"dropped him as the publication's editorial cartoonist after a company affiliated with one of three large corporations he portrayed in his cartoon complained, pulling its advertising."

How stupid do you have to be to insult an advertiser -- by name -- and expect them to keep spending money on your piddly-ass newspaper?

Second, it wasn't funny. He should be fired for that alone.

And third, he's comparing apples and oranges. Those are farm suppliers, not farmers. If farmers want to make more profit then let them start up a company like John Deere, Monsanto, or DuPont.

How stupid do you have to be to insult an advertiser -- by name -- and expect them to keep spending money on your piddly-ass newspaper?

Perhaps bad strategically, though then again, the backlash of this story is going against the corporations.

Second, it wasn't funny. He should be fired for that alone.

If you think political cartoons are always supposed to be funny, then you have a psychotic sense of humor.

If farmers want to make more profit then let them start up a company like John Deere, Monsanto, or DuPont.

I imagine the guy's ethics are too strong for that to be an option.

Second, see one above.

"First, you really are an ugly soul."

I made three valid and relevant points. You can either refute them and add to the discussion or shut your fucking face.

I'm getting tired of your insults.

I made three valid and relevant points.

Each point you made lacks at least one of the two.

"Each point you made lacks at least one of the two."

Make your case or follow the same advice I gave asswipe.

First, you really are an ugly soul."

I made three valid and relevant points.

You made three ugly soul asshole BS remarks. So go f*ck yourself and your black heart.

"I'm getting tired of your insults."

LMAO. Best get some rest as I have a feeling more comments about your ugly soul will be forthcoming.

"... like Monsanto, Dupont and John Deere don't do the actual labor involved in the business at all"

That's my point. So why compare their business to the farmers'?

A northern Iowa freelance cartoonist says he was fired for drawing an editorial cartoon that bemoaned Iowa farmers' dwindling profits while CEOs at large agricultural corporations earn millions of dollars.

You mean that the cartoonist was a OWS libtarded, lazy hippie turd bag?

Maybe people that believe in capitalism don't find his brand of humor funny... and unfunny humor by a cartoonist is punishable by a fine of 1,000.00, firing or both.

I think we need some humorous cartoons about freedom of speech and confederate flags.

You mean that the cartoonist was a OWS libtarded, lazy hippie turd bag?

More rabid nonsense from the drunk cop.

Friday said his cartoon was based on facts. "Hopefully, my children and my grandchildren will see that this last cartoon published … will shine a light on how fragile our rights to free speech and free press really are in the country," said Friday, who also raises cattle.

Yeah - those lazy, OWS libtards, raising cattle.

unfunny humor by a cartoonist is punishable by a fine of 1,000.00, firing or both.

Oh, not only do you want him to be fired, you want to assess a hefty fine because he expressed an opinion?

Seeing as you were a cop, it's understandable that you wish to impose monetary punishment on those who exercise therr first amendment rights.

Could you possibly be any more of a fascist cliche'?

More rabid nonsense from the drunk cop.

Stick to your black lives matter cop hating libtarded bullshit, drug lover.

Seeing as you were a cop, it's understandable that you wish to impose monetary punishment on those who exercise therr first amendment

It was a JOKE, turd smoke.

"You mean that the cartoonist was a OWS libtarded, lazy hippie turd bag?"

He thought he was safe drawing anti-capitalism cartoons. Oops. Not when they're the ones paying your salary.

"I think we need some humorous cartoons about freedom of speech and confederate flags."

Perhaps we'll get lucky and he'll draw an anti-Mohammed one.

"Oh, not only do you want him to be fired, you want to assess a hefty fine because he expressed an opinion?"

Is he going to pay back the paper for the advertising revenue they lost?

That would only be fair, right?

Second, it wasn't funny. He should be fired for that alone.

But evidently it was the truth.

Can't have newspapers actually publishing THAT though now can we Uncle Whitey!

He thought he was safe drawing anti-capitalism cartoons

Anti-mercantilism maybe.

Your mistake of confusing the antics of Monsanto with with free-market capitalism is a common mistake.

Don't feel bad.

unfunny humor by a cartoonist is punishable by a fine of 1,000.00, firing or both.

How long should his sentence in the Gulags/reeducation camps be per the Ministry of Humor and Information?

"But evidently it was the truth."

