Favorite Holiday

My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the Christmas season, without those obnoxious people stressing over buying presents. I enjoy relaxing and spending time with my family over the Thanksgiving break without any stress. We get school off over Thanksgiving which comes as a nice break, and then of course there is the food!

Political Cartoon #3

This political cartoon was drawn by Nate Beeler, published by the Washington Examiner on December 12, 2009. The cartoon is acknowledging the recent push to get the Health care bill passed in the Senate before the winter recess. The cartoonist is saying that there is an urge to just simply get the bill passed by whatever means neccessary, as long as it's before break. Democrats are trying as hard as the can to sway the more conservative democrats into siding with the bill. They have it set in their minds that the most important thing is to pass the bill before this imaginary holiday deadline passes. I think it would be nice to have the bill passed before the break, but I am not too keen on them simply passing it just because they want it to be passed. It has to be done properly and with thought. It should not be rushed.

Should religous symbols be allowed for public display?

I certainly have no problem with religous symbols being displayed in public places. Though I am not the most religous person, I definitely do not get offended by displays of other religions. As long as all religions have the opportunity to display something on public property, and it's not just solely one religion allowed, then I think it is fine. People are too worried these days about being politically correct, and I think it is rather silly. Plus, once religious symbols are banned from public property, then starts everything else. There would be issues of what should and should not be censored and what exactly constitutes a religious symbol. There are religious symbols all around us anyway. Would then "In God We Trust" have to be removed from the dollar bill? Should religious symbols be banned from public property, then America would have a tiny bit less freedom, and it would just keep spiraling out of control. Seeing a different religion's symbol displayed does not hurt anyone, and people need to learn to stop with this political correctness.

Health Care Bill

The new health care bill is a big political issue right now. The House of Representatives recently passed their version of a health care billed, and a version of a new health care bill is now being debated in the senate. However, it isn't going quite as smoothly as some may want in the Senate as in the House. There is quite a lot of talk of controversy in the Senate currently. Republicans are basically completely against the bill and there is a big push for conservative democrats to vote for the bill. I agree completely with the universal healthcare concept, but I am not so sure what to make of these troubles getting the bill passed in the Senate. Though there is a huge push for the bill to be passed before winter recess, I honestly don't think it will be. This should not be a rushed effort, and I think a lot more people need to be on board with the upcoming bill in order for it to be passed.

Political Cartoon #2

This cartoon, Obama's Job Program, was drawn by Jimmy Marqulies on December 4th, 2009 in the Record of Hackensack, New Jersey. The point of it is basically to say that Obama is going the wrong way in beating unemployement. Since Obama is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, the cartoonist is pointing out that this is not the way to decrease the unemployment rate. He clearly does not agree with the idea of sending more troops to Afghanistan in the first place, let alone it be a way for more Americans to get jobs. I hope troops will eventually be gradually be sent back home, and the unemployement rate can be lowered the right way.