Regarding your phrase: "....and those who think we must do our part to save Democracy...."
Really? Because it is not at all about saving Democracy; it is about RESTORING THE REPUBLIC. When are people going to understand that? Amy - you know better.
It is interesting that most everyone does not use the right terminology when referring to “Democracy” I do it so people understand I want liberties to continue and most people have no idea we are Democratic Constitutional Republic, and Yes, It Matters
I agree. It is what most people identify with. Getting the masses to understand anything at this point is a feat within itself. America has been so dumbed down…..no one will take the time to learn anything. Sad but true. We have to appeal to the imbeciles to get anything done….and those are the smart ones that aren’t actual zombies following the globalists.
Regarding the vax in Gaza why not just save time and air drop the syringes and leaflets saying safe and effective on them (🤣 i can envision the cartoon)
That's an idea for a cartoon! Then again it is technically OPV an oral vaccine in this case, but the safety profile and the history of outbreaks caused by it says that it's not good regardless...
Thanks! Back then there was no such thing as AI generated images and it was long before the time of the photo stock memers too. You had to be at least a decent artist to be a cartonist, but my early forays into art never went too far after markets and exhibitions and a few sales here and there, so I went to day job mentality instead. In recent years I've told myself that the AI and photostock types have crowded the space too much to find a niche, but in the past week or so I've been inspired by a few ideas that I thought I could paint it out better than the AI could. Maybe I should offer some on substack?
I think so. I think there is a niche opportunity now for old school drawing poli cartoons because they are 2 generations back as you say (photo stock, and ai). Who knows it might catch on again as retro! I really liked the 3 cars (plates). Very clean idea. Including the “didn’t vote” car turned a cliche to a smart commentary imo. Well done. I hope there is more coming.
The only thing I'd do differently now on that cartoon is perhaps differentiate the cars a bit, perhaps putting the democrat in a green EV, the Republican in say a Ford F-150, and the nonvoter probably in the same old rustbucket as in the image...
For me, just one viewer, the clean symmetries of the cars works great as the focus goes to the plates - no matter what philosophy a car professes, it is still the same car (still avoiding full engagement with the process and not fully accepting being a member of a society where we devide together and live together with our collective decision). That’s jus my hot take. As creator ofc you do you!
I think there's no need to redo what I did back then. I still have the original ink of that though it is in my sketchbook in Las Vegas with the other old ones....
Outstanding original artwork meme supreme output here Amy. You will soon join Bob Moran Status with your acerbic wit and talent on canvas! Keep up the great work!
You are right on the money with your intuition that we are watching actors playing a role because in my opinion that is exactly what they are. Neither candidate cares about any one of us, only their own powerful family’s interests. In my opinion voting does not matter but how we live our lives matters, the kindness we show ourselves and others matters. Politics is a divide and conquer game to benefit those at the top.
One guy cared enough to take a bullet. I readily admit that for the life of me I still do not know what motivates Donald Trump. I have studied the issue plenty. He remains an Enigma. The only thing that makes sense is that he does care about something. He is almost supernatural in his ability to harness energy.
Sit down and think about what a day in the life of DT involves. WTF isn’t he like 80 lol? How he summons the nerve day in and day out is a fairytale. Credit where credit is due.
His haters can’t see the forest thru the trees. Another special talent is brings out the crazies on both sides. He drives some people completely off the rails lol. 🤷♂️
Great memes as always Amy. Just to clarify my position is that we are at a point in our history that most likely we will NOT be voting our way out of this mess. The debt alone speaks volumes more than i could ever say.
There was a time had Americans paid more attention this may have been prevented. That time has passed. We are most likely going to see some really hard times ahead. NO NO NO you cannot count on that to save you either. That is not an option. It’s a horror movie in the making.
Trump simply gives us the best chance. “Trump is not going to save us” incoming. Not sure how people so readily make that assumption other than they are psyop’d themselves.
It frustrates me when the people who claim to be conservatives (whatever) label anyone voting for DT same as leftists. “Trump supporters are knuckle dragging buffoons incapable of independent thought.” Well you look at the people at that Butler PA assassination attempt rally. You know the one where the man actually took a bullet albeit it was a graze. Some of those around him were not so lucky tho. Anyhow those people that were interviewed seemed like pretty good peeps to me.
I have never been to a Trump rally. I rarely listen to them aside from a casual glimpse trying to get a tally on his body language. When he starts acting nervous, scared, agitated you will know trouble is coming. I have seen him enough to understand his baseline readings. I have seen him act out of character twice since 2015.
