Substantial Commentary or Criticism #2

              On Friday, October 18, 2013 the Los Angeles Times published article titled Americans want to dump Congress Members. After the government finally re-opend, it seems Americans are still not happy with their Congress members. The article mainly talks about how people are not to thrilled and really do not trust the Congress members. In a survey that the author uses, he says that 4 out of 10 voters do not want their representatives re-elected and 19% of people say they trust the government to do the right thing. With the American people so upset its clear to readers that the author does a great job at showing this, by using statistics to really get the point across. He also goes as far as to open up the article by saying that the American public likes Homeland Security more, Federal Bureaucrats more, and the IRS even far far more.
             After reading this article I would recommend this to my peers because in my opinion I feel like the author does a great job giving examples and also using statistics to his advantage. My perspective is I do think the American public is upset and I agree on what was said, because we rely on these representatives to get stuff done. I hope now we can move forward as a nation now that people are back at work and I hope Congress gets it together.                                                      
               

Blog Stage Three: Substantial commentary or criticism #1

               With the government shutting down recently, its raised question to the public who's fault was it? On Friday, October 4, 2013, the NewYork Times published a article titled With No New Plan, Boehner Makes Angry Plea On Shutdown.  The author uses Boehner's argument to support the idea, that the president is not cooperating and is not willing to negotiate. He also writes that Republicans do want to compromise, because just like the people they want the government to reopen. When reading the article it is noticeable to the reader that the author uses a lot of quotes from other Republican leader, to back up his writing for the parties argument.
                In my opinion i feel like the article is a pro Republican type of article. The authors Jonathan Weisman and Ashley Parker don't really use any Democratic quotes, which makes me believe that there only telling one side of the story. As a reader I want to hear both sides, because of its just one side it basically looks like its the Democrats fault why the government shut down. Personally I feel like the author did a good job of writing the story, but fails just short and as a result the argument doesn't look fair.                      
              As a reader I wouldn't recommend this article because I feel it is a little to one sided and I would want my peers to get the full picture, not half of it. My opinion of the over all issue is I think both sides are to blame and I hope that both parties come to a compromise.