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Editor’s Letter We did it! We made it to our silver anniversary, the quarter century mark: 25 years of political humor, comedic muckraking, lampooning of deserved politicians and of the establishment press, and of course, just general all-purpose tomfoolery! Our very first issue was dated April 1, 1991, and featured a four-page spread on the Gulf War, which was just winding down. You remember (that is, if you’re 35 or so) – that first excursion into the middle East by George Bush the First? After saving the oil under Kuwait for the super-rich gentry there (and for our own use, of course), George I ordered the troops home, instead of invading Iraq like the hawks at the time wanted. After eight years of Clinton (the First), George II – affectionately known as “W” – wasted no time in finding an excuse to go in and finish the job – thereby, he thought, avenging his dear old dad. And here we are, still dealing with the fallout. ISIS arose from the power vacuum left by the downfall of the dictator Saddam Hussein, aided by all those weapons we left over there. We’re still dealing with the huge debt caused by waging war while cutting taxes on the rich, and the resultant super-recession (aided by the high-tech thieves of Wall Street, themselves aided by the repeal of Dodd-Frank and the lax “regulation” of said Wall Street by Clinton I). Yes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. A fact I am reminded of whenever I go through back issues of the Humor Times and Comic Press News (as this publication was originally known). It’s amazing how the same themes are dealt with over and over again in the cartoons, although the artists do a great job of keeping it fresh – and funny! Speaking of going through back issues, I’m putting together a slide show of the very best of the Humor Times/Comic Press News, for our 25th Anniversary Celebration (see back cover and humortimes.com for more info), to which you are cordially invited. That’s how we’ll kick it off, starting at 7pm, Wednesday, April 13th. But of course, we’ll be saving the best for last, as we once again present the world’s foremost political comedian, the one and only Will Durst. Please help us spread the word about our little party, and get your tickets early – we could easily sell out. I want to thank all our business supporters through the years, many of whom have returned for this issue – but especially the ones who stick with us throughout the year. I also want to thank you, our dear readers, without whom we’d be... well, just fishwrap, I suppose. Please share your copies of the Humor Times, as well as sharing our humortimes .com content via social media. There are so many people out there who I know would appreciate the wicked humor of our great editorial cartoonists and columnists, but they just haven’t discovered us yet. That’s where you can really help. Enjoy this 25th Anniversary Issue – and thanks for the memories! – James Israel, Editor The Humor Times® (ISSN 1937 299X), Vol. 25, Issue 291, is published monthly by the Humor Times, 2034 20th St, Sacramento, CA 95818. Periodicals Postage Paid at Sacramento, CA and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Humor Times, P.O. Box 162429, Sacramento, CA 95816-2429. Editor: James Israel. Publisher: Jim LeDoux. Email: info@humortimes.com. Phone: 916-455-1217. Printed by: Gold Country Printing, Auburn, CA 95603. Contributors: P. Beckert, Steve Benson, Jeff Boldt, Ruben Bolling, Chris Britt, Jon Carter, Paul Combs, Will Durst, Michael Egan, John Glynn, Walt Handelsman, Jim Hightower, David Horsey, Ben Krull, Paul Lander, Dick Locher, Chan Lowe, Mike Luckovich, Gary Markstein, Lee Mays, Jack Ohman, Dan Piraro, Marshall Ramsey, Rob Rogers, Jay Schiller & Greg Cravens, Harley Schwadron, Drew Sheneman, Scott Stantis, Dana Summers, Tom Toles, Roz Warren, Dan Wasserman and others. Contributions: Send artwork/submissions to address or email above. The Humor Times is available by subscription. It is printed on recycled paper, using 60% post-consumer fiber. All contents ©2016. No part may be reproduced without permission.
