Today's Oz comics, political division

I ran across an Oz-themed political cartoon today in the paper, so I asked my wife (she of the mighty Google-Fu!) to see if she could track it down online. Sure enough, here is Robert Ariail's cartoon from August 12. But wait, there's more! In the process of looking for that, she also found another Oz-themed cartoon, so here's John Sherffius from August 7.

Disclaimer: These cartoons are presented here for their Oz content only, and are not necessarily indicative of the views of the blogger. So if you disagree (or even aggressively agree) with the message of these cartoons, don't bother bleating to me about it in the comments. I'll just delete them. Thanks.