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OK, "today's politicians." Do they mean TODAY’s (2005) politicians, like Tom DeLay et al? If so, then the joke is about how corrupt politics are in this day and age. Then again, if by “today’s politicians” they mean politicians of the caveman era, then I guess the joke is that politicians have always been money grubbers. Which isn’t a joke so much as it is a depressing thought that through all history, the only people motivated to a life of leadership in public service are acquisitive greed meisters.

Of course, they didn't have politicians in the caveman era (not in the elected-to-office sense, anyway). Maybe they had politically savvy guys who really knew how to work the dynamics of the clan in order to get the best mastadon for themselves. Whatever. B.C. just confuses me so often because it's set in the time of the caveman, and yet here they read a book, and sometimes they write on stone tablets, and they play baseball sometimes, and they have a place called the "Treasure Trove," which you would think would have hookers or something, but instead has a book on the "Art of Politics." ACK! What is this "Treasure Trove?" Why does it have boring-sounding books?

When's it supposed to be?

It's like when Dagwood uses TIVO to "live pause" the latest Gunsmoke. Not that that ever happened. But it totally could. The funnies are such a weird place of time warp. Next week: Dennis gets the latest Madden NFL 2005 for his PS2. But he's confused. Where is Johnny Unitas? Isn't he the Colts' quarterback? Who is this Peyton Manning person?