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Back in February........

2010-05-10T13:47:00.007-04:00

Back in February, the all talented Colombian super pop star Shakira came to the World Bank to promote a program that supports Early Childhood Development in Latin America; part of the Non-Profit Organization ALAS.

Shakira met with Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank to launch a $300 million Early Childhood Initiative. The program will provide children up to 6 years of age with the right nutrition and education in their growth. Unfortunately Shakira did not sing a song that day, but she did provide oomph to the launch of this program that will help millions of kids in need.

I was able to cover the event and be published by The Washington Post, Blogamole; a MTV Tr3s blog, and a local catholic Hispanic newspaper; El Pregonero.

Los Suns and not The Suns

2010-05-06T14:39:00.003-04:00

In support for the Hispanic Community, the Phoenix Suns have changed their jersey logo to 'Los Suns' They jersey change honors the Latino community, the diversity in the league, the state of Arizona and the Nation

I agree with the 'Los Suns' jersey idea, I think it's a smart thing to do in support for the Latino community. On the other hand, there are people complaining about the fact that the NBA arena should not be used as a political arena; and in a way I agree with them. I feel that if you go to a basketball game, or a hockey game, it should be a place where all kinds can congregate. Other than watching your favorite team, or enjoying your favorite sport, people go to sports games to relax, unwind, and forget about a day's work. My mixed emotions come from the fact that I am a Latino, I was born in Venezuela. I know what it is to work hard for a legal status, to pay your fees, and to want to live a better life. That's why I agree with 'Los Suns'

This is my blog that I share with you.

Feel free to pass this link around, share it with others. The cartoon may be funny, but the matter is serious. Whether you support the new Arizona law or not, it affects you.

what do you think about the NBA, or any other league using their arena to express their political views?

would this situation be different if the jersey's said something pro-the Arizona law?

Oil Trouble

2010-05-06T10:09:00.004-04:00

What more can I say? The oil rig's explosion is pumping too much oil in the ocean. It's killing animals, reefs, and it's making itself impossible to clean off. Apart from this HUGE oil spill, gas prices are going up, up, up! As dark a color it is, oil is leaving quite the stain on the US right now.

PS: Do you think the Wonder Pets will go save those animals in need? As they sing "there's an animal in twoble, there's an animal in twoble somewheo"

Let's hope BP does a better job at it.

Marlon

Your new football is a twitter ball, and it does not go too far.

2010-05-03T12:03:00.004-04:00

I thought about writing a long intro to this post, I actually had already written one but erased it by mistake. My previously erased post went on about how my future brother in law is a #1 all time, all weather Redskins fan. NO LOSS ever prevents him from being a fan, "through thick or thin" he always says. Family members and friends pressure him to jump ship (ALWAYS) But he's better than that, he knows not to go a sometimes better looking route, but wait it out with his Skins. When Oscar (my future bro-in-law) hears anyone in the media trash talk the Skins, he gets ANGRY!!!!!! Well, not angry, he's not scary or anything like that, but he does feel disapointed when he feels that the local media are the ones doing the most damage. He gets even more passionate when former players do the trash talking.

Well, I won't bore you no more. I've introduced my brother in law to you. (he's a nice guy, and a great quarterback) Now I will introduce Lavarr Arrington. (he needs no introduction)

Check out this twitter convo between my bro in law Oscar and Lavarr.

E.T. tweet Home, E.T. tweet home

2010-04-29T12:14:00.003-04:00

There are a couple of interesting things going on in outer space right now.
First, Astronomers find an Icy Asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Saturn. Scientists believe that this could answer the question as to where did the Earth get it's water from?
If you look at it from a religious point of view you already know the answer, but if you're a science geek, or if intergalactic mysteries attract you; then this article's for you!

The other interesting thing is that Nasa has been trying to phone E.T for a couple of years now.
"E.T. phone home, E.T. phone home" you remember the movie, we finally had contact with a real Alien. Could you imagine that??? The super almighty technologically advanced aliens coming to earth to greet us. Well, that's exactly what Nasa has been doing. Two years ago Nasa blasted the Beatles song 'Across the Universe' with hopes that they would answer or respond? Yeh it's ok I don't see that either. Now they have come up with 28 different missions to explore the cosmos and our solar system.

Since Twitter is so popular, have they considered sending tweets to outer space? is 140 enough to rech alien life form?

Well here's a link to the article from the Post. Enjoy and don't kill yourself trying to communicate with the galaxy.

This is a good feeling

2010-04-29T09:16:00.006-04:00

This year my fiance and I had the opportunity to attend the Herblock Award Prize Ceremony (No we did not crash it) This year's winner is Politico's Matt Wuerker; you can check out his work here

It was amazing to be able to see Herblock's original work face to face. I had seen some before but not quite like this.

It is an honor for me to be in the same page as these great artists.
Thank you Michael Cavna for including me.

