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TELL OBAMA "NO" ON INDEFINITE DETENTION: Sign the ACLU's online petition to fight this terrible proposal now that could become new law. Congress has been asked by Obama to help him pass something that would allow him to detain people indefinitely without charging them with any crime so make sure you also call your own congressperson about this too. And yes, we all must hope Obama fails in retaining horrible Bush policies.

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Please note as of January 5, 2009 all commentary except original submissions will be archived here. You can also read our current newsletter online.

Obama, They Want You to Fail
by Robert Parry new
"The pattern of belligerent Republicans and timid Democrats is now repeating itself on health-care reform. Democrats first excluded from the debate the one measure that probably could save significant money – a single-payer system – and they now appear poised to trade away Obama’s proposal for a “public option” to possibly garner a couple of Republican votes."

Has There Really Been a Policy Change in Iraq?
by Jon Soltz new
"What's true is that the Iraqis seem less interested in political progress that would lead to a relatively peaceful Iraq, and more interested in US Forces staying indefinitely to protect them from killing each other."

Denials of US interference in Iran not credible
by Peter Symonds new
"Just as the press never examines the claims of Mousavi and his supporters that the election was rigged, so it ignores the considerable evidence of extensive US operations against Iran, spanning a range of diplomatic, intelligence and military activities."

Following in Bush’s footsteps
Obama administration preparing order for indefinite detentions

by Tom Eley new

The suppressed fact: deaths by U.S. torture
by Glenn Greenwald new
"The interrogation and detention regime implemented by the U.S. resulted in the deaths of over 100 detainees in U.S. custody -- at least."

Iraq, the unraveling (XIII): a faith-based war policy continues
by Thomas E. Ricks new
"My worry is that I don't see the political situation as being much different than it has in the past. Nothing much has changed from the previous rush to failures."

Obama Gives a Good Speech, But Will It Help Lt. Choi?
by Emma Ruby-Sachs new

Iraq's "National Sovereignty Day" is U.S.-Style Hallmark Hype
by Jeremy Scahill new

Independence Days
by Ned Lamont new
"It has now been over six years since President Bush stood in front of the "Mission Accomplished" banner, over $1 trillion since we were told the war would pay for itself, over 4,300 American lives lost since it was proclaimed we would be "greeted as liberators." That's the war from the American perspective."

Time to End False Bipartisanship
by KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL new
"God I hope David Broder is wrong. 'The President has told visitors,' the Washington Post columnist wrote last week, 'that he would rather have 70 votes in the Senate for a bill that gives him 85 percent of what he wants rather than a 100 percent satisfactory bill that passes 52-48.'"

Obama's New Euphemism
by JOANNE MARINER new
"To disguise its plans for relying on a practice that is more characteristic of repressive governments than of constitutional democracies, the Obama administration has even invented its own euphemism. In his May speech, President Obama spoke only of 'prolonged' detention, not of indefinite detention, or preventive detention, or detention without charge."

When Torture Kills: Ten Murders In US Prisons In Afghanistan
by Andy Worthington new

Letter to Obama from Veterans for Peace
Veterans can also add their names to this one new

The Corporate Media Circus: The Truth Alone Will Not Set You Free
by Chris Hedges new
'American culture-or cultures, for we once had distinct regional cultures-was systematically destroyed in the 20th century by corporations."

UN Probe Into Gaza Conflict
by Erin Cunningham new

Oil and the Iraq “withdrawal”
by James Cogan new
"It is fitting that today’s deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq’s cities coincides with a meeting in Baghdad to auction off some of the country’s largest oil fields to companies such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and British Petroleum."

The still-growing NPR "torture" controversy
by Glenn Greenwald new
"There are several noteworthy developments since I wrote on Tuesday about the refusal of NPR's Ombdusman, Alica Shepard, to be interviewed by me about NPR's ban on using the word 'torture' to describe the Bush administration's interrogation tactics."

How to Deal with America's Empire of Bases
A Modest Proposal for Garrisoned Lands

by Chalmers Johnson new
"The U.S. Empire of Bases -- at $102 billion a year already the world's costliest military enterprise -- just got a good deal more expensive.

