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REHUGO 2

REHUGO Entry #1 CITATION: Dionne, E.J. Jr. . "The GOP ties itself up in knots - The Washington Post." The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. .

CATEGORY: Politics/Economy

PRЀCIS: E.J. Dionne Jr., a well-respected, progressive columnist, in his op-ed article called “the GOP ties itself up in knots”, implies directly that the GOP or the Republicans are accomplishing absolutely nothing to improve the economic crisis, which believes that it is instead causing more problems rather than relieving any. Dionne digs into his argument by providing few examples of what the government was doing this week concerning the economy in order to emphasize the weaknesses and strengths of these acts in scope of his opinions as a liberal. The purpose of this article was obviously not to solely report the current activity in the government concerning the economy, but was crafted in order to justify how the recent news on the GOP reveals how the conservatives end up in tangles of poor decisions when trying to get out of one. As a writer of the Washington Post, this is intended for a wide range of classes but particularly people educated in politics and aware of current events, so mainly Washington Post readers.

PERSONAL COMMENTARY: This article was very different from my common reads, but I found it to be very interesting and difficult because of the author’s different perspective on topics of common and nonfiction issues happening daily. I believe I will be enjoying these op-ed pages for also my free time.

REHUGO Entry #2 CITATION: Will, George. "Can Occupy Wall Street give liberals a lift? - The Washington Post." The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. .

CATEGORY: Political

PRЀCIS: George F. Will, a widely acclaimed, Washington Post columnist, in his latest article called “Can Occupy Wall Street give progressives a lift?” proves that the Occupy Wall Street has no regulated direction nor well organization compared to the Tea Party and because of its representation for liberals and therefore completely defies progressives and their intelligence. Will begins by clarifying distinct characteristics between the Tea Party and OWS, but mostly on the OWS and what has been going on with them. This was done to inform the audience, from unknown to popular, the distinct difference between the two, Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street, and to degrade progressives along with the OWS. The main audience of this was for people who didn’t know the difference between the two organizations.

PERSONAL COMMENTARY: It is much better and exciting to know my surroundings as things are constantly passing by and happening. I feel more aware of things happening every day and its different meanings.

REHUGO Entry #3 CITATION: Will, George. "Elizabeth Warren and liberalism, twisting the ‘social contract’ - The Washington Post." The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2011. .

CATEGORY: Political

PRECIS: George F. Will, a well-known, conservative writer, argues against Elizabeth Warren’s opinions about the social contract that well-paid individuals should give “a hunk” of their money back to the people or as Will put it, a “collectivist agenda”. Will first focuses on the opposing points of view and background information about Elizabeth Warren’s beliefs with a biased view, and later towards the end reveals the fact that conservatives are the ones that “take society seriously” as opposed to liberals, which is a party Warren represents. Overall, his purpose was to prove liberals wrong through Elizabeth Warren’s collectivist-like proposals in order to show that conservatives are right and better. This was made for the people of the U.S. that have the power to vote or not to vote certain representatives in the government such as the common people.

PERSONAL COMMENTARY: Honestly, this was once again a difficult read. Most of the time, I was searching advanced and political words throughout the whole process of reading this, because I had no previous knowledge about the government and political figures. Therefore, I ended up researching for about 2 hours to understand the area of knowledge the writer was talking about. I hope I was able to get the full effect of this commentary.

REHUGO Entry #4 CITATION: Dionne, Eugene. "From Elizabeth Warren, the proper case for liberalism - The Washington Post." The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2011. .

CATEGORY: Politics

PRECIS: E.J. Dionne Jr., a progressive op-ed writer, claims in his “From Elizabeth Warren, the proper case for liberalism” that George F. Will creates a strong and convincing argument against Elizabeth Warren, but also that they both have a fiery and admiring qualities when it comes to talk about the social contract. Dionne organizes this by giving a basic layout of what’s been happening with Elizabeth Warren’s activism in the financial realm for the middle class and George F. Will’s reaction and then heads on to the argument how Will and Warren create a profound idea with quotes and references. The purpose of this article was to reveal and compliment both sides of the argument between the greatly appreciated, conservative writer and the so called “New Sheriff in Wall Street”. This was intended for middle-class readers because of the role they play in the government.

PERSONAL COMMENTARY: This was a lot more interesting and easier to understand. I love the fact that the writer analyzes both sides of the argument and in the end gives a simplified interpretation towards the writer, himself.