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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Current Events - The Daily Show - "Lame-Duck" Congress -

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As part of Current Events projects, scholars must watch the Tuesday, January 4, 2011 episode of Jon Stewart's, "The Daily Show"

1. Define "Lame-Duck Congress"

2. How was this "Lame-Duck Congress" different from previous ones?

3. Who was his his and what were five things they discussed?

4. In "Part 2 - The Re-Sh*t Stormening" what do Senator's Peter King's comments remind Stewart of?

FOR P7 ONLY
4. - How did some of this episode correlate to recent guest speaker, Setsuko Thurlow's message from December 6, 2010?

1-page write up REFLECTION - RESPONSE due Friday, Jan. 7, 2011
Be sure to cite those making the comments, be specific.
Make correlations.
We have actually addressed several topics covered within 23-minute show.


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