Blog #35

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSE_saVX_2A

In this "youtube" video, Stephen Colbert was on C-SPAN and was basically bashing on President Bush right in front of President Bush himself. Stephen Colbert is already an influential person but to make fun of Bush right in front of the president himself is quite courageous. I feel like this video makes him more influential. Not only did he make fun of President Bush, Stephen Colbert was also making fun of controversial issues that are continuously debated in America. For example, he mentions religion in America, the Iraq War, the government in the Iraq War, and etc... After these little mentions about these issues, Stephen Colbert goes back to making fun of President Bush. He was saying that he sarcastically praising Bush for being adamant in where he stands no matter what situation is thrown at him like Hurricane Katrina. By Stephen Colbert doing this speech for C-SPAN, his not labeled unpatriotic but funny and smart. Stephen Colbert is obviously a huge influential person in America.

Blog #34

If you ignore the part "A hands-on guide to Internet tactics field-tested in the flight against building El Toro airport," and just concentrate on "Internet for Activists," I think it says a lot. Internet for Activists is pretty much true because so many activists are bloggers and such. For example terrorists are activists but just unpatriotic people. Terrorists have their own websites trying to promote themselves and gain public support. However, the government finds these websites to shut it down. During this presidential campaign, McCain, Clinton, and Obama all have websites to promote themselves and to try to get more contributions or donations. Now since the internet is widely used world-wide, more activists can try to get out his or her message to the world. The internet is powerful.

Blog #33

I find this comic picture really funny because it shows that the media is very influential. The media does not go off of what exactly happens in a situation or basically the absolute truth. The media goes off of what is favorable to them. For example, Fox News is going to make the republicans favorable in no matter what the situation is. CNN is more democratic and they will share their democratic views to the public. So when looking at this picture, it's really funny because after the media apologizes for not being a true journalist, the media says "Never Again" with a "Go Obama" pin. This shows that the media is so influential in politics and that the media is always biased. The media is not going to tell the public the absolute truth but they will tell you their point of view.

Blog #32

I find this picture kind of comical. I know this picture is a serious picture of Oprah showing her support for Obama and trying to convince people to vote for Obama for president. When I first saw this picture, I was thinking, is Oprah practicing her speech skills for the next presidential election? Is she going to run for president for the next presidential term after this year? Also another thing is that why does Oprah look a bit weird. That picture kind of scares me a bit. Anyways, Oprah seriously needs to stop polarizing votes. She needs to stop talking about Obama and encourage people to research about the presidential nominees and vote according to their policies.

Blog #31

I find this picture very inspiring. Inspiring in a way where, I know that Obama is going to get a lot more votes just because Oprah is publicly supporting Obama's campaign. Oprah has a lot of admirers and fans. She is even looked as an American icon. Obviously a lot more American citizens, may I mention that American citizens do not care about politics, are going to vote for Obama. A few may research Barack Obama to see why Oprah really likes him and what his policies are. But the rest of the Oprah population are just going to vote for Obama because obviously Oprah is going to vote for Obama. The media really polarizes the public and can influence people easily.

Blog #30

This comic strip is making fun of President George Bush. I believe that it is addressing the idea that President Bush is not informing the public about what he is really doing in Iraq or in his term at all. The critics and the media are trying to tell the public what is actually going on and President Bush is trying to tell the public what is going on in America that makes President Bush more favorable. The artist drew President Bush's head extremely big so it can either be that his an air head or he is just really into himself . I really like his clipboard because it is just satirizing what he got down during his presidency. The last thing listed on his clipboard writes "greeted with flowers" and is really funny because it shows that President Bush can not be taken seriously.

Blog #29

I find this comic strip really interesting because of the fact that it is making fun of how people are so unaware of what is going on in politics. People are oblivious to what is going on in politics because of the fact that to most American citizens, politics is extremely boring and dry. It is actually shows like "Saturday Night Live," "Jay Leno," "David Letterman," and such, is where most American citizens get their source of political news. People just want to laugh and have fun but when they are being informed of what is going on in the politics like how C-SPAN presents it, people just being straight out uninterested. The bad thing about soft news is the fact that it is very biased and polarizes the way people think.