The Emperor's Seven Signing Statements
by David Swanson new
"Lawless detention is the least of it. State secrets and warrantless spying scrape the surface. Drone attacks and ongoing torture begin to touch it. But central to the power of an emperor, and the catastrophes that come from the existence of an emperor, is the elimination of any other force within the government. Signing statements eliminate congress."

It Came from Wasilla
by TODD S. PURDUM new
"John McCain’s top campaign officials talk more candidly than ever before about the meltdown of his vice-presidential pick, the author tracks the signs—political and personal—that Palin was big trouble, and checks the forecast for her future."

To Critics, New Policy on Terror Looks Old
by CHARLIE SAVAGE new
"But Mr. Obama’s critics say that whether statutory authorization exists for his counterterrorism policies is just a legalistic point. The core problem with Mr. Bush’s approach, they argue, was that it trammeled individual rights. And they say Mr. Obama’s policies have not changed that."

Risk of Major Social Upheaval Likely if Bank Bonanza Continues
by Marshall Auerback
"State and local governments have been forced into draconian budget cuts, firing workers who are among the most reliable in making their mortgage payments -- when they have jobs: firemen, policemen, teachers, civil servants. Yet the Obama administration won't spend even a small fraction of what it has wasted on the banks to cover state shortfalls."

This Is Not The Climate Bill You Need To Fear
by Beau Friedlander
"Few who are 'serious' about saving us from ourselves as regards the wholesale destruction of the planet have a high opinion of this bill. This bill is not worth a damn when it comes to the problems we face."

Why Didn't Governor Sanford Suppress His E-Love-Letters?
by JOHN W. DEAN
"My immediate reaction -- or actually, question -- upon learning of the Sanford email love letters was why hadn't the Governor exercised his copyright ownership rights over this material and blocked its publication?"

Who to Trust on a Truth Commission?
by Robert Parry (A Special Report)
"The key staffing problem is that pretty much all the Wise Men and Wise Women of Washington have seen their reputations thrive in the hot house of intellectual corruption that has dominated the capital for the last 30 years -- and thus they are hopelessly compromised."

"Suck on Our Yachts": Goldman Sachs Issues Non-Apology for Destroying the World Economy
by Matt Taibbi

CIA's Panetta Okays Renditions
by Sherwood Ross

Obama contemplates Executive Order for detention without charges
by Glenn Greenwald
"Peter Finn and Dafner Linza of The Washington Post and ProPublica report that the White House is 'crafting language for an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely.'"

Uh, Which Civil Liberties Groups Want a ‘Prolonged Detention’ Executive Order?
by SPENCER ACKERMAN

Michael Jackson vs. the news
There's meaningful, there's epic and there's revolutionary. What about all three?

by Mark Morford

Top 25 censored stories of 2009
List by Project Censorted

Passing a weak bill today gives us weak environmental policy tomorrow
by Rep. Dennis Kuchinich

Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away
by Chris Hedges
"Iranians do not need or want us to teach them about liberty and representative government. They have long embodied this struggle. It is we who need to be taught."

To-Do List: A Sentence, Not 10 Paragraphs
By trying to do too much, he risks not doing enough.

by Peggy Noonan

White House Watched
by Dan Froomkin
"I started my column in January 2004, and one dominant theme quickly emerged: That George W. Bush was truly the proverbial emperor with no clothes."

A Global Recovery for a Global Recession
by Joseph E. Stiglitz
"This is not only the worst global economic downturn of the post-World War II era; it is the first serious global downturn of the modern era of globalization."

Establishment view of Obama's civil liberties record
by Glenn Greenwald

Fixing Abuses of State Secrets
The House considers a sensible bill to rein in the president's power to exclude court evidence.

Washington Post editorial

Will Obama Follow Bush Or FDR?
by Benjamin Wittes and Jack Goldsmith
"Obama, to put it bluntly, seems poised for a nearly wholesale adoption of the Bush administration's unilateral approach to detention. The attraction is simple, seductive and familiar."

Uncle Walt
His passing reminds us how much America has lost

by Bryan Zepp Jamieson

Noted Obama admirer lambasts him on civil liberties, secrecy
by Glenn Greenwald

Obama Closes Doors on Openness
by Michael Isikoff
"The refusal, approved by White House counsel Greg Craig's office, is the latest in a series of cases in which Obama officials have opted against public disclosure."

