Re: OT: Relevant Doonesbury strip from 1981

Jay wrote:

Paul S Person wrote:

Lenona wrote:
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(I'm not sure why I bothered saying "OT" when so many other comic strips
get mentioned here!)
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https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1981/09/20
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You can enlarge it.

It's actually easier to read when not enlarged. Apparently, it isn't
the sort of image that enlarges well.

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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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