Judge Doom's Latest Project

The cartoon-man who brought us the freeway in Who Framed Roger Rabbit has a new project he's working on for America.

"It's a project of epic proportions. They call it . . . an oligarchy! A government of, by and for the privileged few . . .. There'll be vast wealth for the richest of the rich . . . workers laboring long and hard at their jobs for starvation wages . . . women and people of color kept in confining positions and places . . . foreign-made products sold at large chain stores undercutting local businesses . . . chemically processed foodstuffs and rampant fossil fuel and mineral extraction, all permitted without government regulations and oversight . . . health care and transport systems accessible to only those who can pay top dollar for them . . . publicly supported for-profit schools that value rote instruction over critical thinking . . . corporate control of the interactive computer network . . . huge military budgets . . . antiquated religious and cultural values to justify it all . . . and guns, guns and more guns going off from sea to shining sea . . ..  My God, it will be beautiful!"

"You gotta be kidding me, right? You think people will go for an unfair system like that? Why would people accept this oligarchy scheme of yours when they can vote and get rid of all the politicians who support it?"

"Oh, the people will accept it, Mr. Valiant. They'll have to. You see, in my position as a judge, I ruled in favor of voting reform laws that make the very people who would oppose this system have to meet so many requirements for voting, and make them deal with so many difficulties in registering and even in finding the time or the place to vote, that they'll be forced to give up - and not . . . vote . . . at all!"

So remember . . . that lamebrain oligarchy scheme could only be cooked up by . . .

. . .a toon. :-O