The latest Little Suzie Newsykins episode is up and running!  

While Little Suzie is resolving to get more done this year, just like the new Republican crew in Congress, I am resolving to blog more.  (Or much at all, for that matter.)  I've been a terrible/nonexistent blogger, mainly because I've become accustomed to speaking through my cartoons and characters rather than in text.  It's also taken me quite a while to use words like "I" and "me," since those have generally been no-no words in the world of journalism.  Of course that was before the world of the Interwires (unless you were Andy Rooney, that is). 

Here are a few of the stand-out articles I came across while researching this week's animation.  As you can probably tell, the stories of Darrell Issa's past held a particular attraction for me, although there is plenty of fishy business in the present as well.

Little Suzie is going to stick to her New Year's Resolution and I'll do the same.  More soon . . .

 This week's animation is up and running here.  Harkening back to the honky-tonks of John Boehner's youth.

Now, I love his personal story just as much as the next beer-drinking son in a large family, but he seems to be working mostly for the selfish corporations who don't have to mop the floor of a bar.  The little guy is working for the big guys.  Here's a nice stomach-turning article for you.  Ugh.  You'll need a beer after reading it.