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Election Reflection

I think the impact of the youth vote was very large in this election. This year there are more students and therefore more potential student voters than ever before. I think that because times change, and the fact that students are generally more independent to begin with there votes are unpredictable and important. Students are also more easily influenced by the media such as SNL and campaign ads in general. So because students are abundant, that makes their vote as well as the media very important in this election.

I think that the global perception of our nation has changed as a result of this election. After all, it should- President elect Obama has made history, and hopefully the rest of the world will have even more respect for us.

I also hope that goes for the republican party as well. I think that this is a huge opportunity for the Democrats to show the republicans and all their supporters what they can do. The democrats have control of the House and Senate, so if we don't really improve things I think it could really hurt the democrats in elections to come. Of course I don't think that will happen. I think the Democrats will do a fine job, and hopefully sway the country to the liberal side.

There were not many blogs about the presidential election, they were all about the elections and the house and the senate. The only one that even mentioned Obama's name, said that many democratic candidates for the House benifited from Obama's victory. I think that is a good thing, and I am not surprised that it happened. Now I just hope that the democrats do not let this wonderful opportunity go to waste.

Propaganda Campaign Ads

John Mccain Ads:

1. I thought this was a brilliant ad. It used many techniques, but simply. It used testimonial, by haveing Obama praies his bewis. It used transfer, with Obama being the positive symbol, to make Mccain look gook. Finally, it uses bandwagon, by showing that Obama has the same opinions.

2. This ad used the plain follks technique. It said that Mccain supported the average working Joes. It also used mudslinging, with the attacks on Obama. The third technique it uses is contrast. It portrays the views of each candidate consecutively, positive for Mccain, and negative ofr obama.

3. This was definitely an attack ad. Along with mudslinging, it used transfer as well. It used the negative symbol of Biden to create a negative affect on Obama's campaign.

4. This was a positive ad. It used transfer, and glittering generalities, both were used on Mccain and Palin.

Obama Ads

1. This ad about education mainly used the transfer technique. Education was the popular symbol, and Obama portrayed it as important, and that he would improve it.

2. This ad was pure mudslinging. It was only meant to attack John Mccain.

3. The main technique used in this ad was plain folks. I thought it was meant to appeal to the voters, to tell them they were what this election is about, and to vote early.

4. This ad used a combination of a few different techniques. At first it classified as a card-stacking ad with the use of statistics, then it used the transfer technique by mentioning how bad unemployment was, then more mudslinging by attacking John Mccain.

I thought based on these ads I watched there was a lot of variety, which surprised me, because I mostly remember hearing attack ads, and being sick of it. That is usually typical of both parties, but I thought Obama was above that.

Blog #4

1. This blog was actually fairly interesting. It basically talked about the idea to directly inject capital into the nation's banks. Republicans agreed and some democrats did not. Corzine, a democratic Governor of N.J. offered some other suggestions. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14500.html

2. It is different because most other blogs only take one side of the issue. This one takes both sides, what the republicans views are, and the same of the democrats. It lets you develop your own opinion.

3. My view is with the democrats on this one. Corzine said that increased government spending is key to any economic recovery. He said we need to build up our infrastructure. Republican John Portman, said that "cutting government spending is a necessary first step in the wake of the economic crisis." I disagree, I think that the government needs to put more money into the economy, not just the banks, in order to rebuild it.

http://www.stopthehousingbailout.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTkcLvm4ZYE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9-tBGxVU6o

VP Debate

Three of the main issues talked about were the economy, foreign policy, and energy plans.

The main issues dealing with the economy were the bailout and taxes. Both Biden and Palin avoided answering the question about the bailout, and I think Biden and Obama's tax plan was better than the opposition's. Mccain/Palin want to lower taxes for all. This may seem like a good idea at first, but how is the government going to make money. Obama/Biden want to raise taxes for the rich and lower them for the poor. This makes perfect sense to begin with, and the government needs more money to repay the debt that Bush has put us in. This brings us to the next main issue.

