Today’s Cartoons aren’t gonna mercilessly mock themselves. No, that’s why every Friday we invite respected cartoon expert the Comics Curmudgeon over for a barbecue — well, to make fun of cartoons and to burn flags. Just because we can.

In this very special patriotism-choked edition of Cartoon Violence, we celebrate our nation’s independence by mocking its weight and its iconic historical, mythic, and pop cultural figures. Fun in the sun, after the jump.

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• Heard on the Hill: William Jefferson’s at-bat at the Congressional baseball game was greeted with chants of “cold hard cash” … Nancy Pelosi “wouldn’t recommend” that members of Congress appear on The Colbert Report. [Roll Call]
• Reliable Sources: Karen Feld is unemployed… Jenna Bush’s students were “only vaguely aware” that their Spanish teacher was a First Daughter. [WP]
• Cindy Adams: The spirit of The United States “endures always.” [NYP]

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* Soledad O’Brien: Wednesday’s “Hump Day Hussy.” [Evil Discussor] MORE »

ONE TOO FEW SENATORS LOVES AMERICA, BABIES, APPLE PIE

AMERICAN FLAG DOOMED… UN FORCES TO ROUND UP ALL FLAGS BY JULY 4, SET THEM ON FIRE… JANE FONDA AND BARBARA STREISAND GET GAY MARRIED IN FLAMING STARS ‘N’ STRIPES-THEMED CEREMONY… KOS TO BLAME… DEVELOPING… MORE »