Posted by
bob's my uncle on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:48:15 PM
Does this not look very familiar to todays headlines and fears?
The cartoon below in my previous post was printed in the Chicago Tribune, handwritten date: 4/20, copyright at bottom 1934. The cartoonist is Carey Orr, who was the editorial cartoonist for the Trib.
"Planned Economy or Planned Destruction?"
"Depleting the resources of the soundest government in the world"
In the wagon are Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior for 13 years under FDR, (and father of Harold M. Ickes, of Clinton Admin. fame), Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, Later FDR's VP in 1940, Donald R. Richberg, second head of the NRA (National Recovery Administration), and "young pinkies from Columbia and Harvard" ie. "Eggheads", "the Brain Trust", "Drunk with POWER"
The guy atop the donkey is Rexford W. Tugwell, Undersec. of Agriculture, original member of FDR's Brain Trust. His label reads, "Tugwell - Head Brain Truster"
Stalin stands in background saying "How red the sunrise is getting!"
I suppose this is Trotsky in the foreground with the "Plan of Action For U.S."
"Spend! Spend! Spend! Under the guise of recovery - bust the government - blame capitalists for the failure - junk the Constitution and declare a dictatorship."
Since 1934, America has moved far down the path from self-sufficient, independent behavior, toward Socialist, Collectivist, Government Dependence.
Update the names and faces to today’s headlines.
The names now are Barack "The Prez" HObama, Timothy "Turbo-Tax" Geithner, Rahm "The Ballerina" Emanuel, Nancy "The Tuna" Pelosi, Harry "The Undertaker" Reid, Chris "Countrywide" Dodd, Bawney "Sub-Prime" Frank, Ben "The Fed" Bernanke.
Looking on at our self-destruction and nodding their approval are now Russia’s Putin, China’s Wen Jiabao, Iran’s Ahmadinejad, hosts of Islamic Jihadists, and North Korea’s Pot-bellied dictator, Kim Jong Il.
Instead of shoveling money on the street, They are throwing it at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Big Banks, Wall Street, AIG, Goldman Sachs, European Banks, The United Auto Workers, GM & Chrysler. Thank God, at least Ford refused a bailout.
Our tax dollars are going to these big-monied institutions and for no other reason than so this government can control them. That money does not even exist. It is being printed as we speak. My children and my grandchildren will pay the bill. With what, I just don’t know.
Chilling!