http://blog.cagle.com/jones Taylor Jones' blog Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:43:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Like so many Americans, I watched my share of the Olympics on TV, even though I don't much like snow, and winter sports don't interest me. (Except for women's figure skating -- which, as a spectator "sport," is a lot like watching the Rockettes. May the best legs and most ... http://blog.cagle.com/jones/2010/02/28/olympics-are-over-whos-got-the-best-flag/ The cops stopped me for driving naked in my 1992 Toyota Corolla today. They didn’t buy my explanation that I was campaigning for Congress. But, then, my unclothed body would be more appropriate as an entry in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! ("World’s Scrawniest Man") than gracing a spread in ... http://blog.cagle.com/jones/2010/01/21/scott-brown-and-me/ Yes, I’ve seen “Avatar,” and I really wasn’t that impressed. Neither was my youngest daughter, who is not quite 10. Unlike me, she had every reason to love “Avatar.” She’s both a sci-fi fan and a student of myths and legends. She knows her Greek myths, gods and goddesses backwards ... http://blog.cagle.com/jones/2010/01/11/avatar-schmavatar/ Me? I don’t fly much. I’ve got travel issues. I’m not afraid to fly, mind you -- though I’ve never bought the notion that airline travel is much safer than traveling by car. While statistically true, it’s not the whole story. If you’re a skilled driver, don’t tailgate, pay attention ... http://blog.cagle.com/jones/2010/01/10/come-fly-with-me/ Here’s the simple solution to all of our problems with health care reform: GIVE SENATOR JOE LIEBERMAN EVERYTHING HE WANTS! Absolutely everything. The Senate may be half-way there way already, and the rest of Congress should follow suit. Really, the man from Aetna, er, Connecticut, will stand for nothing less! Public Option ... http://blog.cagle.com/jones/2009/12/15/its-not-health-care-its-liebercare/ In an effort to boost my finances and exposure in these troubled economic  times, I am hearby officially linking myself romantically to Tiger Woods. Never mind that I am a 57-year-old male cartoonist who has never played real golf and is clobbered by his own children at mini-golf. But that’s ... http://blog.cagle.com/jones/2009/12/12/tiger-woods-and-me/ I admit to swinging both ways, sometimes, when I express my editorial viewpoint. It's just too easy to poke fun of politicians whether or not I disagree with their policies. Like most editorial cartoonists, I'm easily amused but rarely outraged by the shenanigans in Washington. So, judging from the cartoons that ... http://blog.cagle.com/jones/2009/12/04/obamas-surge/ Over a long career drawing caricatures and editorial cartoons, I can report that Sarah Palin is one of the greatest gifts ever to our profession! She's more fun than Bill and Hillary combined. She has the intellectual wattage of George W. Bush coupled with the paranoia of Richard Nixon! And ... http://blog.cagle.com/jones/2009/11/18/sarah-palin-up-up-and-away/ Here’s what Dick Cheney’s daughter, Liz, believes: A committee of five Norwegians awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama because he represents a weaker, more pliant America. An America that can no longer “go it alone” when necessary. Dear old dad, of course, wholeheartedly agrees with her. Are Cheney & ... http://blog.cagle.com/jones/2009/10/19/obamas-booby-prize/ My view on health care reform will outrage many: I support a single-payer system. There, I said it. BUT, for those of you who’ve just written me off as a “socialist,” please bear with me for a few paragraphs before you...pull the plug. Or call me a LIAR! At this point in ... http://blog.cagle.com/jones/2009/09/12/obama-health-care-and-me/