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Plump Grumps Humping to Dump Trump Will Durst will headline the Humor Times 25th Anniversary Celebration, Wed., April 13th, 7-9pm at Laughs Unlimited in old town Sacramento. We’ll open with a slideshow of the best Humor Times cartoons through the quarter century. More info at humortimes.com, and in the ad, back cover. See you there! The “Stop Donald Trump” movement began as a gentle trickle within the Republican party. Now the number of GOP groups intent on preventing the New York real estate developer from becoming their presidential nominee is about to exceed broken March Madness brackets. Thanks, Michigan State. There’s the Never Trump Movement, the Anybody But Trump Group, Death Before Trump, Plump Grumps Humping to Dump Trump, the I’d Rather Chew Leeches Crew, People for Responsible Hair and a group opposed to anybody with “UMP” in their name. Rumor has it a group of Hollywood conservatives tried to recruit Tom Hanks to team with Sally Field and create a Super Pac called Forrest Trump, whose motto would be “Don’t run, Donald, don’t run.” As excited as Trump’s supporters are over his unorthodox candidacy, his detractors are equally passionate about its necessary demise. And with incumbent Senators, other down-ticket candidates and people who just enjoy a party, the Anti-Trump Express has gotten as crowded as the last free beer bus to the game. Chances are folks would flock onboard faster if the welcoming committee wasn’t hosted by Ted Cruz. To many Republicans, Trump versus Cruz is way beyond rock and a hard place. It’s closer to rampaging rhinoceros and train wreck on fire. Each rival group has separate concerns. The establishment elites are naturally wary of any candidate not beholden to their
help and influence. Especially since when discussing their raison d’etre- tax cuts, Trump has been all over the map. All over a lot of maps. Not necessarily English-speaking maps. Some worry he could permanently damage the party brand. Others disparage him as a bloated, bigoted, misogynistic, narcissistic oaf, but emphasize they are not opposed to other bloated, bigoted, misogynistic, narcissistic oafs from holding public office. It’s mostly a one-time thing. What we are witnessing is no less than a fight for the soul of the Republican Party, which, is like a jurisdictional dispute over the Poetry Wing of the Federal Reserve. Wrestling for the fur of an eel. Marco Rubio, speaking of Trump’s refusal to denounce David Duke, said, “There’s no room in the Republican Party for racists.” Wow. I knew there were a lot of them; who would of thought all the slots were full? Must be an affirmative action program. Go to Mitch McConnell’s office, take a number, wait your turn. All sorts of strategies have been floated. Manipulating the rules at a contested convention. Organizing a third party. Staging a write-in campaign. Exhuming the body of Ronald Reagan. Kidnapping the Donald then substituting Paul Ryan, John Kasich or Carol Channing. And something darkly referred to as “The Kennedy Solution.” Ac tiv ity in ten si fied af ter an ear lier strat egy of the Anti-Trumpers backfired. Mitt Romney gave some silly sanctimonious speech patiently explaining to legions of insurrectionists why they should fall in line and take their marching orders from a loser like him. Wolves have given more charitable speeches to sheep. What these desperate party regulars fail to realize is getting Trumpeteers to toe the establishment line is beyond futile. You’d
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have a better shot of herding drunken cats on ice in a hurricane. Best to think of these renegades like venomous ticks. The harder you pull, the more tenaciously they dig in. Back Door G-Man This huge brouhaha between the FBI and Apple Inc has escalated into a Battle Royale between the righteous and the wicked. And, as often happens, both sides are claiming to be on the side of the angels. With so many good guys in attendance, it’s amazing that world-wide badness is still so pervasive. But you can’t blame television for everything. The Feds want Apple to create specialized software in order to bypass the auto-erase feature of the San Bernardino terrorists’ iPhone. They don’t just want access to a backdoor, they want Apple to design a backdoor, construct it then hand them the only key. And snacks. They want snacks too. It’s the age-old battle between security and privacy, safety and confidentiality, minty freshness and chocolaty richness. But once breached, there’s no going back. It’s a slope more slippery than a caffeinated eel in a bathtub full of bacon grease. No such thing as a virgin repair kit, you know. The FBI says they only need to do this once. Yeah, right. Federal investigators in 11 other jurisdictions have already filed motions seeking access to suspects’ iPhone data. A Manhattan DA has 175 phones he wants to crack. Get ready to open a Pandora’s Box of 4th amendment violations, full of venomous snakes ready to spring out and bite us in the butt. Repeatedly. The problem is, you let one government into your back door and every other government is going to break land-speed records to stand in line to do the same and not all of them are familiar with the concept of lubricant, if you catch my drift. Besides, no global company, not even one located in Cupertino, California, can say yes to Obama and