1. This cartoon was drawn by Dave Granlund.
2. This cartoon was published at politicalcartoons.com on January 8, 2010.
3. This cartoon deals with two recent events, the attempted bombing of an aircraft on Christmas Day, and Wizard's player Gilbert Arenas' possession of a gun in the Verizon Center locker room.
4. Part of the cartoon's message is that airport security is not as tight as it should be is an Al Qaeda operative was able to board an airplane while equipped with a bomb. The cartoon is also commenting however on the poor choice of a professional athlete to bring a gun to work. These two events have lead the American public to loose confidence in their national security, as well as in professional athletic figures.
5. I agree with this cartoon. I think it's crazy that we almost had another terrorist attack through air travel. It really has not been that long since the attacks of 9/11, yet it seems that airport security is letting their guard down, I think i can speak for all Americans when I say i am truly thankful that the bomber was not successful. Also I think it was a very poor choice of Wizards player Gilbert Arenas to have brought a gun into the locker room. I think it is pretty obvious that this is not an action that would be taken well by the NBA or by the American public, and I think that Arenas should have been more consciences about his actions. Also I think that players as well as fans should have to got through security at sporting events to prevent something like this from happening again.
This cartoon makes me chuckle as it pretty much sums up what has happened in the past couple of weeks. I myself am truly thankful aswell that bomber was not successful. The future of airport security is very interesting with the full out body scans, that show everything.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with you when it comes to Arenas, it seems to me that all of our professional athletes including both Tiger and Gilbert need to take a class on being a celebrity and how to handle it.
Haha that's a funny cartoon. I'm pretty interested by the discussion we've been having in government about those body scanners. Considering there are people who bring guns everywhere, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to install them all over, not just in airports.
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