#23 Usage of Argument in Campaign ads

In this video, Obama used several techniques in his camgain ads to attack his opponent, John McCain during the 2008 US presidential election. First, Obama uses a belittlement charge to control the mood of the audience by saying that McCain destroy people's dream by trying to privatize health care like the way he did with banking.  This created fear for people that John McCain's policy would be a disaster as the way the ad puted "A prescription for disaster".This strong world creates a negative image that his policy could led to people's poor life and depression in society. This is also a Domino Theory which suspect that if McCain gets elected and implement his policy, people will be doom for life. Also the ad makes it certain that a pure hypothesis or prediction which John McCain's way to deal with health insurance would be disasterous  was seemed as an inevitable fact and truth. This is called confusing speculation with fact. This is a strong attack ad from Obama to show that John McCain may screw up Health insurance as the way he did with deregulation of banking. Of course, the ad is all based up theory that the way McCain deregulate banking would be equally disastrious to health care. Who knows if the policy would do harm to the health care. After all, banking and health care are two very different things.

#22 Nonsense Vs Argument

Comparing Nonsense and Argument book, I think I favored the Nonsense book better. First of all, Nonsense book is easier to make notes. Unlike the argument book, nonsense book is organized with set agenda. First, it will cover the name of the specific rhetoric terms. Then it will give examples to support it. In the argument book, it first approaches rhetoric term with example. This may be entertaining that the argument book looks more like a book instead of a dictionary or an encyclopedia. However, it may be extremely difficult to follow if one wants to use the book to find terms. Also, Nonsense book provide more detail than argument book. In the nonsense book, it can provide specific details that support the term exactly as it is defined. However, in the argument book, the author may provide an example that may support multiple terms at the same time. This may be extremely confusing for first time learner. Also, I hated how the argument book has many side notes with details that I often find extremely irreverent. They may sidetracks and distract the reader. I like books that are straightforward to follow. For me, Argument book may contain may too many references to American culture that I may not be so familiar with. This may ruin the potential fun of the book that for the most part I couldn’t understand the jokes the author is trying to imply.

#20 Rich vs Poor

I guess lots of people would like to agree with me about the differences between Rich versus Poor. Like many stories portrayed, rich people are in fact arrogant, greedy and selfish. Most of the time, they exploit on the poor to make themselves rich and gain all the benefits for themselves. Most of the time, they spend all of their time and energy on how to make themselves more money. They never appreciate what they have and always wanted more. Nothing is enough for them. Even if they make a billion dollar a year, they will want to make 10 billion more the next year. On the other hand, poor people tend to be more humble and giving. They suffer and understand the toughness in life. Due to their economic situation, poor people seem to place their primary importance on their family. They are naturally more of a philanthropist. Poor people are more willing to help each other and donate to charity whenever they can because they know what it’s like to be poor. Unlike the rich, the poor appreciate what they have and seek to work hard to get themselves out of poverty. They are more efficient in their work and more able to take and overcome challenges in life. This is all just certain stereotype for both sides. There are of course some exceptions within each of the group. However, this is just some common thought people have when they consider about the morals of poor and rich people.