Monday Matters #8

          Peggy Noonan made her position on society and government very clear. She states the citizens of America are being lied to, the government has problems, and Barack Obama isn't doing a good enough job for our country. In the political cartoon, Lied To You, it supports Peggy Noonan's position.  What is in the political cartoon is America's leader, Barack Obama. He is giving the State of the Union Address except under that caption there are the words "This guy lied to you about Obama Care, Benghazi, jobs" In the background there are two congressman listening as well.
          The cartoon has some of the lies that Barack Obama has claimed. Peggy wouldn't be considered Barack Obama's number one fan. Stating what he lied about helps her argument. The word "lie" also goes into her argument of our own government lying to us for the greater good or to save themselves from people hearing the gritty truth. In the background there are two congressman sitting. Those two people could possibly be a republican and a democrat. beforehand she argued against the two parties and how democrats need reformation rather than going after republicans. This political cartoon does a very fine job of explaining Peggy Noonan's position. This is an example of how pictures are worth a thousand words.

Monday Matters #7

Peggy Noonan

    Peggy Noonan has discussed issues happening between democrats and republicans, Barrack Obama, and how the government lies to its' own people. These three issues deal with the idea of politics and its complications. Her view on society after declaring what she has in her recent posts is troubled. First she criticized Obama for not thinking wisely. Secondly she stated the problem between republicans and democrats. Lastly, she talked about how our own government isn't always truthful to its own citizens. All three of her articles weren't positive. Therefore, Peggy views society as perturbed. 

Monday Matters #6

The New Bureaucratic Brazenness

        Peggy Noonan, in this article, talked about how the government doesn't need to be truthful anymore. She called what the government says, "propaganda."One major point that really stuck out in her article was one of her examples. When ebola came into play there was a man from the health agency who came out and stated that his "number one priority is the nations health." however, Peggy stated that his "number one priority is to forestall a sense of panic." Peggy said "Americans do not have confidence in what the Officials tell them anymore." There are people who do tell the truth though, she called those people "whistleblowers." Those people are the people who know the real truth because they work inside the agencies. A nation can't be a rich one if the government keeps lying to the nations people. Its not healthy for the people and causes unrest. Peggy was in favor of the people who suffer and are mislead by the government. She is writhing this for people who are interested in what she says and for people who feel like they want to prove a point to others that we are being lied to and need someone who is credible to help their claim. She uses deductive reasoning to give us a general idea of what she is saying then provides several specific examples as to really support her claim. Her purpose of that strategy is to make people believe what she is saying is true. She wants people to see that the government isn't truthful and only does it for the greater good. 

Monday Matters #5

Republicans need a direction

They could win by default but thats not enough

  What peggy Noonan stated in this article was that Republicans aren't doing a good job to take over congress which aren't big fans of the democratic president. She does state however, that republicans do have a special job and their ideas are very "welcomed." Why she said they are welcomed is because she says that the democratic party is running out of ideas. She also points out the question "when you have a poor brand, do you spend all your time saying the other guy is worse? Or do you start rebuilding you reputation?." She believes that the democrats should stop pointing out again republicans and should fix themselves before they blame someone else. Peggy's audience in this situation would be the people who are trying to decide between republicans or democrats. However, she is in favor of republicans and uses the rhetorical strategy of diction and a minuscule proportion of comparing and contrasting. She uses these strategies to persuade people who are going to vote, to think about republicans and not just vote democrats. Peggy wants people to really think about elections and make people pay attention to republicans.