I didn't find the cartoon all that humorous. But political editorials are supposed to create debate and this one sure did.
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On a side note, the chimp that was shot attacked a woman in CT. Given CT's track record, I expect some lame CT representative will be penning a bill shortly to require people to register chimps with the CT State Police. Chimps will be renamed as "Assault Primates" and any new chimps will be banned if they have three or more comestic parts that add up to the newly invented definition of Assault Primates". The bill will be named after the victim- they'll call it the Nash Act.
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Now, I return you to the regularly schedule program on the meaning of monkeys in cartoons.