What to do with unemployment this is the big question Congress is asking. The unemployment rate increase since October. After taking care of the Health care reform they are planning to pass a job stimilus.
These are some ideas that are being discuss in congress:
1. To offer a payroll tax holiday, by temporarily suspending the payroll tax that is up 12.4% this will allow employers to hire new workers with the extra money. Yet Congress doubts that employers will use the money to hire people.
2. Create a new jobs hiring credit; this allows the employers to get money for every person they hire, for example if the employer hires 3 people he will get $3,000 - $5,000 per hire person. Yet Congress doesn't want to pass it because they have pitfalls.
3. Help close local and state budget shortfalls, if done as the unemployment rate is rising states are loosing revenue leaving them with budget deficits.
4. Offer public-service employment; this means they could create new public-service jobs these jobs will have to at the state and local level but they already have 1.4 million employees if the federal goverment would make new public service jobs that number will double.
What to do is difficult for Congress to decide everything suggestion always have pitfalls. Hopefully Congress finds a way to balance out the unemployment rate.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Bill O'Reilly know for his political t.v show The O'Reilly Factory is a very important role figure for the media. He informs us about the latest news in politics. In this video he is interviewing Obama about terrorism. As I analyzed the video it seem as O'Reilly wanted to make Obama look bad and he was trying to attack Obama. Obama on other hands didn't let himself be interrupted by O'Reilly. From this I could tell that even though he is registered as independent he is still Republican at heart especially when it comes down to talking to Obama, making it worse he is the President and Democratic. Again we see the coalition between the RED V. BLUE, or even the ELEPHANT V. the DONKEY.
Chris Matthews talk show host for The Chris Matthew's Show and Hardball is a well know democratic who seeks to questioned Republicans. In this video Republican Congressman Jim Campbell is being interviewed by Matthews for the reason that Republicans want to pass a bill that requires the president to show his birth certificate the reason behind this is because people questioned Obama's birthplace. Matthews called this bill "crazy" is unnecessary he stated that if it wasn't obvious that he is a U.S. citizen.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
FAIR V. MRC
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting and Media Research Center are two groups that focused on the media.
FAIR's mission is to incorparate the 1st amendment in the media. They believe that censorhip and bias are two unfair factors that shouldn't be use in media coverage. They work with journalists and activist to inform the public about news that are not being covered. They covered all types of news, from the "neglected news stories" to even helping journalists when they are in a chokehold. FAIR is concern on delivering news for the people and if people are concerned than the group wants to be contacted by them so they will become media activists.
The Media Research Center is a group of people that show the liberal bias of the media. They are more conservative than FAIR and believe in neutralizing the media and keeping it balanced. What they look for in the media is quantity and qualitive in order to determined if the media has a liberal stand point.
Both of the webpages have goals on proving there is bias in the media though they have different stand points that one is liberal (FAIR) and conservative (MRC).
FAIR's mission is to incorparate the 1st amendment in the media. They believe that censorhip and bias are two unfair factors that shouldn't be use in media coverage. They work with journalists and activist to inform the public about news that are not being covered. They covered all types of news, from the "neglected news stories" to even helping journalists when they are in a chokehold. FAIR is concern on delivering news for the people and if people are concerned than the group wants to be contacted by them so they will become media activists.
The Media Research Center is a group of people that show the liberal bias of the media. They are more conservative than FAIR and believe in neutralizing the media and keeping it balanced. What they look for in the media is quantity and qualitive in order to determined if the media has a liberal stand point.
Both of the webpages have goals on proving there is bias in the media though they have different stand points that one is liberal (FAIR) and conservative (MRC).
This political cartoon has a double entendre first it makes fun of Republican Joe Wilson from South Carolina screaming "you lie" to Obama about the Health care reform. The irony behind this is that the character who is saying "you lie" is pointed at the dead people who are do not have insurance yet the people are telling him that many people are dying because they do not have health insurance. The character represents the status quo that they do not want to disturb the issue because people especially Republicans hate change.
