I believe that the trickiess thing about a government is the development of foreign policy. The reason?.. Well, you kind of have to treat your country like a business with other countries otherwise you won't survive. It we constantly gave our money and resources away with out anything in return, we won't survive as a nation. We give help yes, but only as much as we can afford. If you notice in the news, we give more help to those countries and we trade with alot. It benefits us to help them because in the end is it helping ourselves. Unfortunitly alot of Americans don't want to face the truth that America as a nation is selfish. There is a reason for this, we have to take care of ourselves first then we have more resources to give out.
Do you think that America is being selfish by helping the Lybia rebels?
Peer Blog Critique:
ReplyDeleteOverall, I think the purpose of this blog is to focus on the differences between the two major political parties without a lot of rhetoric. The writing is very straightforward and easy to understand. This is the first of my classmates’ blogs that really engaged my eyes upon first site and caused me to have an excited reaction to completing the review.
My favorite part of the blog has to be the overall appearance. She has a handy calendar, funny but not offensive cartoons and a really good color scheme that makes it easy to view. Her writing style is very readable without being dumbed down. This would allow anyone who reads it, regardless of prior knowledge of the subject, to get engaged in the topic. She does a fantastic job of using humor based in common sense as a way to keep people reading. She’s really FUNNY! I also liked that she included her personal picture on her blog. It says to be that she’s willing to publicly stand behind her views and not rely on the anonymity of the Internet.
There is very little I would change about her blog. She does have a few minor spelling errors in some of her posts. One other notation would be a way to magnify the cartoons. Some of the writing is too small for those of us who are visually challenged and getting older. It would also be nice if there were a guest book or comment area. However, these are all minor recommendations as I really believe this is a great blog.
This will be the first of my classmates’ blogs that I will continue to follow regularly. I think she has done a nice job of balancing the idea of our academic responsibilities with having fun with the challenge. Great job!
I am reviewing Amber Fredrick’s blog entitled “Donkey vs. Elephant: Minus the Bull. This is a very refreshing blog. She seems to have some clear ideas about what government means to her. Her mission is to share her opinion of government and politics with the people that read her blog. I perceive her vision to be less government with more control by the people.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy seeing her political cartoons. I also appreciate the calendar in the top left corner. The first thing that struck me with Amber’s blog is that it is not bogged down with a bunch of fluff. It is clean and organized and to the point. I have noticed that there are blogs out in the world, as I have been expanding my horizons past American Government, which are a gigantic mess. There are cartoons, and loud backgrounds and pictures everywhere, or videos everywhere and it seems that there are very few blogs out there that do not have advertisements on them. I love that it is very neat and clean and her point gets through. I also absolutely love the name of the blog, it shows that Amber not only is intelligent but has a sense of humor as well.
Although I enjoyed her blog’s clean lines, I would have enjoyed seeing a video or maybe a story that was not related to our assignments. I see the assignments and political cartoons on here and not much else. I understand what her opinion is on the assignments that we have been given, but what about the new healthcare reform or the attack in Libya? I know that she wrote a small blurb in one of her blogs about Libya, but I would like to see maybe a news article or video pertaining to her opinions. One other thing I noticed, and I have this problem as well, is checking spelling. If I didn’t have spell check in word I would fail most of my classes. What a happy little button spell check is.
Overall Amber Fredrick’s blog is funny and insightful. It was a joy reading the blogs and cartoons. Reading the cartoons within the posts were especially fun, because it showed up exactly how she felt about the weekly assignment. I would not change much on this blog. As I said previously it was a refreshing change to some blogs that I have seen. Keep it up, it’s working.