Finally! =D
Dig's Tale Part 2

It's not the painting that I find disgusting... it's the brainless idiots who epitomize the very thing they're accusing her of:
Last straw for art gallery
Patriotic or obscene?

How is it that those accused of being 'un-American' are protesting peacefully or showing their feelings peacefully, while the ones hurling the accusations (and spit) are the ones attempting to infringe peoples' right and who are using violence and intimidation? Isn't THAT un-American??? Is this Bizarro World? Or are they trying to say that being American means furthering censorship and violence. Keep your mouth shut and hurt anyone that speaks up? Well, that's not the America I grew up in.

More at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

So read this: U.S. seeks 7 figures tied to al-Qaida

OK... so the US Terror/Fear Alert is raised whenever there are 'credible threats with no specifics', but this "clear and present danger" doesn't get a raise on the fear-o-meter? What? Why not? I can only imagine two reasons (ok, 3, but "abject stupidity" is really not worth adding as an option just yet): 1) This alert has been manufactured to boost Bush's poll numbers [the 'daddy will protect us" response] or 2) The government knows when this group os rag-tag terrorists plans to attack but won't be telling us, the targets. Something smells really fishy here...

Let's take a look at the carefully constructed photo list. Maybe there are some clues there. Surely a manufactured threat will have some tell-tale markings. You know... images picked to spark specific feelings in people. Let's see what we have here:

1) Ah! The "American Traitor". Sure to get a rise out of the faithful/vengeful.
2) Hmm.. is that the young apprentice of...
3) The DC Sniper?
4) Look! It's that cleric who's been giving the US fits in Iraq... no, wait... Just looks like him.
5) Shoe bomber. Oops again! It's some guy from that place with the coelacanths and where they object (at the UN) to the Israeli military occupation of Palestinian territory.
6) The token Saudi. Looks like he might work in your office building, eh? Wait... maybe he does! Boo!
7) And finally, the "angelic-looking award-winning female scientist" (SMH). An addition worthy of a Bond film. And a nice bit of subterfuge if this is a manufactured alert. "It must be true, why there's even a woman on it!"

Look, I know these people are terrorist or, at the very least, people who would use force to fight the US government (If you classify that as 'terrorist' then Bush is also a terrorist, so 'think responsibly'.), but this whole alert just doesn't smell right to me. I find it all very convenient and suspicious. Only time, events and/or investigation will prove it out. I hope I'm right, since no one will get hurt that way, but, onthe other hand, I don't think we should completely laugh it off just yet.

However, if it comes to light that it was fabricated, I would hope that would finally wake up those who still support the folly of the Bush administrations policies and actions so they might see them for the vultures they are. because this is exactly the sort of thing they'd try to pull over on us all just to get back in power.

Let's just hope history proves me right.

What? An update already! Yep! And it's a double update. =D

First there's the lead in to the big format strip:
Eeny Meeny
Then, the main event:
Dig's Tale

I think I like working in the larger format... what do you guys think?
Keep the small strip and maybe update it more frequently, or go with the big strip and keep the bi-weekly updates?

Thanks for reading and voting!
Maggie

And it's a doozy! Big strip. Like 3 times the usual height.
So click the image to see the full size strip.
Little Toy

PS - Don't forget to check out the wallpaper if you haven't already. And vote! Weee! =D

PPS - This one's for The Cult of Dig. hehe