A fab assortment of old punk buttons, unearthed by the Cartoonist in his garden shed, inspired me to go a-hunting in my basement to see what I could turn up in the way of vintage badges. I didn't find any punk-o-bilia to speak of, but I did uncover a treasure trove of old political buttons from the 1972 U.S. presidential election. I was only 12, so I didn't have much interest in politics (still don't), but I liked to visit the Republican and Democratic party headquarters and take the free buttons. Wish I'd grabbed a McGovern-Eagleton, those babies are worth some serious scratch. I used to have another button that said "Nixon es el Hombre", but that one must've disappeared somewhere in my travels over the past 36 years.

[Link: The Cartoonist's Stinking Badges]