' Best of TBH Politoons'
Reader Comment
Tim's 'Toon
Always enjoy seeing what Tim has come up with.
On the latest--The Thief of Baghdad--rather than being An Arabian Fantasy, he's more like An Arabian Nightmare. He's certainly an American Nightmare!
Linda >^..^<
Thanks, Linda!
Tim does fabulous work - and his toons age well.
That one was first used Monday, 26 April, 2004.
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
John Vidal: Revealed: how oil giant influenced Bush (The Guardian)
President [sic] George Bush's decision not to sign the United States up to the Kyoto global warming treaty was partly a result of pressure from ExxonMobil, the world's most powerful oil company, and other industries, according to US State Department papers seen by the Guardian.
Gore Vidal: Something Rotten in Ohio (www.commondreams.org)
Outside the oil and gas junta that controls two and a half branches of our government (the half soon to be whole is the judiciary), there was a good deal of envy at the late British election among those Americans who are serious about politics.
SUSAN PAYNTER: When Marine recruiters go way beyond the call (SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER)
For mom Marcia Cobb and her teenage son Axel, the white letters USMC on their caller ID soon spelled, "Don't answer the phone!"
Jennifer Wedekind: Military programs move into middle schools to fish for future soldiers (www.inthesetimes.com)
Tarsha Moore stands as tall as her 4-foot 8-inch frame will allow. Staring straight ahead, she yells out an order to a squad of peers lined up in three perfect columns next to her.
Eric R. Eaton: No Child Left Unrecruited (www.irascibleprofessor.com)
Forget the specter of a reinstatement of the military draft. In reality there is already an insidious attempt in effect to reap more potential soldiers. Some call it "no child left unrecruited."
Paul Krugman: Losing Our Country (NY Times)
(Click on "Columns,"" then on "Losing Our Country")
Baby boomers like me grew up in a relatively equal society. In the 1960's America was a place in which very few people were extremely wealthy, many blue-collar workers earned wages that placed them comfortably in the middle class, and working families could expect steadily rising living standards and a reasonable degree of economic security.
DOUG MONROE: What, no Jesus?: Fun new documentary disputes existence of the Messiah (atlanta.creativeloafing.com)
The God Who Wasn't There suggests that Jesus was a mythical character whose message has been hijacked by anti-science, pro-war zealots.
ROGER EBERT: The Honeymooners (PG-13)
"The Honeymooners" is a surprise and a delight, a movie that escapes the fate of weary TV retreads and creates characters that remember the originals, yes, but also stand on their own. ... Sometimes you walk into a movie with quiet dread and walk out with quiet delight.
Complete Guide to Managing Political Campaigns
Social Class in the United States (NY Times)
Globalsecurity.org
Tonight
Erin Hart Show
Bush & Blair sat in a press conference and said a lot about NOTHING to do
with the questions about that Downing Street Memo--you expect it from Bush,
but Blair has sadly deteriorated so much over time. Will consequences ever
be paid for the illicit war? Ah, well, Bushie is sinking in the polls and
the public for the first time doesn't believe Iraq is making us safer.
Okay, I will resist saying I told you so, this time.
Howard Dean is being pilloried for being partisan--whaaaa??? Are we
Democrats going to eat our young AGAIN when the pubbies all around us stay
on message even into the depths of insanity???? Nay, I say. Be supportive
and get the message out. Should Howard be muzzled??? NOOOOOOOO--though I
have heard moderate Dems espouse that view.
All that and more.
Let me know how often you'd like Marty, entertainment
editor of Bartcop.com
on as a feature--the choice is monthly, bi-weekly or
weekly.
Listen LIVE online to the Erin Hart Show
tonight on
KIRO in Seattle.
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Not a lot of sun but pleasantly cool.
The kid has another cold.
46664 Arctic Concert
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela and international music stars pressed the world's richest nations to save lives with increased action against AIDS and poverty at a benefit concert under the midnight sun on Saturday in Tromsoe, the main city of Norway's Arctic.
The 46664 Arctic Concert, named for Mandela's prisoner number during his 27 years in South African detention, is part of a series of AIDS charity concerts and has drawn such stars as Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox, Robert Plant, Brian May, Angelique Kidjo and the group Razorlight.
The 86-year-old Mandela, appearing frail, teamed up with more than 50 artists at the concert, where banners with his own image and his number flanked the stage. When he appeared on stage, waving his black baseball cap emblazoned 46664, all he could do was smile and wait for the wild cheering to subside.
Nelson Mandela
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Johnny Carson
Late-night television king Johnny Carson now has a department at his alma mater named after him.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Department of Theatre Arts is now called the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film.
Carson, who hosted the "Tonight Show" for 30 years, approved of the name change before he died in January at age 79. The idea was presented to him by university officials before the legendary talk show host donated $5.3 million to the school in November.
Johnny Carson
'People Want Us to Fight'
Howard Dean
Howard Dean said Saturday that positive responses from key supporters have reinforced his determination to keep talking tough. Some congressional Democrats have suggested that the party chairman should tone down his rhetoric.
