Final Post for Second Quarter

This quarter many things have happened in the United States. Obama appointed his Cabinet members, Gaza was attacked, our economy sunk even lower than before and more and more jobs were lost everyday. Yet, here in Northern Virginia, we have felt nothing from this. I talk to my aunts and uncles in other places around the country and they are getting laid off, put on paid leave and things of that sort. But here, no one that i know of has really felt the effects of the crisis. At the same time i dont know if we really have a right to call it a crisis. More than half the people around the world live on less than three dollars a day, and a third of those people live on less than a dollar. Yet, when our economy drops, and maybe we lose a bit of our wealth, everyone goes into a panic. I wish people could understand this is not the end of the world. It just means we have to limit our spending until we get back on the right track. Okay I will get off of my soapbox now. Hope you enjoyed!

Post 4

I saw this political cartoon and found some very serious humor in it. Everyone thinks it is okay to make fun of bush and blame him for all of our problems. In reality it is more of Congress's fault for passing most of the laws that put us where we are today. I am glad that a whole new Congress is starting up and hopefully Obama can reach the change he is looking for. I'm am very worried for our country Over the next few months and hope that things finally take a turn for the better. I'm sure Obama's administration will do a great job, they just might take some time to get there.

Political Cartoon Number 3

I found a pretty funny political cartoon that has Obama watching CNN and deciding that he wants his reporter in his cabinet. In a way I agree with this political cartoon because some of the choices he has made for his cabinet I really don't agree with and I feel like he is making the decisions just to make certain people happy or to close political deals that he may have made. I hope that he is making the right decisions and that his cabinet will be helpful. I am still very skeptical about Hilary Clinton and I do not think that she will be able to live up to our most recent Secretary of State. The first 100 days of his presidency should be interesting.