Sunday Cartoon: No Kings, Just Cake Thieves

Taking the Cake

Ever wonder how that expression, “That really takes the cake,” came about?

I did, too, then I checked out Bob Lang’s latest cartoon for us, and now it makes perfect sense.

What began as a moment of quiet dignity — the 250th birthday of the United States Army — was promptly steamrolled by the screaming chaos of modern activism. Lang’s cartoon captures it perfectly: a bewildered soldier, chest full of ribbons, stands solemnly as red, white, and blue balloons float overhead. Then, from stage left, comes a green-haired caricature of The Left, jabbering like a wind-up protest toy while absconding with the celebratory cake. “No Kings!” they screech — never mind that the Army has never crowned one. Never mind if we fought a war to free us from one.

The left tried to trample our tribute under the Birkenstocks of ideological opportunism.

We as soldiers (and I use that as a generic term for all American warfighters) realize and accept that we fought for the rights of those with different ideas to express those ideas freely and without fear of retaliation.  Most of us don’t get ticked off at this kind of thing…we look at it and confidently smile at the irony.

Rage First, Reason Later

The cake thief — decked out in what looks like a punk cosplay outfit and pilfering the cake meant for the June 14th Celebration — says it all: the left will hijack any occasion, even the founding of the Army, if it means a few more decibels of airtime. It’s not enough to disagree anymore — you have to dominate, interrupt, and shout down. You can’t just let a 250-year-old institution have its day; you’ve got to reframe the party to be about systemic oppression, climate guilt, or performative anti-royalism. This is peak 2025, where even the Army’s birthday is seen as a platform for someone else’s grievance theater.

Who Needs Tradition When You’ve Got a Megaphone?

Hunter S. Thompson would’ve called this a low-budget acid trip masquerading as a protest. A good trip has clarity and vision. This? It’s like watching a toddler in a Che Guevara t-shirt scream at a birthday clown.

But they feel there is a method to the madness — loudness over legacy, interruption over introspection.

Taking the Cake

Ever wonder how that expression, “That really takes the cake,” came about?

I did, too, then I checked out Bob Lang’s latest cartoon for us, and now it makes perfect sense.

What began as a moment of quiet dignity — the 250th birthday of the United States Army — was promptly steamrolled by the screaming chaos of modern activism. Lang’s cartoon captures it perfectly: a bewildered soldier, chest full of ribbons, stands solemnly as red, white, and blue balloons float overhead. Then, from stage left, comes a green-haired caricature of The Left, jabbering like a wind-up protest toy while absconding with the celebratory cake. “No Kings!” they screech — never mind that the Army has never crowned one. Never mind if we fought a war to free us from one.

The left tried to trample our tribute under the Birkenstocks of ideological opportunism.

We as soldiers (and I use that as a generic term for all American warfighters) realize and accept that we fought for the rights of those with different ideas to express those ideas freely and without fear of retaliation.  Most of us don’t get ticked off at this kind of thing…we look at it and confidently smile at the irony.

Rage First, Reason Later

The cake thief — decked out in what looks like a punk cosplay outfit and pilfering the cake meant for the June 14th Celebration — says it all: the left will hijack any occasion, even the founding of the Army, if it means a few more decibels of airtime. It’s not enough to disagree anymore — you have to dominate, interrupt, and shout down. You can’t just let a 250-year-old institution have its day; you’ve got to reframe the party to be about systemic oppression, climate guilt, or performative anti-royalism. This is peak 2025, where even the Army’s birthday is seen as a platform for someone else’s grievance theater.

Who Needs Tradition When You’ve Got a Megaphone?

Hunter S. Thompson would’ve called this a low-budget acid trip masquerading as a protest. A good trip has clarity and vision. This? It’s like watching a toddler in a Che Guevara t-shirt scream at a birthday clown.

But they feel there is a method to the madness — loudness over legacy, interruption over introspection.

Lang’s cartoon doesn’t just poke fun at the left; it exposes a deeper sickness in American culture: the compulsion to recenter every institution around the loudest, most aggrieved voice in the room.

The soldier doesn’t fight back. He just stands there — dignified, confused, and displaced — which might be the most American image of all in 2025.