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So Here’s Ronald Reagan On A Velociraptor Shooting An Uzi

Doug Mataconis
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This drawing started showing up online sometime yesterday and it hasn’t shown any signs of going away. It is, I think, the ultimate blend of Americana, Reagan nostalgia, and dinosaurs ever created:

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19 responses to “So Here’s Ronald Reagan On A Velociraptor Shooting An Uzi”

  1. Franklin Avatar
    Franklin

    This can’t be real. Dinosaurs died off hundreds of years before Reagan was even born!

  2. John Peabody Avatar
    John Peabody

    I don’t think RR is wearing a flag lapel pin. Is he actively supporting the Taliban?

  3. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    That is almost certainly not a Velociraptor he is riding, as they were about 3 feet tall. Jurassic Park lied to all of you.

  4. Boyd Avatar
    Boyd

    Yup, all those other blends of Americana, Reagan nostalgia and dinosaurs just don’t cut the mustard.

  5. Moosebreath Avatar
    Moosebreath

    Soon to show up in a creationist science textbook.

  6. Doug Mataconis Avatar
    Doug Mataconis

    @Boyd:

    I know, right?

  7. Vast Variety Avatar
    Vast Variety

    That would make for a pretty cool cover to an Alternate History book in which some dionasurs weren’t killed by the asteroid 65 million years ago and were eventually domestcated by humans.

  8. Doug Mataconis Avatar
    Doug Mataconis

    @Vast Variety:

    Quick, someone call Harry Turtledove!

  9. Russ Avatar
    Russ

    First it was Lincoln riding a bear with an AK-47, now this. What we really need to complete the Awesomeness Trifecta is George Washington standing astride a pair of honey badgers, wielding a bazooka.

    America, f**k yeah!

  10. rodney dill Avatar
    rodney dill

    What we really need is a picture of Obama, riding an ouroboros,, swinging a golf club.

  11. Tillman Avatar
    Tillman

    If he’d wanted to do this right, he shouldn’t have given Reagan an RPG strapped to the back (popular insurgent weapon). The other hand should’ve been wielding a sawed-off with the reins in his teeth.

    And for historical accuracy, the entire (utah?)raptor should’ve been covered in feathers.

  12. John Burgess Avatar
    John Burgess

    @Ben: From Wikipedia:

    The largest described U. ostrommaysorum specimens are estimated to have reached up to 7 m (23 ft) long and somewhat less than 500 kg (1,100 lb) in weight, comparable to a grizzly bear in size.[1][2] Some undescribed specimens in the BYU collections may have reached up to 11 m (36 ft) long, though these await more detailed study.[4]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor

  13. gVOR08 Avatar
    gVOR08

    Not wonderful portraiture. I’m taking Doug’s word for it that that’s Reagan.

  14. john personna Avatar
    john personna

    @gVOR08:

    I worry that it might be vicente fox …

  15. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    @John Burgess: Right, there were other dinosaurs that were that size, but that’s not a Velociraptor. I was just pointing out that the popular depiction of Velociraptor specifically was wildly inaccurate, as they were barely taller than a modern turkey.

  16. Jed Avatar
    Jed

    Replace the RPG with an Ash from Evil Dead II boomstick and the chain-saw hand and you’ve got a best-seller.

    Rip the sleeves off and add an apple pie biceps tatoo, it’ll only be outsold by Farrah Fawcett in the red bikini.

    Do kind of wish that the face didn’t look like the love-child of Fred Gwynne and Sam the Eagle, but one can’t have everything.

  17. Trumwill Avatar
    Trumwill

    I saw this and immediately changed my Facebook cover thingie to it.

    Brilliant.

  18. matt Avatar
    matt

    @Russ: Will this do?

    http://sharpwriter.deviantart.com/art/Washington-Vs-Tiger-156878597

    Dude has been doing this for a while..

    The high res version on his site has details galore like a dare bumper sticker and such.

  19. Timothy Watson Avatar
    Timothy Watson

    @Ben: Also, it isn’t an Uzi but a Heckler & Koch MP-7.

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