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March 5th, 2010 - Obama in Wonderland!
Mar 10th, 2010 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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February 12, 2010 - Obsession
Feb 15th, 2010 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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Anybody else noticing the obsession of Democrats of Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney? You’d think they’d want to be defending the fellow they got to fill the White House seat.

This cartoon was also written by Dick Daniels.

February 9, 2010 - Obama Snowed In
Feb 15th, 2010 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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Another great gag by Ken Culotta. Luckily I’ve been in an airport recently and could better draw the interior of an airport!

February 5, 2010 - Vision
Feb 14th, 2010 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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Obama sure has proven that with a lack of education you sure can’t see past the end of your nose.

Written by Ken Culotta.

January 29, 2010 - Florida’s Train to Nowhere!
Jan 30th, 2010 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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I’ve been involved on all sides of the train issue for some 20 years. In that time I’ve seen a drive towards getting one thing, and one thing only, built - Consultants bank accounts. Here in Florida we seem too apt to repeat the disaster of 100 years of Everglades cleanup. Millions and millions of dollars to people who claim to be working on solutions and the most that is produced is 100s of pages of “solutions” and very little work for the money.

This time it’s BILLIONS of tax payer dollars for something that the polls consistently show the people want but the people won’t ride. My argument, from the very first time I heard of this when I worked in government, was let the private sector pay for this. I learned early on that they won’t from their very employees, who stated they can’t build it because they know this can’t make money.

So the lowly taxpayers get stuck with a worthless project that will bleed them dry and probably will never see a train built.

What’s interesting about the “Orlando” to “Tampa” route Obama is touting is that so little work has been done for that proposed route. Most of the effort and money has been put into a trail that goes from western Volusia County to western Orange County. More reason to need to blow away more taxpayers dough!

I could go on. This is a financial disaster that will never meet its expectations. 1 million riders is a conservative estimate of ridership. Dade County’s MetroRail would love to see that number in 5 years. And they’re in a more congested area.

The cartoon is an amalgam of ideas from Ken Culotta, Sally Baptiste and Mark Duren.

January 26, 2010 - Obama’s Amazing Job Elevator
Jan 27th, 2010 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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Those dunderkinds Jarrett, Gibbs and Axelrod all gave various high ranges of Obama’s job creation abilities, ignorring the vast amount lost in the past year that wipes out all gains.

I slipped in my dear friend Lucile Fair who turns 102 today. If you watch the UStream video you’ll see a different person in the drawing. Click here to see it. I decided to place Lucile in the drawing despite her not really fitting in it. I thought she only turns 102 once (And most turn it at all), so I’ll place her in it anyway.

January 12, 2010 - Unemployment
Jan 19th, 2010 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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Click here to watch this cartoon being drawn. This cartoon came about because of an interview with Cristina Romer on ABC News This Week. WD from Sarasota pointed out the interview was coming up by way of Twitter. Thanks to WD for giving me the heads up. I would’ve ordinarily have missed the interview because where I am ‘The McLaughlin Group’ is what I watch when that part of ‘This Week’ is on. Ken took the concept and wrote the gag.

November 17, 2009 - SEIU & Volunteering
Nov 19th, 2009 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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There goes those kooky SEIU folks again!

Below is the pencil drawing.

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November 13, 2009 - Glenn Beck Schedule
Nov 19th, 2009 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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Thanks to J.R. Griggs for this gag. Culotta and I had kicked this idea around but couldn’t get the wording right. J.R. nailed it! Thanks, J.R.!

November 3, 2009 - Obama’s Major Crop Accomplishment Since the Election
Nov 4th, 2009 by Rob Smith, Jr.

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The greatest result Obama has accomplished while President.

Inked on the pencils. Had a tough time deciding how much ‘conservative’ should take up flower area. I condiered loading the area with farm equipment and then decided to simplify.

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