Question of the week #8 answer

One of my favorite holiday memories is from new years a few years ago.  Every New Years we always go out to our friends' house and crash there for the night.  The other kid in this house and I have basically been friends since we were born.  Anyways, our friends live out in Faquire county on about 75 acres so my dad and I often go out there to go hunting.  On this particular New Years Eve, my dad went hunting and I went with him (as I was too young for my hunting license then).  Honestly, I was kinda bummed because I wanted to stay with my friends and play around, but I would've felt bad if I didn't go with my dad.  When we got out there and got set up, it only took 15 minutes for us to get a deer!  My dad let me gut it too!  It was so much fun.  Since we got back to the house so fast I had plenty of time to go play with my friends and stuff for the rest of the night.

Current Event #8 Leaving Iraq

http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/c0dc44bb-2039-4f8a-b928-5a30cb181273.html

The cartoon was drawn by Steve Greenberg.
Key objects: the soldiers represent American troops leaving Iraq; the billboard represents an opinion of the war; and the fortress represents Iraq.
Greenberg uses ridicule in his cartoon.
The cartoon has to do with the departure of American troops from Iraq.
The cartoonist's message is stated clearly on the bill board.  In summary, he says that the war in Iraq was totally unnecessary and unwarranted.
Greenberg's point of view is a democratic one that was against the war.

Question of the week #7 answer

For Obama's job approval, his polls say that he is at %43 approve and %50 disapprove.  This does not make the future look to bright for Obama.  However, at the other end of the spectrum we are seeing Newt Gingrich starting to lose support too.  The republican candidates seem to have a tendency to rise and burn bright for a short period of time... but then they do something that burns them out.  For Gingrich, it was his announcement that he supports child labor that burned him out.  Having said that, I think Obama's odds at getting reelected are at about a %65 chance that he will get reelected.

Current Event #7 Gingrich and child labor laws

http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/ac3c587e-767d-4b21-9294-288531f44cd1.html
Randall Enos is the author of this cartoon.
The only "objects" in the cartoon are two middle class women.  They represent the mothers of middle class children.
I'm not sure what the proper terminology for the technique used is but, Enos sets up the cartoon like it's going to be another Sandusky joke and quickly turns it around to a Gingrich joke.
The cartoon deals with the fact the Gingrich recently stated that he supports child labor laws.
Enos' message is simply that child labor laws are wrong and that Gingrich should not be voted for.
Enos' point of view is one that is against child labor laws.