Sunday, April 26, 2009

Texas Talk cooperation

Texas Talk a blog by my classmate, talks about the article of a wrongly accused U.S Citizen being deported to Mexico by www.statesman.com. I agree with the comment and feelings in which my classmate has. The American government though may be feeding us through the media, people need to be more open on whats around their surroundings. The cases of wrong deportation is completely messed up and should never be a case of racism. This person Pedro Guzman should have been tried a different way before just being sent back to Mexico. It's only a matter of time till this is used against the masses, or atleast twisted.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Texas Gamblers

Though Texas has been a big talk about gambling there has not been a real conclusion on the issue. The Texas www.Statesmen.com editorial board talks about the issue of how Texas should assist casinos in Texas. The topic of how much money in revenue and how they should do it with the plans are introduced in this article. If casinos are opened in Texas by the legislature they have certain questions to be answered too.
I agree with the point in casinos should be opened in Texas, due to the increase in tax revenues. Many Texans are already driving cross state borders to gamble in the first place. The money of Texans are going out to Oklahoma and many other bordering states allowing gambling. The money from Texans purse are going straight to the other states pockets and should not be. With the building of casinos the question stated in the article "It's an interesting number but subject to a lot of questions. Among them: How rigorous would the vetting process be before Texas issues licenses?...", and many other questions asked should definietly be address before inquiring the voting process. The questions should be addressed, and tax money paid programs should be set in place if this plan is to be set in place.
Texas legislatures should wait for the right time to impliment this plan and when to vote for it. The article talks about the sooner the decision the better, the longer they wait the article says "The committee is working on a substitute bill that might actually advance to the Calendars Committee, which controls the flow of legislation. It's almost a sure bet that the gambling proposal — assuming there is one — will have to have 100 votes or it will be left in Calendars to die." I agree with this bill should be in place to have the right of Texans to finally gamble in Texas, so that way the tax money can also be ours.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Science Free is not the way to be.

The existence of global warming is apparent, but whether we should teach it in our school system is not. The bigger fight though is the censorship of what should be taught. Jim Marston writes to the www.statesman.com starts the story with "The State Board of Education's decision to require the teaching of arguments against the existence of global warming...". Starting the article strong with his point that the education system is not allowing a lot of the reality of science to be placed in public school education, because it offends the bible and church. The article talks about the clash of science and religion beliefs towards the teaching on our public education in the past. Though this problem with church and science has been persistent. Mister Jim Marston debates against the Texas being the next science-free zone. Marston is director of Environmental Defense Fund's Texas office and national director of the group's State Climate Initiatives program. I agree with the points of our author that science shouldn’t be censored just for our education. The children of Texas deserve to learn, and should not be held back from learning. The article talks about how not only is this injuring the children’s education, but it may portray that our actions are not having an effect to global warming. I believe that actions and causes of global warming is a big factor in saving the future, and that the closer we are to a science-free that the closer the future generation not to be knowledgeable.