Political Cartoon 7

•       This Political cartoon is untitled.  If I were to name it though it would be “Beneficial Reasons for the to Government Close.”  I would title it this because the man is clearly hoping that the government shuts down so that he doesn’t need to pay taxes.
•           The people represented in this cartoon are average Joe’s probably in the middle class.  
•       The husband is watching TV and has his fingers crossed; his wife in the background is saying they will still to have to pay their taxes if the Government shuts down.   
•               The message of this cartoon is that a lot of programs will be affected if the government were to shut down.  I think this cartoon is ideology unbiased. 
•       This cartoon is related to current events because it is based off the recent possible Government closure.  In class we talked about how we would be affected personally if the Government were to shut down, and the main thing was money next year for college, but the Government didn’t shut so we don’t need to worry.
•          This cartoon is ironic because if the Government were to shut down a lot of programs would be put on pause until Government were to resume, but this man is only worried about paying the upcoming taxes. 
•       I found this cartoon on Daryl Cagle Political Cartoon Index, and it was posted April 7, 2011.  http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/

Political Cartoon 6

•  This specific political cartoon is untitled.  If I were to give it a title though it would be “2012 GOP Presidential Hopefuls.”  I would title it this because one it says it one the hood of the clown car and also because it has members of the Tea Party and an elephant checking them off on what appears to a list. 
• People represented in this cartoon are members of the GOP or the Grand Olde Party: Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckbaee, Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump.  The artist is inferring that members of the GOP are clowns.  The elephant represents the Republican Party.
• Members of the GOP are dressed as clowns and getting out of a clown car and the elephant or Republican Party is checking them off on a list, perhaps a ballet for the Republican Party primary.
• The ideology of this cartoon is Liberal, because it has the Republican’s elephants doubting his own candidates.   
•   I found this cartoon on Daryl Cagle Political Cartoon Index, and it was posted April, 8 2011.  http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/

Political Cartoon 5

•          This specific political cartoon is untitled.  If I were to give it a title though it would be “I’m a Little Tea Party.” I would title this cartoon that because this cartoon is mimicking the song “I’m a Little Teapot.”
•         Orrin Hatch is portrayed in this cartoon.  I think the artist has Hatch singing the “I’m a Little Teapot” because he is an outspoken Tea Partier.    
•         Orrin Hatch is singing a modified version of the “I’m a Little Teapot” song. 
•         According to this cartoon Hatch is very against Obama’s health care plan. I think the ideology of this cartoon is liberal because Hatch is clearly being made fun of in this cartoon by singing a song that is for little kids.
•         This cartoon resembles an ongoing debate between the Tea Partiers and Obama.  The Tea Party holds different views then Obama and often disagreed with his methods. 
•         The satire of this cartoon is that it is making an outspoken Tea Party member sing the “I’m a Little Teapot” song.
•         I found this cartoon on Daryl Cagle Political Cartoon Index, and it was posted March 29, 2011.  http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/

Political Cartoon 4

•    “Atlas Shared” is the caption of this political cartoon.  This title is appropriate to describe the action going on in this cartoon.  In architecture atlas can mean a sculptural figure of a man used as a column and in Classical Mythology atlas can mean a person who supports a heavy burden. These define the picture well because a group of men (nation’s icons) are physically drawn holding up the world, sharing the load. 
• A lot of people are displayed in this cartoon; President Obama, the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy, the Prime Minister of U.K., David Cameron, a figure representing the Arab League of Nations, and Muammar Gaddafi.  The elephant in the suit symbolizes the Republican Party.  Other objects that are what they seem in the cartoon are the globe and planes. 
• Fo ur of the world’s biggest leaders have taken action on the situation currently happening in Libya.  There are planes flying over Libya coming from all directions of the globe.  Libya is currently under a no fly zone that has restricted the Libyan government from sending up planes after the U.S., France, U.K., and Arab League dropped missiles over Libya.  In result of their actions that they felt necessary an elephant (a republican) is yelling “Socialism” at the men holding up the world.    
• The ideology of this cartoon is Liberal.  There is a Liberal biased because the elephant, which represents the republican party, is yelling “socialism” at the four men, clearly opposed to their decisions to take action in Libya.   
• This cartoon relates to current politics because it is about a current event that is ongoing.  
• The satire in the cartoon makes you question whether it is worth being called a socialist in order to intervene with a bloody civil war.
• I found this cartoon on Daryl Cagle Political Cartoon Index, and it was posted March 21, 2011.  http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/