Serving the Medical-Industrial Complex
by Robert Parry
"The usual knock on government programs is that they’re not as efficient as the private sector, which we’re told can provide the same product for less money and with higher quality. Thus, it should be no big deal when the public and private collide because the private sector should prevail."

The Swan Song of the Islamic Republic
by Bernard-Henri Lévy
"Whatever happens, if the protest gains momentum or loses steam, if it ends up prevailing or if the regime succeeds in terrorizing it, he who should now only be called president-non-elect Ahmadinejad will only be an ersatz, illegitimate, weakened president."

Death by Bipartisanship
by Nancy L. Cohen
"When the ever elusive bipartisanship becomes a more important goal then, say, the well-being of nearly 50 million uninsured Americans, it's time to examine our priorities."

Why Did The Washington Post Axe Dan Froomkin and Give Paul Wolfowitz a Column?
by Byard Duncan
"Just one day after firing Dan Froomkin -- one of only a few voices willing to offer insightful, well-researched criticism of both the Bush and Obama administrations -- the Washington Post did something even more outrageous: It gave Paul Wolfowitz a platform to criticize the president's Iran policy."

Some Things Obama Must Explain
by Dan Froomkin
"Even as President Obama spends most of his time trying to fix the problems former President George W. Bush created or overlooked, his administration is nevertheless embracing the Bushian way of doing business on a handful of issues, most notably those that involve secrecy."

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Plame's Lawsuit Against Cheney, Rove
by Jason Leopold

The "Neda video," torture, and the truth-revealing power of images
by Glenn Greenwald

ACLU Challenges Defense Department Personnel Policy To Regard Lawful Protests As “Low-Level Terrorism”
ACLU Press release

Washington and the Iran Protests:
Would they be Allowed in the US?

by Juan Cole 6.24.09 blog entry

Nobody Expects the Spanish Prosecution
by Bruce Falconer
"Will former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other senior Bush administration officials end up in jail for crafting the policies that led to the torture of prisoners at Guantánamo?"

Former Insurance Executive Blows Whistle on 'Wall Street-Run Healthcare,' Only 4 Senators Out of 25 Show Up to Listen
by Meg White

How bad is the Peterson-Waxman deal on climate legislation?
by TOM PHILPOTT
"The compromise has two major planks:  1) the EPA will be forbidden for five years from assessing the indirect land-use effects of ethanol, a topic that sends the ethanol-besotted Peterson into literal fits of rage; and 2) the USDA, not the EPA, will administer the market for ag-related offsets under the bill’s cap-and-trade scheme."

Iran Was an Easier Enemy Before We Saw Their Faces
by David Bromwich

Lobbyists on a Roll: Gutting Reform on Banking, Energy, and Health Care
by Arianna Huffington
"Remember all that change Americans voted for in November? Well, there's been a change in the plans for change."

Neocon enemies, using diplomacy, reach deal for Shalit's release
by Glenn Greenwald
"In other words, the deal for Shalit's release was secured by some of the neocon's most despised enemies (Jimmy Carter and Syria), with the help of a President they insist hates Israel (Barack Obama), relying on tactics they have long scorned (diplomacy, negotiating with Terrorists, including Hamas)."

Bachmann, Bach
From an acorn, a mighty oak did fall

by Bryan Zepp Jamieson

With Iran, Think Before You Speak
by John Kerry
"If we actually want to empower the Iranian people, we have to understand how our words can be manipulated and used against us to strengthen the clerical establishment, distract Iranians from a failing economy and rally a fiercely independent populace against outside interference."

The Washington Post, Dan Froomkin and the establishment media
by Glenn Greenwald

In Congress: 32 Heroes, 21 Frauds
by David Swanson
"These 32 Congress members, in many cases, stood up to threats, promises, and abuse from the White House and Nancy Pelosi. President Obama and several cabinet secretaries, the National Security Advisor, and of course the White House Chief of staff lobbied hard, including threatening to cut off all future electoral support."

Part 3--Gitmo Detainee Lawyer: "I guess the days of attorney/client privilege are over in GITMO."
by By GottaLaff

The 'Bipartisan' Trap In Health Reform
by E.J. Dionne Jr.
"This week, the health-care debate moved from general principles to the agonizing specifics of how much reform will cost, who will pay and which groups get what."