Sure, but it's irrelevant. Might as well compare the profits from farming to Nike's profits and cite how unfair that is.

I live in the country surrounded by farms. In the spring, farmers disk the soil, fertilize and plant. Takes maybe a week, depending on the acreage.

In the summer they hire a commercial company to spray the crops with Roundup to keep down the weeds. In the fall they harvest and take the crops to the local storage bins. Maybe two weeks for that.

They're out there in the fields in their monster tractors maybe three weeks out of the year. I live it. I see it.

Keep in mind -- the farms are handed down in the family, as is the farm equipment. They provide the labor. Their profit may be small, but it's not bad for three weeks work.

Farmers are my neighbors. They're good people. They'll drop whatever they're doing to give you a hand. They're honest and friendly.

But let's forget the notion that they're out there 365 days a year bent over a rake and hoe and earning next to nothing.

Might as well compare the profits from farming to Nike's profits and cite how unfair that is.

Ok.

They're out there in the fields in their monster tractors maybe three weeks out of the year. I live it. I see it.

My wife comes from a family of farmers.

How 'bout you tell the class about the cozy arrangement between economics of scale, the price of seeds, the cost of lawsuits when somebodies Patented GMO pollen pollutes the neighborhood, and the government loans required to keep the whole charade afloat?

Throw in the reality of what would happen in the event of a drought that's a fraction as long as the one that created the Nebraska Sand Hills.

www.kingcorn.net/

Followed by a monumental "oops" from the Corn kings.

"Throw in the reality of what would happen in the event of a drought"

Thank heavens for crop insurance, huh?

"somebodies Patented GMO pollen pollutes the neighborhood"

90% of farmers use GMO seeds. They don't "pollute" any more than non-GMO farms "pollute".

90% of farmers use GMO seeds. They don't "pollute" any more than non-GMO farms "pollute".

I made some good college $$ mucking through the mud whilst detassling back in the 80's.

Meanwhile...

"Monsanto has sued more than 700 additional farmers who have settled out-of- court rather than face Monsanto’s belligerent, and well-financed, litigious actions."

www.cornucopia.org/2012/0...with-monsanto-in-lawsuit/

Screwed if they do. Screwed if they don't.

Evidently Monstanto gets upity when their patented shyte blows into some non-slave's field.

Thank heavens for crop insurance, huh?

How long was the drought that created the Sand Hills super genius?

Monoculture = Monumental Short-sighted Stupidity. The farmers I know who are trapped in the system admit that's true. They have to farm more irrigated acres of corn, to pay for the seed and machines that are required to make the payments... so they can farm more irrigated acres of corn....

Your crop "insurance" will be even more worthless than AIG's underwriting of the subprime derivative A$$Paper presently circling the vortex of the global economic sewage pond.

How's Tommy Daschle's mandated Ethanol cabal doing these days?

"Evidently Monstanto gets upity when their patented shyte blows into some non-slave's field."

Only when those seeds are blown in straight rows.

About a month ago, I was attending some city hall meeting and was listening to this one guy at the podium speak about his role in Urban Development and that he knew nothing about farming but that he and his business associates were working on some business deal with some of the farmers in the area to help flourish business. I'll say it again, dudes like this lick their chops at every opportunity when they see the misfortune of true farmers. What they really want is the credit and the land from the farmers. Very few farmers have the great perception to see through the motives of "friendly" businessmen like this one speak.

Second, it wasn't funny. He should be fired for that alone.

It was amazingly unfunny.

Maybe he could have written, "What I really wish is that I could bone your sister for 2 days nonstop."

But he would probably have been overruled by the editors.

"Because there is a big difference between corporate farming vs farmers."

I agree. But the cartoon was comparing corporations like Monsanto vs. farmers.

Only when those seeds are blown in straight rows.

Corn is pollinated by the wind super genius.

"Corn is pollinated by the wind super genius."

And that corn is harvested and sold. No big deal.

Monsanto gets involved in these lawsuits when farmers harvest the GMO corn and plant it the following season instead of buying new seed from them.

No big deal.

It's no big deal when Monsanto's shyte pollutes/pollinates some non- customer/slave's field - and THEY CAN'T KEEP SEED FROM THEIR OWN FIELDS?

thegranddisillusion.wordpress.com/monsanto-vs-farmer/

Etc Etc.