How would I look deep inside?

2010-04-28T10:17:00.006-04:00

I have yet to go through a Airport Scanner, I don't know how confortable I would feel; I figure not much. What if these scanners would show more than what's supposed to? I mean as if nudity wasn't enough, what if they showed our inner self? Well, for Arizona governor Jan Brewer it might look like this. What if we scanned her inside heart? We may find HATE, RACISM, DISCRIMINATION, LOVE.......LOVE?? did I just say LOVE? She may be a caring person (to her own kind) she may lovable and affectionate (to her own kind) But let's get real, if you end up signing a law like the Arizona SB1070 all that "love" and "care" may be questioned.

So upon reading a bit of history on the 'Brewer' name, I come to see that their reason for leaving England was to escape chaos at the time. Chaos still haunts it's citizens all over the world. What's going on in Mexico and all the Cartels? What's going on in the Middle East and all it's dangers?

What about the earthquakes? what about hunger? All these are reasons for people to want to migrate to a better place. Isn't that the same thing that the Brewers do? They were immigrants when they arrived to England from Germany, and they were immigrants again when they arrived to the US. It's all a bit funny when you think about it, I'm sure Jan Brewer has never thought about her family past.

Join the Facebook group 1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070

Polititoon

The old you was just not good enough

2010-04-22T08:58:00.006-04:00

Forget the that today's is Earth Day, forget about the Volcano boycotting flights to and from Europe, it's all about the C-note baby!

The $100 bill aka the Benjamin, the C-note (however you want to call it) is the highest counterfeited note, and the last one bill to undergo a redesign.

Take a look:

It's moving bells and 100's are only some of the new security details added to the $100 note that will be introduced to the public Feb 10 2011.

Check out an interactive look at the new $100 bill

It's ok Benji thank God the new designers did not forget about you.

Sorry guys, I guess your designs weren't as cool as the new one....

Dobbs goes to CNN, King takes his place. What does that mean?

2009-11-13T10:38:00.003-05:00

Would Larry King really want to be as offensive as Lou Dobbs was at CNN?

Lou dobbs leaves CNN, would he feel right at home with Fox news?
Well, I'd say that Dobbs would fit right in at Fox News. The "news" team at fox news really know how to get under people's skin. With Dobbs addition at Fox, it would be like adding gas to a fire.

These one has to come down too, PRONTO!

2009-11-11T12:33:00.002-05:00

So the fall of the Berlin wall was yesterday. I figured I wanted to do the same but with Wall st. I hope you can catch the similarities these two have.

Remembering the fallen at Fort Hood

2009-11-06T16:04:00.003-05:00

This is a quick sketch I just finished. I figured I'd post it before the day was done. Remembering the fallen.

Got a quote for him?

2009-11-06T09:59:00.003-05:00

I have yet to ask people if they would like to add a quote to this cartoon?

I randomly started to draw Obama with the means of wanting him to say something controversial. But as You can see, that didn't go too well. Now I'll place the responsability on you!

Care to give a quote to the quoteless?

I'll listen to it for an hour...but for 20 days???? TORTURE!!!

2009-10-23T10:35:00.004-04:00

Musicians unhappy with recent news showingt that, their songs had been played to torture Guantamo inmates.

Musicians endorsed a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the National Security Archive, with the hopes of declassification of all related files.
Artists involved have also started a protest due to the nature of the use of the music as torture.

I agree with the musicians actions to declassify all torture files. I may not agree with the music as far as their work in general, it just isn't my style. I can see how listening to the "sesame street" theme song for more than an hour could be unhealthy for me, but for 20 days I agree that it is violating human rights...

Hillary soaring and Obama dropping...

2009-10-16T17:05:00.002-04:00

A recent Gallop Survey shows that Hillary Clinton's popularity numbers have been on the rise. As for President Obama, his numbers have been on the fall.

Could it be that hillary is prettier??

Is it that she's more involved in one issue, rather than tackling them all at once?

What is it that's giving her the fame, and m aking Obama look lame???

Tom Toles on Family Guy

2009-09-30T10:04:00.004-04:00

Great Satire of Tom Toles and The Washington Post on Family Guy. Check out the video.

For more of Tom Toles go to:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/tomtoles/?nid=roll_toonsvid

Venezuela home builders face new difficulty - Los Angeles Times

2009-07-31T08:39:00.001-04:00

Venezuela home builders face new difficulty - Los Angeles Times

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Let Freedom Reign

2009-06-16T21:40:00.003-04:00

The media cannot do their job in Iran, the opposition cannot protest without being abused, the world cannot see the real danger Iran is in.

Brotha from a different motha

2009-06-16T11:46:00.005-04:00

I'll do what it takes to step on you.