  

Political Cartoon 3

•            This cartoon does not have a caption or a title, but in the picture it does say “Tsunami” so I will just depict that as the title.  The definition of Tsunami is an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.  The word Tsunami is an appropriate title for this cartoon because of the actual tsunami that hit Japan on Thursday, but tsunami can figuratively explain the uproar of protestors in some of the African countries.  
•             Objects represented in this cartoon are the world divided into 2 sections; the Middle East and the Far East, and two tsunami waves made of people.  People represented in this cartoon are people from the Middle East (Libya, Egypt, Sudan, etc.) and people from the Far East (Japan).  The artist means that these two parts of the world are currently suffering from disorder. 
•             The Far East (Japan) is currently suffering from the earthquake/tsunami that just hit there, while the Middle East (Libya, Egypt, Sudan, etc.)  is suffering from a giant wave of violent protest.    
•             The message of the cartoon is to show that the Middle and Far East are suffering from some natural disasters.  Even though protests are not natural disasters the frequency of protest breaking out currently seems to be an innate event.  I don’t think this cartoon represents a particular ideology.       
•             This cartoon relates to the natural disasters that recently occurred in Japan and the ongoing protest occurring most recently in Libya.  In class on Friday we talked about the devastation in Japan and in past weeks we talked about the turmoil in Libya and other Middle East countries.    
•             The irony in this cartoon is that the cartoonist is referring to the human-based disorder in the Middle East as the same as the natural unrest in the Far East. 
•             I found this cartoon on Daryl Cagle Political Cartoon Index, and it was posted March 12, 2011.  http://www.cagle.com/news/JapanEarthquake/3.asp      

Political Cartoon 2

•  The caption of this political cartoon is “Khadafi Shows His Strength Color.”  This phrase, along with the picture expresses that the color blood red is a common factor in Khadafi’s everyday life. 
•   Important things in this cartoon are Khadafi, the oil barrel barbell, the puddle of blood, and the military pins on Khadafi’s undershirt.  I think the artist is portraying Khadafi doing his daily workout, and the fact that he is standing in blood and is unaffected by it. 
• Khadafi is shown standing in blood lifting a barbell. The weights on the bar are barrels of oil.
• Khadafi and the Libya government are engaged in a civil war: citizens vs. the government.  This cartoon shows Khadafi working out, staying in shape for upcoming events.  He is okay with the bloodshed that is currently occurring on their soil.   There isn’t a certain ideology that is expressed in this cartoon, the U.S. as a whole doesn’t support Khadafi. 
• This cartoon represents a big controversy that is currently occurring in Libya.  We talk about Libya in class. 
•         I found this cartoon on http://cartoonblog.msnbc.msn.com/ and was published on March 3, 2011. 
   
   

Political Cartoon 1

• The Statue of Liberty is holding multiple torches that have names of countries in Africa on them.  The artist is suggesting that people from those countries can always seek a safe haven in the U.S.
• The current turmoil occurring in some African countries has lead to some natives wanting out of harms way.  The U.S. at one time was were everyone fleeing hardships, god-awful dictators, or religious repressions came too.  The Statue of Liberty's symbolizes freedom and democracy as well as international friendship, so its only appropriate that The Statue of Liberty is calling out to these countries in need and offering a safe haven.       
• “The Statue of Liberty is a monumental sculpture, portraying a woman escaping the chains of tyranny, which lie at her feet.”  This is the same situation the people of Libya and Egypt are protesting against currently.  The cartoonist is a Liberal, because it wants the U.S. to extend a hand and help these countries in need.      
• This cartoon relates to the current turmoil occurring mostly in Libya, but also the uproar in Egypt as well.  In class we stay updated on the situations taking place over seas.    
• The Statue of Liberty is holding many, many torches, all with names of different countries on them.  Yes the U.S. is trying to help Libya and Egypt, but the U.S. is also trying to help a lot of other nations at the same time.   
• The above cartoon was published in Daryl Cagle's Political Cartoonist Index on 2-23-11, found at http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/.