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By Ouroborus, October 22, 2009 at 4:08 am Link to this comment

Beltwaylaid, October 21 at 9:53 am #
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Okay, how about social commentary cartoon? God, it
rocks!!!

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By p.d., October 21, 2009 at 10:42 am Link to this comment
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Spot on!!

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By Beltwaylaid, October 21, 2009 at 5:53 am Link to this comment
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I don’t feel that the cartoon is necessarily political.
It is definitely a comment on our dummed-down societal obsession with celebrity and sensationalism put upon us
by those that sell whorish consumerism.

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By Ouroborus, October 21, 2009 at 3:20 am Link to this comment

That has got to be one of the best political cartoons
of all time; describes the U.S. exactly. WOW!!!!

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