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Toon TalkBy Clay Jones
Dec. 4, 2009 1:33 pm
The Stafford County Board Of Supervisors at least got the angry mob part right. Good job, guys.
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Dec. 3, 2009 2:10 pm
Usually it's boring when I draw people holding signs, but I kinda enjoyed this one. I particularly like "no blood for poppies". Here's my take on this troop buildup thing: After September 11, 2001 I was totally in favor of going to Afghanistan. This was where the terrorists attacked us from and the Taliban wasn't giving them up. To me it wasn't about building a democracy in Afghanistan and liberating people, it was about making the world a better a place and killing the scumbags who attacked us. Iraq was a distraction. Sure it was a nation led by a scumbag, but a scumbag who wasn't a threat to us. We had him contained for over a decade. I felt going to Iraq was a huge distraction and was really just using the attacks against us to make an oli grab. The case for invading Iraq was never made, and it still hasn't been made. Iraq distracted our responsibilities in Afghanistan. Yes, a lot of people want us out, we want us out more than Afghanis want us out. But as Colin Powell said "if you break it you bought it". Afghanistan was messed up and we broke what was already messed up...now we have a responsibility to see it through. No matter how the Soviets to Ghengis Khan have failed in the past. We have to do this until terrorist can't attack us from there. It's unfortunate our ally is a corrupt president. But let's pretend it's the 80's when all of our third world allies propped up by Reagan were tin pot dictators. We broke Iraq too so despite every reason in the world not to go, there's every reason in the world to stay. Our going into Iraq actually made it more like Afghanistan in being hospitable to terrorists and if we leave it'll be a base for them to operate from. There's a cartoonist's take on it. Here's the rough.
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Dec. 2, 2009 1:31 pm
I find the entire gate-crashing thing at Obama's state dinner seriously funny. I did like the rough more than the final version. Damn!
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Dec. 1, 2009 6:48 pm
To enter this week's contest use our ultra handy online entry form. Your deadline is NOON Thursday. We will pick four finalists to be judged in the Weekly Challenge this Friday. Winners will be announced in next Tuesday's Free Lance-Star with the first place winner getting the original art with his or her caption inked in by me.
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Dec. 1, 2009 2:24 pm
I don't know why Groh kept his job as long as he did. Maybe it's because he's an alumnus of UVA. But in the high pressure of college football, it seemed UVA just didn't care as much. While Virginia Tech is competing for national championships and BCS berths, UVA (when they are eligible) is hoping for a Copper Bowl. Let's hope they bring in a coach that can make Cav football exciting.
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Nov. 30, 2009 1:33 pm
The smoking ban is going to frustrate a lot of people. Most people I've talked to who smoke in bars on a regular basis told me "so what?". Even bartenders who smoke told me they're actually looking forward to it because they're not going to miss they're eyes burning on a busy Saturday night. Of course this law came with loop holes so there will still be smoking in several bars in Fredericksburg. Will that increase business for them and hurt the non-smoking bars? Does this law legislate who will be profitable and who will suffer? Yes, it does.
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Nov. 26, 2009 2:38 pm
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!!!
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Nov. 24, 2009 1:46 pm
I hate the holiday cliche cartoons. I got through Halloween without any and almost made it through Thanksgiving (not counting the cartoon I'll have to do for Thursday which will be all about giving thanks and blah blah blah because my editor loves those kind of cartoons and it's required here). I don't feel too bad about drawing this turkey, and I actually like drawing turkeys. They're fun. I hate drawing anything Christmas. Every cliche for Christmas is boring like Santa, Xmas trees, candy canes, elves, reindeer, etc. I promise I won't draw anyone sitting on Santa's lap with a wish list.
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Nov. 23, 2009 6:51 pm
This week's winner is a three-time winner. Eric Hennessey of Spotsylvania took 93 votes in our weekly challenge to win his third original cartoon along with having it printed in Tuesday's Free Lance-Star on page two. I'm not sure how Eric is going to handle all this fame. Coming in second with 82 votes is Mary Lou Russell of Hartwood who submitted "Shucks! I’ve been practicing my fist bump all week". Coming in third with 56 votes is Calvin Williams of King George who submitted "Now hop on one leg and sing the Japanese National Anthem". Coming in fourth with 26 votes is Justin Lewis of Fredericksburg who submitted "The U.S. economy is worse than we thought. He is trying to shine my shoes". *NOTE* There will not be a contest this week because of Thanksgiving. Bill Freehling, our weekly challenge coordinater, and i will both be out of the office Thursday and Friday. Also, we don't think people will focus much on a contest during a holiday. So concentrate on eating Turkey and watching football. The contest will return next Tuesday, December 1.
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Nov. 23, 2009 2:19 pm
I'm really starting to enjoy Judy Hample's tenure as president of the University of Mary Washington.
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Nov. 20, 2009 6:28 pm
I drew this for my syndicate. My paper didn't kill it. In fact, I didn't show it to my editor. I drew a local cartoon for Sunday and focused on drawing it for the paper. I did this as a bonus for Creators Syndicate.
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Nov. 20, 2009 2:00 pm
I don't know if the check is in the mail or if it's check mate. Ha! Ha! Ha! See what I did there? Ya know, that thing with the pun? I kinda subtly put it in. Oh, never mind! Carry on with your Friday.
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Clay Jones is the editorial cartoonist for The Free Lance-Star. In his spare time, he plays in the local rock band Corporate T-Shirt.
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