Monday PSA: Peter Porkchops in “Sweet Land of Liberty!”
July 6th, 2009
Filed under: Comics
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.
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!” ”
July 6th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Pork-Barrel Joke Here.
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.
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.
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
July 8th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Great quotes.
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