Is pathetic how people is this era are all about technology that they will text each other and they are standing side by side. Why do people do that? They hide from each other, and soon conversations will be between a screen and a man. People will stop verbally conversing instead they will do it electronically what will happen then?
U.S has Capitalism written all over it. Obama doesn't want to talk to the communist or socialist from these countries because socialism/communism and capitalism have been in coalition since after World War II. This the reason why Obama does not want to talk to them then why doesn't he want to talk to Chris Wallace? This is because he believes that Fox news is filled with Republicans that are a bad source of coverage. Not only that but the cartoon is saying that Obama believes Wallace is the same or worst than the socialist and communist leaders.
Some of the Democrats believe that the Obama administration has not done anything in any social issues. They are discourage and believe that the issues that are more controversial are being left out and not really put attention to. Many people today are still question and want Obama to help homosexuals, end the war, and pay attention to unemployment. The political cartoon is making fun of the Democrats and how our Democratic president is failing because even the people from his party complain about him not taking action in important issues.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Gay rights in Salt Lake City
The Salt Lake City Council passed a pair of ordinances that makes it illegal to discriminate against homosexuals, with the help of the historic Mormon Church. This is the first time a church in Utah has publicly supported the rights of homosexuals. Michael Otterson the public director of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stated that the church is fair and doesn't want violence to emerge because of the institution of marriage.
The ordinances make it illegal to discriminate gays in housing and employment. Salt Lake City is the first city to approve such rights. Otterson states just because they supported this ordinance it doesn't mean that they shifted their position on homosexual rights. They believe that marriage is between a man and a women and that they still do not support gay rights.
In August 2008 the church said that the only reasons they will support gay rights is in issues of housing, medical care, hospitalization, or probate. They will not support gay rights when it comes down to marriage. When Prop 8 took place in California they play a role when passing the proposition.
Even though, the church opposes gay marriage at least they do not oppose homosexual rights.
The ordinances make it illegal to discriminate gays in housing and employment. Salt Lake City is the first city to approve such rights. Otterson states just because they supported this ordinance it doesn't mean that they shifted their position on homosexual rights. They believe that marriage is between a man and a women and that they still do not support gay rights.
In August 2008 the church said that the only reasons they will support gay rights is in issues of housing, medical care, hospitalization, or probate. They will not support gay rights when it comes down to marriage. When Prop 8 took place in California they play a role when passing the proposition.
Even though, the church opposes gay marriage at least they do not oppose homosexual rights.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
10 Best and 10 Worst Moves of Obama
Politicians were interviewed by Politico about Obama's presidency for this year. From the interviews Politico put together a list of the 10 worst and best moves of the year.
Ten BEST:
1. Letting Congress take care of the issue on healthcare. It was suppose to be as one worst thing but the healthcare bill is certain to pass. By Obama letting congress have the issue in their hands was a strategic decision.
2. Choosing Hillary Clinton as secretary of State not Vice-president. This serves as a double purpose; it keeps her from serving as an independent in the Democratic Party as the NY senator, and it keeps a former president (Bill Clinton) from wandering in the west wing.
3. Passing stimulation bill and continuing bank bailouts, these two "mega-doses" of taxpayer cash into the economy is the source of holding the economy together.
4.Nominating Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court; she is a well qualified jurist and disciplined nominee, and he appealed to the Hispanic's vote for his party.
5.Taking out the pirates was truly the U.S Navy but Obama was the commander who sign off the mission.
6.Sending Republican Utah Governor Jon Huntsman to China, because of his fear that Huntsman will become his 2012 rival but he can be if he is across the globe.
7.Firing the GM CEO Rick Waggoner serves as threat that there are consequences to accepting taxpayer bailouts.
8. Obama's Cairo speech address to the world about the Muslims that "America is not- and never will be- at war with Islam".