nyet to Putin. China? North Korea? Seriously? The FBI says we need to trust them. Isn’t this the same FBI that vowed for years they weren’t conduct ing il le gal sur veil lance on Americans until it was revealed they were? And the same FBI that offered flawed testimony in thousands of court cases resulting in prosecutions, some of which led to executions? You mean that FBI? I wouldn’t trust that FBI as far as I could throw two handfuls of glue. And the fallacy of the backdoor code remaining secure is so laughable it should be green-lighted its own sit-com on Comedy Central. The claim that nobody else would be able to get their hands on this technology is either woefully ignorant or further demonstration of an ineptitude approaching that of a Sher m an t ank i n t he up per branches of an elm tree. The only way to guarantee security in this, the 7th year of the 2nd de cade of the 21 st cen tury, is through a self-imposed sentence of solitary confinement. The term “internet privacy” is like saying “transparent cement” or “blazing snow.” Last October a 16 year old kid hacked CIA Di rec tor John Brennan’s personal email. Why doesn’t the FBI hire him? Si des ar e be i ng cho sen. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg supports Apple while Bill Gates has come down on the side of the FBI. He would. And finally, supporting the FBI’s position, the walking contradic tion known as Donald Trump called for a patriotic boycott of Apple in a tweet. That he sent out on his iPhone. You can’t make stuff up like this. Will Durst is an award-winning, na tion ally ac claimed po lit i cal comic. Go to willdurst.com for info about the documentary film, “3 Still Standing” and calendar listings that feature future appearances such as his one-man show, “BoomeRaging: From LSD to OMG.” Don’t miss him at the Humor Times 25th Anniversary Celebration, April 13th in Sacramento.
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known around the world. gence. Multi-tal ented, not only Here, thanks to inside was Nostradamus a diviner, sources, we have the most he was a ventriloquist and a shocking extracts available keen basketball player, and for your eyes only: it is common knowledge The year was 2018, and that he wrote at least two everybody was under the books on perfecting the art rule of The Orange One. He of the 3-point shot. Howwas the master, the supreme ever, he is best known for leader. The minions, well, his book, Les Propheties for some were more equal than Dummies. others. In the eyes of The Nostradamus has atOrange One, those squinty, tracted a cult following that evil eyes, the stupid people Nostradamus predicted Dystopia. credits him with predicting were “the greatest.” Many many major world events, everything from the of “the greatest,” somewhat perplexingly, held war in Iraq to the demise of Bill Cosby. Al- the most powerful positions in government. though most academic sources maintain that the The education system was a mess, with only associations made between world events and one university in existence: Trump University. Nostradamus’ predictions are largely the result Everyone, much to the dismay of the few intelof misinterpretations, the latest discovery can- lectuals still functioning, had no option but to not simply be called a fluke. enroll -- it was the law. In true Nostradamus style, the story is filled Television programs were often interrupted with profanity and ominous warnings. With by the “greatest” news bulletins. As many of many Bernie sup port ers ex ter mi nated or these bulletins made no sense, it wasn’t clear cocooned in an experimental hibernation ma- why exactly they were called “the greatest.” No chine, the world is now populated and run by women were allowed to appear on television. complete morons. The result? A grotesque, They were fitted with ankle bracelets and were overcrowded, corporate-controlled society. The rarely allowed to leave the kitchen. knuckle-drag gers are lim ited to re pet i tive The Master would come on screen once in a phrases like, “white man good” and “great man while to say, “You’re poorly educated. I love the in big house is greatest.” poorly educated. Stay as you are.” All advertisements, under the strictest of Reported by John Glynn
Trump’s ‘Thin Skin’ Disorder Could Lead to Undoing In 2012, we re porte d tha t Don ald Trump had been advised by his physician, Dr. Har vey Finkelstein, that he should discontinue his bid for the W hite House due to a rare skin condition he developed after a severe roasting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The doctor diagnosed the Donald with dermatitis deletus, or ‘thin skin’ to the layman. Fast forward to today, election year 2016, and Trump is back on the campaign trail against doctor’s orders. Dr. Finkelstein predicts that not
