Question of the Week

What do you think about the layout of Ebolaworld? Is it easy to understand or does it need a redesign?

For 2006, to see if it is a possibility for me, I plan to start releasing a new cartoon every two weeks. However, this will pose problems for the section called Weekly Update (Not that it was ever updated weekly to begin with) and the section will need a new name. I would like to hear everyone’s comments and suggestions.

Thanks,
Sam T

Miers Withdraws

But...Wait... I thought Dubya said she would be confirmed!

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/10/27/miers051027.html

Controversial U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination after weeks of criticism over her qualifications for the role

Question of the Week

Last week I asked what you thought about the Ebolaworld brand name and received some interesting answers (It’s like losing your virginity one cartoon at a time.). To me the brand name simply means Satire.

1: a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
2: trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly

To emphasis this more, next year I'm rolling out some new slogans such as: Infectious Satire, and Unfair and Off-Balanced.

This week’s question: What do you like, or dislike, about Ebolaworld?

Sam T

New Cartoon Update

The upcoming Halloween Special titled “Night Trap” is being pushed back a week due to a recent string of bad luck. A new release date is set for Halloween Day (October 31st).

The cartoon is a spoof on the Sega CD game of the same name, and for the first time gives Ebolaworld viewers the ability to control the camera, interact with characters, and affect the outcome. If all goes well, this new technique will be implemented into more cartoons.

That’s all for now!

Sam T

If you enjoy Ebolaworld and want to help out, please donate!

Marijuana Is Good For The Brain

A new study shows chronic use of marijuana may actually create new brain cells improving memory. So all my years as a teen were not a waste! Sweet.

Read the Article

Sam T

Question of the Week

What does the brand name “Ebolaworld” mean to you?







Examples:
Kleenex means soft accessible tissue.
BMW means a car that's fun to drive.
Volvo means safety.
Google means customizable easy to use search engine.
Amazon means huge online book store.

Mier, Mier on the Wall

Mier, Mier on the wall, who's the dumbest President of them all?

Are the Republicans rejecting Bush’s new Supreme Court candidate Harriet Miers to squash Democratic opposition before the upcoming hearings that she’s too conservative, or do they really not like her?

If the latter is true, then Republicans have once again showed what hypocrites they truely are. Aren’t these the same people who scolded Democrats for daring to reject and/or (God forbid) question Bush’s other Supreme Court nominee John Roberts?

Oddly enough (or perhaps not), Republicans don’t seem to care Miers was never a judge, or how she lacks the qualifications to sit on the bench, but seem to only be concerned about her position on abortion. Yes, abortion. You know that thing you could choose not to do if you don’t like it.

What is wrong with a government that appoints people to high, powerful position based solely on their religious beliefs? The last time I checked, Supreme Court Judges were suppose to rule based on what the Constitution says and not the bible. So why do they need to know she “found Jesus”. Good for her, but how does that qualify her to be a judge on the highest court in the country?

If anything, it means she’ll be a horrible judge as her religious beliefs will often block her ability to preserve and protect the United States Constitution. So, I guess Republicans really only desire Supreme Court Judges who’ll ignore our Constitution and rule based on what an imaginary man in the sky would want.

Qualifications be damned! Appease our God!

Makes sense.

Sam T

It Finally Happened...

My drawing tablet monitor died this weekend. Funeral services will be held next Friday. In the meantime I’ll have to plunk down the money for a new monitor that allows me to draw directly on it if I want to keep Ebolaworld going (and I do). So, if you’ve been enjoying Ebolaworld and want to help out, please feel free to donate.



Some of you may remember me talking about this same monitor having problems last year. Luckily it never officially died and I was able to avoid buying a new one until now.

Sam T

UPDATE: The monitor has been ordered and is scheduled to arrive after the 24th!

Quick! Dial 9/11

Well, wasn’t yesterday utterly disgusting?

On the very day George’s brain, Karl Rove, was to testify again on his involvement in the leaking of an undercover agents name, and a new poll showing Bush's approval rating falling and 69% of Americans think the country is on the wrong track, our President held a speech to rally support for his war on terror, but mainly his war in Iraq.

On its own, this wasn’t so bad, but his speech was accompanied by a major terror alert involving a possible bombing threat in the New York Subways. Coincidence? I think not!

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I take what happened yesterday as a threat from our President; support my war, or die. Why is it not painfully obvious to all Americans, that the President is using fear to cover up his scandals and force support for his illegal ventures?

If Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and the rest of the hate mongers were true patriots, as they claim, they would call Bush out on this one. Oh that’s right; you can only criticize the President when he’s a Democrat.

Sam T

Also, this doesn't help matters. Bush admits to taking orders from voices in his head. Great.

Seeing Creation and Evolution in Grand Canyon

Here's an interesting article from the evil New York Times which shows how two different groups (One christian and the other scientists) both think the Grand Canyon proves what they believe.

New York Times Article

I know its long, but I promise you'll laugh your ass off while reading some of the stupid things the christians say.

This link should be free to view for the next 7 days. After that you will need a subscription to the New York Times Online.

Walter Cronkite Speaks the Truth!

CRONKITE: I am so appalled at the amount we pay our teachers. Now here are the people that we turn our children over to at the age of five or so to -- to -- they're the most important people in their lives, probably more so than their parents in many cases unfortunately.

But we pay them so little that in nearly every school district of the country the janitors in the buildings in which they work make more than they do as teachers for heaven's sakes. We should be ashamed of ourselves.

If we expect this country to work, it depends on an informed, an intelligent electorate. You know, Thomas Jefferson said very early on in our republic that the nation that expects to be ignorant and free expects it never can and never will be.

We're an ignorant nation right now. We're not really capable I do not think the majority of our people of making the decisions that have to be made at election time and particularly in the selection of their legislatures and their Congress and the presidency of course. I don't think we're bright enough to do the job that would preserve our democracy, our republic. I think we're in serious danger.

Video Link

Happy Birthday to Me!

Guess whose birthday it is today! No, not Taco-Man’s. It’s your hero and ruler Sam T’s!! Send all your cash, checks, and presents right away! Don’t delay.

Sam T

Paying for News Coverage Illegal

Who would have thought? Not the Bush Administration which paid for favorable news coverage of their education policies and produced videos that seemed to be news.

I guess it's okay to lie and cheat when you have God on your side.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/30/gao.propaganda.ap/

http://www.villagesoup.com/commletters/letters.cfm?TopicID=6010