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From: Don <g@crcomp.net>
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Subject: Re: OT: Relevant Doonesbury strip from 1981
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:55:50 -0000 (UTC)
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Jay wrote:
>Paul S Person wrote:
>> Lenona wrote:
>>
>>> (I'm not sure why I bothered saying "OT" when so many other comic strips
>>> get mentioned here!)
>>>
>>> https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1981/09/20
>>>
>>> You can enlarge it.
>> It's actually easier to read when not enlarged. Apparently, it isn't
>> the sort of image that enlarges well.
>
> That's always a problem with the Doonesbury comics and especially so
> with the Sundays. At normal size the type is often too small for me,
> even on my 17" screen, and when blown up it just becomes a smudge.
> There's a small sweet spot for me where I can just read it.

When you click the ... on the right-hand side of the panels it offers
to display this transcript:

                               Transcript:
    B.D: To dreeam the American dream... to punt when your arms
    are too weeary... Dum de dum! Bernie: There seems to be a
    certain spring to your gait this morning, B.D. B.D: Yeah, I
    feel good, Bernie. I don't know why. Could be the start of
    the new football season, or it could be the new mood of the
    country! Bernie: There's another mood afoot? B.D: Where you
    been, Bernardo? Haven't you noticed? People don't feel bad
    anymore. They've stopped feeling guilty. Hard to believe it
    was only a year ago that Carter was harping on malaises,
    limits, all that negative stuff! Bernie: You don't think
    there are limits to our national resources, B.D? B.D: Hell,
    no! This is the greatest can-do country in the world,
    Bernie! All that emphasis on restraint and conservation was
    sapping our strength! That's the Reagan genius, Bernie -
    Ronnie understands that sacrifices can be depressing. That's
    why he's giving us low inflation, a strong defense, big tax
    cuts and a balanced budget all at the same time! No one
    stuffers but the poor, and they're used to it! It's almost
    like a dream, you know? Bernie: Almost exactly.

Carter was the last fiscally honest President. He was a Christian who
counseled Americans to live within their means.
    Reagan practiced the "deficits don't matter" debtors' creed.
Americans had to "keep up with the Joneses."

Danke,

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