Ted Rall / For the Times

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MORE CARTOONS BY TED RALL:

'California's can't afford to promote a gay lifestyle in our schools'

How Jerry Brown's budget might win Republican approval

How world news could inspire California laws

Why state legislators needn't carry concealed weapons

Cartoon: 20% of Californians had trouble affording food in 2010

Ted Rall was a finalist for the 2010 Scripps Howard editorial cartooning award for his series from Afghanistan that ran in The Times in August and September 2010. See the series at latimes.com/ted-rall-in-afghanistan