Dream big, Obama
The president should be a revolutionary, not just a reformer

by David Sirota
"Most of the great advances we remember involve reimagination and dreams, not merely tweaks and tinkers."

Obama's Bogus New Excuse for Secrecy
by Dan Froomkin
"The Obama Justice Department yesterday put forth an new legal argument, one that even the Bush team might not have had the gall to employ. Call it the Daily Show disclosure exclusion."

Contradictions that aren't seen as contradictory
by Glenn Greenwald

Will Congress Put Useless Fighter Jets Above America?
by Jon Soltz
"Congress is about to throw $369 million (on a down-payment of $2 billion) for a dozen F-22 fighter jets that even the Pentagon doesn't want. Oh, and the money for it? It's coming out of funds that were set aside to clean up dangerous nuclear waste in the U.S."

Deal With It!
An election goes tragically awry

by Bryan Zepp Jamieson

Oil and Indians Don't Mix
by Greg Palast

Obama Looses the Manhunters
Charisma and the Imperial Presidency

by Tom Engelhardt

Neo-Nazis are in the Army now
Why the U.S. military is ignoring its own regulations and permitting white supremacists to join its ranks.

by Matt Kennard

What would have happened if the "Bomb Iran" contingent had its way?
by Glenn Greenwald

Here is secrecy creep in action
by Glenn Greenwald
"Using the standard that is now so accepted across the political spectrum in Washington -- information that will inflame anti-American sentiment should be suppressed rather than disclosed so at to not endanger our troops -- isn't it better if we just cover-up, rather than learn the truth about, the civilian deaths we caused in Afghanistan?"

Excusing Outrages of the Right
by Robert Parry
"Part of America’s ongoing political crisis is that Official Washington remains cowed by the angry Right, even as it engages in subtle and not-so-subtle appeals to bigotry and invitations to violence. As the outrages mount, most of the national press corps prefers to look the other way, a pattern that now stretches back many years."

What If Ahmadinejad Really Won?
by Robert Parry

The three steps to financial reform
by George Soros
"Having gone too far in deregulating - which contributed to the current crisis - we must resist the temptation to go too far in the opposite direction."

Obama and transparency: judge for yourself
by Glenn Greenwald

Push Back, Mr. President
by Dan Froomkin
"Now that President Obama has shown that he can be rolled when it comes to his commitment to transparency, the defenders of torture are shamelessly pressuring him to keep their secrets even when court rulings and common sense say otherwise."

Let's hold Bush officials accountable for torture
The ACLU's executive director joins with a military officer to ask for a special prosecutor for torture

by Anthony Romero and Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld

House Democrats prioritize loyalty to the president over their own judgment
by Glenn Greenwald

Shame: The 'Anti-War' Democrats Who Sold Out
by Jeremy Scahill
"In a vote that should go down in recent histories as a day of shame for the Democrats, on Tuesday the House voted to approve another $106 billion dollars for the bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (and increasingly Pakistan)."

The Illegal Spying Game, played over and over
by Glenn Greenwald
"Ever since The New York Times revealed in December, 2005 that the Bush administration had spent the last four years illegally spying on Americans' communications without warrants, there have been numerous additional revelations of various types of massive illegal government spying."

A Bad Call on Gay Rights
NYT editorial
"The Obama administration, which came to office promising to protect gay rights but so far has not done much, actually struck a blow for the other side last week."

The Obama Administration Defends the Defense of Marriage Act
by MICHAEL C. DORF
"Although the government's Smelt brief does not flatly violate candidate Obama's promise to seek DOMA's repeal, the LGBT community is right to view it as a betrayal of the spirit of that promise."

How is Money Created? Debunking Some Myths About Recent Policies to Stabilize the Financial System and the Economy
by NEIL H. BUCHANAN

How Cheney Bent DOJ to His Will
by Dan Froomkin
"Three newly-disclosed Justice Department e-mails thoroughly vindicate the most cynical suspicions about how former vice president Dick Cheney bent ostensibly independent Justice Department lawyers to his will and forced them to manufacture legal cover for his torture policies."

Hold Your Applause
by Chris Hedges
"What do words of peace and cooperation mean from us when we torture--yes, we still torture--only Muslims?"

