On November 7, 2011 · Comments Off
Simple Analysis 4.0 beta draft #1!
100% digital, done with the GIMP this time around. A little tongue and cheek prod at both Apple and Occupy Wall Street’s worship of Apple products while vilifying the very foundation of what Apple is; a multi-national corporation that has outsourced American manufacturing. Yes, Apple builds stuff in China too… They are a regular computer company that imports components and uses cheap labor costing Americans jobs… Just like that evil Microsoft and IBM.
Really, if they truly were devout in their Socialism, they’d run Linux devices. Every single one of them, but they aren’t smart enough to (well, some have got to be… but in general…).
On October 24, 2011 · Comments Off
Once again, GWOT Veterans are in the cross hairs of the very government they served to protect YOUR liberties… When you sit and read the articles, keep in mind how easy it would be to construe a wounded Veteran from recent operations in Iraq who loves to be prepared and live outdoors showing up at a surplus store. Having been wounded, and losing limbs, they can easily be ‘profiled’ according to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force handout as a domestic terrorist. This after MIAC, and the DHS Report in 2008. BOHICA!
David Codrea’s Gun Rights Examiner article: http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/fbi-adds-preppers-to-potential-terrorists-list?CID=examiner_alerts_article
PDF of the FBI handout to Colorado Surplus stores… ColoradoFBISurplusStore
On March 19, 2011 · Comments Off
US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security continue to astound me in their hammering of US Citizens returning home with COMIC BOOKS while completely ignoring the gaping hole in our Southern Border that allows drug cartels and terrorists to waltz right in un-opposed (with the BATFE now supplying some of the guns to the cartels through OP Gunrunner…). Instead of dealing with the existential threat of dirty bombs coming from the south, they focus on comic book collectors coming back with Japanese Manga and Anime; charging them with child pornography. This after searching all their electronic devices, from computer laptops, net books, and flash and thumb drives.
While some of the Japanese hentai and ecchi manga/anime is indeed disgusting, it is legally obtainable in the United States… Which makes me wonder why they are wasting time charging comic book geeks at the borders with child pornography… Unless of course, at the border, your 1st Amendment Rights mean nothing (and to some extant, the ICE does need the greater latitude to search for contraband to protect the US…). I’m not going to condone pornography of any sort, however if our resources are being expended on some ICE officers interpretation of child pornography in the context of drawn pictures of Japanese comics, instead of on the guy down the line who is a drug smuggler or terrorist… Then we as a nation are in trouble.
It reminds me of going to Korea. We had Security Forces at Osan AFB give us the briefing about contraband, and any pornography imported to Korea was considered contraband. So, the guys with Playboy in their bags had to drop it in the ‘Amnesty Box’. Then after clearing customs, go pick up the same issue at the AAFES Shopette down the road… Or pick up the local stuff off base (which included some ‘black market’ American stuff obtained through AAFES and likely the Customs Amnesty box!). Gee, lets make contraband what can be acquired in country anyway? Oh, yeah, because it bypasses the normal importation procedures and taxation? So do cigarettes, yet every nation I’ve travelled to allows for small quantities for personal use to be brought by individuals in country… The same can be said for COMIC BOOKS and other media. If we allow latitude for the personal use of TOBACCO, the same should apply to comic books, books, games, and other media that is being brought in by people for their own personal collections.Its truly eerie to see artwork treated in such a manner, as well as electronic media. So far, we aren’t at the European standard of tyranny yet were you are required to give the Customs agents your user names and passwords for your accounts on your laptop along with any encryption keys so they can scan your computer by routine (the UK…). However, we aren’t far off. This the United States of America; art, written word, and other forms for free speech are to be cherished and protected. If something is suspicious, then there is probable cause. However, in this case I believe they are moving too far; and I’m a person opposed to pornography for moral and religious reasons!
Really, we have bigger fish to fry on the border than the dirty minded comic book fanboy.
Art by Michael “Sudsy” Sutherland, Captain America is owned by Marvel Comics; created by Jack “The King” Kirby
Since when does Marvel Comics do Government Propaganda?! Its one thing to commemorate a real historic occasion with the Inauguration of the first African American President (yet somehow I’m sure they’d have overlooked the first female Vice President if McCain had won the election…) with Spiderman and all the Marvel Crew paying a visit to the White House to meet President Obama.
Its another to decide to move beyond the abstract point of view of being anti-War and into the realm of specifically targeting Americans of a the Conservative/Libertarian/Republic point of view with Captain America, painting them as just a bunch of angry white racists. Never mind that more taxation in this poor economy is adding a burden on the every man’s back; no, Tea Party protesters cannot be the every man, they are just a bunch of stupid white hicks who don’t want to do their patriotic duty and pay more taxes.
Thanks Marvel. I’m pretty sure Jack Kirby is spinning in his grave. I want the good ol’ Cap back, not your brainwashed post assassination version.