Identity Theft

Truck on blocks, dog under porch, drunk father...nice job of stereotyping. Since it's a white family, it's okay.

It looks like Clay stopped at my neighbor's house to sketch a 'toon.

I assume this is a reference to that guy who was arrested this week for stealing 130 million IDs (Credit cards?). I guess it shows that not all identity thefts are created equal. Even criminal masterminds, like banks, take the good with the bad, and they were likely caught by the dumpsters full of cards that were already maxed out.

I would probably receive a card of condolence from an identity thief, along with an appeal for my ex-wife's SS#.

I like this one. There have been times that I have had the same question. Nice work Clay.

What more could that lady possibly want? She has a television on her front porch. I've never known anyone who was rich enough to afford that.

I thought the grass growing in the gutters was an exceptionally nice touch!!

I liked the grass in the gutter, too, alrprova... and the little boy playing with matches.

If she divorces him, gets a decent job, and raises the kids in better conditions on her own, the guy on the porch will steal each of the kids identities, for his utilities, and when he's ruined the credit of each of them, by not paying any of the bills, he'll gripe about how much everything costs and how hard it is to make it "just drawin' a check".

I feel sorry for whomever steals my identity with the way my credit history is; I'm almost begging someone to trade identities with me. This cartoon reminds me why I divorced my ex-husband.

Cartoons often deal in stereotypes, LaughingBoy. Just because something is a stereotype, doesn't make it inherently offensive.

The standing rule of ethnic or cultural humor is that it's acceptable when the butt of the joke is your own particular group.

Clay Bennett is a white man, living in East Tennessee. So, if he can't draw scenes like the one depicted above, I don't know who can.

I can relate to this toon having grown up fifty years ago in the country, but the tv would likely have been an old appliance, and there would have been a few chickens in the yard and an old car missing wheels on cement blocks. Identity theft then was when you stole your brother's drivers license to buy beer.

khargis: agreed bud - I wonder if this family lives near the River City Plastics Plant?

wareagleash: i was thinking rhea county. did you notice the abscense of tencare-provided hydrocodone in his lap? i wonder if they are stealing cable, or if they have dish, but the second cable feeding the tv is clearly visible. guarantee theyre 'bama fans.

Awesome!

This was funny. I'll look for it on the national scene.

I agree that the grass in the gutters is priceless.

But Clay, why isn't she pregnant?

The Times editorial staff after a hard day at the office?

If someone is interested in a realistic view of the life of poor whites, I suggest you read James Agee's book, "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men", with Walker Evans' photographs about the life of white sharecroppers during the Depression.

Stereotypes aside, what this points out to me is, no matter who you are, where you reside, or what sort of financial state you enjoy, everyone has something worth stealing. Their 'good' name. And even someone purportedly living on "Tobacco Road" has as much at stake in that department, as anyone living in a upper class abode.

Be careful what, when, and where you throw anything away that has personal information included. And show special care while on the computer.

'Nuff said....

Thank you for your time and attention, Woody

I wonder why they didn't trade in the clunker? and where's this guy's handgun? for that matter - where's everybody's handgun?

khargis said: wareagleash: i was thinking rhea county. did you notice the abscense of tencare-provided hydrocodone in his lap? i wonder if they are stealing cable, or if they have dish, but the second cable feeding the tv is clearly visible. guarantee theyre 'bama fans. ** Someone please fess up and tell us why you voted this comment not useful? khargis welcome to the club of useless comments (Rolando is President)