Foreign policy was mainly discussed in terms of the war in Iraq. Mccain/Palin have no intention or plan of bringing us out of Iraq, and this is the biggest factor in running up our budget. Obama/Biden want to pull us out as quickly as possible. Problems will occur when we pull out no matter what, and since we are spending loads of unnecessary money in Iraq, the sooner the better.

In the energy section of the debate, the candidates discussed climate change and alternative energy. Both candidates had decent ideas, however Biden presented his better, which helped his case even more, even though he did not need it.

I think Senator Biden won this debate. Governor Palin did better than I expected but not as well as Biden. Also, Biden was holding back, and trying not to attack her, which is not like his character to do so. I thought Palin had her voice going for her, but her presentation lacked experience. Biden had a better presentation, and better ideas to begin with, so that gave him the edge.

Marshall supporting bailout

I agree with Jim Marshall's views. He doesn't support the idea of the bailout, but he realizes that something has to be done to save the economy, so he voted for it. “I don’t like this rescue plan any better than you do, but I’m not going to stand by and let this crisis undermine our economy and damage the financial future of everyone in America – their jobs, their savings, their dreams.” he said. He stated at the end of his advertisement, “I’m Jim Marshall, and I approve this message because you elected me to do what’s best for America, not what’s easy.” which I also liked.

I also admire the fact that he was willing to give up his seat for this. Supporting this bailout put his position at risk of not being re-elected. I would vote for Jim Marshall if I could.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/#

MLS Expansion - 24 teams by 2013-2014

I think this is a great idea. Having professional soccer teams in more cities is one of the best things that can be done in order to boost soccer in the US. I think it may be looked at more once it is up to 30 teams like the rest of the pro sports in the US. Then we just concentrate on getting better players, maybe pay them more money, so more good players will come. The better the players are, the more fun it is to watch and follow, and that is how soccer shall be boosted in the United States of America.

http://mysoccerblog.blogspot.com/

Obama: Tax Cutter or Tax Hiker?

Everyone can agree that Obama is a tax hiker.

However, the result of hiking taxes may be better than you think. Many people oppose raising taxes because it means paying more money to the government so they can waste it. First of all, he only wants to raise taxes for the rich, which makes sense to close the rich and poor gap at least slightly. Secondly, everyone fails to realize that due largely in part of the war that McCain supports and Obama opposes, the US is in debt of over $2 trillion. There has to be some way that we pay that debt back, and that large debt is causing this terrible inflation.

The person in this blog said that Obama raising taxes was going to treat Americans unequally, and greatly distort the economy. This is false information. It is not exactly socialism, but they will actually get treated more fairly.

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/09/17/obama-tax-cutter-or-tax-hiker/

Richards named flyers captain

I agree that he is a good choice for captain of the Flyers, and he is ready too. He is a good player and from what I have heard, a very good leader. Also, I think it is smart to make him captain as a young player, becuase it is good for the organization and teams who have captains for a long time look good.

http://www.flyerscenter.com/?p=523

The Dumbest Generation?

After reading the 8 reasons as to why we are the dumbest generation, I can conclude that they were wrong to a certain extent. I am not sure how literally I should take this accusation, but I chose to take it literally. I believe that nearly all of those reasons would have been valid had the title been 'The Laziest Generation,' but the dumbest, no. I do not believe that any technological advancements could possibly make us dumber. They may make it appear as though we are lazier, or more inclined to be lazy, but not make us dumber.

For example, Bauerlein said "Digital natives go to the Internet not to store knowledge in their minds, but to retrieve material and pass it along. The Internet is just a delivery system.'' I do not believe using the internet for research is any different from using a book. In fact, I think it is better. It is more easily accessible, and it provides much more useful information, literally right at the tip of your fingers. However, I must admit, that there are some things on the internet and computer that could sidetrack you from your studies, along with other technological advances. But these distractions might possibly make one lazier, but in no way do they make one dumber.

I know that there are many kids who may appear to be dumb or lazy, but I also know that there are a lot of diligent geniuses out there as well. The world is changing, but if one were to look at the progress being made, it should be hard to say that we are getting dumber.