I made a brief return to The Reader this week, providing the illustration for the cover story about Fremont’s immigration proposal. It was great on two fronts — it’s nice to do something for The Reader again, and I love that I was able to contribute something on this topic. It’s clearly easy for people to get swept up in anti-immigrant fever, but it’s easy to overlook the costs associated with legislating your phobias. Pick up a copy or visit TheReader.com to read the story.
from the Omaha Reader
from the Omaha Reader
Michael Snider, the business owner who is featured in the Democracy for America commercial, spoke with the Huffington Post about a phone call he received from Senator Nelson regarding the commercial:
“I told him I didn’t understand. And he tried to explain it. He put his position out. He said if we went with a full public option — which he called a government plan — it would drive the price down and hurt private companies. I said, ‘you mean competition.’ And he replied that it would force people off the private plan and onto the government plan.”
“That happened twice,” Snider concluded. “He was telling me how bad a public option would be and when he was done I said, ‘So you don’t support a public option.’ He would reply, ‘That’s not what I say.'”
From the Omaha Reader
from the Omaha Reader
from the Omaha Reader
Given that Mike Johanns doesn’t really make statements that go beyond trying to scare people about the dangers of upsetting the status quo, I’m thinking I might have to start always drawing him with the flashlight.
from the Omaha Reader
from the Omaha Reader
from the Omaha Reader