First was early on in the lockdowns. I suspect he knew he was had. They had finally boxed him in.
Second was a day or two after J6. Again he knew he had been had.
I understand his Zionist streak pretty well. BUT all of you must understand that we cannot go back in time and change things. We are at a timeline that sprang forward based on a trusting populace who thought the American government was a benign entity.
I saw a meme tho I have not confirmed it. It was a pic of Trump saying 100% tariffs to any nation who fails to use the USD as the reserve currency. Was I surprised by this? Lolol hell fuck no I wasn’t. Trump like the others are going to try and keep the current system afloat for as long as possible.
Why? Because they know what most of you know. And I am quite certain it scares the living shit out of them too. It certainly does me and I assure you that I am probably more well suited to survive a catastrophic event than 99.9% of the population.
But I have also learned there’s no justice in that. Yes our enemies go to ground, lose their power, and live like mole people. But almost everyone and everything I hold dear now is gone.
And so you must do what you can to give yourself and those around you the best chance to survive. That is what I am recommending, and it’s not complicated.
Trump owns Warp Speed. Did he order domestic lockdowns?
Excellent memes, interesting inflation chart, and intriguing peek at something that ranges from simple indecision and self-doubt to cognitive dissonance and existential angst. I cringe thinking of times I was dead certain and vocal about this or that principle, this or that candidate, and later mortified to learn I could not have been more wrong. That’s humbling, but decision-making is inevitable, and a lack of confidence is crippling. What to do?
Seems that over and above my creaky intellect is the concept of spiritual discernment. If there is such a thing, I don’t believe it liberates me from thinking, but it does seem like a good starting point. One of your memes reminded me: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5). “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you” (Isaiah 26:3). Steadfast is not my strong suit. Maybe I should aspire more. Maybe. Maybe not. 🤣
Regarding your phrase: "....and those who think we must do our part to save Democracy...."
Really? Because it is not at all about saving Democracy; it is about RESTORING THE REPUBLIC. When are people going to understand that? Amy - you know better.
It is interesting that most everyone does not use the right terminology when referring to “Democracy” I do it so people understand I want liberties to continue and most people have no idea we are Democratic Constitutional Republic, and Yes, It Matters
I am aware that we are a representative democracy aka a republic. I’m using Save Democracy because it is such a common catch phrase used by both sides
I agree. It is what most people identify with. Getting the masses to understand anything at this point is a feat within itself. America has been so dumbed down…..no one will take the time to learn anything. Sad but true. We have to appeal to the imbeciles to get anything done….and those are the smart ones that aren’t actual zombies following the globalists.
Regarding the vax in Gaza why not just save time and air drop the syringes and leaflets saying safe and effective on them (🤣 i can envision the cartoon)
That's an idea for a cartoon! Then again it is technically OPV an oral vaccine in this case, but the safety profile and the history of outbreaks caused by it says that it's not good regardless...
oh . air dropping syringes with exposed needles might convey the harm better than dropping pills even if less accurate
True story!
and dont forget to include the safe and effective leaflets! 😉
Think of them as Covid flechettes. With enough of them accuracy is not required. Just saying.
yea adding fins will help keep the tips directed down
Amy, GREAT high school cartoon! love it
Thanks! Back then there was no such thing as AI generated images and it was long before the time of the photo stock memers too. You had to be at least a decent artist to be a cartonist, but my early forays into art never went too far after markets and exhibitions and a few sales here and there, so I went to day job mentality instead. In recent years I've told myself that the AI and photostock types have crowded the space too much to find a niche, but in the past week or so I've been inspired by a few ideas that I thought I could paint it out better than the AI could. Maybe I should offer some on substack?
I think so. I think there is a niche opportunity now for old school drawing poli cartoons because they are 2 generations back as you say (photo stock, and ai). Who knows it might catch on again as retro! I really liked the 3 cars (plates). Very clean idea. Including the “didn’t vote” car turned a cliche to a smart commentary imo. Well done. I hope there is more coming.
The only thing I'd do differently now on that cartoon is perhaps differentiate the cars a bit, perhaps putting the democrat in a green EV, the Republican in say a Ford F-150, and the nonvoter probably in the same old rustbucket as in the image...
For me, just one viewer, the clean symmetries of the cars works great as the focus goes to the plates - no matter what philosophy a car professes, it is still the same car (still avoiding full engagement with the process and not fully accepting being a member of a society where we devide together and live together with our collective decision). That’s jus my hot take. As creator ofc you do you!
