Looking between the Black and White

Last week, we read a section from "Everything's an Argument" about visual arguments, and how to see through them. In class a couple of days ago, we learned a lot about reading political cartoons, and detecting political satire. One of the things we looked at was a cover of "The New Yorker", which included Barack and Michelle Obama dressed as terrorists, doing the "terrorist fist-bump" with a burning American flag in the oval office. Obviously this was satirical, and it was making fun of of the rumors flying around that Obama was muslim, based only on the fact that his middle name was Hussein. I found another political cartoon that was quite interesting, on the same topic.
This one features a small Barack Obama and the iconic Uncle Sam, doing the fist bump as well. I think that this is actually based off of the cover of "The New Yorker", therefore satirizing an already satirical piece. However, this comic has a positive message that America approves of Obama, and that he will do a good job as President. To understand this comic, you would have to have previously known about both the controversy and the magazine cover. It's so interesting how a visual aid can look meaningless, but with a little previous knowledge it can mean so much more.