2009-03-16
Original: 2009-03-16 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Three people sit around a conference/discussion table, as if on a TV pundit panel.
Blonde woman: "So, if the Founding Fathers were alive today, what do you think they would say?"
Older man with gray hair and mustache: "They'd say they were horrified by excessive government control."
Same older man (second speech bubble): "Seriously? Have you ever looked at a history book? Ever?"
Caption below the panel: I don't care what other pundits say, the answer to that question is "Holy shit! Airplanes!"
Votey:
A torn piece of paper headed "FAMOUS QUOTES THOMAS JEFFERSON:"
19) That government is best which governs the least.
20) Holy shit, airplanes
21) Holy shit, cars
22) Honesty is the first chapter in the boo[k]... (text trails off at the torn edge)
Blonde woman: "So, if the Founding Fathers were alive today, what do you think they would say?"
Older man with gray hair and mustache: "They'd say they were horrified by excessive government control."
Same older man (second speech bubble): "Seriously? Have you ever looked at a history book? Ever?"
Caption below the panel: I don't care what other pundits say, the answer to that question is "Holy shit! Airplanes!"
Votey:
A torn piece of paper headed "FAMOUS QUOTES THOMAS JEFFERSON:"
19) That government is best which governs the least.
20) Holy shit, airplanes
21) Holy shit, cars
22) Honesty is the first chapter in the boo[k]... (text trails off at the torn edge)
Alt text
A comic showing three people seated around a table like a TV discussion panel. A blonde woman asks, "So, if the Founding Fathers were alive today, what do you think they would say?" An older gray-haired man with a mustache answers, "They'd say they were horrified by excessive government control," then, in a second bubble, an interjecting voice snaps, "Seriously? Have you ever looked at a history book? Ever?" A man with his back to us sits between them. The caption beneath reads: I don't care what other pundits say, the answer to that question is "Holy shit! Airplanes!" The votey shows a torn handwritten sheet titled "Famous Quotes Thomas Jefferson," listing #19 "That government is best which governs the least," then #20 "Holy shit, airplanes," #21 "Holy shit, cars," and #22 trailing off at the torn edge — imagining that a time-displaced founder would mostly be amazed by modern technology rather than commenting on politics.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.