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Get Your War OnGet Your War On is a series of satirical comic strips by David Rees about political events, at first the effects of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York but quickly switching focus to
more recent events, in particular the War on Terrorism. They achieved cult status on the Internet, and in particular on discussion forumss and weblogs, in a very short amount of time after they first appeared.
From a technical standpoint, the strips are very crude. Almost all of the images are simple clip-art pictures (with a few exceptions, most notably Voltron) that recur constantly. Due to an extremely heavy emphasis on dialogue, there is practically no action. The two main colors are red and white.
What has made Get Your War On such a hit is the dialogue, depicting things from the viewpoint of average Americans. Highly disillusioned and cynical, it is remakably apposite and outspoken, if often heavily laden with expletives.
Get Your War On has been published in book form, with the profits donated to landmine clearing efforts.
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- "Bush was so tired he kept repeating the phrase "September 11th" no matter what the question was - I wonder if he was aware of that?"
- "Did you have a good vacation, under God?"
- "You know, when you put it like that, I start to think my society is evil not to do more to help. So could you please not put it like that?"
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http://jerry.vigo.lib.in.us/mexican/
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http://www.mormonbattalion.com/
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http://gbp.net/mexicanwar/index.html
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http://www.ci.escondido.ca.us/glance/uniquely/battlefield/index.html
1846: Portrait of a Nation
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http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/1846/
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http://bchs.kearney.net/BTales_197901.htm
Illinois Mexican War Veterans Database
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http://www2.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/mexwar.html
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http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/Scott.html
America at War: Mexican-American War
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http://www.nps.gov/fosc/mexican.htm
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http://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/history/War/19Mex.htm
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http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/mexico/guadhida.htm
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Connecticut Soldiers Who Served in Mexican War
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Montgomery County Historical Society: Henry S. Lane
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http://www.lane-mchs.org/lane.html
Michigan Military History: War with Mexico
History of Michigan's troops and their service during the war.
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Fight for the Colors - Mexican War Room
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Ohio History Central - The Mexican War
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Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan
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http://www.kancoll.org/books/edwards/edwtitle.html
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http://www.cclandmarks.org/index.cfm/fa/landmarkdetail/landmark/78.htm
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Mexican War Atlas Index
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http://www.dean.usma.edu/departments/history/web03/atlases/mexican%20war/mexican%20war%20index.htm
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Illinois National Guard: Mexican-American War
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http://www.il.ngb.army.mil/museum/citizen_soldier/mexican_war.htm
Lawrenceburg Mexican War Monument
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Texas Navies (Texas Navy Association)
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http://www.texasnavy.com/
Navy Battle Streamers - Mexican War
Brief description of the Navy's operation in the War, and how its represented on their streamer.
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/stream/faq45-9.htm
Alexander Doniphan
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http://www.geocities.com/masher63/richmond/doniphan.html
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The History Guy: The Mexican-American War
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http://www.uen.org/themepark/html/liberty/mexicanamericanwar.html
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http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brush/ring.htm
Samuel Chamberlain's My Confession - A Young Man in the War with Mexico
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http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/supsites/chamber/index.html
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http://www.lnstar.com/mall/texasinfo/mexicow.htm
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http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/muzzey.html
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http://ngeorgia.com/other/scottinmexico.html
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
The most famous and infamous Mexican who dominated 19th century Mexican politics and relations with Texas. A series of articles from many sources.
http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/santaanna.htm
California Military History: The Mexican War and California
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http://militarymuseum.org/History%20Mex%20War.html
Texas Military Forces Museum: War With Mexico
An article with links about Texas' role in the war.
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The US Army in the War with Mexico.
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Fort Jesup State Historic Site
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http://www.crt.state.la.us/crt/parks/fortjes/ftjesup.htm
Fort Brown
Texas. A detailed booklet from the National Park Service about the fort in English and Spanish. It covers the forts role in the war, plus the rest of its history and current archeology.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/brownsville/ft_index.htm
Mexico City National Cemetery
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http://www.abmc.gov/mx.htm
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http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h41-mex.html
Invasion Yanqui: The Mexican War
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http://www.humanities-interactive.org/invasionyanqui/
Resaca de la Palma Site State Park
Texas. Brief description and location of this battlefield park.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/RR/gkr2.html
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