Obama Cultivates His Own Parcel of Dogpatch

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1. william osborne says

   July 1, 2011 at 3:10 pm

   I think a lot of people might not know that Dogpatch was the hometown of Li’l Abner and his clan of hillbillies. Were Mr. Abner and his family known for torture? When speaking of such sadistic abuse of human dignity it might make more sense to refer to Washington D.C.. Or maybe lower Manhattan, since the torture conducted in Washington is actually in the service of business interests centered around Wall Street.
   I love the image by Norman Mustill. When it comes to my life, it says it all.
   [ed. note: Osborne has lived for the last three decades or so as an American ex-pat. — JH]
   Dogpatch is a metaphor for the U.S. of A. — at least that’s how I meant it — because we are a nation of yokels, and now more than ever a nation of conservative yokels whom Al Capp, Dogpatch’s creator, could have imagined. I wish I had made that more clear. See: http://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2011/06/welcome_to_dogpatch.html Perhaps that helps. — JH

2. Gary Cummiskey says

   August 19, 2011 at 12:43 pm

   Good ole Norman – glad to see he is still as incisive as ever!