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anarch|8.14.09 @ 7:33AM|#
Hospital gown labeled American Public.
Caption: "A spine implant? You don't think it's too late?"
And btw, that picture is of course racist.
Fist of Etiquette|8.14.09 @ 7:39AM|#
The patient must have accidentally read that he was getting a lobotomy off the chart, because Dr. Obama certainly didn't tell him.
|8.14.09 @ 7:39AM|#
And btw, that picture is of course racist.
I agree. To portray Obama as a lowly public employee like a doctor
is the post-health care reform equivalent of dressing him up like a
janitor.
Once Steve Smith gets done shaving his entire body so that he can
pass for human, I'm sure he will agree.
Fist of Etiquette|8.14.09 @ 7:44AM|#
Why can't I see the whole toon at the top here? Why do I always
have to go to another page to view the FriFuns? What, are the
internets tossing Reason kickbacks for each click they force on
me?
Oh.
Hugh Akston|8.14.09 @ 8:00AM|#
And btw, that picture is of course racist.
You'll notice how only one aspect of the cartoon is "colored."
|8.14.09 @ 8:00AM|#
This is stupid. A primary complaint against Obamacare is that
health care will be rationed, not increased to totally unnecessary,
expensive, and unwanted procedures such as lobotomies.
Henry Payne needs a lobotomy. D-. The only reason it's not an F is
at least it was racist.
Tomcat1066|8.14.09 @ 8:08AM|#
I took it to mean that Obama was doing a lot more "surgery" to
the US health care system than was needed, like performing a
lobotomy on a guy with a sprained ankle.
Plus, it's racist.
Untermensch|8.14.09 @ 8:08AM|#
It's not a good cartoon, but it's pretty clear Episiarch didn't
get it either or his complaint wouldn't read the way it does. That
he didn't seem to get it (thinking it was about rationing and all)
just shows how poorly it was done in the first place.
However, this cartoon goes beyond the usual inanity of Payne's
cartoons to actually being harmful. By comparing the perceived
problems with health care to a trivial problem like a sprained
ankle he just reinforces Team D's contention that those opposed to
ObamaCare just don't understand the pain Americans are feeling (or
whatever crap they claim). Given that health care actually is a
major issue of concern for people, this sort of cartoon makes it
look like Team R really is just out of touch. I know Payne is
arguing that Obama's plan will do more harm than good and eliminate
the few good points of the current system, but this cartoon isn't
effective in making that point.
I'm not a cartoonist and couldn't do better myself, but I can still
spot a dud.
anarch, Doctor of Divination|8.14.09 @ 8:08AM|#
Epi, I think it's meant to imply:
- The goal the regime has for its subjects' critical thinking
capacities
- Overstepping typical of governmental solutions
- Nanny-state's intrusions for our well-being without our
consent
Xeones|8.14.09 @ 8:11AM|#
Man, this blows. Today was shaping up to be an ok day, too. Thanks to Henry Payne, now i'm all depressed and slightly uncomfortable.
|8.14.09 @ 8:14AM|#
Xeones,
Would it make you feel better if I told you that you are a racist?
I will if it will help...
Xeones|8.14.09 @ 8:15AM|#
Thanks, Sweet'n'Low. I guess i feel better.
You're still a fascist, though.
|8.14.09 @ 8:17AM|#
By comparing the perceived problems with health care to a
trivial problem like a sprained ankle
I see what you're saying, and if that was his intention, then it's
just as dumb, seeing as no one involved in this debate
seems to think the health system's problems are as trivial as a
sprained ankle; nor is a lobotomy an appropriate metaphor for the
"overhaul" Obama wants to do on the system--some kind of "full body
cast or replacement" would be better. In fact, as I just tried to
think of better metaphors I realized the whole premise of the
cartoon is flawed with this interpretation as well.
So...D-. Not an F because at least it was racist.
|8.14.09 @ 8:21AM|#
Do they do "emergency" lobotomies?
Or is that the metaphor for unnecessarily rushing through the
overhaul?
Deep.
Tomcat1066|8.14.09 @ 8:27AM|#
I think a better analogy would be a broken ankle being treated
with an above the knee amputation.
On that, I do agree. The metaphor isn't quite there. I see the
point, exaggerate to make it more dramatic, but it doesn't help at
all.
|8.14.09 @ 8:29AM|#
I think it could have made more sense with:
"Amputation? But I only came in with a strained ankle!"
