Lou Dobbs for Senator?
By now many know who Lou Dobbs is. Most can remember him, because he made opposing statements towards immigrants in his talk show on CNN. Well guess what? In 2012 he wants to run for senator in New Jersey!
Currently the senator of New Jersey is, Robert Mendez, a Democrat. Sen. Robert Mendez has worked on, “sponsored bills protecting citizens and permanent residents from unlawful detention and deportation and supports allowing illegal immigrants to buy health insurance from exchanges with their own money.”
People in New Jersey were surveyed in 2007, and two-thirds of New Jersey voters said, “undocumented residents hurt the country more than they help it.” They also oppose to giving illegal immigrants driver’s license.
Although there is a large population of immigrants in New Jersey, there is also a large population that opposes immigrants. Seeing this, it seems like Lou Dobbs might have a good chance of winning (let’s hope not). Hopefully he does not become a senator in New Jersey, because if he does, issues might get a lot more complicated for immigrants.
Lou Dobbs has also said that people are urging him to run for president. Dilenschneider has said that the idea of Lou Dobbs running for president was a “long way off”. Hopefully it really is a “long way off”!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_el_se/us_lou_dobbs_senate
Glenn Beck is the host of his own show. Glenn Beck seems to be Democratic,or maybe even part of Green Party because during the whole video he does nothing else but criticize Obama. Glenn Beck compares Obama to FDR in a sarcastic tone. Glenn Beck also points out in the video that Obama has adopted ideas that Green parties came up with first. People that are more likely to watch his show, are people who oppose Obama and his ideas.
It was kind of difficult to tell whether Bill Maher is against Obama or not. At the end he says that he was glad that Obama is president, but by the way that he talks about Obama does not really seem like he does. He basically says that he is tired of Obama getting to much publicity, and that he is not doing any changes, because he is too worried about being a celebrity rather than a president. I think that people who oppose Obama are most likely to watch this show, just like those who would watch the Glenn Beck show.
Fairness and accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) works on trying to strengthen the first amendment. FAIR is an anti-censorship group who exposes stories that have not been shown to the public, and also protect journalists who are being stopped from expressing their opinion. FAIR prefers the news media to be independent. They recommend that if people do not agree with what their news media coverage is showing that they should contact them (FAIR) to become activists. Overall, FAIR seems to be Liberal
Media Research Center (MRC) is seeks to bring balance to the news media. They are a group who view the media as liberal bias. Media Research Center’s way of proving that the media is bias, is by quoting the media work by word. Issues that they consider newsworthy are, in-depths reporting on politics, culture, and international issues.
http://www.fair.org/index.php
http://www.mrc.org/public/default.aspx
Media Research Center (MRC) is seeks to bring balance to the news media. They are a group who view the media as liberal bias. Media Research Center’s way of proving that the media is bias, is by quoting the media work by word. Issues that they consider newsworthy are, in-depths reporting on politics, culture, and international issues.
http://www.fair.org/index.php
http://www.mrc.org/public/default.aspx
Political Cartoons
The Health Care Reform passed through House and now it is being debate in the Senate. One of the main issues that is being discussed in the Health Care Reform is whether abortion should be covered in the Health Care. As the cartoon shows above many conservatives; people who are against abortion do not think that the Health Care Reform should cover abortion and that the government should not intervene with Health Care. However many people do agree that the government should intervene with abortion. 
According the author of the political cartoon, Democrats are bringing down the economy. The author believes that Democrats are creating a bigger debt and making the unemployment rate rise. As the unemployment rate rises; expands, the economy is going into a deeper hole that might be hard to get out of.
It has been twenty years since the Berlin Wall was broken apart. The Berlin Wall seperated East and West Germany. However the Berlin wall is not the only that exists, there are many borders; walls seperating various countries, as well as families. The Border that seperates the United States and Mexico is one that may activists are fighting for in order for it to not get expanded, and so that many families who are seperated by this border can be united once again.
Veterans are coming back home and do not come back the same way they left. For example, this veteran comes back with an arm missing and all he receives is a simple "Thank You". When veterans come back home, I am pretty sure that they are expecting more than a simple "Thank You", especially after they have lost body parts while fighting in war. Yes it is true that we should thank our veterans for fighting for us, defending us, but I think that the government can do a lot more for them.
Unemployment rate rises!
"Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought "
Unemployment rate rises to 10.2 percent!
“…it’s going to get harder before it gets easier.”
In September the unemployment rate was at 9.8 percent. Many economists had not expected the unemployment rate to reach 10 percent so fast. Many economists had expected that by mid-2010 the unemployment rate would bet at 10.5 percent, but since unemployment rates are rising quickly they are expecting that it will hit 11 percent. The Labor Department surveyed people and found that 558,000 more people became unemployed and that about 15.7 million Americans are out of work.
Many small businesses are cutting down their employees. An example is, a small homebuilder business in Virginia who has had to cut down their employees from 350 to 100. 60 percent of employers are small businesses and because of many small businesses not hiring or firing people, it is harder for the economy to get any better.
In order for the economy to get better, people have to spend money, but with the unemployment rate rising, it is understandable that people are most likely to conserve their money.
Unemployment rate rises to 10.2 percent!
“…it’s going to get harder before it gets easier.”
In September the unemployment rate was at 9.8 percent. Many economists had not expected the unemployment rate to reach 10 percent so fast. Many economists had expected that by mid-2010 the unemployment rate would bet at 10.5 percent, but since unemployment rates are rising quickly they are expecting that it will hit 11 percent. The Labor Department surveyed people and found that 558,000 more people became unemployed and that about 15.7 million Americans are out of work.
Many small businesses are cutting down their employees. An example is, a small homebuilder business in Virginia who has had to cut down their employees from 350 to 100. 60 percent of employers are small businesses and because of many small businesses not hiring or firing people, it is harder for the economy to get any better.
In order for the economy to get better, people have to spend money, but with the unemployment rate rising, it is understandable that people are most likely to conserve their money.
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