The Israeli - Palestinian Conflict Simplified for Even the Obtuse

Down the Homestretch

The Dark Humor Behind Social Security

Dave Splash over at The Dark Stuff has posted what I imagine he thought to be an amusing and ironic political cartoon.  See below.

While there is indeed some truth to the cartoon, I find it even more ironic that the whole idea of social security was envisioned and implemented by our big brother government to protect us from ourselves by MAKING us set aside some of our own salaries so that we could care for ourselves in our old age when we retired and could or would no longer work, regardless if we wanted that money withdrawn from our paychecks or not. 

The fact that Social Security is slated to be bankrupt soon if nothing is done to alter it from its current path ( a problem that most politicians of all political stripes are loathe to try and address ) is quite ironic and darkly humorous in and of itself.  I have no delusions that the money that has been confiscated from me over the years will be returned in the form of a monthly retirement social security check in twenty years when I am of retirement age.  That simply is very unlikely to ever happen.

The true irony is that our paternalistic government was trying to protect us from ourselves and has ultimately robbed us of of our money because they were irresponsible in caring for the taxpayers' dollars while trying to teach us to be responsible.  That is what is sadly funny to me.

Jackson & Sharpton Cartoon on Racism

Every once in awhile I find a political cartoon that elicits a chuckle from me simply because it is so darned accurate.  This is one of those cartoons.