The Simpsons Two Cars In Every Fish

This source features a report by Jill U. Adams on the dangers, and current regulations of air pollution and climate change. Holding a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Emory University, the author primarily writes a health column for the Washington Post. She has also been featured in the magazines Audubon, Scientific American and Science. Because this article covers climate change, there is an inherent liberal bias. However, this bias coincides with irrefutable scientific data proving the existence of climate change. The audience for this article is anyone effected by air pollution and climate change; just about everyone. This source upholds my speculation that human beings have a significant effect on the climate. Before reading this article, I wasn’t aware that 55 million people a year died from air pollution. I found this source on CQ Researcher while searching for ‘pollution.’

Living by the restrictions that society places upon us, humanity is constrained to follow rules. Television writers were forced to write a certain way and were forced to leave out information that society would deem as improper, rude, and even racist. However, in 1971, a groundbreaking American television sitcom broke through societal boundaries and transformed the way that the American audience viewed television. Engulfed by the Vietnam War, Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, fight for women's right, and the Watergate scandal, Norman Lear persevered through stereotypes and entertainment norms with his show All in the Family. This show approached its audience in a very blunt and crude manner; it made conflict the center of its comedy. It dealt with contemporary cultural issues in a relatable way, which blue allowed blue-collar workers to learn about their current everyday issues and concerns. Through his show All in the Family, Norman Lear highlighted sensitive topics such as racism, bigotry, and sexual relations to prove that they are still alive in our country; thus, Norman Lear is an agent of change by bringing awareness to social issues.

Ignoring one’s problems can end up creating more- In Montag’s society, the government strives to please all the minorities and ensures that they do not become offended. Beatty tells Montag, “[...] we can’t have our minorities upset and stirred [...] People want to be happy. [...] Colored people don’t like Little Black Sambo. Burn it” (Bradbury 57). Instead of facing the problems and dealing with it, the society prefers to run away from it,

Have you ever enjoyed walking, eating, or shopping by the riverfront, in downtown Green Bay? It is currently being covered by coal dust daily and no one is stopping it. Coal piles have disrupted people around the riverfront since 1978. The Koch company has recently sold the controversial Coal Piles to a coal industry family in Pennsylvania, this could be what the locals have been waiting for as the coal piles could be removed. However, the family has stated that they don’t plan on moving the piles in the future. The Coal piles in downtown Green Bay are ruining land, peoples homes, and is bad for the environment.

We all know that fossil fuels and harsh burning of chemicals are bad for our environment. Through the cause of global warming and the depletement of the atmosphere it is apparent. From the start of coal burning all the way through nuclear

One significant advantage of nuclear energy through the mining of Uranium is its carbon neutral energy production property (3). However, during a meltdown or another catastrophe, Nuclear reactors have the capacity to release significant amounts of toxic radioactive isotopes, such as Strontium 90, Cadmium 113 and Caesium 137, which has the potential to cause significant harm to health (2) and biodiversity (11). Coal on the other hand is a well-documented releaser of greenhouse gasses, with one tonne of coal generating 2.6 tonnes of CO2 alone. Globally, this accounts for 6.4 billion tonnes of CO2 per year, with this value progressively increasing (5). Further, the use of coal in electricity production results in the release of particulates into surrounding areas. Particularly in third world and developing nations where regulation on pollution is lax, this causes major tangible health risks to those who live near the plants- a report by the World Health Organisation estimates that deaths directly related to outdoor pollution from Coal-based electricity generation amounts to approximately 2 million deaths per year

Who is it to blame for the pollution of 1970, the people, industries, etcetera? After watching the two videos it was a common theme throughout them that it is the industry to take responsibility for the air and the people to take responsibility for the unsuitable water and rivers.

One of the biggest social problem facing America is that we only care of an issue for as long as it stays in the news. We have become a society of being “bandwagon activist” and only being very passionate about an issue that is currently in the media. Once the issue has received its 15 minutes of fame, it is on the next trending issue. The problem with this is that so many more issues are caused because of the lack of attention.

A prime example of this was exhibited during television's early days when "Amos 'n' Andy” aired. In the ‘50s. The sitcom was based on a “conniving, grammatically impaired” group of African Americans living in Harlem.

The episode “ Marge vs. the Monorail” is an example of The Simpsons making a comment on society that doesn’t portray the good values and traits in the American society. While most episodes of The Simpsons display family and communal values this episode shows that America isn’t always practicing what it preaches. The United States of America was founded on the belief that all people would be free and equal. While the American society has taken huge steps in making equality a reality the country still has a long way before every person in the country is truly equal. In the episode “ Marge vs. the Monorail” the inequality between genders in America is on display.

The writers in The Simpsons episode, Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish suggest that it is okay for big businessmen to bribe/buy people and play with people’s insecurities in order to get what they want.

The police department reduced to three cars to one because crime declined dramatically and viewed as unnecessary. When asked his business or profession he answers, “I guess you’d call me a writer”? The officer does not consider writing a profession because, “magazines and books didn’t sell anymore”. Mr. Mead is a writer who has not written years because television has replaced books. The police car is unsatisfied with his answers to his series of questions. In this society Mr. Mead, behavior seen as offensive and threatening. He is an individual in an advanced society that views individuality as pointless. When asked to get in the police car he realizes there is no officer driving. Human interaction and freedom to walk no longer exist due to advancements in technology. Police officers and books are obsolete because the impact of television. The police car evaluates him and takes him “To the Psychiatric Centre for Research on Regressive

LaDuke also talks about the Enbridge company which made a route through the best wild rice lakes and territories and the people opposed for years to stop that from happening which proves how such big companies have been destroying climate. And it’s not just matter of Americans but it affects people all around the globe. LaDuke says and it is true that no rain in Syria is the result of such fossil fuel companies. LaDuke talks about how they crushed Venezuela which has the largest oil reserves in the world. And rather than doing business with Venezuela, they were bound and determined to take oil from places that did not want to give it up, and create this filthy infrastructure. Oil is very heavy in carbon and can add hundreds of millions of

In this paper i will be analysing and discussing the semiotics on an episode of The Simpson series.

The Constitution states that it is designed, “To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries” (The Constitution). Simplified, this means that the government has the responsibility to promote the progress of science, such as discoveries about energy sources and preserving the environment. There are Supreme Court cases discussing whaling and emissions that are very similar to the topic of eliminating the use of fossil fuels. In a whaling case in late 2008, for example, the final ruling was that navy submarines can continue using sonar waves underwater, despite the harm these waves bring to underwater mammals (Top US Court). Environmentalists fought hard to make a law preventing these ships from using these harmful signals but were overruled by the “needs of the Navy to respond to threats” (Top US Court). This case is similar to energy sources because the harmful waves, like fossil fuels which are also damaging, are being permitted, just like fossil fuels are allowed today. Another case regarding concerns similar to renewable resources is the case on car emissions and whether they should be legal or not. Previously, the Environmental Protection Agency decided that regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from cars was not needed (US Supreme Court). However, in 2006, the Supreme Court ruled that this decision was “not in accordance with the law” (US