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!

Political Cartoon # 3

For my third Political Cartoon, I chose one that depicts Barack Obama as a firefigher who wants to save the day, but can not in the specific situation because he is not the president until January 20th, 2009. I found the political cartoon in the Washington Post, and it was drawn by Nick Anderson for the Houston Chronicle. The cartoon I chose was divided into two sections. The first section has a house going up into flames with the word, "Economy" on its roof. In front of the house is a man calling on his cellphone to the firemen saying, "Help! My house is on fire...how soon can you be here?" The then second part of the cartoon has Barack Obama dressed up in a fireman outfit recieving the call. Instead of saying,
"I'll be right there" Obama says, " January 20th..." This is significant because Obama will not the President until January 20th, where he can officially help the economy as the President. I really liked this political cartoon!

Political Cartoon Current Event #2

Hey! I found this week's political cartoon in the Washington post. The cartoon that I chose was about the economy, and with housing mortgages. I first thought this political cartoon was interesting because it had Santa at the bottom of a chimney ready with a bag of gifts, but it showsed Santa looking out from the chimney confused, to the remains of a house that once stood there. At the top of the chiminey is Santa's reigndeer balancing since there was no roof. This cartoon describes the economy at this point in time, showing how badly some people are being affected by the increase and decrease of goods. This cartoon also showed how the mortgage companies increased their profit/tax on the homes by increasing the amount of money due from the people who took the loans. This action left many people in debt or they were unable to pay for their home, or the economy hurt their $ towards their original Christmas traditions or material goods. The symbol that was shown was the remains of a home, Santa confused with this reigndeer, and the phr ase about the mortgage companies. I thought that this cartoon was a bit sad but it characterized the situations well.

Current Event # 1

Hey, it's been awhile. So for my current event for this week I will talk about my political cartoon that I chose. I chose the cartoon from the Washington Post, I believe it was in Sunday's post? Anyways, my political cartoon was a picture of a house with a long line of people standing outside the front door equip with full, budging suitcases. The cartoon also had a question, " Q:How do you make friends in Washington? A: Sell out one of your rooms for the next Inaguration." I thought this was an interesting cartoon because it really is true to an extent. No, I don't think that one can really make friends with a stranger staying in their home (although it can happen) I think maybe along the lines of new accquaintnces. This upcoming Inauguration is one that will go down in history so it is no surprise that many people are flocking to Washington D.C. to see the historic event. Not to mention the nice income the home-owners recieev from their guests. Some rooms even go for thousands of dollars a night, crazy!