Friday Funnies: Obama Basketball Bricks

Henry Payne | 4.5.2013 7:45 AM

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Fist of Etiquette 12 years ago

Hey, the economy is going up! Not bad for an amateur, Mr. President.
1. CampingInYourPark 12 years ago
  
  "Hiring slowed sharply in March, with the economy adding only 88,000 jobs, the lowest monthly gain since last June.
  The unemployment rate slipped to 7.6%, according to a Labor Department report released Friday. But it's not good news: It's because nearly 500,000 people dropped out of the labor market."
  
  http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/0.....bs-report/
  1. Fist of Etiquette 12 years ago
    
    That's not what the cartoon shows. Open your eyes.
    1. Loki 12 years ago
      
      Yeah, "Camping", if that is your real name, what are you gonna believe: a bunch of racist statistics, your own lying racist eyes or this symbolic cartoon?
  2. Ted S. 12 years ago
    
    That's unexpected.
Almanian! 12 years ago

1) Showing a black person playing basketball = RACIST
2) Showing a black person being BAD at basketball = FANTASY
3) Comment #2 = RACIST
4) Why does the backboard have a giant bird poop splashed across it? Why is he playing with a bent up rim? Why is he shooting a kickball instead of a basketball? Are you implying he's POOR because he's BLACK? RACIST.

Overall Score: RACIST

Plus: Needs more labels.
1. Best Of All Possible Tyrannies 12 years ago
  
  4) Why does the backboard have a giant bird poop splashed across it?
  
  I thought the backboard glass was broken from throwing all those bricks.
  1. gaijin 12 years ago
    
    It's from him hanging on the rim when he made his 2 shots. Also, I read your name as Best Of All Possible Trannies. I must have issues to work out.
    1. invisible furry hand 12 years ago
      
      I just googled "Best Of All Possible Trannies" images. That'll teach me.
      1. LTC(ret) John 12 years ago
        
        Jeez, why didn't you just add a search for "Sugarfree's dungeon" while you were at it?!
        
        Restoras 12 years ago
        
        I don't understand what the backboard is supposed to represent without a label on it.
        
        Longtorso 12 years ago
        
        Jeez, why didn't you just add a search for "Sugarfree's dungeon" while you were at it?!
        
        I did, and now Google says I'm on a government list.
  2. $park? 12 years ago
    
    Broken window backboard. STIMULUS!
    1. a better weapon 12 years ago
      
      +1
    2. alan_s 12 years ago
      
      I think I'm starting to grasp the full meaning of this comic. If only he had labeled that on the backboard in the first place.
2. generic Brand 12 years ago
  
  I like how you are the second comment, thus racist.
Best Of All Possible Tyrannies 12 years ago

No, the economy is not rebounding.
1. Auric Demonocles 12 years ago
  
  A rebound is when a player grabs the ball after a missed shot. The player is the one performing the act, and since no one is doing that, the economy has not been rebounded in the picture.
TheSpiteHouse 12 years ago

Wait, what does the broken backboard represent the inferior quality of Chinese-made goods?
1. some guy 12 years ago
  
  No it represents the creation of jobs. (Think windows)
  1. Question of Auban 12 years ago
    
    Is this cartoon a commentary on Bastiat's discussion of the Broken Window Fallacy?
invisible furry hand 12 years ago

what's with the fascist salute with the left arm?
1. Capt Ace Rimmer 12 years ago
  
  Notice the 1# jersey. Megalomaniac dig?
some guy 12 years ago

Alright Reason. Seriously. How much do you pay Payne for these panels? Because if it's more than the cost of a used stick of gum you're getting ripped off.
1. LTC(ret) John 12 years ago
  
  Wait..Reason pays Payne?!
  1. invisible furry hand 12 years ago
    
    I don't believe it. He pays Reason, which needs the cash for its new palace
    1. LTC(ret) John 12 years ago
      
      That is waaaaay more believable.
2. alan_s 12 years ago
  
  If it wasn't for Payne, we wouldn't have all of the Friday morning comments on his comic to look forward to.
Ted S. 12 years ago

Shouldn't Obama have a bunch of sycophants around him telling how well he's shooting the ball?
1. LTC(ret) John 12 years ago
  
  Kruggie in a referee outfit, signalling two points?
  1. Restoras 12 years ago
    
    No - 4 points!
    1. Longtorso 12 years ago
      
      No - 4 points!
      
