Occupy-apalooza Strikes a Chord

1. These protests on inequality involve people who do not accurately know what the protest is for, but want to be a part of the movement towards equality.

2. Protests are meaningful and murky. They have a common goal of defeating the "status quo".

3. Politicians will use protests in their campaigns.


4. The poor and the young are the most important to these protests because their voices are the ones that are heard in the political positions.

5. The protests have a power to hit the people of America in an emotional "chord".
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/opinion/blow-occupy-apalooza-strikes-a-chord.html?ref=charlesmblow

Newt's War on Poor Children

1.  Gingrich has reached a new low (surprisingly possible), by saying that children do not need labor laws and that poor children only understand illegal behavior.

2. Gingrich's statement neglects all the other rising-poor families in the U.S. and doesn't consider the fact that poor people do work, legally, to live.

3. Blow believes that because of the significant results of poor families with many laborers in the family, that poor people should be given credit for the work that they do.

4. In the economic depression, Gingrich, who is well off, is wrong in accusing all poor children of committing illegal activities to gain wealth or simply survive under living  conditions.

5. The Republican party is becoming void of compassion.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/opinion/blow-newts-war-on-poor-children.html?ref=charlesmblow

The G.O.P.’s ‘Black People’ Platform

1. Gingrich's belief that Blacks deserve direct paychecks disparaged the minority race.

2. Using racial anxiety is a political strategy to energize the Republican platform.

3. Republicans' points on welfare acknowledge that all Blacks are lazy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/opinion/blow-the-gops-black-people-platform.html?ref=charlesmblow