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Mean Joe Green #44: Caption Contest 2

Joe Mohr — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:13:36 +0000

[Editor's note: Following the success of our first caption contest in October, RG&B resident cartoonist Joe Mohr put together another chance for you to try your hand at writing political cartoons. -TH]

Welcome to the second official “Caption Contest” for Mean Joe Green and Red, Green, and Blue!

Rules for Participation:
1. Look at the cartoon below.
2. Think of a caption to accompany the cartoon.
3. Post your caption in the comments section.

The winning caption will be published in Red Green and Blue next Thursday (or shortly thereafter).

Enjoy!
-MJG

Drill, Baby, Drill: A Cartoon by Mark Fiore

Timothy B. Hurst — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:48:43 +0000

A cartoon by Mark Fiore satirically extolling the benefits of ramping up oil production. Fiore makes the not-so-subtle allusion to drug addiction by sprinkling drug dealing/using metaphors liberally throughout.

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Mean Joe Green #36: Bush Audibles on Handoff to Obama

Joe Mohr — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:13:32 +0000

I’ve been reading all week about Bush’s desire for a smooth transition–a “seamless handoff” to the Obama administration. Well, thanks for the concern George, but I’m not sure how seamless the handoff could be considering the ball you’re handing off is so badly beat up and worn down, battered and bruised…oh yeah, and poisoned.

I’m afraid a smooth transition would’ve required 8 years of care, concern, and sound decision making.

It would also be nice if you didn’t take every last opportunity to enact a wide array of federal regulations which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment before leaving office in January.

Bush Administration Believed to Be ‘Fast-Tracking’ Change in EPA Pollution Rule
A Last Push to Deregulate

Mean Joe Green #31: The Purple Demoblican to the Rescue!

Joe Mohr — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:11:39 +0000

Enough politicking!
Enough he said/he said!

Keeping the earth clean and healthy is not Right vs. Left, it is right vs. wrong!

We all breathe the same air, drink the same water, eat food that comes from the earth’s soil. It is my observation that my Republican brother-in-law needs the same clean water and air as I in order to live. It is also an observation of mine that the health effects of toxic air and water will equally effect the children of my bro-in-law as much as it will my own. Therefore, it is up to the majority of us whether right or left, liberal or conservative to join together as one group of people that inhabit one planet and address the degradation of our environment.

For the Environment, we are not red or blue, Republican or Democrat–we are the Purple (Blue+Red) Demoblicans (Democrat+Republican)!

Purple Demoblicans unite!

Power tho the Purple!

Purple is the new green!

Demoblicans are the new environmentalists!

The below average catch phrases are endless…

Mean Joe Green #1: “Putting the P in GOP”

Joe Mohr — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:09:18 +0000

Editor’s note: Political cartoons are a staple of editorial pages and other websites focused on politics, and we’re delighted to bring you the first of our own series of cartoons from our own “Mean Joe Green” Mohr.

Of course, we greenies would love a presidential candidate that took a strong-handed, common sense approach to addressing the myriad of environmental issues facing the planet, and did so with the energy and intensity it deserves.

We don’t.

But we do have these three…