Scalia’s Ghost Apologizes After Meeting with Founding Fathers via GoogleSeance™ PURGATORY – Demands by the Heritage Mr Scalia revealed that the dramatic reversal Foundation that late Supreme Court Justice in his opinions followed “several mandatory Antonin Scalia be permitted to vote “from be- meetings with the ‘Original Originalists’ themyond the grave” have been selves, the actual Founding unexpectedly realized. Fathers and authors of the US However, they are unlikely Constitution.” to be pleased. The ex-judge ac knowlA shock ing new in teredged that right off the bat view with the ghost of the reBen Franklin had quickly edcently de p a r te d j u d ge , u c a te d hi m a bout his speak ing via GoogleSe“Originalist” legal approach. ance™ satellite from his cell Franklin convinced him inside Purgatory’s notorious that you can’t read a docuMr Scalia and his “little friend.” “Hyp o crites’ Hell Hole” ment two centuries old or yesterday, took both the internet and the world more and be certain about its authors’ “real but by storm. YouTube said its site crashed for more hidden” meanings. than three hours. “That’s so obvious it’s almost embarrassThe entire GOP Congressional caucus is said ing,” Scalia shamefacedly admits in the video. to now be in crisis. “I can’t believe Ruthie Ginsburg and the girls let During his two hour interview, described as me get away with it for so long.” “confession-like,” an ashen-faced Scalia admitThe dead judge also declared that Thomas ted that all his earthly legal opinions were noth- Jefferson himself had “definitively” cleared up ing more than “arglebargle, applesauce and one of the Bill of Rights’ most controversial jiggery-pokery,” lavishly financed by the Kochs points: the Second Amendment. and the bloody-handed oil industry. “Tom told me personally more than once that Also in the video, Scalia grovellingly apolo- the critical part of Two was ‘a well-regulated gizes to America’s liberals and leftists, all of militia,’” Scalia insisted. “Apparently what they whom, he now admits, “were and are com- really had in mind was something like a modern pletely right, factually immaculate and unerr- police force, which of course didn’t exist in ingly correct on every single major social and those days.” economic issue facing the country today. There, Scalia shook his head. “They certainly didn’t I said it.” intend that every uneducated lunatic nutjob Scalia adds: “For God’s sake – and I am could roam the streets with a freaking Howitzer! speaking on the Highest Authority here – dump Adams, Hamilton, Madison – all those guys – Trump and elect Bernie Sanders president! It’s told me the same thing too.” America’s only hope!” Reported by Michael Egan
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only will Trump’s skin condition worsen, but it could very well lead him to again pull out of the race for the Presidency prematurely, if he doesn’t explode first. When asked about the doctor’s statement, Trump stated defiantly “I have never done anything prematurely, if you know what I mean. There is no problem whatsoever in that department.” Dr. Finkelstein was definitive, however. “Look, if this condition is not treated properly, there could be grave consequences.” Asked to elaborate, Dr. Finkelstein issued a dire prediction, “He could literally explode.” People close to Donald Trump agree. According to his make-up artist, the budget for pancake makeup and spray tans has gone up considerably in the past several months due to
Times, Trump divulged his regular Sunday routine. For your edification, we list it here. I’m a Lumberjack: First thing off when I wake up is to check t he m or ning-wood situa t i o n . Tremendous – I can as sure y ou. Never fails. Ivanka had a ni ckTrump: Short-Fingered Vulgarian. name for it – and it sure as hell wasn’t “little Donald.” Boning Up on History: Been reading about the lives of presidents – tremendous. Knowledge is power. Warren Harding was part Negro. James Buchanan was a fag. LBJ used to take a shit in front of his staff. You can learn a lot from books. Legal Eagles: Sunday’s when I meet up with my Jewish lawyers. And that’s a compliment – the best lawyers are Jews. Tremendous. Gotta protect Mr. Trump’s brand. Just found out there’s some kind of French perfume called “Trump L’oeil.” We’re going to be all over them – see you in court, Pepé Le Pew! The Slant on Lunch: Chinese food for lunch: always. Love it. Did you know Obama’s father worked as an illegal in a Chinese restaurant back in the 1960s? Whenever I go for lunch I order “flied lice.” The waiters love it – big laughs all around. Remember Hawaii Five-0? “Chin Yu” starring as “Ho Chong” or something? I mean, what the fuck was that? Afternoon Delight: Afternoon I take care of business in the bedroom, not the boardroom – know what I mean? They say JFK used to ball three, four times a day. Fantastic. Bill Clinton too. Can you blame him? A wife who looks like Hillary? I’d rather screw Eleanor Roosevelt. Night Life: Evening’s when I bone up on international affairs – and believe you me, have I had some international affairs! Been talking to Henry Kissinger. Jewish guy. Smart as hell. Screwed Ali McGraw back in the day. Says Putin’s a closet fag. Reported by Richard Klin
the need to cover up the veins that have begun popping out of The Donald’s head. “In my opinion, the only thing keeping the veins in Mr. Trump’s head from exploding is the ‘super glue for the skin’ we use. Without that, I fear Mr. Trump’s head is a ticking time bomb.” Reported by P Beckert
Ripping the Headlines Today Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to By Paul Lander All you need to do is follow one simple rule: barely pay attention and jump to conclusions. So, here are some headlines today and my first thoughts: Happy 57th birthday, Flavor Flav I’m sure you’re still busy turning all those clocks ahead. SeaWorld w ill cease breeding killer whales Whales who have only commit ted mis de mean ors, however, can continue to get busy.
