Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 12, 2010
Transcript:
Jeff: I smell injustice! Or is it just the musk of a male ibex? Man: They cut off his tongue! For singing a Bon Jovi song! Man: May Allah show them no mercy! Voices: Justice! Justice! Man; *Gasp!* It's the evil-doers - hanged by their own flowing scarves! Only one man could have done this! Soldier: General Petraeus! The Red Rascal has struck again! Petraeus: By thunder, I wish I had a hundred like him! Obama: Thank God for this mysterious avenger! Aid: Yes, sir! He's turning the tide! Rick: It's called what? Jeff: Legend management. Before Facebook this would've taken years! In the remote Afghan village of Khewa, a fresh Taliban atrocity. On a ridge high above, a solitary figure hears the cries of outrage. The next morning. Word spreads quickly... all the way to the top!
FriscoLou about 14 years ago
The Red Rascal has to be one of the most graphically violent characters. Must have been all those years of GTA.
“Stop looking over my shoulder, Dad”.
BrianCrook about 14 years ago
DOONESBURY has already done this joke a couple of months ago. The more we see of the Red Rascal, the more pathetic Jeff becomes. Please: Make him get a real job. There must be a Chick-Fil-A hiring in the greater D.C. area.
Donald Benson Premium Member about 14 years ago
Jeff is trying to do on a personal level what politicians and governments (including but certainly not limited to our own) on a mass media level: Fabricate heroes and victories to promote their agendas. I recall Baghdad Bob weaving accounts of Saddam successfully repelling the American invaders, right up to the day the Americans retreated into Baghdad. And our own Army rewriting the stories of Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman to reflect better on the Army itself.
Hugh B. Hayve about 14 years ago
Well, some think those Afganis are half way there, and I think they’re just living on a prayer….
Sandfan about 14 years ago
The wonder of modern technology - instant fabrication dissemination.
Dkram about 14 years ago
A legend in his on mind.
(Ok, I know, It’s old.)
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nickmangieri Premium Member about 14 years ago
And I can do it all from the comfort of my own room.
SuperGriz about 14 years ago
Osama bin Laden is already dead. Maybe Jeff can kill him again.
Nighthawks Premium Member about 14 years ago
.damn! not sure if I was especially pleased to seeing a hangin’ with my morning coffee.
or should I just get over it since that is the way of the world?
WaitingMan about 14 years ago
Cutting off of the tongue is far too tame a punishment for the perpetuation of the abomination that is Bon Jovi.
Justice22 about 14 years ago
Gen. Petraeus would not have many choppers left if he had a hundred Jeffs.
Potrzebie about 14 years ago
Nighthawks, I think the same. I’m guessing that this will cause a stir. I’m guessing that some papers will censor it. Wonder how hanged Taliban is carrying over among radical fundies?
UBBM Premium Member about 14 years ago
Feeling 9/11 Gary?
ChukLitl Premium Member about 14 years ago
Movies went first, jrmerm. Pictures of people are forbidden.
rappenwolf about 14 years ago
Are we sure that Jeff is not Roland Hedley’s son?
Dragoncat about 14 years ago
I wonder if the guys at Overkill are censoring this…
radams36 about 14 years ago
My sentiments exactly, WaitingMan, well said.
FriscoLou about 14 years ago
Stebon could be this guy’s speech writer.
http://bit.ly/bdGH1r
jeanne1212 about 14 years ago
Happiness is not being able to recognize BonJovi sound when it surfaces on College Radio.
Originality usually required for speech writing, FriscoLou – do you really think Stebon qualified?
BrianCrook about 14 years ago
Stebon, you poor sap. You meant the seventh panel. No wonder that you hate President Obama. You’re jealous. He knows how to count, and you don’t.
Your claims about Obama are risible, and there is not one tht doesn’t, at the least, snap back as a much harsher critique on Bush-Dick. Anyone who supported Bush-Dick can’t complain about Obama as whiny, inept, or incompetent. In addition, anyone who supported Bush-Dick and didn’t enlist in the military is a whiny, cowering chickensh!t like Bush-Dick himself. Take a look in the mirror, man.