Michael Ramirez; Joe's Security System 09-10-21

From America's Premiere Editorial Cartoonist

After 9/11, who would have predicted an American administration would be relying on the Taliban to ensure the safety of Americans?

Welcome to another cartoon from Michael Ramirez of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. It’s been widely reported that nearly 1,800 survivors are calling on President Biden to skip all the memorial events planned for 9/11. True to form, Biden gets it wrong yet again, and plans on visiting all three sites. Knowing the pitfalls of this, his handlers are making sure his speeches are scripted and recorded ahead of time.

We will not be posting tomorrow; Michael in California, and I in my home state, will be observing 9/11 privately. Personally, I will not watch Biden’s canned speeches, but will reflect prayerfully on memories of that terrible day. Today, Michael rips Biden a new one with the darkest humor of the moment and Scott Johnson writes with undisguised disgust in Powerline this morning:

President Biden is set to attend events at all three 9/11 memorial sites — in New York City, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon — on the twentieth the anniversary of the attacks tomorrow. We can be thankful that he will not give a live speech to commemorate the anniversary. Rather, he will instead speak in “in the form of a video in advance — or if that will be available that day, I should say,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday. We can look forward to yet another animatronic performance.

What are we to make of this? Biden’s handlers in the White House daycare operation know that the epic humiliation of the United States for which he bears responsibility was to be celebrated tomorrow as a great victory. Now they don’t dare. Indeed, they seek to turn our attention elsewhere.

Relegating his remarks to video, Biden’s handlers also mitigate the risk of the unexpected and shield him from the disrespectful gibes that have emerged spontaneously elsewhere. Biden declines to take Marc Thiessen’s advice to stay away from the memorial events tomorrow, but his handlers know Thiessen is on to something and speaks for many of us.

Marc Thiessen’s advice referenced above is in the form of an excellent essay titled, Biden has no business setting foot at Ground Zero on the anniversary of 9/11, and is well worth the read.

In other news today:

Woke book-burning — BRENDAN O’NEILL, SPIKED

Biden Using Covid to Tyrannize the American People
Scott McKay, Am Spectator

Biden's 'America Last' Agenda   ---Charles Hurt, Washington Times

Masks Here to Stay Since Libs Need to Shame Their Enemies
Glenn Reynolds, NYP

The Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once 
Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic

Media Ignore Disgusting Racial Attack on Larry Elder
Kyle Smith, New York Post

9/11: When the Politics of Victimhood Turned Violent --Brendan O'Neill, Spiked

Biden's Lies Keep Coming Amid His Afghan Evacuation Debacle --DC Examiner

A Threat to Digital Asset Markets,& Why the Markets Matter 
Michelle Bond, RCM

The Truly Radical Message Of Economics Well-Learned 
Donald Boudreaux, AIER

Get Ready for the Blackouts  ---Robert Bryce, The Wall Street Journal

Sometimes, like today, Michael uses multiple sketches to develop a cartoon, so I thought you’d find it interesting to see the process:

Below is an alternate cartoon idea that he didn’t use this time, but will probably be able to finish another day in Biden’s term:

That’s it for today. Michael will be back on Sunday with something new. As always, please let us know how we’re doing in the comments or by dropping us a line at ramireztoons@gmail.com, and please feel free to share the newsletter with your friends.

Best,

Melissa

Melissa Praemonitus, newsletter editor & personal manager for Michael P. Ramirez