Confronting the CIA's Mind Maze
America's Political Paralysis Over Torture

by Alfred W. McCoy

Why We Must Reform Our Criminal Justice System
by Sen. Jim Webb

Who Spent All That Money For What?
Fear Rules

by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
"Americans are at ease with their country’s aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan, which has resulted in a million dead Muslim civilians and several million refugees,  because the US government has filled Americans with fear of terrorists."

Sanitization is not the Answer
The Battle Against the State Secrets Privilege

by SIBEL EDMONDS

EXPOSING THE OBAMA “PLACEBO PRESIDENCY”— A SORRY TALE OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
by Phil Rockstroh
"Rather than addressing the core issue, the deterioration of the rights and liberties granted by the U.S. Constitution, President Obama is wallpapering over the rot wrought by the national security state’s termite hive mind of authoritarian appetites, that has been, silently, and hidden by darkness, gnawing the house of state to sawdust."

Stop Being Distracted by Loudmouths Like Limbaugh: The Real Problem Is Lousy Democrats Like Evan Bayh and Ben Nelson
by Chris Bowers

Should the U.S. also suppress evidence of civilian deaths in Afghanistan?
by Glenn Greenwald
"Using the standard that is now so accepted across the political spectrum in Washington -- information that will inflame anti-American sentiment should be suppressed rather than disclosed so at to not endanger our troops -- isn't it better if we just cover-up, rather than learn the truth about, the civilian deaths we caused in Afghanistan? "

Major new accountability campaign from the ACLU
by Glenn Greenwald
"The ACLU today launched a major new campaign to impose accountability for torture and related Bush-era crimes.  The campaign -- Accountability for Torture -- is devoted principally to a restoration of the rule of law and the appointment by the DOJ of a Special Prosecutor."

Good Questions From a Senator and an Activist
by Dan Froomkin
"Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) took to the Senate floor to talk about torture, the campaign of falsehood that has been pursued by its defenders, and the many things the public still doesn't know."

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Torture
Full text of his Senate speech

Are We Poisoning Our Troops? Congress Takes Critical Step in Addressing Burn Pits in Iraq, Afghanistan
by Paul Rieckhoff

Expert Advice On Dealing With A Prior Administration's Use of Torture
by JOHN W. DEAN

Demand a real public healthcare option
Don't be fooled by the watered-down versions that desperate Democrats are using to lure Republican votes

by Robert Reich

The great deficit scare returns
Even liberals are getting antsy about debt and government spending. Stop worrying. The deficit hawks are wrong.

By Robert Reich

The soldier blood on Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham's hands
by Glenn Greenwald

Obama Administration Seeks To Keep Torture Victims From Having Day In Court
ACLU press release

Ahmadinejad reelected under cloud of fraud
But outcome doesn't change goals for Obama -- dealing with Iran's nuclear program and its anti-Israel activities.

by Juan Cole

Feeding the Beast
What Ahmadinejad's win means for Iran, Israel and the United States.

by Christopher Dickey

Waiting for Obama
States are pushing ahead with their own reforms instead of waiting for the president to act.

by David Sirota

Two Key Health-Care Numbers
by Robert Parry
"To understand the financial stakes involved in the battle over U.S. health-care reform, it's useful to keep two numbers in mind: 50 million and 119 million."

The Obama officials blocking accountability for Bush crimes
by Glenn Greenwald

The American Empire Is Bankrupt
by Chris Hedges
"This week marks the end of the dollar’s reign as the world’s reserve currency. It marks the start of a terrible period of economic and political decline in the United States. And it signals the last gasp of the American imperium. That’s over. It is not coming back. And what is to come will be very, very painful."

U.N. calls U.S. human rights record "deplorable"
A new report suggests the U.S. may have committed war crimes -- and endorses the formation of a truth commission.

by Mark Benjamin

Top 10 Reasons Sarah Palin's "Outrage" is Misplaced and A Little Late...
by Shannyn Moore

Americans Who've Used Canada's Health-Care System Respond to Current Big-Lie Media Campaign
by Bill Mann

The Real Story Behind the CIA's Torture Policy
by Scott Horton
"The Daily Beast's Scott Horton gets the inside scoop from Jane Mayer on CIA chief Leon Panetta—and how he advocated for a truth commission on torture but was rebuffed by Obama, who saw it as a potentially dangerous political distraction."

