Larry Elder on Open Minded Liberals

Summary

Larry King compares liberals and conservatives to each other to find out if liberals are really more open minded than conservatives.

Main Point

The author's main point is that although liberals call themselves more open minded than conservatives, the reality is conservatives are really more open minded than liberals.

How Larry King Mocks Liberals by using a They Say Strategy

Larry King knows to support his point well he has to tell what the liberals say, so what better way to show liberals thoughts than to put a conversation with one in your article. Each time the liberal said something, Larry King would counter argue his "they say" with a better argument that disproved the liberal's "they say." Walter Cronkite said that liberal and open minded were the same. Then, through Larry King's article he goes against Walter's "they say" and makes Walter look like a fool for using the words interchangeably. King uses a survey to disprove his "they say" which showed conservatives were more open minded than liberals. When liberals described conservatives, they criticized the conservatives sharply and never supported their arguments. The liberals used a tone that wasn't open minded which allowed Larry King to mock them and rip the argument liberals were open minded to shreds.

Worst Movie Ever

Cloverfield must be the worst movie ever made! It was like watching someones bad home movies on a merry-go-round. Even though I hated the ending, I was just glad it was over.

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Mr. Brandt, I hope I do this assignment right because it was not on the A.P. Language Blog and I do not really know what the assignment is beyond finding a cartoon and talking about it.

Anyway, Kwame is in some deep trouble now, slightly more than the cartoon suggests. The stains from blackberries representing the text messages that were found between him and Christine Beatty, which could serve as evidence he lied in court under oath that he had not had relationships with her, when in fact the text messages made sexual references, are going to leave a permanent mark on his record. Those text messages and the lies he told could cost him time in prison. The guy saying the blackberries left a permanent stain, as Kwame tries frantically to get the out with sundry cleaners, speaks true to his word as the Mayor of Detroit may have made his final mistake.

Accumulating Columnists on Audience

My article is Drew Sharp's "Ideas to get Wings' fans back" published Thursday, January 17, 2008 in the Detroit Free Press. I could not find it on the Internet because it was taking to long.

The author's main point was that ticket sales for Wings games was down because of poor marketing, not because of economic factors and other money issues. Then he gave ways that Mr. Ilitch could turn around attendance numbers and boost ticket sales.

The author has some good views about the Wings, like, that ticket sales are down for other reasons than the economy, and that to sell out games you must lower ticket and concession prices. He also falsely stated that the Wings need to build a new stadium, perhaps on top of the old Tiger Stadium, which is a horrible idea.

To make this article's audience 8- 11 year old sports fans I would use simpler language that is easier to understand. In the article I would get rid of the use of statistics on how many fans go to games and I would just say that attendance is down. I would also make my points and then prove them using reasons that would make them want to go to the games. When the author says that the Wings must lower ticket prices, I would also include that if ticket prices were lowered they would be able to buy toys with the extra money.