9. Wooing the media because he has been on the cover of nearly every magazine in America.
10. Beating up on FOX News; calling out Fox News as "a wing of the Republican Party" warning the media to stay away from the negative coverage.
Ten WORST:
1. Obama stating that the Campbridge cops acted "stupidly" when arresting Henry Louis Gates without knowing the facts.
2.When Obama's advisers predicted that unemployment would top 8% if Congress went along with his push for a $787 billion stimulus package but unemployment reached 9.8%.
3.The Olympics bid that allow critics to argue that the president remains too close to his "Windy City" political base.
4.Obama is everywhere at all time, this can cause Americans to get tired of seeing him everywhere.
5. Obama question McChrystal a general about his political sensibility.
6. Obama campaign against earmarks but then he signed a $410 billion spending measure.
7.Obama seemed incapable of turning up major problems before they hit the paper.
8. Obama campaign to close Guantanamo bay and said it was to close January 2010 but it doesn't seem to be closing. They don't know what to do with the prisoners because the U.S doesn't want them here and allies don't want them either.
9. Ignoring the Dalai Lama gave opportunity to his critics that Obama by appeasing the "Chinese" he is going against human rights.
10. Beating up Fox News for other people was immature because he is falling to the tradition of red v. blue.
People cannot give Obama a break is nearly the end of his first year and they are already giving a report on what Obama has done wrong and what he has done good.
Ten BEST:
1. Letting Congress take care of the issue on healthcare. It was suppose to be as one worst thing but the healthcare bill is certain to pass. By Obama letting congress have the issue in their hands was a strategic decision.
2. Choosing Hillary Clinton as secretary of State not Vice-president. This serves as a double purpose; it keeps her from serving as an independent in the Democratic Party as the NY senator, and it keeps a former president (Bill Clinton) from wandering in the west wing.
3. Passing stimulation bill and continuing bank bailouts, these two "mega-doses" of taxpayer cash into the economy is the source of holding the economy together.
4.Nominating Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court; she is a well qualified jurist and disciplined nominee, and he appealed to the Hispanic's vote for his party.
5.Taking out the pirates was truly the U.S Navy but Obama was the commander who sign off the mission.
6.Sending Republican Utah Governor Jon Huntsman to China, because of his fear that Huntsman will become his 2012 rival but he can be if he is across the globe.
7.Firing the GM CEO Rick Waggoner serves as threat that there are consequences to accepting taxpayer bailouts.
8. Obama's Cairo speech address to the world about the Muslims that "America is not- and never will be- at war with Islam".
9. Wooing the media because he has been on the cover of nearly every magazine in America.
10. Beating up on FOX News; calling out Fox News as "a wing of the Republican Party" warning the media to stay away from the negative coverage.
Ten WORST:
1. Obama stating that the Campbridge cops acted "stupidly" when arresting Henry Louis Gates without knowing the facts.
2.When Obama's advisers predicted that unemployment would top 8% if Congress went along with his push for a $787 billion stimulus package but unemployment reached 9.8%.
3.The Olympics bid that allow critics to argue that the president remains too close to his "Windy City" political base.
4.Obama is everywhere at all time, this can cause Americans to get tired of seeing him everywhere.
5. Obama question McChrystal a general about his political sensibility.
6. Obama campaign against earmarks but then he signed a $410 billion spending measure.
7.Obama seemed incapable of turning up major problems before they hit the paper.
8. Obama campaign to close Guantanamo bay and said it was to close January 2010 but it doesn't seem to be closing. They don't know what to do with the prisoners because the U.S doesn't want them here and allies don't want them either.
9. Ignoring the Dalai Lama gave opportunity to his critics that Obama by appeasing the "Chinese" he is going against human rights.
10. Beating up Fox News for other people was immature because he is falling to the tradition of red v. blue.
People cannot give Obama a break is nearly the end of his first year and they are already giving a report on what Obama has done wrong and what he has done good.
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