Here comes Bob!
And Harry! And Louise!

by Bryan Zepp Jamieson

The Settlements: Obama's Demands and Netanyahu's Options
by Alon Ben-Meir

Too Embarrassing to Disclose?
by Dan Froomkin
"President Obama's approach to government transparency is disturbingly opaque in places, particularly when it comes to disclosing information about the Bush administration's torture legacy."

How civilized, law-abiding countries imprison terrorists
by Glenn Greenwald
"While the U.S. continues to debate whether it must imprison accused terrorists without charges or trial -- and now even refuses to say whether it will release those who are given trials but then acquitted -- numerous other countries are, with their actions, adhering to the values and principles which we, with words, righteously claim to embody."

Chairwoman Slaughter: FOIA as sacred as Social Security and Medicare
by Glenn Greenwald

Obama's Era of Openness Is Closed
by Robert Parry
"What Obama apparently has realized is that a commitment to openness requires courage and a readiness to take some political hits. Republicans – and parts of the U.S. news media – attacked Obama in April for releasing the Bush administration’s four legal memos justifying torture of detainees."

To view prior Sounding Off pieces that appeared in this section, please visit our Archives for any articles posted prior to September 30, 2004 or use our google search box above to search our site. Starting on January 5, 2009 all Sounding Off pieces will be archived here.

- Links to most Tom Tomorrow, This Modern World cartoons
- Great anti-Bush cartoon collection by Matt Wuerker. You will love these!
- A big list of funny animations
- Dubya's Conquest and more - from Ross Kettle at dorkinglabs.com
- An big list of of past funny photos from John Chuckman - Check these out!
- All of the past Bushspeak and Bushims that appeared on our site
- More Late Night Humor
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Where in the world is Mark Sanford new
- This Modern World: Healthcare reform: Here we go again! - by Tom Tomorrow new
- Health care hypocrisy - cartoon by Bill Sanders new
- Power Cling - animation by Mark Fiore new
- Hiking the Appalachian Trail - cartoon by Mike Thompson new
- Big snake - a cartoon by Nick Anderson new
- Fighting fire - a cartoon by Nick Anderson new
- Warming - a cartoon by Nick Anderson new
- Loose plank - a cartoon by Nick Anderson new
- Voting Rights - a cartoon by Nick Anderson new
- Doonesbury on torture - excellent cartoon
- Socialized medicine - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Obama v Obama - animation by Mark Fiore
- Bear Flag Banana Republic - animation by Mark Fiore
- Terrorist Lockup - animation by Mark Fiore
- Great Satan - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Credibility deficit - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- This Modern World: Where is Obama's solidarity with the freedom-loving peoples of Iran? - by Tom Tomorrow
- Operating Room - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Democracy movement - cartoon by Nick Anderon
- Nuclear issue - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Flags - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Abortion Terrorists - cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Stolen election - by mattbors.com
- This Modern World: Clear-eyed conservative realism -- translated into English. - by Tom Tomorrow
- Humpty Dumpty Obama - by John Chuckman

- Israel's Prime Minister takes a spin in his new limo - by John Chuckman
- Cheney in Wonderland - a cartoon by Bill Sanders
- GOP sewer rats - a cartoon by Bill Sanders

- This Modern World: Abortion seen through the eyes of the rightwingoverse - cartoon by Tom Tomorrow
- Weighted scales - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Bomb scare - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Roadblock - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Similar messages - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Obama's speech - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Humming along - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Doonesbury cartoon- from 5.29.09
- This Modern World: Look what happens when Dick Cheney makes a startling admission! by Tom Tomorrow
- Consider the source - excellent toon by BIll Sanders
- Backseat driver - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Traffic - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Missile test - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Backswing - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Supreme Court Justice? - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- This Modern World: Setting my time machine ahead six years to 2009, I found I'd landed in a world gone mad! - cartoon by Tom Tomorrow
- Packing heat in our national parks - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Go away, Cheney - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Obama's getting lots of mileage - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Experts in the area - cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Sputtering Speaker - cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Fantasy revisited - cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Empathy - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- The arsonist - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Gitmo - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Justice Granholm? - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Debtor boarding - great cartoon by Nick Anderson
- The congregation - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Elephant men - cartoon by Nick Anderoon
- This Modern World: How do the Republicans do it? - Great cartoon by Tom Tomorrow
- Strange bedfellows - great cartoon by Bill Sanders

