LARRY ROIBAL

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A former White House Council and one time member of the Democratic National Committee agrees to rehabilitate the public image of one of the most corrupt, oppressive and undemocratic rulers in the world, for one million dollars a year.

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Ballpoint Reruns

Its been a year since I last took a sabbatical from Drawing On Observations to visit London and Paris. This year we have something special planned. I’ll tell you about it when I return. In the mean time, I’m reposting some of my favorite portraits doodled over the past year

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Future wars are more likely to be fought over information than land or oil. Last week Secretary of State Clinton used her strongest language to date warning potential adversaries that cyber-attacks will not be ignored.

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The Obama administration has created a new cyber-military force for the Department of Defense. Melissa Hathaway began work on cyber-security under President George W. Bush and was asked to lead a study to develop a US cyber-deterence strategy for the Obama administration.

From todays NYT

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I’m on sabbatical for a week. I will resume my posting duties on Monday, May 3rd. I’ll fill you in then on what I was up to while I was away and have an all new drawing. Until then, enjoy this series from the 08 election.

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Ball point pen doodle reruns from the campaign of 08

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Kim Jong-il’s saber rattling caused Hilary Clinton to begin her Asian trip by issuing a warning to North Korea not to undertake ballistic missile tests and to meet with families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea.

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The Senate through softballs to the very well prepared Clinton.

PS. I have a few early morning photo shoots today so excuse the rushed doodle.

Last night the Democratic party kicked off its four day convention to nominate Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden to lead the party in this falls election and become the next president and vice president of our nation. The delegates were treated to a speech by Caroline Kennedy; a Ken Burns tribute film to the Lion of the Senate, Ted Kennedy; a speech by the 76 year old senator, who recently suffered from a malignant brain tumor but made the journey to Denver to endorse Barack Obama; what I thought was a great speech by Michelle Obama; and capped off by Michelle and Barack’s adorable girls teleconferencing with their daddy from Kansas City….. but I couldn’t help notice that there was a subtext to the proceedings… especially if you were watching CNN….Get over it already!

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This weekend at the Democratic Rules Committee, Clinton loyalist Harold Ickes said that Senator Clinton instructed him to reserve the right to appeal to the Credentials Committee at the Democratic convention in August.

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The grocery store’s the super mart, uh huh
Gasoline prices break your heart, uh huh
And men still keep on marching off to war
200 points down on the floor
and
The beat goes on, the beat goes on
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Yesterday Senator Clinton won a battle in Indiana but lost the war for the Democratic nomination to become President of the United States. It’s over.

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Is it just me, or are Jeremiah’s fifteen minutes starting to feel more like an eternity?

Is team Clinton helping to prolonging the story? Here’s an interesting tidbit from Daily News Columnist Errol Louis.

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When you’ve campaigned for two years and exhausted every issue, it comes to this. Your gaffe is worse than my gaffe.