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Pain in the Fannie Mae
 With average Americans already hurtling earthward because of rising inflation, falling home values, accumulating debt and nearly stagnant wages, what else could go wrong? Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac needing a taxpayer bailout, that's what! The quasi-private Fannie in particular seems to have been run incredibly poorly the past decade, with its bigwigs racking up millions in bonuses despite being at the center of scandals. You can read The Examiner's editorial on the subject here. |
The New Batmobile
 Oh, you know how I love drawing comic book characters! I drew this cartoon for Friday's newspaper, as we're running an extra long editorial on Thursday. Be on the lookout for a local D.C. cartoon in Sunday's print edition -- or you can catch a preview of it on my blog after I've uploaded it. |
Crude Cure
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ANWR
 Time and time again, I've gone over this issue in my own mind, with my editor and with others whose opinions I value, and I still think its irresponsible for government to encourage more domestic drilling without first setting in place a long-term, comprehensive energy policy. Opening up ANWR and allowing off-shore drilling are only stopgap measures that delay making the hard decisions that will truly make us energy independent. All the Republicans -- and the Democrats, frankly -- are offering are weak substitutes for sound policy on an issue of national and economic security. |
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Don't Forget to Yell, 'Timber!'
 If the Democrats succeed in enacting a windfall profits tax on oil companies, it will inevitably backfire. The tax will get passed on to consumers in the form of even higher gas prices, which is the last thing America needs while it slogs through this tough economic spell. Mind you, I've never been a defender of the oil industry, but this isn't just bad business for Exxon Mobil -- it's bad business for ordinary Americans, too. Update: On a whim, I colored the cartoon when I got home tonight. One of these days I'll figure out a way to streamline the coloring process so that I can do color cartoons for the print edition. One of these days... |
Smart Advice
 This cartoon was inspired by three separate stories: Smartphones heeding the call of consumers Apple unveils new iPhone and National average for gas breaks $4 Now, I would love to carry around the new iPhone, looking trendy and geeking out with its GPS, blogging software, cappuccino frothing wand and such, but there's no way I can afford it without being financially reckless. So, while others are strutting their stuff with their handy-dandy, slick smartphones, I'm cursing under my breath at the mysterious beings who are deviously manipulating the nation's gas prices. Nobody seems to know who they are -- I think they're magical gas gnomes. |
Dubya the Explorer
 I used my backup brush on this cartoon, and while I didn't feel completely comfortable inking it, I'm pleased with the way it turned out. I also feel very strongly about the message of this cartoon, as energy independence is one of my pet issues. No politician -- especially our "decider in chief" President Bush -- seems to have the guts to lead the country away from the oil standard. It would certainly entail short-term financial pain for certain sectors of our economy and may drive some businesses to extinction, but the long-term benefits of vigorously spurring development and implementation of an oil alternative outweigh all of it. We need the kind of leadership that helped put the first man on the moon. Unfortunately, modern politicians leave me feeling more cynical each day about America's chances for true energy independence. |
Stretching Your Budget
 Well, it's official: My expensive red sable brush is broken, finito, kaput. Dried ink is splitting the point and it has completely lost its springiness. I'm experiencing a type of sadness that one must feel after diligently caring for a houseplant only to watch it wither and die on the windowsill. Sigh. At least it gave me one last big fat guy before it kicked the bucket. On the subject of this cartoon, my editor said I could just as easily label the guy "Congress" or "Big Government." But I wanted to focus for a change on modern American society's obsession with "stuff." With inflation pushing the price of goods ever higher, people are struggling to maintain their standard of living and stick to a budget. Eve told me the other day about a guy she used to work with who had a TV in every room of his house and inside his car. Apparently, he said he needed all of them. I wonder how his credit score is doing nowadays. |
John McBrain
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John McCain ,
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 Today's cartoon gave me the chance to give my caricature muscles a good work out. Call it cartoon calisthenics. I haven't drawn John McCain all that much, even though his turkey neck is manna from heaven to cartoonists. On the gas tax issue, I was working the math out in my head ... the federal gas tax is 18.4 cents ... if the tax is suspended and I fill up my car with 10 gallons of gas, I will have saved $1.84. What a deal, huh? |
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The Economic Pacifier
 I don't know if everyone will be able to read it, but the binky Uncle Sam is holding is labeled "stimulus." I probably should have "zoomed in" more on the image so that the label would be clearer.  For those regular readers who enjoy my wordier entries, I apologize for the past week-and-a-half's worth of blog postings. I have a few good excuses, though, for my lack of exposition. I was working from home all last week because I recently became a father! Maxwell (Max) Owen Beeler was born Friday, April 18, 2008, at 2:36 p.m. via c-section, weighing 8.5 lbs., measuring 20.5 inches long and in perfect health. Eve, the love of my life, and baby Max have been recuperating at home and are doing well -- though Eve is, of course, a bit sleep-deprived. That's the handsome little tyke in the picture on the right. I guess it's obvious by today's cartoon that he's already started influencing me in a big way! |
Nate Beeler
Editorial cartoons and how they are created, by Nate Beeler, cartoonist for The Washington Examiner. Email Nate at nbeeler@dcexaminer.com.
Editorial cartoons and how they are created, by Nate Beeler, cartoonist for The Washington Examiner. Email Nate at nbeeler@dcexaminer.com.
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