- Limbaugh and the GOP - a cartoon by Bill Sanders

- Those teabaggers dunces

- Obama and hope starting to fade fast - by John Chuckman
- Obama starting to show his cracks - by John Chuckman

- Obama's tortured logic - great cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Strange Bedfellows - another great cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Pelosi - perfect cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Lover boys - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Tough trick - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Louse Cheney
- This Modern World: The real-life ticking bomb scenario: Cha-chunk! Cha-chunk! - by Tom Tomorrow
- Excuse Me, Your Dick is Out. - video from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, broadcast May 11, 2009 with Jon Stewart reviewing former Vice President Dick Cheney’s continuing criticism of President Obama
- Gathering threat - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Ragin' Contagion - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Party purification - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Flu bug - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Obama goes after tax shelters - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Taliban Fever - animation by Mark Fiore 4.29.09
- The T-word - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Careful what you wish for - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Heart Failiure - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- T-Bone - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Good Question - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- A few bad apples - a must see cartoon by Nick Anderson
- What we talk about when we talk about torture - by Tom Tomorrow 4.28.09
- Fuzzy the Conciliation caterpillar 4.22.09 - great and funny animation by Mark Fiore
- Tortured logic

- Torture works! - by John Chuckman
- Bush Think Tank annex to his Presidential Library at SMU - by John Cbuckman

- Yes, Icon! (Although, on, reflection, no we can't...) - great cartoon by Martin Rowson
- Airheads and Tea bags! - cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Wayne LaPierre, NRA genius. - cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Murder facilitators at work. - cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Obama and Torture - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Tax Day protests - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- U.N. Conference for Racists - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Stars and Stripes - a must eee cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Spending protests - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Kettling - by Lewis Peake
- Catholic Dogma and hypocrisy on Obama visit - cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Contained - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Mr. Do-it-all - cartoon by Nick Anderso
- Keg Party - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Tax Day protest - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Gay marriage - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Bozos - by Nick Anderson
- American Gothis - by Nick Anderson
- Misfire - by Nick Anderson
- The Loop - by Nick Anderson
- Bobby Jindal erupts

- Olmert and his skulls - by John Chuckman

- Scripted - by Nick Anderson
- Dumping Ground - by Nick Anderson
- Reform comes to Wall St. - by Mike Thompson
- Wagoner's out at GM - by Mike Thompson
- Back to the future with the GOP - by Bill Sanders
- Meanwhile, back at the asylum - by Bill Sanders
- Hacksaw - by Nick Anderson
- Hypocrites at work - by Bill Sanders
- Watch dogs who watched it all - by Bill Sanders
- Toxic assets - by Mike Thompson
- Dick Cheney, please go away - by Mike Thompson
- AIG bonuses: Angry yet? - by Mike Thompson
- Bushwhacked - by Lewis Peake
- Talking blastocyst
- Another good Doonesbury cartoon 3.15.09
- In the jaws of the recession - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Identification - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Earmarks - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Moderate Extremists - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Stem cells - cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Hoping for failure - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- 'Rush Lemmingbaugh' runs the GOP off a cliff - cartoon by Chris Britt
- Sen. Leahy's Get Out of Jail Free card

- Bush assumes his place in history - by John Chuckman
- Blair gets his peace prize - by John Chuckman
- Strawman - by Lewis Peake

- How low can it go? - by cartoonist Mike Thonpson
- AIG Chutzpah - by cartoonist Mike Thompson
- Life of the party - by cartoonist Mike Thompson
- Obama's Mission Impossible? - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- BIG baby - a cartoon by Nick Anderson
- All aboard - a cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Paging Doctor Leveraged Buyout - by cartoonist, Mike Thompson
- Remake of objectionable NY Post cartoon of 2.18.09

- Remake of objectionable NY Post cartoon of 2.18.09
- Remake of objectionable NY Post cartoon of 2.18.09
- Remake of objectionable NY Post cartoon of 2.18.09
- Remake of objectionable NY Post cartoon of 2.18.09

