Outside the Beltway

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1. Franklin says:
   Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 15:36

   This can’t be real. Dinosaurs died off hundreds of years before Reagan was even born!
2. John Peabody says:
   Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 15:47

   I don’t think RR is wearing a flag lapel pin. Is he actively supporting the Taliban?
3. Ben says:
   Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 15:50

   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 says:
   Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 15:50

   Yup, all those other blends of Americana, Reagan nostalgia and dinosaurs just don’t cut the mustard.
5. Moosebreath says:
   Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 15:54

   Soon to show up in a creationist science textbook.
6. Doug Mataconis says:
   Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 15:54

   @Boyd:

   I know, right?
7. Vast Variety says:
   Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 15:55

   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 says:
   Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 15:56

   @Vast Variety:

   Quick, someone call Harry Turtledove!
9. Russ says:
   Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 15:58

   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 says:
    Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 17:13

    What we really need is a picture of Obama, riding an ouroboros,, swinging a golf club.
11. Tillman says:
    Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 17:18

    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 says:
    Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 17:43

    @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 says:
    Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 17:47

    Not wonderful portraiture. I’m taking Doug’s word for it that that’s Reagan.
14. john personna says:
    Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 18:48

    @gVOR08:

    I worry that it might be vicente fox …
15. Ben says:
    Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 18:50

    @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 says:
    Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 18:54

    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 says:
    Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 18:59

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

    Brilliant.
18. matt says:
    Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 19:20

    @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 says:
    Saturday, 7 July 2012 at 11:05

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