Editorial # 5

For my last Editorial Post, I chose one titled, "Bring the Boys along," written by Kathleen Parker. This editorial is about Obama's actions towards creating more equality between men and women in the working force. Over the years women have worked just as hard as men but have continuously been paid less on average, (For many years). As the new President with two daughters, Obama wanted to begin an age where equality is more prominent and that those who have worked hard would get recognized. Ms. Parker added the facts that today on average more girls are entering college and continuing with education longer than boys at 58%. She also added that boys had a higher rate of dropping out of college or schooling, as well as been down the wrong "paths." I agree with the author that it is about time for equality among genders and the workforce/wage. I learned in Human Geography that world-wide, the wage, independence, and overall moral for women is less than men. Hopefully with Obama's efforts, new, good results for women will occur.

Editorial # 4

For my fourth editorial I chose "The Cost of Bailout Rage" by Ruth Marcus. I found this editorial in the Washington Post. This editorial was about the anger that emanates from many citizens of the United States who are be affected by the economy financially. Marcus states that Obama said that he was going to decrease bonuses, trying to reduce the amount. However, many people are for and against his decision. Some people are for it because they believe that some of the higher workers don't need all the money that they are guaranteed which could help the economy. However some people disagree and believe that cutting the pay could increase more problems. A few believe that the worst has been over, but the author is skeptical. I believe that our economy will continue to go up and down in the next month, to year and that any action towards a better economy, even with a slight fall-back, is the right way to go.

Editorial # 3

For my third editorial, I chose one that was written about President Obama's speech, given last week. The editorial was called, "A Limited Dose Of Reassurance," written by Michael Gerson. The editorial was about Obama's speech and how reassuring it was to the viewers. Gerson called Obama's speech a "Rooseveltian, active, upbeat, and unadorned." He talks about how Obama's speeches are filled with confidence which is important and with "intellectual mastery." During his speech, Obama touched upon three factors that are important to the United State's economy at the moment. Obama first talked about the banking system and promised the public that he would whatever he could in power to make sure that the "flow of lending" from banks will happen again soon. The second issue he talked about was the economic growth situation. Obama noted that some viewers would be skeptical of his decisions but promised that they were doing what they can do heighten the employment of jobs again soon; he mentioned that he will "jump-start the job creation." Some self-employed workers are still unconvinced of his proposal but follow in faith of change. The last main topic Obama talked about was the great debt issue that has undertaken many Americans. Obama told his audience that he was going to get rid of the "waste" in the federal budget to help the economy. Gerson noted that while Obama talked about the debt issue, he was "timid" and not convincing. Overall Gerson believes that Obama's speech was reassuring to the public. We can only hope that what Obama said in his speech will continue and lead the U.S.'s goals and wishes in the right direction.

Editorial # 2

I found my second Editorial in the Outlook section of the Washington Post on February, 15th 2008. Wooo haha. My second editorial was titled, "Just the Start" by David S. Broder. The editorial is about how Obama has already had some road-blocks in his process to help better the economic problems. The author, David Broder, many times states how the role of President for Obama will continue to get harder now that his Stimulus bill has been approved and how President Obama will have to go to great heights to accomplish his goals that he established. Broder wrote that Obama must think about the future and how we (as a collective body) will be able to pay for the finances that are going into place right now to help our problems. Broder also wrote that many Republicans are not for Obama's actions and that their votes are important as well for further bills. Obama had to campaign for the bill "from Capitol Hill to Indiana, Florida and Illinois, reaching out to Republicans as well as Democrats." Many Republicans (says Broder) believe that the Stimulus bill will fail and that all the money will go to waste. However, Broder then mentioned that former President Bill Clinton, created a first budget and tax package without "a single Republican vote...and the economy soared under Clinton." Broder believes that the outcome could be similar to Cliton's. I found this pretty interesting.

Editorial # 1

For my first editorial post I decided to focus on the financial problem that the United States is going through and how it is affecting other parts of the world globally. ,The title of the editorial was, “America’s New Rescuer: Japan” written by David M. Smick, located on B7 of the Washington Post. The author believes that the United States will have around 3 trillion dollars invested into debt trying to help companies, and bail out other groups in a sense to try to revive the economy in any way. Mr. Smick wrote that the United States will eventually have to rely on another source of finance to accomplish its goal, given that Obama's bill would pass, (which it did). It was heard that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, stated that he believes that the United States should ask China for help in this time of need since China is financially strong, but Mr. Smick believed differently. Yes, it is true that China has indeed shown a strong system but it too has its financial problems. Mr. Smick believed that instead of going to China for help, that the United States should look into help from Japan who has a "strong, predictable government." Mr. Smick stated, “Japan is a mature, predictable, structurally stable economy," which will help the United States. The only problem he mentioned was the size of Japan, and could it's economy be stable enough to support their country as well as the United State's. After reading the very interesting editorial, I was somewhat persuaded by the author. I really liked this editorial! :)

Political Cartoon #5

I found my 5th political cartoon in the Washington Post once again. The political cartoon I chose for this week depicted three elderly men in a classroom frowning, facing a teacher grading their papers. The teacher in the cartoon is telling her students (the elderly men) that she's surprised that they are still in school and thought they should have been done earlier. Each man had a symbolic word on the back of his shirt that had to do with the economy money-wise; for example, social security finances. The political cartoon was about the lessening social security money being saved and how some elderly have to get jobs and educations again so they're eligible to obtain jobs to help support themselves in today's economy. This brings awareness to the public that the elderly now are living longer than previous years which results in a strain on the economy.

Political Cartoon #4

For my fourth political cartoon is from the Washington Post. I did an analysis with Barack Obama entitled, "PETS" trying to find a puppy for his daughters but his only choice was a huge, drooling pit bull with a spiked "Economy"collar. The cartoon has Obama saying to the man who's selling the dog, "Got anything Else?" The significance of this political cartoon is that Obama promised his children that if he won the Presidential election then they could get a promise, and with him winning the election he also was given a huge task of trying to fix the economy. This cartoon was pretty simplistic!