Political Cartoon

Everyone in America has different priorities, but when it comes to things of actual importance everyone should be on the same page.  The cartoon below addresses the problem that the American people have with setting priorities that are of use or actually important to the improvement of the society that we live in.  This cartoon displays that a third of the American population is more concerned about something like the football lockout, rather than the issues of the economic debt the country is in, the earthquake that was on the east coast, or even the hurricane that recently went through.  The cartoons use of images and words help to convey the idea of the lack of priorities within our country.  Without the words in this image one would not be able to tell what the guy at the end was excited or happy about, since his focus is on something that is more of a leisure activity than one that actually affects the   entire country.  This cartoon appears to focus on that fact that it is the younger generations within our country that are not on the right track because of the age difference displayed between the characters within this cartoon.  This cartoon encourages someone to look back or into the future on things to see if they have their priorities set on a path that is actually useful to society.