Starter 19: Choose either bin Laden's letter or Howard Zinn's chapter. React to either's rhetoric.
Fallacies
President Bush's Address to a Joint Session of Congress: September 20, 2001
1. What do you notice about Bush's rhetoric? Jot down your observations as you watch his speech.
2. How does this rhetoric affect you personally?
Homework:
1. Read "Commit For the Long Run" by Robert Kagan and Ronald D. Asmus
2. Find 5 examples of logical fallacies in any sources of rhetoric including the sources we are looking at in class. (ads are a good place to find certain types). Write down the example and the source. Due Thursday
3. Honors (optional for everyone): Check out Project For the New American Century. Discover the ideological bias of the organization by exploring their website. How is their rhetoric?