WikiLeaks A Battle Not The War Editorial Cartoons

WikiLeaks is a battle and not the war. Fought over information, it's an ageless war between those with power and those without. Clearly those charlatans masquerading as statesmen and the clowns dressed as legislators in the Washington Circus would dearly love to put the boots to those who expose them. WikiLeaks contained little new about our widely mistrusted misleaders and the damage has been limited to a few bruised egos and some ruffled feathers on some exotic birds. The Leaks aren't news for who didn't know that that Italian was a philandering buffoon,that the Afghanistan crowd rivals the South Vietnamese in corruption and varied venality's, or that we are extending to Pakistan the same largess we gave to Cambodia and have every reason to think a Khmer Rouge will prevail in Pakistan. Of course Putin rose to become Czar of the Russian Thugocracy from the bloody cellars of the Lubyanka and remains murderous to this day. As for all those whose trust in Saudi Arabia's honesty was shattered by the leaks, oh well. Aside from possibly reducing catty remarks at diplomatic cocktail parties the Leaks will have no discernible effect in 6 months, except for one thing.They have provided a great service to those in public disservice. It is the monkeys in The Washington Circus who will benefit from the leaks by way of new laws to shield their incompetence and or corruption. the public loses another battle in the war for the information it needs to govern the Republic.





It couldn't come as a surprise to Julian Assange that the US would eventually get a piece of him for pulling down its diaper. What is surprising is that Assange hasn't had a fatal accident to date, but it seems his enemies are willing to settle for accusations of sex charges unless he is proven innocent at which time they will go to plan B. To their chagrin none of the fatalities that were predicted to follow the Leaks have happened nor were nay patrols ambushed in any of our various wars. That changed when Assange was ambushed and he could well prove to be the only fatality resulting from the Leaks. He has surely been long aware that there are no limits to what the US will do and has prepared his last words with the certainty that the US would provide a platform. See below

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Grave Concerns -Misters Drip & Drop - 6:01 News

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Grave concerns overshadow the land. These concerns are varied and effect different groups; some effect a few groups, some many groups and some effect all. An industry has been born to explain the origins of the concerns, but many believe that they began with a scream in the grocery store.
Others look to the incompetence, unbridled careerism and greed for money and power found in the government. Central to this view is the role played, or more exactly not played by the SEC. Subscribers to this view see the swearing in of Cox by The Oily One as a case in point.

The results to this approach to government oversight were the numerous auditing of Madoff and other financial gangsters that found nothing. To date no SEC employees have paid any consequences and they continue as before (pictured below).

Many question the ever grim unfolding of economic news and seek to find something they can believe in and thereby commence spending freely.Unfortunately what is actually happening remains hotly disputed. Is this a recession, a double headed recession, the tip of a depression or a realignment of The American way of life is the subject of The 6:01 News.

Through our tribulating trials the government has maintained a high profile by way an unceasing flow of self congratulatory media events and initiatives. One such initative is discussed below and many fear we can expect more of the same from the public servants we now serve.

The signs of recovery are as omnipresent as Elvis and ET sightings and prove to be as difficult to verify. These recovery sightings do provide a few days respite from the gloom currently affecting Wall Street and make possible some action at the trading tables. Still some are profiting in this climate and we saved the big banks by making it possible for them to abandon banking in favor of clipping FED coupons and engaging in day trading

The announcements of profitability are most commonly accompanied with announcement of lay offs. Many companies who are becoming more productive and profitable have discovered they need a lot fewer workers than previously thought. In other words these jobs are going boys and they won't be coming back.

Worries about the stability of fiat currency have risen as it becomes more clear that a nation with 25 million unemployed and underemployed and 40+ million poor has only one way to pay it's huge debts and for the most expensive government in the world, namely print money. This is reflected in the 1300 dollar per oz of gold. Misters Drip & Drop discuss the problems associated with unrestricted money printing.

This once proud population copes in new and inventive ways. .

Some seek a conservative bargain.

Questions of where to find work haunt millions.

How to restart the economy while not admitting it is broken has bedeviled such devils as The Oily One and his successors. Misters Drip & Drop discuss a possible impossible way to get things moving.

Yes we have saved the banks that count or at least can be counted on at election time and we may never have to save them again now that they have forsake loaning money and restrict themselves to clipping FED coupons and day trading.

It is impossible to ignore the concerns that have arisen about the new player on Wall Street

Ah the public purse!

But how will we know when we are on the upswing?

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Editorial Cartoon Review Current Ebents

The people wailing and bemoaning the cruel fate of Mister Dollar are savings bank holders, 401k participants and others entrapped within the various and numerous Wall Street schemes.
The only remaining question about the now notorious inaccuracy of government reports is if they are the result of incompetence, deviousness or some combination of the two.

Still some prosper in the current economic climate.

From the ashes of the economic collapse there arises a new player on Wall Street.

Still despite extreme economic hardship the defence spending continues happily along and Misters Drip& Drop question if it isn't all a waste.

And just how will we know when things are really getting better.

What kind of adjustments will Americans have to prevent a repeat performance of the current economic disaster.

Are they soldiers or economic refugees?

Perseverance personified Misters Drip & Drop continue to follow the grimy demise of Mister Dollar, well known American hero.

Mean while on the Beltway the bureaurats continue a round of free lunches and seminars where currently they are being taught to think out of the box.

In Madison Square Garden the backers of the recovery have offered to take on all comers, unfortunately unemployment has the recovery on the ropes.

Medically speaking things may have looked worse, but no one remembers when.

How many wonder is Joe Average holding up?

In Washington federal bums now hold sway where we used to see the turnstile jumpers, purse snatchers and 3 Card Monte men.

The tax payer faces new challenges.

But there is a way to jump start the economy, albeit unlikely.

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