Question of the Week: Christmas Memory

My favorite Christmas memories are visiting family and exchanging gifts. I do this every Christmas and I enjoy spending time with my relatives. Every Christmas is memorable and I don't have one specific memory that is better than the others.

Current Event #4: Iraq War Vets Return

1. Drawn by Joe Heller
2. The key objects are Uncle Sam, who represents the United States; the U.S. soldier who has been fighting in Iraq; and the piece of paper that has U.S. job market on it, representing the poor economy at home.
3. Heller uses ridicule on the U.S. to highlight the poor economy and the war and Iraq.
4. This cartoon deals with the U.S. economy and the Iraq War.
5. The message is that it is tough for our soldiers to fight overseas and then come home without a job.
6. The point of view of the cartoonist is moderate, because it simply states the fact that it is tough for veterans to find work in the U.S.

The Obama Update

Obama's approval rating right now is at 43%. This is a pretty good number considering that the unemployment rate is at 8.6% right now. If I was a betting man I would give Obama about 51% of the vote next election and close electoral battle against Romney (assuming that the Republicans won't be stupid enough to nominate Gingrich). As the November 2012 gets closer, I think you will see more moderate independent voters gravitate towards Obama when they are presented a choice between him and a conservative opponent like Newt or Romney. Obama however will need to show some improvement in the economy in order to have any chance of getting reelected.

Political Cartoon #3

1. Drawn by R.J. Matson
2. The key objects in the cartoon are Rod Blagojevich and the Rod Blagojevich 2026 poster.
3. The cartoonist uses ridicule to put down Blagojevich for being involved in corruption.
4. This cartoon deals with corruption in public offices.
5. The message of the cartoon is that Blagojevich is concerned only on advancing his political career and doesn't care for the public's interest.
6. The point of view of this cartoonist is centrist.

Mitt Romeny

Mitt Romney is the one of the two front runners currently in the GOP race and I believe he will be the eventual nominee. The main reason I believe he can succeed is sitting on a lot of cash. He will be able to stay in the race for the longest and will end up beating Newt one-on-one when the primaries get under way. Despite this advantage, one problem he has with conservative voters is that they don't trust him to lead the party, and would prefer a more hardcore conservative that isn't in the race right now. Romney needs to come out definitively and state his positions on the issues to clear up accusations that he is a flip-flopper whose only goal is to win elections.

Occupy Movement

1. Drawn by Bob Englehart
2. The shoe is an important object because it represents the wealthy in our country, the signs are what the Occupy Protesters are using.
3.  It utilizes caricature do highlight the fact that the wall street isn't happy they are being protested and are using everything they can to crush this movement.
4. This cartoon deals with the Occupy Wall Street movement
5. Its message is that the Occupy Protestors have no chance of succeeding
6. His point of view is probably middle of the road