Blog #28

This comic strip is making fun of how the media truly effects politics. Obviously for anything, the president or anyone who is important in the White House has to have approval from the House of Congress. However, these people should have the support of these popular shows like Oprah, Larry King, Letterman, and Leno because of the fact that these shows can mold the public thinking. These soft news shows can polarize the voting process and really influence the public to vote or think a certain way. For example, Oprah is strongly and publicly supporting Barack Obama's campaign. There are probably so many other people who started to support Obama's campaign just because these people admire Oprah. So, this comic shows that the media can really influence politics.

Blog #27

This comic strip is satirizing America and immigrants. So many immigrants want to live in America because it is "the land of opportunity prosperity freedom." However, so many immigrants are denied visas and such. Looking at this image, it seems that this comic strip is directly aimed towards the Mexican border because how this immigrant in the picture is dressed. Also there has been constant concern about the Mexican border. Since there are wires on top of the wall, it looks like the American border is preventing immigrants from escaping to America. If America is the land of opportunity,why do America constantly deny people of trying to become American citizens or at least visas. There are constant debates about this issue which I am not going to get into. Many immigrants want to live in America because of opportunities to live a better life than many other countries.

Blog #26

This picture is another satire of politicians. Politicians are usually extremely passionate when he or she is trying to get a message across. I find this picture funny because of the fact that average American citizens do not care about politics. People do not care about what politicians have to say unless it directly can benefit an individual. So when a political broadcast is on the television, the first thing people do is turn the channel. When politicians talk on broadcast, people are bored and confused of what the politician is trying to talk about. On top of that, politicians has a very wide vocabulary; a vocabulary that people find certain words foreign.

Blog #25

This comic strip is funny because it shows what influential political figures have achieved what. It seems like Barack Obama is really dominating the media in terms of celebrities and such. There were even rumors that the media was going to make a movie out of Obama's life. Then we have Al Gore. Al Gore is now most famous for winning an Oscar for a documentary about global warming. Then there is Hillary Clinton. When people think of Hillary Clinton, people automatically think of Bill Clinton. I feel like this comic strip represents how the people view political figures.

Blog #24

I find this comic quite funny. Basically America likes a president who people can have a beer with. In the picture, Barack Obama is being taught by Hillary Clinton how to drink a beer and not give off a feeling of being an elitist. This picture is probably in favor for Obama because Obama looks extremely tame and respected while on the other hand, Clinton looks like an average American. Clinton understands the notion of how American citizens like a president whom he or she can drink with. I remember her mentioning a lot about that during a couple of her interviews. This comic strip is showing how each of the Democratic candidates are trying to reach out to the public and to get votes.

Blog #23

This is Barack Obama's family. I really like how this picture is in black and white because this is like the perfect picture family. This photo is really good for Barack's election because the general public wants a president with the perfect family. For example, when Bill Clinton was president, everyone seemed to have a great respect for his family because his daughter fits into the stereotypical idea of how a president's daughter should be. When observing President Bush's family, Bush's popularity gradually increased partly due to the fact because his daughters are party animals according to the media. This picture of Barack Obama's family gives Obama a positive vibe which he can use in his presidential campaign.

Blog #22

This picture is Bill Clinton in Hillary Clinton's body. I find this picture comical because of the fact that during this election year, people do question whether or not Bill Clinton is going to take a huge role if Hillary Clinton does win the presidential election. Another thing to mention is that Bill Clinton is helping his wife a lot for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
I find it funny that Hillary Clinton is trying to break away from her husband but at the same time is using him to promote Hillary Clinton's campaigning. Bill Clinton's presidential terms were extremely popular with the public. Besides that, this picture basically says it all when the public sees Hillary Clinton.

Blog #21

This photo represents how powerful the media is in politics. If you look at all three of the well-known political news station. Each one of them have different political views and therefore tries to inform their audience news that are beneficial to its political opinion. For example, Fox News is obviously a conservative news station. If an unbiased person watches Fox News for the first time, that person is probably going to realize that this news station favors the republicans. This just shows that the media is extremely skewed.