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I'm very excited to showcase the political cartoons of a friend, here on my blog.

Joel Henske


What inspired you to begin cartooning?.
I remember being just out of high school and at the time I was starting to think for myself (so to speak), and there was this guy on the radio I was listening to, and he said something very profound. And I remember saying to myself, his words would make such a good picture. So I started drawing these simplistic stick figure pictures on the computer.

How do you pick your topics?
I try to pick topics that are very simplistic but blatantly obvious. And I try to use humor to illustrate the obvious points in the pictures. My inspiration usually comes something somebody said or something I read. I feel like the best way to reach people on intellectual levels is through humor, so if I can illustrate some atrocity the government is committing or some economic principle through a standalone picture and make someone laugh at the same time, especially if they don’t have the same beliefs, then at least that’s a start.

Tell us about your involvement with YAL
We had a Youth for Ron Paul chapter at Central Oregon Community College during the 2012 campaign that we transferred it over to a Young Americans for Liberty chapter. We were one of the most active YAL chapters in Oregon. And I am trying to help grow the youth liberty movement in Oregon through involvement with YAL.

 Tell us something fun about yourself
Something fun… I love to play paintball, chess, and do martial arts (I am currently doing Wing Chun and BJJ). Other than that I just take it easy and hang with friends.

What do you think your next cartoon project will be?
I think my next picture will be on the topic of healthcare. I’ve had a particular idea for quite some time that I want to illustrate. So, maybe before August I’ll get it done.

Je pars loin de moi... (don't worry I translate it)

I presently need to flee the world

Nothing interests me anymore

I’ve already done enough pretending

if there is enough for me 

to open the doors in silence

To those who are already intoxicated

I gave my stardust to thee

I'll leave you my body for the first time

I will try my luck

the new energy travels in my veins

and pierces my soul
Aah I leave far from me

I finally felt in thee the ephemeral

in me  the impression of a paradise on earth

I have gone up so high, all the way to the bottom

I was strong, you remember

I give my strange dust to thee

I'll leave you my life for a final dance

I am so afraid now

What hast thou done to me

 I do not recognize myself

Look at me

Aah I’m afraid, help me

I’m afraid

I cry

Look at me

Reddit

Reddit was on a major roll today. Here were my favorites:

Sorry for all the blasphemy and I promise my next post will be something pertinent and substantial! xD

A moment for Vanity

I tried to treat myself and color my hair.... Ah man I should have just gone with black and called it good. How old are we before we learn these lessons? 26 and I manage to do this:

Lesson learned? Doubt it. Oh well. I think it looks like I did nothing. So I'm basically just out time and money. *shrug*

Well I'm gonna lay here, congested and listening to Jordan Page. 

Peace!

http://youtu.be/avW-m4iWLbk

He is on Spotify and it's all the music off his albums so it's good quality but he hasn't made more than a couple music videos. I love this song though :) ^^^

File this under: nothing to blog about

Ah man I started this awesome blog about my exciting day and it disappeared....

Lol! Right..... 

Huh what was I saying? Oh, I've been sick all week. I thought I was feeling better until I got up this morning.

It's like that ^^^^

Today I found out that my dad will need a mediport put in for his chemo treatments. He will have a pre - op appointment very soon. :( :( :(

Even on limp mode I managed to get most my housework accomplished. Just a couple things tomorrow and I will be "caught up". Lol!!

Yeah, exciting times! And file this entry under: reasons to actually fire up the lap top to post a blog.

Oh yeah and Gov Christie is a giant douche. 

Peace! (Quack quack)

Door to door salesmen...

Door to door salesmen and solicitors: if I tell you I just laid my kids down for a nap WALK AWAY. If I tell you I'm sick. WALK AWAY. If I tell you I don't have cash. Seriously why are you still talking to me? This happens everytime, and it makes me crazy. It is RUDE for you to keep pressing me. Please don't make me slam the door in your face. I hate to be like that. 

Also, it was humorous to me because I told her we homeschool so she offered me a religious book. *face palm* Although it is amusing to tell people I'm atheist and watch all the different reactions I get. 

Now I have to put my kids back down to bed again.

Day 1 without Facebook

So today is the first day on my Facebook detox. I still have a cold. Ugh. And I feel like Ricky Bobby in Talladega Knights:

WHAT DO I DO WITH MY HANDS?!

http://youtu.be/6lrhTHRQfSU

:D more to come later when the kids have their nap.

Why I cried or My angry break up with Facebook

I'm so angry I can't sleep. My dad has cancer, and it makes my heart hurt to even think about. Today I deleted my Facebook. I was angry at something a family member said as a comment to a post. It was a post about prohibition. I'm extremely anti-drug prohibition. If you don't know that about me then you aren't paying attention. (I don't use drugs, by the way. Just to clear that up.)

The comment was pretty opinion based. It was wrong, just based on historical facts and modern statistics. That's fine. But then she went on to say that people who use medical marijuana are "whiners". And that she didnt when she had brain cancer, and neither would my dad.

Let me tell you...the real anger over that comment slowly crept in like some kind of deadly poison. It took over an hour to manifest. And then I sobbed like a little girl.

 For several reasons. 

My sister uses marijuana for a stomach disorder. It's overseen by her doctor. My friend treated his daughters cancer with it. And my mother and I both hoped my dad would consider natural treatments, rather than go into chemo AGAIN.

This man raised me. This man is my father. Don't you dare use him to prove some point you're trying to make.

How do you tell a relative you are soooo angry and that you think their opinion is based solely on emotion? If a stranger said those things to me I could call them an idiot and walk away unscathed. This hurts. This half thought, selfish comment hurts my heart and poisons my soul.

I get called wrong all the time on facebook. And that's exhausting, because I have small children. They don't listen; I feel like no one listens. Everyone is busy having their opinion and being right. Everyone is too busy telling other people they are wrong. People are on the defense, looking for a quarrel where there isn't one.

My opinions are based in hard fact. I'm a major nerd and I do copious amounts of research. In fact, there are a ton of things I have zero opinion on because I haven't done adequate research yet. And I will still admit I may be wrong about things.

 My main belief is that violence is wrong, no matter who is perpetrating it; an individual or a government. It's radical, I've been made aware. (And that makes my heart sad too.)

 I have a disclaimer on my page that says every thing I post is simply food for thought. Yet I still get treated this way by family. Strangers are even worse yet. Who talks to people that way?!

So today I deleted my Facebook. I'm done being told I'm wrong. I'm done being poisoned. This is the end of my being angry. Eff you Facebook drama. Peace out.

Another body image rant

So there was a lengthy conversation on my Facebook today, which lead to me making this statement (and I thought it warranted repeating):

"I don't like attitudes that grown women are or should be liken to children/girls. Yes it's a sore nerve, because it's entirely belittling and sexist."

Reject authoritarianism. Embrace Voluntarism.