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WHILE TRYING TO COME WITH SPECIAL IDEAS FOR SPONGEBOB

These Leaked Out.

Shhhhh they are listening

Now if you don't agree with the war in Iraq, they can come and take everything you own.
I smell a revelution. How about you?

July 17, 2007

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq



White House News
Message to the Congress of the United States Regarding International Emergency Economic Powers Act

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004. I hereby order:

Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, all property and interests in property of the following persons, that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense,

(i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of:

(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or

(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;

(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.

Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

Sec. 3. For purposes of this order:

(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;

(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and

(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.

Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.

Sec. 5. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that, because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render these measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1(a) of this order.

Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government, consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken.

Sec. 7. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other forms of administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect heretofore or hereafter under 31 C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly terminated, modified, or suspended by or pursuant to this order.

Sec. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

July 17, 2007.

Doodle for Dani

Sorry but I've been so busy of late that I barely have time to draw anything un-Sponge, let alone scan anything.
But this little doodle is the result of me going to see Dani Michaeli (One of the SpongBob writers) not finding him at his desk, I was forced to sit and draw an anouncment that I had been there.

The Belly of the Beast

Well things have changed dramatically sense Uncle Eddy's visit to jury duty. Mot only are knitting needles now verboten, but the once highly coveted Jig saw puzzles have been jammed unceremoniously into a corner. They have been irrevocably mixed together. One can no longer tell the pieces of The Bare Foot Boy from Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
The herd of people waiting to be assigned their fate must now read, eat, play hand held games,talk too loudly on their cell phones, with the fast of foot and lucky few who are willing to fork over a few dollars placing themselves in front of the four the working conputers, able to surf the web. However the hunt and peck typist is shit out of luck, as it seems that the jurors ahead of me have in their manic search for a relief from the boredom either worn off the letters from the keys, or have maliciously scratched the letters off.

More latter, though I must say, the tequilla at lunch very much helped my outlook torward the rest of the day.

So I didn't get around to sketching during this stint at Jury Duty, but I did dig out a few from a previous trip.

Post it drawings@ the Shrek screening

Just killing time waiting for the Asifa screening of Shrek.
You gotta love a room full of cartoonists. We have such varied and wonderful shapes, and we tend to amplify them intentionally.

Every Day Life Gets Better and BETTER!

I'm not bragging, I'm just really, really happy.I work on one of the few shows that is still storyboard driven. I've a great bunch of friends, who have all proven that they are there for me if I get into a pinch. From lending an ear to my tales of woe, to helping me move heavy objects from one side town to the other, and let me tell you a body can get pretty heavy trying to carry it those three hundred or so yards from the highway. Let alone digging a hole deep enough so that it stays buried. On top of that I've a hot girl friend. Who is a personal trainer, and in such wonderful shape that sometimes it's hard to believe. As if that weren't enogh, she also used to be a chef! (and as my famous cartoonist friend Gary Halgren once pointed out "Good kissing may not last, but good cooking do.") Which means she cooks as good as she looks. I mean a different savory meal almost every night. She is simply the bestestest in whole wide world!

Okay enough about how good I've got it. Thanks for listening.

Now for something completely different.

A grouping of silly ass heads.

Big Baby Scam

As I recall, minus the establishing shot and truck in on the tree, this is the way we started Big Baby Scam

Pan over gnawed tree branch to Stimpy.


Adjust over with Stimpy's head turn. He presents Ren with a freshly chewed pile of tree bark.


Ren tries to swallow the puply goodness.

But his sensitive digestion rejects it

Big Baby Scam Roughs

I cleaned my home office last weekend and boy did it need it. There were vines growing in through the windows, and spiders as big as squirrels hiding inside. I'm pretty sure they were using my fax machine to order pizza. In the process of cleaning out this foul nest, I came across piles and piles of rough drawings. Mostly inspirational stuff that I used to kick start gag ideas.


Ren And Stimpy Settling into their new digs as babies. This is before Ren finds there is a down side to being a baby.



Stimpy enjoying a lovely tree bark snack.



Establishing shot of Stimpy in the tree above the baby's window.



Ren tries to chew the bark but his feeble mandible isn't up to the job.





Mr.Pipe steps outside to talk to a cop that is trying to return his real baby boys.



I think this was the first drawing I did for Baby Scam. We decided that instead of starting out with R&S so happy, we would push Ren's level of misery with his life in the trees.



This is one of two drawings John did for me to explain his theroy on baby fat.


This is the false start I was talking about in the last post.
We decided to milk Ren's misery a bit and do a slower build to finding the solution to his woes.

The house a the tree thumbnail should be reversed.

More on My Walls

A color copy of a Lynne Naylor colored pencil sketch.



A Lynne Naylor painting. This one is about 2 1/2 X 4 feet.


A farmer with horns from the mighty pen of one Kenny Pittenger also the keeper of the Blog Kenny's Korner.



A lovely can of Lard Painted by the oh so talented Nouar.


John Wayne in 3-D smoking in heaven.

On My Walls

This is a post in response to Uncle Eddie's query as what is on our walls.

The first piece is one of several I bought at the Librafest auction when I was stinking drunk.
If you look closely you can read the peacocks reaction to seeing the wicked witch flying across his garden. If you can't make it out it's"Goddamn Motherfucker"



The next one is a photo of a mexican mummy taken by my long time good friend CarolAnn Hawkins


This one is a drawing by my Step-daughter Savanna Sammi Sunflower.



This is one of my layouts from a Spumco Nike commercial. I don't think it ever saw air.


The title card for Onward and Upward drawn by me and wonderfully painted by Kristy Gordon