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 More Quotes by Ted Rall More Quotes From Ted Rall Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else. Ted Rall running country hands There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair. Ted Rall blair tradition source The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country. Ted Rall country commitment years The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily goes to Afghanistan or Iraq [as a soldier] is fighting for an evil cause under an evil commander in chief. Ted Rall iraq fighting hero The best thing about being a cartoonist is to walk into a bar or someone's apartment and they don't know you, but they've taped one of your pieces up. Ted Rall bars pieces walks Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else. Ted Rall confused fans thinking Over time, however, the endless war in Iraq began to play a role in natural selection. Only idiots signed up; only idiots died. Back home, the average I.Q. soared. Ted Rall home average war Americans are not terribly intelligent people. They need to read important things several times. Ted Rall intelligent important people It's a perfectly valid position to not like Shakespeare. Ted Rall position Saddam Hussein, influenced by fascism, ordered the deaths of tens of thousands of people, fought two disastrous wars, turned his nation into an international pariah and ruined his country’s economy. In other words, his record is identical to George W. Bush’s. Ted Rall war two country Anyone should be able to read comics. Ted Rall able reading book Bernie Sanders is an impressive guy. His authenticity and his credibility stem precisely from the fact that he has been marginalized from the mainstream political process for decades. He's been in the US Senate, yeah, he has had a life in politics for thirty years, but he's never really been able to get anything done. He's the only socialist in the US Congress. He's not a Democrat or a Republican, but he's always been saying the same things about income inequality, in particular. Ted Rall political guy done Even though I'm a leftist. I think the left eats its own. Ted Rall leftists left thinking I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel. Ted Rall graphic-novels written thinking Do our government's poorly paid contract killers deserve our 'support' for blindly following orders? Ted Rall support government order I was reading through all these NSA programs that Snowden has revealed, and one of the ones that fascinated me was that smart TVs can be used to look at you in your room. That is totally like the telescreen from 1984. It's not sort of like it, it's not a lot like it, it is it. And the ability of the NSA to turn on your cell phone, even if it's powered down, and listen to you in your home - that's insane to me. People had been warning that 1984 was just around the corner. Well, it has arrived, and Snowden has proven that. Ted Rall smart reading home I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me. Ted Rall jazz enjoy thinking I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are so awful. Ted Rall cartoonist default awful I'm a better polemicist in prose. Ted Rall prose Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most. Ted Rall dad stress used
