McCleary 2nd Growth & Bear Festival
23rd Annual
July 17-18-19-1981
On the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.
The Diogenes Club
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Favorite Movie Quotes: Give My Regards to Broad Street
"Do you think you could get some heat in here, or are we practicing to be Canadians?"
Friday, October 26, 2012
Bezango WA Kickstarter!
Check it out! A feature film about cartooning in the Great Pacific Northwest! Great promo film at the link:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1230569287/bezango-wa
Also see Ron and Louise's website:
http://bezango.blogspot.com/
Morty Comix # 2450
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Buttons - Events - 1978
McCleary 2nd Growth & Bear Festival
20th Annual
July 14-15-16-1978
On the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Morty Comix # 2449
Buttons - Events - 1972
McCleary 2nd Growth & Bear Festival
14th Annual
July 14-15-16-1972
On the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Morty Comix # 2448
Favorite Movie Quotes: Geronimo, an American Legend
"I hate an idealist. There's always something messy about them."
Monday, October 22, 2012
Buttons - Events - 1982
McCleary 2nd Growth & Bear Festival
24th Annual
July 16-17-18-1982
On the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.
Buttons - Events - 1977
McCleary 2nd Growth & Bear Festival
19th Annual
July 15-16-17-1977
On the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Morty Comix # 2447
George McGovern, 1922-2012
Come Home America
In many elections I hear voters say they have to choose between the lesser of evils. But in 1972 it was clearly a choice between Good and Evil. And America re-elected Evil in a landslide. Two years later it was hard to find anyone who admitted to voting for Nixon.
There was a bit of graffiti someone wrote on the restroom wall of McGovern HQ in Oly. I'll share it here, and as off-color as it was, it does sum up how us young volunteers felt about Dick Nixon: "Don't change Dicks in the middle of a screw, vote for Nixon in '72!"
When I balance the choices I made in my life, I count the experience of being a volunteer for McGovern in '72 as something I will never regret. I also supported him in my caucus when he ran in 1984 against Ron the Con. And I don't regret that either. Several issues considered radical in the 1970s-1980s are now embraced by many Republicans. So our side eventually won. George was a pioneer and a winner on the right side of history. But being a pioneer has a big price.
To quote McGovern, "You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of
your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of
timing."
He also said something to the effect: "I wanted to run for President in worst way-- and I did!"
My fave was when his wife, Eleanor, came to Seattle and proclaimed the Nixon administration the "most corrupt in recent history." There was a big uproar. A few days later George arrived and apologized. He said Eleanor should have left out the word "recent."
McGovern was on the winning wide of history, at least on social issues and foreign policy. In this area obstructionist conservatives will always lose and progressives will always win. Economics has more of a universal pendulum.
Goodbye Sen. McGovern. And thank you for being a voice of reason on a national stage filled with haters shouting out messages of greed and fear. You were an inept politician, but you were a decent man. It was a miracle you were ever nominated. But working for you was the cleanest political experience I have ever had in my life, and I frequently revisit the idealism of that year if I need to recharge to keep up the Good Fight. Of course we all evolve, but at my core I still think of myself as a McGovernite. And a whole generation of us were inspired by your campaign. You were a WWII vet who worked hard to end war. I salute you for your service and your vision.
Come Home America
Favorite Movie Quotes: Dr. No
"Does the toppling of American missiles really compensate for having no hands?"
Buttons - Events - 1974
McCleary 2nd Growth & Bear Festival
16th Annual
July 19-20-21-1974
On the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.
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