Pornhub sees a notable surge in ‘leprechaun porn’ viewing on St. Patrick’s Day Bringing new meaning to the term ‘getting a little.’ Ma donna pulls down shirt of 17-year-old female fan during concert If that doesn’t get Madonna’s estranged teenage son to show up, noth ing will.
Kasich takes Ohio And, as we know, as Ohio goes, so goes parts of Western Pennsylvania.
Marco Rubio drops out of race I was, however, amazed at Rubio’s concession speech. Not that he made it, but that his mom let him stay out that late to give it.
Judge allows Lindsay Lohan to advance in ‘Grand Theft Auto’ lawsuit Not sure about this. Now, if the game was called ‘Trainwreck...’
Emails: Hillary Clinton asked for a BlackBerry in 2009, but the NSA said no Instead, they suggested she use MySpace, because nobody would ever look there.
President Obama’s Supreme Court pick is a 63-year-old white guy ...and fellow Kenyan.
Hulk Hogan: Woman in sex tape testifies in wrestler’s privacy trial Like all his stuff on tape, turns out it’s just him with another partner faking it.
Grand Dragon of KKK says he’s no longer supporting Trump So he’s against the Blacks, the Browns and the Orange. Why President Obama’s approval rating is at a 3-year high? Comparison shopping. KISS announces 40th Anniversary Tour Instead of ‘Rocking and Rolling,’ look for them to keep getting up ‘All Night’ to pee.
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Scott Baio endorses Donald Trump Can someone tell me who the cast members of ‘The Facts of Life’ are endorsing, so I can not give a rat’s ass about that either? Arnold Schwarzenegger walks out of an interview over a Trump question Look for Arnold’s next film ‘The Interview Terminator.’
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Cartertoons • www.cartertoons.com
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Theater Creations Celebrating 25 Years Years!
arlington April 1 - May 1, 2016
California Stage Theater Creations presents Analise Langford-Clark in a new musical at California Stage. Analise and Jonathan Blum will shine in California Stage’s sparkling production of Arlington. A favorite with audiences in San Francisco and New York, CalStage now brings this provocative new chamber musical to Sacramento!
Analise Langford-Clark in “Arlington” Through Analise, audiences meet Sara Jane, the seemingly sweet and sheltered army wife who nonetheless wrestles valiantly with our tempestuous times. This contemporary incarnation of Nora Helmer must grapple with an overbearing family fraught with contradictions, a devastating loss, and some disturbing truths in order to find her place and peace of mind. Can love really conquer all in the midst of such a storm? Jonathan Blum (Italian Opera) joins Analise as accompanist and lends his voice to the men who shape Sara Jane’s life. Bob Irvin will make his CalStage directorial debut. Arlington, with book and lyrics by Victor Lodato and music by Polly Pen, premiered at San Francisco’s Magic Theater in 2013 before running off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre in early 2014. Now, Analise, Jonathon, and Bob – whose work has been so beloved by Fair Oaks Theatre Festival audiences – bring this stirring, thought-provoking musical to Sacramento.
California Stage Theater in the R25 Arts Complex aa 25th & R St, Midtown • Easy free parking available • 916-451-5822 $20.00 General, $15.00 for seniors, military & children. $12.00 for groups of 6 or more.
Get tickets and watch a video teaser at: CalStage.org!
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Traveling Circus: Size Matters The Greatest Show on Earth rolled on through March...
There is much more to see...
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but it was not G-rated.
so live a little.
Death-defying acts...
and a circus atmosphere entertain the masses.
Trump says he’s the greatest ever...
but that’s for history to judge. (continued)
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Traveling Circus: High Wire Act The old guard is worried...
as things have not gone according to script.
