Welcome...and initial guidelines...

This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

Weekly plans and other materials will always be posted in Vista, not this blog. So go to Bb Vista to get the discussion prompts and other instructions.

I intend this blog to manage our discussions and track our collective investigation.

You should have received an email from me inviting you to become a contributor to this blog. The email was sent Monday afternoon to your official Drexel email address.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Mess'O'Potamia

One of the ways that Iraq has affected pop culture, is through the material Jon Stewart uses for the Daily Show. His material always political in nature but after the war in Iraq started his material became involved in the war. He started a bit in the show called Mess'O'Potamia a pun on the ancient name of the region Mesopotamia. Even now though there is no more Mess'O'Potamia there is still continuous, though humorous, coverage of major events in the war. The Daily Show covers major events in America as they happen, and much of the material has turned to the war showing just how much of an impact the war has had.

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