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Politics

Friday Funnies: Rise of the Oceans

Chip Bok | 11.2.2012 9:00 AM

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PoliticsEconomicsElection 2012Barack Obama
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  1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

    How did Jabba the Hutt get on that helicopter?

    1. Loki   13 years ago

      And why is he on the helocopter with a Ferengi? Does this have something to do with a Star Wars/ Trek corssover?

    2. Suki   13 years ago

      I am not complaining. This is way better than the haircut FF.

  2. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    If they're not careful armless Rush Limbaugh and that caricature from Birth of a Nation is going to fall onto that Monopoly board.

  3. Rich   13 years ago

    *** Gulf clap ***

  4. Kaptious Kristen   13 years ago

    Thanks for the helpful "New Jersey" label. I never would have guessed where this was taking place, what with tanned Walter Matthau and Jackie Gleason.

    1. Ice Nine   13 years ago

      Stilt houses. I would have guessed Bangladesh.

      1. Suki   13 years ago

        Bangladesh, Camden, not much difference.

        1. NeonCat   13 years ago

          Bangladesh is more economically viable.

  5. mr simple   13 years ago

    Why is he on a helicopter when he can just fly around with those ears?

  6. Groovus Maximus   13 years ago

    Folks, notice here that the helicopter blades are not spinning. It's just floating in midair. Bok has now captured irrefutable proof of the power of The Corpulent Jesus and The Unicorn Jesus.

    That miracle aside...I laffed at this.

    1. H. Reardon   13 years ago

      That miracle aside...I laffed at this.

      Now that's a miracle!

    2. Ice Nine   13 years ago

      I think it's because the wind-up key on the side of the rotor housing isn't turning.

  7. Bee Tagger   13 years ago

    Why would Obama wish he never said those things? It helped to get him elected and few in the media seems to have any interest in calling him out on those specific claims.

    1. el esc?ptico   13 years ago

      Yeah! Just imagine how much more those oceans would've risen without BO in charge.

      1. Suki   13 years ago

        That works for the budget and unemployment too. +100

    2. H. Reardon   13 years ago

      This is the Friday Funnies. Neither the cartoon nor the comments are required to make sense.

    3. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

      Oh, hey, there are words in that cartoon. Hadn't noticed.

  8. db   13 years ago

    Bok missed the pre-A.M. Links deadline when he realized he had forgotten to draw Obama's ear.

    1. darius404   13 years ago

      He didn't forget, they're just so large you don't recognize them. Just to the left and right of Obama's head, there are these odd protrusions....

  9. db   13 years ago

    No, he had to go back and draw them, thus missing the deadline.

  10. a better weapon   13 years ago

    George Wendt and Fred Armisen sure have a hell of a lot of friends in high places if they're able to board Marine 1 like that.

  11. Tim   13 years ago

    FEMA could draw a funnier cartoon.

  12. $park?   13 years ago

    I don't remember Gilligan being black. And the skipper always wore a hat. And they never had a helicopter.

    1. Jesus H. Christ   13 years ago

      It's like the Gilligan's Island episode where they all thought the island was sinking, but it was all due to Gilligan moving the measuring sticks. Yeah, exactly like that.

  13. Almanian's Evil Twin   13 years ago

    I didn't laugh.

    Therefore, it must be Friday! Yay! Happy Friday, Reasonoids!

  14. Flatulent Monkey   13 years ago

    Alternative caption:

    Obama/Webster to Christie/Oliver Hardy, "This is why I told you not to do a cannonball into Delaware Bay."

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