Barack to the Future

ASBO Jesus does it again. The wave of optimism sweeping the internet following yesterday’s momentous events in the USA have been summed up perfectly in Jon’s latest cartoon.

Along with many many other people, I think something good happened in the world yesterday. I hope and pray that Barack Obama will not be bowed by the weight of expectation being heaped upon his shoulders, but will stand tall, and proud, and do the right thing by the world. Can he? Yes we can!

*cartoon used in accordance with ASBO Jesus policy. Do, please, take a few minutes to visit the site; I’m sure you’ll be as entranced by Jon’s work as I am.

Updated to add a video of Barack Obama’s victory speech — added to YouTube by the Office of the President Elect (change.gov).

ASBO Jesus passes comment

ASBO Jesus has passed comment in his own inimitable style on one of the hot topics currently doing the rounds of the Christian and, to a certain extent, political, blogosphere.

Dave Walker writes one of my favourite blogs, which has been linked to in my sidebar since starting this blog: The Cartoon Blog. He’s been served a cease-and-desist notice because he’s allowed his blog to become a focus for information surrounding the takeover of the SPCK bookshops by SSG. I’ve followed the story on there for some time, and always felt that Dave has done a good job with the way he’s handled the subject, and not allowed the comments to go overboard, as they could so easily have done at times.

He also happens to be the artist-in-residence at the Lambeth Conference, one of the biggest jobs in his career to date. So this has all happened at a pretty bad time for Dave, with regards to defending and/or fighting this notice. He has therefore acceded to the notice — at least for the time being.

Today, I visited another of my favourite blogs, ASBO Jesus, to find a typically witty and thought-provoking cartoon by Jon there. I always like the way Jon cuts through all the baggage and gets right to the point in his cartoons.

To read more about the background to this, and see what’s happening with the subsequent campaign, see An Introductory Guide, and A Press Room Post, and several other posts on The Wardman Wire