This sketch is based very loosely on a photo of an elderly McCain supporter from a recent issue of the Economist. I was fascinated by the size of his nose and ears. I think if this bugger lives another 10 years, there will only be nose, ears and feet left (I couldn’t see his feet, but supposedly they enlarge with age as well). This is not a slap against vets or McCain supporters, but merely a vivid display of my own immaturity and simplicity.
In a stroke of monumental idiocy, Congressional mis-appropriators and Pentagon brass-holes have decided to cut funding for the Defense and Veteran’s Brain Injury Center in half as they attempt to push forward a defense spending bill.
We have all heard of the thousands of US soldiers that have suffered traumatic brain injuries due to improvised-explosive devices [...]