Okay, my friends its Sunday again. As All of you know, my first rule on Sunday is to laugh. I’ve told you the story of reading the comics section while my father read the Sunday paper. To my surprise, I have introduced many of you to Mark Russell. It would appear that I am older than I thought or the younger crowd just doesn’t…

Wait.

Its Sunday, the day to laugh.

I know today is a busy day politically for our country. At 6 pm our leaders will be meeting about the debt ceiling. That, in of itself, makes it even more imperative to find a good laugh.

Growing up, one of my favorite comic strips was Doonesbury.

I hear my conservative friends:

“that bankity-blank piece of liberal blankity-blank Doonesbury! Blankity-blank-blank….BLANK!”.

Yup. That one.

I was such a fan, when Doonesbury-The Musical opened on Broadway November 21, 1983, for my birthday, November 26, my mother got me tickets. The play lasted 104 performances.

I loved it.

I was a kid. What did I know?

I still have the playbill somewhere.

Political agenda aside, Doonesbury over the years always looked at what was wrong with the world and got us to laugh at the absurdity. I took these from Doonesbury.com, enjoy them, then head over there to see the history of the strip and have a good laugh. My conservative friends beware! It is located at Slate.com.

I think I heard one of them faint.

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