Uncle Sam is portrayed as scruffy, mean and bitter.
Uncle Sam: “Listen man, I think I have to move on.”
The most famous image of Uncle Sam is from James Montgomery Flagg's WWI recruiting poster. But Sam was not the creation of Flagg.
For many Nigerians, Uncle Sam is the ultimate "Big man" - someone with influence and of course, money.
In today's cartoon he portrays a Bush-era Uncle Sam, portly, domineering and suggestive of a senior corporate type, loudly announcing current policy.
With Uncle Sam offering cash on the barrel, however, it may be tempting for firms to enter a game of chicken and demand a price that will allow their shareholders and management to suffer little.
"Uncle Sam (1812) -Popular U.S. symbol, usually associated with a cartoon figure having long white hair and chin whiskers and dressed in a swallow-tailed coat, vest, tall hat, and striped trousers. "
Uncle Sam's cabin was fast by a river.
Remember the foreign government that lent money to Uncle Sam?
Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI; Uncle Sam wants you.
Today, we present some of the cars people tried to import under Show and Display that were rejected by Uncle Sam.
That's exactly what Uncle Sam does. He takes out new loans, new bonds, so that he can make payments on the old ones.
I am still who I was yesterday."Asked how he planned to dispose of the prize money, he said, "Uncle Sam will likely lop off 40% in taxes, which won't leave at least I can pay off part of my unpaid loans."
Uncle Sam, it is none of your bussiness
For many Nigerians, Uncle Sam is the ultimate “Big Man” – someone with influence and of course, money.
In this 1919 cartoon, Uncle Sam, busy working on the League of Nations and peace treaties after WWI, has to break off as trouble flares again.
Uncle Sam's census takers do.
Not even Uncle Sam. Corporations build, maintain and provision US overseas bases.
Oliphant is echoing the fears of many Americans when he has Uncle Sam shout, "What's the great rush [to go to war with Saddam's regime]?swheresare you taking us, for God's sake?"
John Bull only "shot the bull," and Uncle Sam proved to be none other than Uncle Sham.
The Uncle Sam figure evolved in the hands of British and U.S. cartoonists; its most familiar treatment appeared on recruiting posters during World Wars I and II with the caption "I want you."
Most everything else would be the equivalent of Uncle Sam huffing and puffing and holding his breaths till he turns blue.
Uncle Sam: "Oh, buddy, don't cry."
Uncle Sam predates Flagg's poster by over a century and is the product of a different war.