So did Chavez cheat on his elections? and is what's happening in Iran right now simply a mirror image of what's been going on in America?
Mousavi in house arrest along with other opposition leaders? Armed forces killing protesters and abusing their power?
All for the power all at the same time. Soon enough they will start falling soon.

TWEET TWEET, I'm no nail

2009-06-12T15:03:00.003-04:00

Chuck Grassley is no nail, but beware, If he does not like you, he'll twitter you out!!!!

So.......now what?

2009-06-10T11:28:00.000-04:00

David Kellerman commits suicide/troubled company

Former Freddie Mac CFO David Kellerman decides to end his life, while leaving his wife, and their 5 year old daughter. Freddie Mac executives were to receive $210 million in bonuses, that's a lot of money when they've already been given tax payers $$ to not fail.

This is almost as bad as going to church, getting the pastor to ask for a donation from the congregation because you're in "need" to then gamble it away. Does that make sense? Should he have gone that way?

Tell you what.

I just did.

Arlen Specter switching parties, but who will he stay faithful to?

2009-06-09T22:00:00.000-04:00

Arlen Specter quits the Republican party to join the Democratic party

this cut out is from the
Philly Daily News
where my Arlen Specter cartoon
was published.

Talk bad about me, and love me at the same time.

2009-06-09T21:07:00.000-04:00

I HATE YOU! but can I please take a picture with you?

We all know Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has plenty of good things to say about the US right? Well not really, he's never had anything good to say. But at a meeting with the leaders from UNASUR, an association of the 12 South American nations Chavez did not waste a second to have a camera moment with "Imperialism" president Barrack Obama. He also had the chance to gift Obama a book titled "The Open Veins of Latin America" perhaps it should have been called "The oil spilling veins of Hugo Chavez" or "Hipocrisy for dummies"

Socialism? Country? or Death? no one's buying it.

Who knew pigs flew?

2009-06-09T20:51:00.000-04:00

The Swine Flu is here!!!! the swine flu is here!!!

So the swine flu came, it left? it came back? other things happened in the news, people forgot about it, really forgot about it and then people started to die here in the US. With the war on the cartels and drug trafficking, you could say that this flu was sent by the cartels to kill more U.S citizens. Or not at all.

Ofcourse it didn't happen that way, but please do cover your mouth when you cough.

The Fresh Prince of the Hill

2009-06-09T19:57:00.000-04:00

You're fired!!!

When president Obama fired Rick Wagoner, I decided to make a Fresh Prince of Bel Air parody on the White House. The same uncle Phil would kick Will's friend Jazz, I did Obama throwing Wagoner out.

The Three Stooges

2009-06-09T19:16:00.000-04:00

I believe that in the RNC the three most talking, trying to fight to be the main are these guys. The Republicans are lacking a leader, and will continue to fight each other with their mixed emotions and views on just about everything.

Newt, Cheney, and Steele who's your Republican daddy?

Slum tea bag love

2009-06-09T18:42:00.000-04:00

Michael Steele and his 'off the hook' RNC

My take on Michael Steele's outfit and talk comes from his attempt on trying to make the RNC 'off the hook' and hip to attract more Black and Hispanic votes.
The other take on this was when Michael Steele was on a Republican event and gave a speech on how the RNC needs to change, and how they need to saddle up and take this change. This change comes in a tea bag, you ready for some slum love baby?

Another spector but not the other specter; this one's out for murder!!!

2009-06-09T14:54:00.000-04:00

Phil Spector accused of murder

I did this cartoon on Phil Spector mainly because of his appearance. I don't go out of politics too much unless it's something worth doing (something I should do most of the time) or in this case, something that definitely catches my eye. By no obvious means am I trying to celebrate this man's life, I guess it was something more visual than anything else.....having said that, this is my take on Phil Spector. If you're able to read the numbers on his inmate shirt, here's what they mean:
04-05-1962 Lana Clarkson's date of birth (Spector's murder victim)
02-03-2003 is date of her death

I figured that would be a better way of linking the murder to him by having him wear her "dates" as his prisoner ID #

I'm in Disney World leave me alone

2009-06-09T12:30:00.000-04:00

And we actually watched say anything on tv

This early cartoon on BLAGO shows how "concerned" he was on the charges of organizing a fund raiser to sell Obama's old senate. Even with the FBI wire tapes clearly stating his attempt to sell the seat, he denied any wrong doing and figured he could become a tv icon in the process.

Make sure you buy Blago's new book called "I'm a corrupt politician and you like to watch me on tv"

Your last name sucks!

2009-06-09T12:00:00.000-04:00

Yup there's nothing wrong with my name

I don't get it and I won't write much on this, Mark Krikorian.......Sonia Sotomayor, hmm two foreign last names, but....what is considered foreign here in the US? A land founded on immigrants, a land where the real citizen is rarely seen, or heard of.

Well at least Krikorian makes me laugh.