Photograph © 2009 John Nelson Schneider. All rights reserved.

Photograph © 2009 John Nelson Schneider. All rights reserved.

Photograph © 2009 John Nelson Schneider. All rights reserved.

Photograph © 2009 John Nelson Schneider. All rights reserved.

Pickles are bumpy,
Pickles are lumpy.
They are warty,
Not so shorty.
All the spice,
Scares the mice.
   Buy 'em
   Fry 'em
   Try 'em,
They're so good,
Puts you in a mood.
I love pickles
When they're thickles.
It just tickles!
They are yummy
For my tummy.
Oh, great,
I hate the pickles I just ate.

© 2009 Joseph Schneider

Photographs © 2008 John Nelson Schneider. All rights reserved.

Making yourself into a symbol has some definite advantages in getting people to follow you. But a President obsessed with managing his image is of no practical value. America doesn’t need a Kim Jong Il.

Comic by Henry Payne.

Photograph © 2009 John Nelson Schneider