Duck Goes Moo!

I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate Health Care passing then to show a series of political cartoons from both sides of the aisle:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All comics hotlinked from Cagle.com

Smashing Magazine has a photo article featuring some amazing images from India:

See more here on Smashing Magazine:

I assume this cartoon by R.J. Matson was inspired by a bill being pushed through Missouri state government:

 

If enacted, the legislation would abolish the city’s Board of Police Commissioners, a governing board that includes the mayor and four members appointed by the governor. Instead the department would be run by a locally-appointed police commissioner.

Supporters of the legislation say local control will increase efficiency and accountability in the police department.

Opponents, who include police officers, say the legislation would politicize the police department. They said the legislation is also an attempt to gain control of the police pension fund, which Mayor Francis Slay and other supporters have denied.

from globe-democrat.com

Here is an article describing it all in more detail:

http://www.globe-democrat.com/news/2010/mar/01/bills-local-control-st-louis-police-moving-through/

Nation Shudders At Large Block Of Uninterrupted Text

Dumbfounded citizens from Maine to California gazed helplessly at the frightening chunk of print, unsure of what to do next. Without an illustration, chart, or embedded YouTube video to ease them in, millions were frozen in place, terrified by the sight of one long, unbroken string of English words.

“Why won’t it just tell me what it’s about?” said Boston resident Charlyne Thomson, who was bombarded with the overwhelming mass of black text late Monday afternoon. “There are no bullet points, no highlighted parts. I’ve looked everywhere—there’s nothing here but words.”

“Ow,” Thomson added after reading the first and last lines in an attempt to get the gist of whatever the article, review, or possibly recipe was about.

- from theonion.com

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This article perfectly describes how I feel when I try to read a book these days. I’ve gotten better about it since I canceled my TV service and have been spending less time online, but I still have a hard time at it. I think the internet has indeed managed to make us all semi-illiterate.

Damn you internet!