Friday, September 26, 2008

The "Savior" O'The Land Of The Free & The Home Of The Brave

Ben Sargent is a national treasure. 'Nuff said. If this is (fair & balanced) admiration, so be it.


[x Austin Fishwrap]
Ben Sargent's Take On The Geezer's Bailout Gambit

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[Ben Sargent has been drawing editorial cartoons for the Austin American-Statesman since 1974. His cartoons are also distributed nationally by Universal Press Syndicate. Sargent was born in Amarillo, Texas, into a newspaper family. He learned the printing trade from age twelve and started working for the local daily as a proof runner at fourteen. He attended Amarillo College and received a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1970. Sargent won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1982. He has also received awards from Women in Communications, Inc., Common Cause of Texas, and Cox Newspapers. He is the author of Texas Statehouse Blues (1980) and Big Brother Blues (1984).]

Copyright © 2008 Ben Sargent/Austin American-Statesman


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