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“America Will do What’s Right…”

Posted on February 22, 2012 | Leave a comment


Inspired by the 70 year-old Winston Churchill quote: “In the long run, Americans will always do the right thing — after exploring all other alternatives.”

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It’s Confirmed. We are Being Attacked by Aliens!

Posted on February 1, 2012 | 2 Comments


My other 2 Newt cartoons: From my archives, and yesterday on Lynn Hasselberger’s “Putting it Out There“.

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“FUGMO”: The Anti-GMO Mascot

Posted on January 18, 2012 | 4 Comments


Writers, Bloggers, Photographers, Cartoonists, please feel free to place the FUGMO seal of disapproval on any of your anti-GMO work. Readers, you are invited to add the seal to your avatar.
FUGMO says: “F U, GMOs!”

More on why you too should say F U to GMOs:

From Grist: The next generation of GMOs could be especially dangerous
From PlanetSave: Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Maize Fields
From Organic Consumers Association: Millions Against Monsanto
From Cornucopia Institute: More on GMOs

By the way, my cartoon website (and any other website speaking truth to corporate power) may get shut down if the SOPA legislation passes. It’s internet censorship. It kills the freedom of speech and today is the day to take action.

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Michelle Bachmann’s Lights are on but Nobody’s Home (cartoon)

Posted on August 10, 2011 | Leave a comment

More on Michelle “Crazy B” Bachmann

From Grist: Bachmann pledges to have the EPA’s ‘doors locked and lights turned off’
From Bill Maher: ‘New Rule’ (video clip) on Bachmann and Palin
Grist again: GOP attacks the EPA for doing its job
From Thinkprogress: 10 Of The Craziest Things Michele Bachmann Has Ever Said

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Posted in EatDrinkBetter, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, Elephant Journal, Enviro-Political, PlanetSave, Wend Greenery

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America: Land of Opportunity (to get cancer)

Posted on June 30, 2011 | 1 Comment

“Moving to America will increase your cancer risk by 400%.”

In a recent Ted Talk, Robyn O’Brien (author of “The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food Is Making Us Sick and What We Can Do About It.”) recently shared her insight as to why moving to America will increase your cancer risk by 400%.

This information has been ignored for too long and is definitely the reason President Obama tasked his Cancer Panel with studying the long-term effects of exposure to known carcinogens and environmental toxins.

…And maybe it’s the reason so many empathetic (sic) politicians pushed for a US/Mexico border wall a few years back. They didn’t want to increase the risk of cancer for the immigrants. Those who signed the bill, I apologize for once thinking you were archaic, xenophobic, nationalists. It is now quite clear that you are all a bunch of sweethearts.

Stay sweet.

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The Republican with the Heart of Gold

Posted on May 18, 2011 | Leave a comment

*Cartoonist’s note: This cartoon is inspired by the House Energy Action Team (HEAT). More on HEAT after the cartoon.

More on HEAT

From DeSmogBlog: GOP House Energy Action Team Is Dirty Energy Dream Team
From GreenChipStocks: 28 Bureaucrats Who Sold You Out For A Little Oil Money–$4 Million Gets You $4 Billion In The Oil Game

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Hank D and the Bee: Republican Treehuggers

Posted on May 12, 2011 | 1 Comment

More on the would-be treehuggers

From ThinkProgress: Dirty GOP: The Republican Plan To Abolish The EPA
From Grist: Richard Burr introduces bill to abolish the EPA
From Care2: 50% of Americans Regularly Breathe Unhealthy, Polluted Air

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Our Solar System: 2100

Posted on May 10, 2011 | Leave a comment


Too bad RoundUp resistant weeds aren’t a nutritious superfood or a zero-emission superfuel, considering the weeds now infest about 11 million acres. The coverage of the controversial weed is now five times greater than three years prior, and David Mortensen, Penn State weed scientist, shares, “There is reason to believe this trend will continue into the future.”

If the weed infestation keeps growing apace the approximately 37 billion acres of Earth’s land will be infested in about 15 years and the 9 trillion acres of ocean would take another 25. I just rounded my projection in the cartoon’s title up to the year 2100 because, hey, I’m an optimist.

Obviously my math projections above are in jest, but with studies linking RoundUp to cancer, cell-damage, birth defects, soil depletion, groundwater pollution and more, I’d say it’s time to start looking for a RoundUp-resistant-weed resistant planet.

More on Monsanto

From Organic Lifestyle Magazine: Monsanto Company Profile
From The Organic Consumers Association: Millions Against Monsanto
From Me: More Monsanto Cartoons

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Pessimistic Poetry

Posted on March 24, 2011 | Leave a comment


Sometimes it seems as though change takes way too loooong…

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Hank D and the Bee: A Koch and a smile

Posted on March 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

More on the Koch brothers and Koch Industries

From SourceWatch: All you need to know about Koch Industries
From Wend: Koch brothers–Tilting at clean energy
From Ecopolitology: In Wisconsin, Koch Brothers Have Much More to Gain than Power Plants
From GOOD: Infographic: How the Koch Brothers and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Turn Democracy Into a Game of Monopoly

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Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean Air Act provisions [cartoon]

Posted on February 11, 2011 | Leave a comment


Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air we (their consitituents, and the rest) breathe?

