Sunday Cartoon Blogging – March 2, 2014

Last
week, we learned that an Arizona Tea Party group believes that the 1st
Amendment is
only for Christians:

The First Amendment was meant only to
protect the Christian faith. When the founders spoke of religion, they meant
the Christian religion. They did not have to keep saying the Christian religion
because everyone knew that is what they were talking about

Hmmm. We also learned that
there is plenty of global unrest.
Here is a partial list of countries to be worried about:

Afghanistan

Burma
Central
African Republic
Libya
Iraq
Somalia
Syria
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
Venezuela

With so much
uncertainty in the world today, please use the chorus from Bob Dylan’s “Ballad of a Thin Man” as the inspiration
for your homily:

“But something is happening here
And you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?”

Ukraine is a losing position
for Obama:

The BBC reports today
that Russia’s upper house of Parliament has approved President Putin’s request
for Russian forces to be used in Ukraine. This is essentially a Russian version
of our Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that was requested by
George W. for Afghanistan and Iraq. Let’s spell out a few things:

The
US, the EU and NATO will, if push comes to shove, acquiesce in the partitioning
of Ukraine

The
US, the EU and NATO will not offer Ukraine a serious bailout. The EU offered Ukraine
$700 million. In contrast, the Russians offered $15 billion

So, Mr. Putin has
called Mr. Obama’s bluff. What will Mr. Obama do? Maybe cancel his appearance
at Sochi G-8. In the end, nothing. Let the bloviating begin!

In a related story,
Sec. of Defense Hagel announces cuts in Pentagon budget: