Here in the US, we've built this insane infrastructure of oppression. When it's not run by a Barack Obama - who, by the way, I don't think is a perfect president - but by someone who is off-kilter, like a Carly Fiorina, that could be dangerous. Ted Rall More Quotes by Ted Rall More Quotes From Ted Rall When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling. Ted Rall together writing thinking If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel. Ted Rall skills writing long Most people don't know how to tell stories. Ted Rall brussel-sprouts stories people What people don't seem to ever understand is that any infrastructure that exists under your regime, in your current government, will be appropriated and inherited by the next regime. I mean, the KGB came out of the NKVD which came out of the Tsarist version of the same thing. And now, the FSB operates out of the old KGB building in Moscow. The infrastructure remains exactly the same. There's a little bit of reshuffling of personnel, and that's it. The way to make sure that there's no FSB today would have been for the Tsar to not have built an infrastructure for it in the 1800s. Ted Rall today mean people The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron. Ted Rall boss steps firsts Life is incredibly short, yet we're always told that change takes time. For a race of mortals, dicking around just isn't acceptable. Ted Rall take-time race life-is Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good. Ted Rall cutting kind stuff At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe. Ted Rall respectful boss workers Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't. Ted Rall jimmy Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away. Ted Rall analysis use writing I would like to fire every cop in America and start from scratch. We don't need as many of them, and the whole model of policing is completely off the rails. For the most part, the police are engaged in very little protection of the public. That's probably 5 percent of what they do. The rest of it is writing tickets. Ted Rall cop police writing When you do a cartoon based on news headlines, you do it based on incomplete information. Ted Rall news information cartoon Conservative humor is frankly harder than liberal humor. You get points for just being liberal. You can get more points if you make fun of your own side sometimes. Ted Rall two-sides humor fun Imagine foreign troops sitting idly, laughing as hooligans trashed the Smithsonian, stole the gold from Fort Knox and burned down the Department of the Interior. That was us in Iraq. Ted Rall usa iraq laughing For an ordinary citizen, what is the common interaction you have with a police officer? When they pull you over for speeding, or when they write you a ticket for parking. The rest of the time is patrolling minority neighborhoods like an occupying army. It's suppression of blacks, and it's revenue enhancement. Surveillance is a Band-Aid. That's like saying, "Let's surveil the SS." No! Let's get rid of the SS! Ted Rall police army writing When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression. Ted Rall eye expression bird On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet. Ted Rall pakistan planets states Close friends love you for who you are; not what they want you to be. Ted Rall want love friendship That's what comics journalism does better than anything else: you can get a feeling of what it was like. Like Scott McCloud says, especially with a simple drawing style, you can project yourself into the image, and imagine yourself having those experiences. Ted Rall style simple feelings Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s. Ted Rall hated stills jobs
