Help Haiti

I can't help it, I've been drawn in by the media and the sheer devastation that Haiti has suffered. So I thought that I would try and use my blog to help. This is definitely one of those situations where as a teen is ease to feel that you can't make a difference for these people. But you can! Here are some easy ways to help,

• To donate $10 to relief efforts via the Red Cross, text the word Haiti to 90999.
• To give online, go to americanredcross.org and crs.org.
• If you'd rather call in your donation, the number is 1-800-RED-CROSS.
• You can also donate to Doctors Without Borders online at doctorswithoutborders.org
• Check out CNN.com's great roundup of ways to donate.
• Or hold a bake sale (my personal favorite)

I know that this was really annoying of me, but I couldn't help it, hope you enjoy the ideas!

Political Cartoon 6

Yeah my numbers were off.

This cartoon was drawn by Petar Pismestrovic and published byKleine Zeitung of Austria on January 18th.

This cartoon addresses the issue of the Obama administration. with a year now in office, people are beginning to look critically on what work Obama has done. The work of the Obama administration ranges from climate change, to finance, and war. The cartoon conveys too things. First that Obama has done a lot of work while in office, his term has not been easy. But the cartoon also says that there is much more work to be done in all of those fields. If Obama is not careful all of these issues could pile up on him, creating an even bigger mess than we already have.

I agree with the massage of this cartoon. Obama has a lot on his plate, and there is no doubt that he has done a significant amount of work in the past year. But the Obama administration has yet to really solve any of these big issues. Although Obama has done a lot of work in the past year, hes gonna need to do a lot more in the years to come in order to fix these American issues.

2010

I must admit I have no idea what 2010 will bring politically for the United States, but I am hopeful. The current economic situation seems to be improving, and hopefully that trend will continue in the months to come. But it is important for Americans to understand that the economy will not fix over night, regardless of what political actions are taken, so we can expect economic growth to be slow, but hopefully steady.

Along with the economy comes unemployment. With unemployment numbers drastically high, I can only hope that with the steady improvement of the economy, employment will follow. Politicians have talked a lot about creating new jobs, but so far little political action has proved beneficial. So hopefully politicians can take action o their promises.

The health care bill has come very far in the past year. And although it has received approval from the Senate, the division between political parties has hindered any real improvements on the bill. Hopefully in 2010 we can manage to reach a bipartisan decision to improve the health of all Americans.

The war in the Middle East has turned out to be a very confusing situation, and I believe that things will get a lot more complicated in the Middle East before we can reach peace, but that's what I'm hopeful for, peace in 2010.

Political Cartoon 6

This cartoon was drawn by Wolverton on January 10th, published by Cagle Cartoons. this cartoon addresses the issue of the current state of American security and the people who threaten it. With the most recent security scares like the member of Alquda that got through airport security and planed to bomb the plane, American citizens are felling less and less assured about the security of our nation. the cartoon makes a good point. With a security system that has so many undeniable flaws, its only a matter of time until a real threat is allowed to terrorize our country. Unless changes are made to our current security system, American is setting it's self up for more threats from extremest organizations, such as Alquda. We can't leave our country so susceptible to threats.

Thanksgiving

My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, hands down. Thanksgiving is one of the few holidays left that is not focused on gifts, cards, or any other kind of consumerism. It is a holiday on which the only things I have to worry about are food and family. It's all about the things that we have, not the things that we want or wish we had. Thanksgiving is in celebration of the coming together of the Pilgrims and the native Americans. And thousands of American families come together on Thanksgiving each year to simple celebrate each other. But I also love that fact that Thanksgiving is the one day a year that your aloud to be completely glutinous and none says a thing. I love Tofurky!

Political Cartoon 5

This political cartoon was drawn by Adam Zyglis and published by The Buffalo News on 12/17/2009. This cartoon deals with the issue of the health care reform. The cartoon shows how the compromises being made between Democrats and Republicans in both the Senate and the House of Representatives is weighing down the entire health care reform. I agree with this cartoon. The health care reform act is important to the American future. Politicians' inability to reach across party lines is weakening our county's ability to move forward in anyway