From Greenpeace: “Every year, in the US alone, fine particle emissions from power plants are believed to cut short the lives of 30,000 people. Every year, 38,000 heart attacks, 12,000 hospital admissions and an additional 550,000 asthma attacks are a result of power plant pollution.”

…but who needs clean air?

More
From The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Dirty Air Extremism
From Greenpeace: (health effects of) Coal Power Plants
From The US EPA: Clean Air Act
Again, the NRDC: Coal in a Changing Climate
From the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America: Asthma Facts and Figures (interesting bits on who is most affected…you decide why)

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When I Was Your Age…

Posted on December 30, 2010 | Leave a comment


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Here Comes Trouble

Posted on October 13, 2010 | 2 Comments

Recent news of the habitable planet that circles a star called Gliese 581, and the ensuing article in the Huffington Post, by James Napoli inspired this little cartoon. The news is also reminiscent of one of my favorite children’s books Wump World, by Bill Peet.

Look out Wumps! Here we come!

New Earth-like planet discovered

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Health Care Reform Bill Signed! (need to fix an old cartoon)

Posted on March 23, 2010 | Leave a comment

“Health Care Reform Bill Signed! (need to fix an old cartoon)” reposted from WendMag’s Greenery page.
“When Climate Change and Health Care Reform Collide” from 9/15/09 (see revision below this cartoon)

Revision made 3/23/10 after Obama signed the Health Care Reform Bill that, among other things, allows people with preexisting conditions to receive health care.

Sure, it’s a lot less funny, but it’s also a lot less depressing. Of course, this joke is two-sided–Health Care reform and the state of the environment are both being addressed in the cartoon. The Health Care bill was signed today so the preexisting conditions part of the joke is null–but the fact that Mother Nature still needs immediate care is an issue.

Will we “get her taken care of?” And will it be “right away?”…

Related Article: The inevitable ‘What Does Health Care Reform Mean for Climate Legislation’ post by David Roberts

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Dances with the Moon

Posted on March 12, 2010 | 1 Comment

“Dances with the Moon” reposted from Wend Magazine’s Greenery page.

Dances with the Moon

by Joe Mohr

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Idling Cars at School Pick Up–Twice as Bad as You Thought

Posted on February 5, 2010 | Leave a comment

“Idling Cars at School Pick Up–Twice as Bad as You Thought” reposted from EcoChildsPlay in collaboration with old friend Stephanie Hastings, President at Naperville for Clean Energy and Conservation.

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Hank D and the Bee: Bike or Drive?

Posted on January 28, 2010 | Leave a comment

Hank D and the Bee: Bike or Drive? Re-posted from EcoChildsPlay and NaturalPapa.

Bicycle Quotes: The Greatest Words Ever Spilt About the Greatest Machine Ever Built

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Writing the Perfect Protest Sign (cartoon)

Posted on December 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 11/6/09

Mean Joe Green #78: Writing the Perfect Protest Sign

Rule #1: Resort to name calling/labeling
Rule #2: Never consider the other side’s motivation
Rule #3: Refer to rule 1 and 2.

I wish these folks were protesting the end result of the actual chain of events that will lead to their future joblessness, which is:
Decreasing demand for coal (due to health concerns for earthlings and earth)=lost jobs for coal miners=find another similar job to suit your skills=can’t because factory jobs have long been shipped overseas to skirt environmental regulations and to exploit cheaper labor=PICKET THAT!–picket lost middle class jobs, the shrinking middle class, and the growing disparity between the rich and poor!

These good people have a right to be angry–but not at the “Treehuggers” who want to put an end to our dependence on fossil fuels. Their hostility needs to be directed at the coal (throw in oil, plastic, and biotech) industry fat cats who have long made billions while poisoning the world (poisoning the world poisons those who live in said world).

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Mean Joe Green #63.2: Caption Contest#3′s Winner!

Posted on December 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 6/16/09

Congratulations to Adam of St. Louis!

Thanks to all who participated!!!

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Mean Joe Green #22: “The Beijing Plan”

Posted on December 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 8/8/08
Tim Hurst’s recent article in Red, Green, and Blue highlights John McCain’s talk on taking care of the environment–in the case of the article, specifically as it relates to renewable energy.

Sorry John, but not showing up to cast the deciding vote on important energy incentives that would promote renewables, speaks louder than words I’m afraid.

I’m also afraid that sometimes mere talk wins out…

talk

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