Ted, Ted, Ted

An alert from my friend Peter in Brooklyn. I naively thought this would be cleared up by now (Peter wrote about it last Thursday) but the strip is still not back in the paper. Apparently the cartoonist is being penalized for drawing attention to U.S. government complicity in promoting terrorism. Of course, if one comic is judged politically unacceptable, it follows that all the comics that do run in that paper have been judged by the same standard and found acceptable. Doesn’t it? I’m not interested in reading material that has been approved by a censor. Guess that means no more “For Better or For Worse” for me.Thus Peter: One of the main reasons I buy the NY Daily News every single day is to read the comic strip “The Boondocks.” Today (Oct. 4) “The Boondocks” did not appear. You can see the censored strip here.”The Boondocks” has always been a comic strip with a sharp political edge — that’s what’s great about it. I am frightened — and angered — by the idea that a comic like today’s is considered offensive. It makes me wonder what kind of country I’ll be living in five years from now.Please join me in protesting this censorship by the Daily News. You can call the paper’s comics editor, Sam Poppa, at 212-210-2100. You can also write a letter to the editor. Include your full name, address and phone number. Keep the letter to 3 sentences for the best chance of being published.Thanks,Peter