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This clip reminded me of when we discussed Iraq in American History and were asked the same questions about what to do next in Iraq. I think that the positiction the the character of Stephen Colbery is promiting is for the draft. He clearly states that we need a draft even though a draft would cause a lot of chaos and probably cause a huge corruption throughout the United States. I think that the movie clip is trying to educate and get more people interested in the problems that are occuring in Iraq. I think it is trying to address the mutiple conflicts that are occuring in Iraq right now and the amount of soldier deaths that have happenened in the last year. The video is satirical because it is addressing the events and movements that are making the situation worse in Iraq. He trys to do this ina humurous way. I laughed at some of the jokes especially the writing on the screen. I actually just read an article online that says that Bush is going to increase the troops in Iraq. “I’m inclined to believe that we do need to increase our troops — the Army, the Marines,” Bush told the Post. Wow, i sure hope his plan works and that he is more organized and is planning for the future.

I think that the recommendations that have been suggested in the article are a good start to reforming Iraq. I think the most important thing that the U.S. needs to do is resolve the conflict between the Arab-Israeli. In order for Iraq to stabilize, the relationships Iraq has between neighboring nations have to be stable. I think it would be completely wrong to take out the troops right now. We have started to reform and somewhat corrupt the governemnt. So it is our obligation to make sure we finish out what we do. If we were to come out of Iraq so many problems could arise. Iraqs government would become completely corrupt and neighboring nations would attempt to take over Iraq. And most of all threats to the U.S. would rise substantially. As long as we are working on fixing the Iraqi government and are in the nation for a reason then we should finish out what we started in order to recieve respect and gratuity.

So far I have found that the book is very racist. At first I thought that maybe the racism was an exageration. Especially singe they used the n word so casually. However, after discussing it in class I learned that it was apart of the culture. Living a long the Mississippi river they used the language and made no big deal out of it. I also think its interesting that people today are so shocked and happy about Huck helping a slave escape. But during the time period the book takes place it is such a horrible action. I think this shows how much our country has grown and learned to accept one another. However, you can still find racism today but it is not portrayed in the same ways. I am interested to watch Huck and Jim become closer. I predict that as they become closer Huck will learn more morals and learn to become just a little bit more civilized. I think that Huck’s decision to help Jim was truely a good action and shows that Huck truely does have good qualities and is willing to risk a lot in order to help Jim. I am looking forward to the rest of the book and the changes the changes the characters go through.

As I was reading this narrative some things stuck out to me. For instance what the slaves recieved as clothes and food was barely anything. The worst thought was that the children unable to work didn’t get shoes, stockings, jackets, nor trousers given to them. I personally think that the songs the slaves are very powerful. I remember in choir a long time ago we sang a song that the slaves sang and I was too young to understand it then but now as i remember the lyrics I can picture the meaningfull emotions through the song. I think for most the songs the slaves sang fill us with sadness and sympathy for the slaves. I think the hardest thing to think about for me as that this actually happened and still today their is segregation between color and race. It is incredible to see how slaves could ever smile and laugh under the horrible and cruel circumstances, which were put on them by the brutal slaveholders. I think it is amazing that they were able to create these songs and spirituals while undergoing the bad conditions. By these songs you can tell that the slaves never wanted to give up and they wanted one day to become free. This was a very interesting and powerful narrative and I enjoyed reading about it.