Comment to "pass the bill"

Agreed. I hear a lot of people that complain about immigrants because of many reasons. But one of the main reasons I hear is about them doing crimes. 

I think that it is a great idea for them to get a drivers license for the exact reason she said. I couldn't have put it any better. I think it'll resolve a lot of problems that we have with that issue. So yes, pass the bill!

New Truancy Laws

In the Texas Tribune, there is an article about a young girl with cerebral palsy who just can't go to school sometimes because of medical reasons. Her mother was upset because they made her go to truancy court due to her daughters absences. She states, “This is a child who loves school, but just can’t go sometimes." She is currently fighting to change the laws of truancy. 

They have changed the bill, calling for the districts to have some sort of truancy officer that let's the people know before they have to go to court. That's a great idea because it'll definitely help them in knowing how many more times they can miss school without getting fined. 

while, yes it's unfair for the kids with medical needs, I don't think the laws should change substantially. If they become flexible, more and more students may start missing school, resulting in an even bigger problem. Yes, there are kids who can't go because of medical problems, but I feel like they could just make a law for them. If they take that route, this law could work. However, I feel like the laws are fine and they seem to keep (for the most part) kids in school. And if the parents don't like it, then their kids should be home schooled.

Replying to 'Text From A True Texan'

I've been trying to figure out why people in this state don't understand this[Legalize for Rights, Not Morals] And she has cleared it all with religion. Most of Texas is filled with religious people and are disgusted by the fact that there are people who are attracted to the same sex. They're not worried about how they make them feel when they bash them infront of others, all they care about is what the Bible says about it. But the Bible also states "Do others as you would have them do to you".
No one should be treated differently just because they like different things. And I think she explain that very well when saying:
"They just want those who do not recognize to recognize they are just as much functional people in this society: who work, pay taxes, have kids who are in public schools, who suffer from illness."
It's just baffling how we live in a state that still lives in the 18th century and follows customs that even back then were cruel. The majority of Modern society in Texas is screwed up because they are so conservative. I really hope that one day they open up their minds and finally pass a law to legally let the same sex be together because we are all equal and should be treated that way.

Planned Parenthood

Besides providing abortion, Planned Parenthood is a worldwide program that educates men and women about sex and also provides healthcare. I don’t think that funding should be taken away from it because teens should be educated about this and not just by their parents. I say that because sometimes teens do not listen to what their parents have to say and therefore they don’t see the reality that’s out there. With Planned Parenthood, teens are able to understand things from other people’s perspective. They also help women have easy access to contraceptives, for low costs, that help prevent pregnancies. If Texas takes away funding from this, they would have to be a private organization which would mean less access and possibly more teen pregnancies.

The main reason why Texas (mainly the Republican Party) want to take the funding away from this is because they don't support abortion. But abortion is only about 3% of what they do; and the rest of it basically information and healthcare. Women have the right to do whatever they want with their body and if that means abortion, then so be it. I don’t think that anyone should have a baby if they’re not ready. If you do it early enough, the “thing” (baby, if you will) does not have a central nervous system developed, therefore it cannot feel and won’t hurt it.

If Texas takes away funding from this organization I think there will be more problems such as STD’s and less informed people. Therefore more pregnancies and even more debt.

Smoking in Texas

Side note: this is on a count of blog stage 3

In the article "Texas' smoking habit costs us billions" in the Austin American-Statesman, the author talks about a legislation trying to be passed to ban smoking in private places. They believe that this will save us a lot of money in health care and fires.
They also states that the people who do smoke, shouldn't go out saying that they have the right to smoke because someone can easily counter that by saying that they have the right to breath clean air. Both of these statements are true because we all have the right to do whatever we want with our bodies. However smoking is a big exception because there have been many many people that have died by smoking cigarets. The people who smoke know this, so why are they constanly killing themselves?
The rest of the article says that the bills, if passed, would prohibit smoking in public places with the exemption of few. Finally, at the end they say that the bill "...deserves support because they save lives and money." I agree with that because smoking tobacco is a very dangerous habit, not only to yourself but to others around you also.

Ted Cruz

In Eileen Smith's post called "Shooting Blanks", Smith is pretty much calling Ted Cruz a liar. She goes by saying that he wants to "...defend the right to bear arms, especially for tiny little scared men who think they can only protect their tiny little scared selves by buying every assault weapon imaginable. Anytime. Anywhere. From anyone." which is very commical because some people are like this! They want to pull out a gun for every little bad thing that goes wrong, instead of maybe talking it out (or something civil like that).

The second thing she says is that Cruz said that Marco Rubio (a Democrat) only bashed him because of his "Hispanic" race and being a Republican. I don't all the way agree that Cubans (that's what Cruz says he is) aren't hispanic, because they do indeed follow a hispanic culture. However I do agree when she says that he's not REALLY Cuban because of his religious views (Southern Baptist). I don't know if there are really any Baptist hispanic people. Most of them, that I know anyway, are Catholic or some sort of Christian.

So no, I don't think that Ted Cruz should be going around and calling himself a "Hispanic Republican" based on the facts she put in this article.

All in all, I pretty much agree with what she's saying about him. It seems like he's not really watching what he says.

Liquor Stores Open on Sunday in Texas?

"Bills Would Let Liquor Stores Open on Sundays", written by Elena Schnieder in the Texas Tribune, is about the possibility of a bill getting passed in Texas for the selling of liquor on Sunday. Throughout the article she she states that if the liquor store are open on Sunday's, they could possibly generate millions of dollar. However, the workers state otherwise. They say that by opening on Sundays they won't make that much because of other costs of the stores. The article closes off by saying that they have tried to do this before and it has failed, so there is a strong possibility that the bill won't even get passed.

I don't believe that bill should be passed simply because of the workers. They should have at least a day off. Also, like the owners said, there probably wouldn't be any extra revenue due to the extra hours. You have to take into consideration the bills they have to pay for just that day. There's also the fact that some people go to church on Sunday's, would they be stopped from going? It's a good idea when just speaking about it, but when you really start to think about the details, it's not so great.