Policy Geek Gifts

'Just a minute!'

'Hmmm ... no health insurance. Take him to the Intensive I Don't Care Unit.'

World burying its head in the sand

"The sky is falling!"

'There, we're up and running! Let the logging in begin. . .'

'Stick a few upper-class tax cuts to it and it'll pass like a bran muffin dipped in vaseline.'

'Right, Rushkins! Start drawing up plans for a Horse Road Tax'.

Democrats and Republicans think about how to spend the state's surplus...

'You saw 'Weapons of Mass Destruction Iraq' now see the Sequel. . . Iran.'

"Good boy."

'Mark my words! Our enemies will test this young guy with a huge international crisis as soon as he's electe! But don't worry, he'll be fine!', 'Come here, Joe -- let me give you a nice fist bump!'

"Tariffs"

'Every year local authorities whinge on about needing more money to maintain services.'

Tree of Public Opinion.

'In response to nasty jokes about his intelligence, the president promised to increase funding for think tanks.'

'I'd be in favor of a less violent society, but next thing....they'd ban hostile campaign ads!'

From Street Walker to Call Girl

"Move to Sweden."

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

'In its new 'spirit of evenhandedness,' the U. S. Government today sent troops to occupy all foreign countries....'

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

Mario Draghi

US Immigration and Naturalization Service: If you're yearning to breath free...Get Out.

We Tenatively Oppose War on Strictly Procedural Grounds

"National security adviser"

Ahem. I'm eating. Not now, please. Just one tiny question. Believers I American exceptionalism have always said we're the paragon of democracy. So I'm just wondering … How come one party is passing unnecessary laws that'll keep millions of us from voting? They're robbing us of our voice! Could've surprised me.

The economy.

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

E.U. Banking Union.

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

'What's wrong with those Europeans? We have more murders in this city than England, France Germany and Spain combined.'

How a Bill Becomes a Law, 2023

'Answer these constituents letters. Tell them to go to hell in a nice way.'