I think there's no need to redo what I did back then. I still have the original ink of that though it is in my sketchbook in Las Vegas with the other old ones....
Fantastic you still have the sketches
Yes.
Nutz!
Outstanding original artwork meme supreme output here Amy. You will soon join Bob Moran Status with your acerbic wit and talent on canvas! Keep up the great work!
You are right on the money with your intuition that we are watching actors playing a role because in my opinion that is exactly what they are. Neither candidate cares about any one of us, only their own powerful family’s interests. In my opinion voting does not matter but how we live our lives matters, the kindness we show ourselves and others matters. Politics is a divide and conquer game to benefit those at the top.
One guy cared enough to take a bullet. I readily admit that for the life of me I still do not know what motivates Donald Trump. I have studied the issue plenty. He remains an Enigma. The only thing that makes sense is that he does care about something. He is almost supernatural in his ability to harness energy.
Sit down and think about what a day in the life of DT involves. WTF isn’t he like 80 lol? How he summons the nerve day in and day out is a fairytale. Credit where credit is due.
His haters can’t see the forest thru the trees. Another special talent is brings out the crazies on both sides. He drives some people completely off the rails lol. 🤷♂️
Great memes as always Amy. Just to clarify my position is that we are at a point in our history that most likely we will NOT be voting our way out of this mess. The debt alone speaks volumes more than i could ever say.
There was a time had Americans paid more attention this may have been prevented. That time has passed. We are most likely going to see some really hard times ahead. NO NO NO you cannot count on that to save you either. That is not an option. It’s a horror movie in the making.
Trump simply gives us the best chance. “Trump is not going to save us” incoming. Not sure how people so readily make that assumption other than they are psyop’d themselves.
It frustrates me when the people who claim to be conservatives (whatever) label anyone voting for DT same as leftists. “Trump supporters are knuckle dragging buffoons incapable of independent thought.” Well you look at the people at that Butler PA assassination attempt rally. You know the one where the man actually took a bullet albeit it was a graze. Some of those around him were not so lucky tho. Anyhow those people that were interviewed seemed like pretty good peeps to me.
I have never been to a Trump rally. I rarely listen to them aside from a casual glimpse trying to get a tally on his body language. When he starts acting nervous, scared, agitated you will know trouble is coming. I have seen him enough to understand his baseline readings. I have seen him act out of character twice since 2015.
First was early on in the lockdowns. I suspect he knew he was had. They had finally boxed him in.
Second was a day or two after J6. Again he knew he had been had.
I understand his Zionist streak pretty well. BUT all of you must understand that we cannot go back in time and change things. We are at a timeline that sprang forward based on a trusting populace who thought the American government was a benign entity.
I saw a meme tho I have not confirmed it. It was a pic of Trump saying 100% tariffs to any nation who fails to use the USD as the reserve currency. Was I surprised by this? Lolol hell fuck no I wasn’t. Trump like the others are going to try and keep the current system afloat for as long as possible.
Why? Because they know what most of you know. And I am quite certain it scares the living shit out of them too. It certainly does me and I assure you that I am probably more well suited to survive a catastrophic event than 99.9% of the population.
But I have also learned there’s no justice in that. Yes our enemies go to ground, lose their power, and live like mole people. But almost everyone and everything I hold dear now is gone.
And so you must do what you can to give yourself and those around you the best chance to survive. That is what I am recommending, and it’s not complicated.
It’s Saturday the 14th!
Trump owns Warp Speed. Did he order domestic lockdowns?
Excellent memes, interesting inflation chart, and intriguing peek at something that ranges from simple indecision and self-doubt to cognitive dissonance and existential angst. I cringe thinking of times I was dead certain and vocal about this or that principle, this or that candidate, and later mortified to learn I could not have been more wrong. That’s humbling, but decision-making is inevitable, and a lack of confidence is crippling. What to do?
Seems that over and above my creaky intellect is the concept of spiritual discernment. If there is such a thing, I don’t believe it liberates me from thinking, but it does seem like a good starting point. One of your memes reminded me: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5). “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you” (Isaiah 26:3). Steadfast is not my strong suit. Maybe I should aspire more. Maybe. Maybe not. 🤣
Sounds like Mr. Wong should take a tip from the Rooftop Koreans.
I wonder if a delusion of self-efficacy is at worst better than a sense of helplessness.
How's that?