the King David Hotel. They sent warnings to newspapers and to the British military itself. Still, the building was not evacuated. Benjamin Netenyahu still celebrates the day. So much for tinfoil hats.
    Conspiracy is a dead word.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2007 at 6:42 AM

    As a Rudy supporter, I am pleased by Ted's recent attention (i.e. vitriol) aimed toward my candidate - that means Rudy's candidancy is looking more and more likely. Of course Ted declared the 2004 Democratic Primary to be over in December, 2003, naming Howard Dean the obvious candidate (due to the Al Gore's endorsement). Maybe I should be concerned, perhaps this is political equivilant of the Sports Illustrated Cover Curse. As for the substance of this cartoon -- the images of the Towers are extremely poor taste, of course. And to the avove poster -- I find it mostly fascinating that the expression "neo-con" now is now being misused being used to essentially mean everyone who is bad. I remember wistfully as it was once a coded word for Jews.

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  5. Seth WarrenSeptember 10, 2007 at 2:52 PM

    Giuliani makes me sick. Just another fear monger in a long line of fear mongers. Watch the little sheepies eat it up.

    Rhetorically, am I somehow a bad person for laughing at the image of one of Twin Towers crashing into an airplane? If so, it feels good to be "evil."

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2007 at 6:28 PM

    I used to be concerned about Ted Rall's blog, and the raving liberals that would need constant correction. After reading this blog though, with 9/11 conspiracy theorists and Jello Biafra quotes, all I can do is laugh!

    Congrats Ted!! Behold your followers!! Ignorant? Yes. Illiterate? Probably. But oh so dedicated to you!

    BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

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  7. AndySeptember 11, 2007 at 12:47 PM

    Let's see who can come up with the best 9-11 joke. Here's mine:

    Knock knock

    Who's there

    9-11

    9-11 who?

    You've already forgotten the lessons of 9-11!

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  8. mattSeptember 11, 2007 at 2:22 PM

    Ah yes, neo-cons in the victim role, casting themselves as Hitler's Jews... just another sad chapter in the persecution of rich, priviliged white people.

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  9. AngeloSeptember 12, 2007 at 2:29 PM

    ha, cause there are SO many better people to quote than Jello. Perhaps if he wore a suit you would find him to be a more credible source. I challenge Mr. anonymous to provide an example of a more precient scholar. Dude, it is a fucking blog. People quote the president on blogs.

    btw, I'm making the "we're getting warmer" shirt.

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  10. AngeloSeptember 12, 2007 at 4:20 PM

    Funny. I would have expected to be ridiculed for David Lynch, not Jello.

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