It stays focused on the leg, doesn't make the lobotomy nonseq, and
is scaled properly to the heath care situation.
|8.14.09 @ 8:32AM|#
Thanks, but I'm already married
Then you already have enough trouble in your life. I'll leave you
alone.
Tomcat1066|8.14.09 @ 8:34AM|#
Thanks SugarFree. I appreciate that!
I'm just thankful I'm not married to a liberal :D
ConHugeCo|8.14.09 @ 8:35AM|#
People go to the ER for a sprained ankle? Hmmm I guess I learned something....
Barry-O the ASL Ape (transcrib|8.14.09 @ 8:40AM|#
BARRY-O MEDICINE GOOD GOOD LOVE BARRY-O BANANA HAPPY MEDICINE MONEY SAD SAD
|8.14.09 @ 8:42AM|#
Anonymity Douche likes it
"You go, boi"
X, it depends. Does "boi" refer to Payne, Obama, the objecting
patient, or something one of us said as a criticism? Ambiguoumity
Dude is more like it.
And "boi" might indicate that AnonymityBot is, in fact, Avril
Lavigne.
|8.14.09 @ 8:47AM|#
Why has Reason stayed silent on the Kelly Clarkson/Self magazine controversy? What shadowy corporate masters are they serving?
Spoonman|8.14.09 @ 8:55AM|#
Do they do "emergency" lobotomies?
Where I come from, they're called "justifiable homicide", but yes.
Untermensch|8.14.09 @ 9:02AM|#
Episiarch, you'll get no argument from me on your last post. I think this is one of Payne's worst yet, and that's saying something.
Fist of Etiquette|8.14.09 @ 9:04AM|#
Are those teleprompter screens they're racing with on either side of the gurney? Now that's racist.
Hugh Akston|8.14.09 @ 9:05AM|#
And "boi" might indicate that AnonymityBot is, in fact,
Avril Lavigne.
I never would have pegged Avril Lavigne as a racist. But there you
go.
Amber Waves|8.14.09 @ 9:06AM|#
The caption should read
No way doc. No way. For the love of God let me talk to the death
panel again.
|8.14.09 @ 9:10AM|#
I feel like I've stumbled into a freshman literature
class.
Sometimes a lame cartoon is just a lame cartoon.
Fascists.
|8.14.09 @ 9:10AM|#
I never would have pegged Avril Lavigne as a
racist.
All Canadians are racist. Especially the white ones.
J. W. Burns, a known Canadian, coined the term Sasquatch. Steve
Smith hates Canadians.
|8.14.09 @ 9:12AM|#
Sometimes a lame cartoon is just a lame cartoon.
Opposing deconstructionist criticism is heterosexist and
ableist.
|8.14.09 @ 9:20AM|#
Every poster so far has been grossly antidisestablishmentarinist. Cancel my subscription. Reason indeed!
Spoonman|8.14.09 @ 9:28AM|#
Damnit, FrBunny, I know it's Friday, but it's still early to be drinking.
|8.14.09 @ 9:33AM|#
The selective use of color is a good gimmick, when used to some
purpose. The ridicule of Obamacare here is not related to any
substantive critique.
Not funny
Not relevant
Poor artwork
Grade: F
Mike Laursen|8.14.09 @ 9:46AM|#
primary complaint against Obamacare is that health care will
be rationed, not increased to totally unnecessary, expensive, and
unwanted procedures such as lobotomies.
Would this caption have worked: "Get this patient to a waiting
room, stat!"
Warty|8.14.09 @ 10:09AM|#
How about this caption: "Harvest my organs, comrade, so that even in death I shall help the workers liquidate the kulaks!"
Aristotle|8.14.09 @ 10:12AM|#
The selective use of color is a good gimmick, when used to
some purpose.
In some cases, purposes are concealed. Here the purpose is
evident. Let us proceed to other topics.
d|8.14.09 @ 1:11PM|#
I agree. To portray Obama as a lowly public employee like a
doctor is the post-health care reform equivalent of dressing him up
like a janitor.
How many loyal subjects of the Queen will not get this joke?
Rice Bingham|8.14.09 @ 3:15PM|#
Anonimity douche is a fuckin' fascist, yo!
Xeones is off his game. I think he may have a streak of fascism
himself.
|8.15.09 @ 3:55PM|#
Like a star in the sky.
That shining
star reappears
like a final
touch near a
vigorous cliff;
and always
remains, with
a little intention
in the care
of your sight.
Francesco Sinibaldi
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