Monday PSA: Peter Porkchops in “Sweet Land of Liberty!”

July 6th, 2009

Filed under: Comics

Peter Porkchops in 'Sweet Land of Liberty!' Click for the full page.Just a few days past Independence Day, so I thought America — and in particular, democracy — would be a good theme for this week’s public service ad. Luckily, Peter Porkchops and his friends were able to oblige with this PSA from August 1951.

Peter seems a little unclear on the differences between a democracy and a republic, and he manages to work checks and balances into his confusion, too. At least his heart’s in the right place — rather than some other pigs I know.

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This PSA can be found in various DC comics from August of 1951. It was written by Jack Schiff, with art — I believe — by Otto Feuer.

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5 Responses to “ Monday PSA: Peter Porkchops in “Sweet Land of Liberty!” ”

  1. theOriginalKeith
    July 6th, 2009 at 7:19 am

    Pork-Barrel Joke Here.

  2. Sean Duggan
    July 6th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    ^_^ There’s a comic in Sandra and Woo that kind of encapsculates the problem with mass Democracy. Of course, the same was said by a number of friends of mine when Prop 8 passed, that part of the problem with a strict Democracy is that you get what the masses want. And, as I often say to my friends, the problem with any elected official is that you tend to get exactly who you elected.

  3. Mr. B
    July 6th, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    Sean Duggan
    I enjoyed that democracy cartoon, it hit the nail on the head!

    Democracy has its shortcomings, that is to be sure. Tyranny ain’t so great either, according to Aesop. lol

    http://www.english-zone.com/reading/fables/chapter-01.html
    The Wolf And The Lamb

    Sadly tyranny can sometimes have more equality and tolerance than a Democracy.
    http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/06/iraq-gays-better/
    Life ‘better’ for gay Iraqis under Saddam Hussein.

  4. Andreas
    July 7th, 2009 at 11:33 pm

    I’ll just make life easy for myself and quote Churchill:

    “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried from time to time.” – Churchill

    “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” – Churchill

  5. Mr. B
    July 8th, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    Great quotes.

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