      Multiplier!!!!
  2. invisible furry hand 12 years ago
    
    he's wearing a gimp suit, trying to sing Obama's praise through the ball-gag
    1. LTC(ret) John 12 years ago
      
      Gee thanks for that...I will go and quietly dry heave in a corner somewhere. Back in a little while.
Question of Auban 12 years ago

There is a classic Onion article which has great relevance to this cartoon:

Congress Passes Americans With No Abilities Act

http://www.theonion.com/articl.....s-act,541/
1. Mainer2 12 years ago
  
  Holy Shite...is that Reid, Feinstein, and Kerry in that pic of Clinton ?
  Exactly how long have those idiots been in Washington ?
gaijin 12 years ago

Shouldn't there be a republican getting called for goaltending?
1. LTC(ret) John 12 years ago
  
  +1
$park? 12 years ago

Why is there a big CLANG! next to the Economy? Are you trying to say the Chinese own the economy?
Longtorso 12 years ago

Bonus Payne via Instapundit.
Rich 12 years ago

Henry missed a chance to have Obama pulling a Kevin Ware, with the leg labeled "President's Budget".
1. Restoras 12 years ago
  
  Oh snap!
  1. $park? 12 years ago
    
    And boom goes the tibia!
hamilton 12 years ago

Wait, who's the guy shooting the ball?
SumpTump 12 years ago

Sounds like a pretty good plan to me dude.

http://www.Anon-ISP.tk
Tim 12 years ago

If Obama had his way, NBA hoops would be four feet off the ground and ten feet in diameter.
1. db 12 years ago
  
  If I had my way, basketball would be inverted:
  
  The basket would be a ring 3' in diameter, 20' upin the air, that players would have to throw the ball up through. There would be a backboard below and above the ring, and points would only be scored if the ball was caught after passing upward through the ring, in bounds, by a member of the shooting team.
  
  And checking in the vicinity of the goal would be allowed.
Restoras 12 years ago

WARNING - TROLL ALERT

The jobs print was horrific. 88K (half what is required just to keep up with population growth) and 500,000 left the workforce. European markets, weak before the print, are falling further.

If Shreek!! bothers to show his head today he'll be spinning like a gyroscope.
1. CampingInYourPark 12 years ago
  
  But the S&P index is at an all time high!
2. Mike M. 12 years ago
  
  "Dow Jones! Dow Jones! Dow Jones!!"
  
  -Shrieking Idiot
3. db 12 years ago
  
  If you push him down he'll deflect to the right?
4. CampingInYourPark 12 years ago
  
  Oh...I found the scapegoat:
  
  "Stock index futures sharply extended losses on Friday after data showed American employers hired at the slowest pace in nine months in March, a sign that Washington's austerity drive could be stealing momentum from the economy."
  
  http://finance.yahoo.com/news/.....38153.html
  
  Austerity is to blame!
  1. Loki 12 years ago
    
    Gee, what a surprise...
    
    Any bad economic news is going to be balmed on AWESTERITY!!!!/ SEKWESTER!!!111!!, which is all the fault of those EVUL RETHUGLICANS (even though Obama signed to bill) for the foreseeable future. It would be funny if weren't so utterly predictable, and if so many people weren't going to buy the bullshit.
    1. Ted S. 12 years ago
      
      The local TV news was busy finding sob stories from the Watervliet Arsenal because of furloughs that aren't supposed to go into effect for I think three months yet.
      
      All these goddamn government workers whining about the difficulty of paying their bills had me yelling at the TV that they need to think about the difficulty regular people are having paying their taxes.
The Late P Brooks 12 years ago

I hope that's not a high capacity basketball reloading device in the background. And it had better not have a thing that goes up.

It should have been labeled.
General Butt Naked 12 years ago

Another friday morning ruined.

Thanks hank, you fuck.

Jesus.
1. Ted S. 12 years ago
  
  I visit reason with only cached images set to load.
  
  I don't have to see Henry Payne's ?uvre unless I actively choose to.
John Galt 12 years ago

Sigh. I can't even laugh anymore.
Auric Demonocles 12 years ago

Needs more labels. And alt-text is really just the best kind of label.
Proprietist 12 years ago

Obama is the ultimate flopper, and the press are the gullible referees.
plusafdotcom 12 years ago

... and that would be on a GOOD day... so sad...
lenaheadey572 12 years ago

until I looked at the paycheck ov $7310, I didnt believe that my neighbour was like they say truly bringing in money in their spare time at there computar.. there best friend has done this for only about nine months and recently took care of the morgage on there cottage and bourt themselves a Lotus Elan. go to, http://www.great90.com

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