political cartoon 17

i should probably have used this as a rough sketch and made a nicer looking version for here, but i got lazy
(c) Mark Scherschel, II

political cartoon 16

why did i draw shoes like that? i have no idea...
(c) Mark Scherschel, II

political cartoon 15

the fat kid turned into a pregnant woman somewhere between my brain and my pen
(c) Mark Scherschel, II

political cartoon 14

awww, those little companies are so cute! and in case you were wondering, All antitrust gremlins have curly hair
(c) Mark Scherschel, II

men's rights - the new roe v. wade

women can opt out of a pregnancy if they decide that a baby isn't what they want right then (although this is coming under fire in several states), but what about the man involved? if the woman decides to have an abortion he's in the clear, but if she decides that she wants a baby (even if at the time of 'making the baby' she didn't, the man didn't, AND they had taken precautions against it), he must pay child support for the result. i've always had a problem with that (the idea of fair still hasn't been washed from me yet), and now the National Center for Men is trying to fight it. their timing is, of course, awful considering south dakota just passed a law banning almost all abortions and other states are making moves in that direction. Another aspect of problems finding support comes from party lines. i may agree with it, but i'm not exactly in tune with the majority opinion. liberals, as a friend pointed out, can't afford to support it for fear of losing the vote of women. conservatives, with concern for personal responsibility and dislike of abortion, aren't likely to support it either. so hopefully the courts will not be swayed by public opinion and rely on the very simple logic of -if women can opt out of a pregnancy, shouldn't men be able to opt out of financial responsibility for one (especially if his choice was previously known)-.
(fun with parentheses time is now over)