[VanDeKoik]

Memes are like political cartoon templates, whose message can transcend language and cultural barriers + rapidly evolve to keep the message they convey fresh and effective.

They are just as powerful as the days of Thomas Nast’s political cartoons v. Boss Tweed, who said that they were he biggest headache because even though his machine depended on illiterate immigrants in the slums of NYC, they all can look at Nast’s drawings and immediately understand the message.

[Slyfox]

I remember the days when I would write a letter to the editor and I "might" get a letter back saying that they either have decided to run my letter or they decided not to. Either way I had to go through someone else to share my political idea.

Now with the Internet, we are not beholden to some smarmy-assed editor.

And, ya don't have to go to art school to do editorial cartoons.

What a great freaking time to be alive!