Comments on: TOM THE DANCING BUG: "Hello! You've Been Targeted For a Drone Assassination!" Helpful Info From Your U.S. Government http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 19:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: CognitiveDissident http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1373451 CognitiveDissident Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1373451 Does anyone else remember an America where you wouldn't think twice about joking about this? (Not to say that you shouldn't have the ABSOLUTE right to joke about ANY aspect of American life, you just think twice now.) We're so much safer now. Does anyone else remember an America where you wouldn’t think twice about joking about this?
(Not to say that you shouldn’t have the ABSOLUTE right to joke about ANY aspect of American life, you just think twice now.)
We’re so much safer now.

]]> By: strangely_enough http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1372302 strangely_enough Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1372302 And we've always been at war with EastAsia. And we’ve always been at war with EastAsia.

]]> By: Richard Chan http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1371324 Richard Chan Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1371324 Last frame is my favorite too. Last frame is my favorite too.

]]> By: Daniel Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1371299 Daniel Smith Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1371299 Starting a business to aid terrorists? Your brochure should arrive any minute now.... Starting a business to aid terrorists? Your brochure should arrive any minute now….

]]> By: fbxl5 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1371213 fbxl5 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1371213 Targeted for assassination by a Nobel Peace Prize winner because,  "war is peace"   "freedom is slavery"'   "ignorance is strength" Targeted for assassination by a Nobel Peace Prize winner because,  ”war is peace”   “freedom is slavery”‘   “ignorance is strength”

]]> By: strugglngwriter http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1371160 strugglngwriter Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1371160 I hear you and feel the same way about indefinite detention. It seems like opponents have given up eliminating it completely and are now focused on eliminating indefinite detention for US citizens.  Both sicken me. I hear you and feel the same way about indefinite detention. It seems like opponents have given up eliminating it completely and are now focused on eliminating indefinite detention for US citizens.  Both sicken me.

]]> By: Richard Arnatt http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1371081 Richard Arnatt Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1371081 Or very Stewart Lee-ish. Or very Stewart Lee-ish.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370911 Kimmo Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370911 IMO the first bit of this strip could have seemed a bit lame if it wasn't for the FAQ and Did You Know? after it... But the bit about grading your essay and sitting at an empty table makes it fucking <b>gold</b>. : D <3 IMO the first bit of this strip could have seemed a bit lame if it wasn’t for the FAQ and Did You Know? after it…

But the bit about grading your essay and sitting at an empty table makes it fucking gold. : D

<3

]]> By: redjon http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370881 redjon Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370881 Quoting the carefully-worded University of Chicago Law School statement, "The Law School has received many media requests about Barack Obama, especially about his status as "Senior Lecturer." From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School’s Senior Lecturers have high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined." So... Quoting the carefully-worded University of Chicago Law School statement,
“The Law School has received many media requests about Barack Obama, especially about his status as “Senior Lecturer.” From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School’s Senior Lecturers have high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined.”

So…

]]> By: sean http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370872 sean Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370872 Nice! Very Chris Ware-ish ooops NOW I read the comments and see that 2 people already said that, one even using the term "Ware-ish"...sigh... wish I had a more original thought, but I don't. Did anyone say "Good job" or "Nice work" yet? Oh. Never mind then. Nice! Very Chris Ware-ish ooops NOW I read the comments and see that 2 people already said that, one even using the term “Ware-ish”…sigh… wish I had a more original thought, but I don’t. Did anyone say “Good job” or “Nice work” yet? Oh. Never mind then.

]]> By: Robert Findler http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370859 Robert Findler Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370859 Obama was not a professor. Obama was not a professor.

]]> By: Shinkuhadoken http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370762 Shinkuhadoken Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370762 I like the implication that what's wrong about this is that <i>Americans</i> can be targeted without judicial process, but that in all the years it's been going on, it's perfectly okay to assassinate anybody else in the world for the flimsiest of reasons in this manner. America, meet American foreign policy. Sucks to be sub-human like the rest of us, doesn't it? I like the implication that what’s wrong about this is that Americans can be targeted without judicial process, but that in all the years it’s been going on, it’s perfectly okay to assassinate anybody else in the world for the flimsiest of reasons in this manner. America, meet American foreign policy. Sucks to be sub-human like the rest of us, doesn’t it?

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370492 SomeGuyNamedMark Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370492 "Dear Mr Bolling, congratulations!  We loved your cartoon and you've been selected for assassination..." “Dear Mr Bolling, congratulations!  We loved your cartoon and you’ve been selected for assassination…”

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370474 Navin_Johnson Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370474  Yeah, I was going to say, very Chris Ware-ish.  Yeah, I was going to say, very Chris Ware-ish.

]]> By: jerwin http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370455 jerwin Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370455 well done. well done.

]]> By: Tim Lowell http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370424 Tim Lowell Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370424 It was nice knowing you, or knowing of you anyway,  Ruben. I am now stepping 30 - 40 yards away from this cartoon. Good luck on the CIA grade! It was nice knowing you, or knowing of you anyway,  Ruben. I am now stepping 30 – 40 yards away from this cartoon. Good luck on the CIA grade!

]]> By: 3eff_jeff http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370396 3eff_jeff Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370396 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aeBq5H3O2I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aeBq5H3O2I

]]> By: Philalethes http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370391 Philalethes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370391 The last frame is the best one.  Nice homage to Chris Ware, too. The last frame is the best one. 
Nice homage to Chris Ware, too.

]]> By: strugglngwriter http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370377 strugglngwriter Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370377 Well done as usual Ruben. Well done as usual Ruben.

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370365 efergus3 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370365 Not laughin' - a little TOO close to reality. Not laughin’ – a little TOO close to reality.

]]> By: thecleaninglady http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370352 thecleaninglady Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370352 Brilliant! I am starting my metal box business immediately! With engravings for a nominal fee! Brilliant! I am starting my metal box business immediately! With engravings for a nominal fee!

]]> By: strangefriend http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370353 strangefriend Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370353 Yo, Mr. President, Netanyahu has been very annoying lately.  Drone strike HIM!  I double-dog dare ya . . . Yo, Mr. President, Netanyahu has been very annoying lately.  Drone strike HIM!  I double-dog dare ya . . .

]]> By: RR Anderson http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370350 RR Anderson Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370350 I nominate  RUBEN BOLLING  for the next  Herblock prize I nominate 
RUBEN BOLLING  for the next 
Herblock prize

]]> By: Daniel Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-hello.html#comment-1370342 Daniel Smith Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148908#comment-1370342 This would be hilarious, except for one little thing.... This would be hilarious, except for one little thing….

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