"People want us to fight," Dean told the national party's executive committee. "We are here to fight."
Dean said he is bringing in $1 million weekly and that $100,000 was received, unsolicited, from online donors during a 24-hour period in the past week as the furor over his remarks grew.
Records show the DNC took in $13.8 million over the first three months of 2005, compared with $8.4 million during the same period in 2003, the last year without a federal election. Terry McAuliffe was party chairman then.
Howard Dean
Newspapers, TV News At All-Time Low
Public Confidence
Public trust in newspapers and television news continued to decline in Gallup's annual survey of "public confidence in major institutions" in the United States, reaching an all-time low this year.
Those having a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in newspapers dipped from 30% to 28% in one year, the same total for television. The previous low for newspapers was 29% in 1994. Since 2000, confidence in newspapers has declined from 37% to 28%, and TV from 36% to 28%, according to the poll.
Confidence in the presidency plunged from 52% to 44%, with Congress and the criminal-justice system also suffering 8% drops. Confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court fell from 46% to 41%. The 22% confidence rating for Congress is its lowest in eight years, and self-identified Republicans have only a slightly more positive view of the institution than do Democrats.
The military topped the poll with a 74% confidence rating, with the police at 63% and organized religion at 53%. Big business and Congress (both at 22%) and HMOs (17%) brought up the rear.
Public Confidence
Stretch of Highway Re-Named
B.B. King
Motorists driving on a stretch of U.S. 61 in Tennessee will be traveling the B.B. King Highway. A ceremony noting a name change for the highway was held last week at the Beale Street nightclub that also bears King's name.
The 79-year-old famed bluesman was on hand, but without the guitar he calls Lucille.
"I'm not very good at talking and Lucille is asleep on the bus," King said. "Thank you Memphis. Thanks to all of you, God bless you."
B.B. King
Adjacent Stars in Hollywood
Estefans
They're partners in music and life, and now singer Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio, have stars next to one another on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The couple was on hand when Emilio Estefan received a star for his achievements in music production last week.
The Grammy award-winning producer, 52, is credited with creating songs that propelled the careers of his wife, John Secada, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, Shakira and other Latin music stars.
Estefans
White House Snubs
Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe's phone-throwing tantrum at a swank New York hotel has cost him a dinner date with US resident George W. Bush and a sleepover at the White House.
The hell-raiser, 41, had been invited to dine with the resident and host a private screening of his new film Cinderella Man, about a boxer, before spending the night at the White House.
But his antics in the Mercer Hotel foyer on Monday morning had White House officials quickly on the phone to cancel the engagement, which had been scheduled for the following night.
Officially, Crowe cancelled the arrangements himself as a courtesy measure to save the resident and First Lady, Laura, any embarrassment.
Russell Crowe
London Protest
Naked Cyclists
Hundreds of naked cyclists rode past Big Ben and the U.S. Embassy in London on Saturday to protest the West's dependence on gas-guzzling cars - and to push for more use of bicycles.
The organizers of World Naked Bike Ride 2005 said protests were expected in a number of countries, including Australia, Canada, the United States, Ireland, Italy, Latvia and Israel.
Most of the riders stripped naked for the six-mile ride past Piccadilly Circus, Big Ben, Covent Garden, Oxford Street and the U.S. Embassy.
Some bikes carried banners reading, "Oil is not a bare necessity but a crude obsession" and "Support the trade justice movement."
Naked Cyclists
Celebrates 79th Birthday
Queen Elizabeth
Britain put on one of its grandest annual shows of royal pageantry Saturday to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's official 79th birthday.
In a spectacular display of precision marching and horsemanship choreographed to the music of a military band, about 1,220 soldiers in ceremonial red dress and huge black bearskin caps saluted the monarch in the ceremony near Buckingham Palace.
The queen turned 79 on April 21, but public celebrations of the British monarch's birthday are always held on a Saturday in June, when there is a better chance of good weather.
The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, who celebrated his 84th birthday Friday, rode in an open carriage from Buckingham Palace along the wide, tree-lined Mall from the palace to the parade ground.
Queen Elizabeth
Master of Arts Degree
Prince William
Prince William learned Saturday that he had achieved a master of arts degree in geography. The 22-year-old son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana logged onto the Internet to discover that he had received a 2:1 grade for his four-year course at St. Andrews University, Scotland.
A 2:1 denotes an upper second-class degree, a very respectable achievement.
The prince, who is second in line to the British throne, did better than his father, who received a 2:2, or lower second class degree for his honors degree in history at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Prince William
New Video For Show's Finale
Britney Spears
Britney Spears has a parting gift for fans of her UPN reality show: the world premiere of the video for her new single, "Someday (I Will Understand)."
The video will be shown during the one-hour series finale of "Britney and Kevin: Chaotic" on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET), the network announced Thursday.
Spears wrote "Someday (I Will Understand)."
Britney Spears