They have tried to prop up challengers...
and to whip everyone into line...
but they can’t seem to win for losing...
and it’s like their party is under a spell.
It’s like a bad reality show... or the worst episode of Lassie ever. (continued)
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Traveling Circus: Strong Man The Donald has brought party factions together...
and stirred the passions of forgotten minorities...
bringing back real entertainment to the masses.
Sure, there may be a little roughhousing...
but Trump knows how to spin it.
Big Money is feeling left out this time...
and Christians are taking a lot on faith...
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but what would St. Ronnie say? (continued)
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Traveling Circus: The Show Must Go On Some are predicting the end of the GOP as we know it...
Either way, the party may be hobbled...
but others hold out hope for a spectacular finish.
and susceptible to an all-out assault from the left.
Still, stranger things have happened...
so don’t count The Donald out.
If he’s elected, it will be “YUUUGE”...
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and, perhaps – the beginning of the end?
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The Hightower Lowdown Who are the Pickpockets Prowling your City’s Airport? If you take the word f-r-e-e and rip the “r” out of it, what do you get? Two things, actually: One, instead of “free” you get “fee” — and then you get mad. This is happening to millions of airline passengers who’re discovering that the advertised price of a ticket is not the half of it. Beaucoup fees have been added, charging us for items that previously were (and still should be) free. People’s rage-ometers zing into the red zone when they see that these fees-for-former-freebies will often more than double the cost of a trip. Like diabolical bankers did years ago, top executives of airline corporations have learned to goose up prices and profits, (as well as their own pay) by nickel-and-diming customers. Only their fees are way more than nickel and dimes. For example, if you schedule a flight, but something comes up and you have to change the time, day, or destination of your trip — BAM! — airlines zap you with a $200 fee. Basically for nothing! Computers quickly make the change, costing the corporation a mere pittance, but rather than graciously accommodating your
need and making you a satisfied customer, they pick your pocket and make you angry. Gouging and infuriating ticket buyers might seem like a poor business model for the long run, but airline CEOs these days insist that their duty is not to please consumers, but only to make their major stockholders happy by maximizing their short term profits. And, indeed, the rip-off is very lucrative for the corporate elite — airlines pocketed nearly $3 billion last year just from fees they charged passengers who needed to alter their flights. In one of Stephan Pastis’ “Pearls Before Swine” comic strips, his character, “Rat,” develops a smart phone app that I want. As Rat explains it: “Whenever your bank charges you some stupid fee for something, you just tap this little button here.” Oh, asks another character, does the app file a complaint? “No,” says Rat, “it summons a herd of bunnies that parachute in and eat the bank’s CEO.” Now that’s a useful app! I’d also want it to sic the bunnies on today’s airline executives, for their fees have become stupider than bank as-
sessments. They are not just charging fees for changing your flight, airlines even charge you a fee for calling to buy a ticket from them! Also, while the price of jet fuel has plummeted, they’re still stinging customers with a fuel surcharge fee. It doesn’t stop there, they also charge you for picking seats, using their pillows and blankets, checking or carrying on bags, and — get this — families sitting together. That adds up to a totally-unwarranted multibillion-dollar, corporate windfall — siphoned right out of our pockets. How do they get away with such brazen robbery? By colluding with each other to prevent customers from having any real choice — and by regularly doling out campaign donations to keep congress critters from interfering with their mo nop o lis tic games man ship. Thanks to a frenzy of mega-mergers, only four airline giants — American, Delta, Southwest, and United — now control 80 percent of all domestic airplane seats, and most of our airports are dominated by only one of the Big Four, leaving fliers at their mercy. By dividing up the market, colluding on fares and fees, and effectively bribing Congress, airlines hauled off a record $33 billion in profit last year — an increase of nearly 90 percent over the previous year!
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But, hey, they say they’re going to share that with us. How? By handing out a little bag of snacks to us passengers. Perfect — they gouge billions out of our wallets, then literally try to placate us with peanuts. It’s time to call in the bunnies. To curtail this “Great American Plane Robbery,” several senators have proposed a “FAIR Fees Act.” For information contact Sen. Ed Mar key ’s of f i ce: 202- 224- 2742 or www.markey.senate.gov. “It is an obscenity that we stigmatize so many young Americans with a criminal record for smoking marijuana, but not one major Wall Street executive has been prosecuted for causing the near collapse of our entire economy.” – Sen. Bernie Sanders
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