Why can't we truely develop a new fuel source?

- Since i could not find a name, I've called this cartoon "natural resource monopoly?".  The guy in the cartoon represents the big oil companies.  He says that he owns every resource that is usable.  Then when they ask him about solar power, he claims it can't work because it's not feasible.  He's basically saying that since the sun can not be controlled by someone to make money it can't be used as a resource.  This really makes you wonder why we can't develop new resources especially if we can turn million year old fish into a working fuel source.

- In my opinion the author is showing how oil companies are controlling the type of resources that are used just because it does not seem profitable to them.  Again, that just brings the whole problem back to greed and money.  Global warming, natural resources, and new sources are very important issues that people talk about alot.  The message of the cartoon is that the big oil companies are putting a choke hold around the development of new fuel resources.  Oil companies know they will lose profits dramatically so they use their money and power to put a stranglehold on new developments.


- The cartoon was found at http://www.deeshaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/solar_cartoon.jpg and is posted on http://www.philstockworld.com/2010/08/15/time-for-a-new-deal/

Can Unemployment Rates Get Worse?

The title of the post is called "Can Unemployment Rates Get Worse?".  Well if you read the cartoon, they give you their answer.  The unemployment rate may be a little lower then it was this time last year but there are still tons of problems.  The two guys in the cartoon talk about how even the people who collect unemployment data are laid off and unemployed them selfs.  The cartoon has a simple message; unemployment is bad.  Unemployment is in the news everyday and is talked about constantly.  It brings up other topics like lay offs and even workers comp.

- You also notice that the two guys having the conversation are also out of work.  They are holding up signs that say "Need Work" and "Will do anything".  There is obviously a problem with jobs when guys will stand on the corner holding up signs saying will do anything.  Unemployment can effect everyone ranging from democrats to republicans, so its hard to figure out the political ideology of the author.  Again, the message of the cartoon is that we need jobs and lots of them to get things on track.

The cartoon was found on http://images.ocregister.com/newsimages/2009/02/09/b78468838z120090209113722000gkdgg0ul1_lg.jpg
and posted on http://economy.ocregister.com/tag/cartoon/.

Trouble with Debt

- The name of the cartoon is "Sinking Debt".  With the national debt rapidly growing, I saw this as a perfect choice for my next blog.  The debt is always a problem and is talked about every hour of every day.  The cartoon is simply showing how the debt is going to be a problem for a long, long time.  Uncle Sam is barley holding up the baby(which represents the youngest generation alive) above water.  The little baby says "Up to my eyeballs already", meaning that although he's young he already has to deal with the problems the debt causes.  Today we can see funding cut from schools because of the horrible debt which proves kids are dramatically affected.

- The underlying irony of the cartoon is that the debt is SUPPOSE to get better with time.  It's obvious from the picture that the author feels differently.  I feel that the author is just showing us how much of a problem he thinks the debt is.  I know that we have talked about this in class more then once so i seemed appropriate.


- This cartoon was found on https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYRVek7eA5qOGfP1Gz4zV1JTi3I4_Ww3uQ-iH6_mZ3EcIftTkSMr4M6aWkxiHHbNaqyRco3hSN6lQZSS_SYX1Pjqm2DVw5Nd_7a5Ijjl-KOh05OIP_eQQ8V4gc4UP_-F3-lVlIjynFcW1/s1600/NATIONAL+DEBT,+OBAMACARTOON.jpg
The author of the cartoon was Jeff Parker.

Libya vs. Iraq

-The title of the cartoon is Obama-Libya-Campaign statements.  We see Obama saying how it is unconstitutional to send troops into other countries without declaring war.  Then we see during the Libya situation he sends missiles to create a "No Fly Zone".  America's involvement in the Libyan situation is proving to be unnecessary.

-The author is showing how the president can just change his mind about war topics even if the constitutions says other wise.  The ironic part of the cartoon is that just four years ago what he is doing now would be unconstitutional by his definitions. Recently we have been talking about the Libyan war so I thought it would be appropriate to talk about his war tactics.


- This cartoon was found on http://www.solidprinciples.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Obama-Libya-Campaign-Statements-2007.jpg and posted on http://www.solidprinciples.com/blog/political-cartoons-obama-flips-on-war-powers-position/.  The author is Gary Varvel.

National Debt and Employnemt Rates

- The name of the cartoon is called "Stretched Thin".  The name is pretty obvious once you look at the picture.  If we look at the cartoon, we can see that Uncle Sam (which obviously represents government and America) is stretched out between the increasing debt and the decreasing employment rate.

-  I found this cartoon pretty appropriate because we had been talking about economic issues and how important jobs are.  In my opinion, the cartoon is basically saying that the country cannot take anymore unemployment and more debt.  Its litterally stretching Uncle Sam to death.  The artist is trying to show us how those two topics correlate and are key for our economic recovery.


-The above cartoon was found onhttp://libertyfeatures.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cartoon-Stretched-Thin-LFS-990-600x462.jpg and posted on http://codicon.de/typo3/mod/tools/em/current-political-cartoons-201.  The artist is William Warren.