Source for Political Cartoon #4

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Favorite Holiday

My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. It gives families a chance to come together and enjoy the time they get to spend together. I also like it because of there is always a great meal. Most every Thanksgiving, my family goes to Connecticut to visit and have dinner with my aunt, uncle, cousins, and grandparents. We spend the day watching football and cooking dinner. Then we sit down to dinner and talk about family stories and what has happened in our lives since the last time we saw each other. It is always nice to get to see my family and eat some turkey and pie.

Political Cartoon #4

Who drew the cartoon? Joe Heller

Where was it published? Green Bay Press Gazette, 12/19/09

What issue or event does the cartoon deal with? The cartoon deals with the excessive spending on entertainment when there are many people with jobs, homes, and health care.

What is the cartoon's message? The cartoon is trying to say that too much money is being spent on movies and other forms of entertainment when there are many of people in our country who are without basic things like homes, jobs, and health care. The author thinks that movies waste money that could be used by the government or other organizations to help the needy and further improve our country.

Do you agree/disagree with the cartoon's message? Why? I agree with this cartoon's message. I think Hollywood does waste money when it comes to movie making. There is no reason why hundreds of millions of dollars have to be spent on something that only provides a couple hours of entertainment when that money could provide many with homes, jobs, and health care. Movie makers could do a lot of good for our country if they spent some of their funds for the movie on helping the less fortunate, rather than adding more special effects to their movie.

Source for Political Cartoon #3

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Political Cartoon #3

Who drew the cartoon? Dave Granlund

Where was it published? Politicalcartoons.com, 12/13/09

What issue or event does the cartoon deal with? Global warming

What is the cartoon's message? The cartoon is saying that people aren't concerned enough with the effects of global warning. The artist is saying that just as the people of Atlantis didn't realize that nature would destroy their civilization, people today don't realize that global warning can have devastating effects on civilization today.

Do you agree/disagree with the cartoon's message? Why? I agree with the cartoon to an extent. I think that global warming is something that needs to be taken seriously and that people need to change the ways they do things in order to reduce the extent of global warming. However, I think that this cartoon's message is a bit extreme. Global warming isn't going to put an end to todays civilization. It may have some negative effects, but the results probably won't be as devastating as the artist predicts.

Religious Symbols on Public Property

As someone who is not Christian, I don't care for the presence of religious symbols on public property. This is because those religious symbols generally are associated with Christianity since majority of the people in America are Christian. Its not that I'm against religions accept my own, Judaism, but I think that the use of mainly Christian symbols is an unfair representation and gives the idea that other religions aren't as important. I like looking at Christmas lights during the holidays and I don't think people should stop putting them up on public property. They should just limit the use of extremely religious symbols like Christmas scenes, crosses, etc. Maybe when a town hall lights their Christmas tree, they can also light a menorah or provide representation for other religions.

Health Care Reform

The health care reform bill is currently being debated in the Senate. The Senators hope to have debates over the bill out of the way before the holidays. I think that it is going to be difficult for a universal health care system to be passed. There are two major problems with it. First, it is a more socialist idea and most Americans aren't very fond of that. Secondly, big insurance companies will take a big hit. If the government offers a better deal for health insurance, people will move away from the big insurance companies, causing them to lose business. I think that the idea of having all Americans covered by some type of health care is a good idea, but the steps currently being taken to achieve this aren't very promising.