- O Canada
- Poor Me! - a cartoon by MikeThompson
- Republicans to the rescue - a cartoon by Bill Sanders
- The Wall Street Gang - a cartoon by Bill Sanders
- What's wrong with this picture? - a cartoon by BIll Sanders
- Benefits of flying first class

- Wow! What a Sham!
- New Blackwater logo

- Going to work: President Obama creates jobs - by cartoonist Mike Thompson
- Not stimulated - by cartoonist Mike Thompson
- Doonesbury cartoon - from 02.15.09
- Binyam - a serious cartoon by Lewis Peake
- Deciphering what's happened on Wall Street is like the parable of the blind men and the elephant …. $20 billion bonuses. The elephant?? - a cartoon by Matt Weurker
- Feeding the pooch - a cartoon by Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle
- Speaking of bailouts - a cartoon by Nick Anderson
- Here he comes to save the day! - cartoon by Mike Thompson, Detriot Free Press
- Screw ups - animation by Mike Thompson
- Debt - by David Dees

- Cleaning up after white men

- Stimulus - by cartoonist Nick Anderson
- Buy American - by Mike Thompson
- Replacement - by artist Lewis Peake
- America's 44th President - by cartoonist Mike Thompson
- Obama gets to work - by cartoonist Mike Thompson
- Dragon Slayer - cartoon by Nick Anderson 1.08.09
- Cheney's leaving - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Bush handicap - by artist Lewis Peake

- Handover - by artist Lewis Peake
- Goodbye W - by cartoonist Markyze

- Bush legacy plaque - by artist John Chuckman

- Bush remembered as a joker face - by artist John Chuckman

- The Bush Legacy - a great cartoon by Nick Anderson 1.12.09
- Doonesbury cartoon - 1.18.09
- Doonesbury cartoon - 1.17.09
- Doonesbury cartoon - 1.16.09
- Doonesbury cartoon - 1.15.09
- Doonesbury cartoon - 1.14.09
- Doonesbury cartoon - 1.13.09
- Go away Palin! - by Mike Thompson
- Doonesbury cartoon - 1.12.09
- Obama's CIA chief? - by cartoonist Mike Thompson
- Obama's power lunch - by cartoonist Mike Thompson
- Fortune Cookie - by Chris Bayiokos

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- Audacity of Hope - by Lewis Peake
- Santa Bush's sackful - fun holiday image by Michael Dickinson
- Catch 22 in Illinois - a cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Consumer Confidence - a cartoon by Nick Anderson 12.31.08
- Doonebury Cartoon - from 1.4.09
- Is change possible? - a cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Welcome to the White House, Obama - a cartoon by Mike Thompson
- 2008 year in review - by Tom Tomorrow
- Plunging Bush at Obama's inauguration - by artist John Chuckman
- Merry Christmas! - by Mike Thompson
- Play sock and awe - the online game
- Let's have another cup of coffee... - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- Bush on his wy out
- Merry Christmas from Sarah Palin
- Shoes - by David Dees
- White Christmas
- Beauty's in the eye of the beholder - cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Curly, Larry, Moe and Blitz - cartoon by Bill Sanders
- Where's the Fire - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- The Big Three's financial planner - cartoon by Mike Thompson
- An auto Christmas carol - by Mike Thompson
- Congress lectures the Big Three - by Mike Thompson
- November's unemployment numbers - by Mike Thompson
- Deregulation trickle down - by cartoonist Bill Sanders
- Rewriting history - by cartoonist Bill Sanders
- The elephant speaks with forked tongue - by cartoonist Bill Sanders
- Doonesbury cartoon - by Gary Trudeau
- This ought to teach him a lesson!! - by cartoonist Bill Sanders

- Doonesbury cartoon - by Gary Trudeau

- Happy friggin' everything!

- Joe the plumber

- Bridge to Nowhere - by cartoonist Bill Sanders 11.06.08
- White House transition tour - by cartoonist Bill Sanders 11.11.08
- Secretary of the State Hillary Clinton? - by Mike Thompson

- Palin discovers her door - by artist John Chuckman

- Not in Alaska - artist unknown
- Set of US presidential stamps

- Letter to Red States - author unknown

 

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