03/24/11 from cagle.com

This cartoon does not have a caption or title. However, it is obvious that the person in the cartoon is Obama with three mosquitoes named Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. I believe the cartoonist is saying that it is best for Obama to refrain from involving himself with yet another country. The three mosquitoes are feeding on Obama which means that Obama has a lot on his plate already before involving Libya. This cartoon relates directly to the event in Libya, a topic discussed in class. There is not any apparent use of satire or irony, it is simply stating that Obama is weighing himself down with all these issues.

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03/17/11 from cagle.com

This cartoon contains a speech bubble that says, "As you can see, nuclear power is completely safe..." This use of sarcasm makes fun of how people may have thought that nuclear power is safe. It appears that "nuclear power" is in the form of a monster that has overpowered the restraint that the people put around him. The cartoon is saying that nuclear power is just plainly unsafe. This could be seen as a bit of an environmentalist view. This cartoon relates to the current event in Japan with the earthquake as there is a risk that nuclear explosions may be triggered. This cartoon's uses satire to ridicule any perception that nuclear power is safe.

03/03/11 from cagle.com

     The title of this cartoon is "Steel-Barrel Dictator." Since the oil spill is in the shape of the U.S., the cartoonist is saying that the U.S. is the country that relies the most on oil. The steel barrel has the word "oil" on it and is the source for the oil that is spread across the sand. The cartoonist is saying that the U.S. is the country that has the biggest oil dependency. The cartoonist may also be saying that the U.S. contributes to the problem even further with the oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. This cartoon may be in reference to either the growing problem of oil dependency or the oil spill or even both. We have not really touched on this topic in the classroom but it was addressed by Obama in his State of the Union address. This cartoonist does not seem to have any use of satire or irony because it is basically blaming the U.S. for its huge consumption of oil.