In the cartoon there is a plane on the verge of crashing with "Deficit Crisis", this plane is being piloted by the 2 political parties, one of them saying if they look out the other side there are things more pleasant. The cartoon is trying to say that we should in fact be focusing on how to fix this crisis instead of just ignoring it as the government in this cartoon suggests. I think that he cartoonist is liberal .
Political Cartoons
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Look on the Bright Side
Barber Shops
The 2011 barber shop looks to be a regular barbershop with both of the political parties inside, while the shop under the 2012 budget is a guillotine outside.
Since all of the tax cuts that the republicans are proposing will take effect in 2012 this cartoon shows that the 2012 barber shop simply cuts off peoples heads to give haircuts. The cartoon is trying to show us all of the simple amenities that will be negatively affected by all of the tax cuts. The cartoonist im most likely a liberal.
The Biggest Loser
This cartoon relates and is ironic because because the Democrats are trying to cut the deficit while it continues to grow larger.
I think that the author of this cartoon is most likely conservative.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
The artist is trying to say that Europe is basically sleeping/doing nothing while there is all of this chaos going on around them in Libya.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

It explains how he is ruling his country by bombing the people to put down uprisings, and cleverly uses a play on words in the title: (reign-rain). The events in Libya started after seeing Egypt revolt against their government. This government is trying hard not to let this happen and is going to very extreme measures to do so.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Camels Nose
"If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow."
In this cartoon the tent represents Egypt and the camel represents democracy.
The camel representing democracy is peeking its nose under the tent, and as the metaphor says once the nose is in the tent, the body will soon follow. The artist is saying that the little bit of democracy peeking through in Egypt led to an entire revolution, ie the entire camel went into the tent.
In class we discussed how the young people empowered with the internet basically started the revolution and ended a 30 year dictatorship.
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