Marijuana and Its Effect (Blog Stage 8)

                After reading this post, it is very surprising to me in how marijuana is still a concern for many people nowadays. I totally agree with the author that the government should make marijuana illegal in Texas. Marijuana is a very dangerous drug and it causes a big effect for whoever using the drug even in a small amount. Not to mention that there are people out there who using drug then start off driving. It is very dangerous to others people. The author here makes a great deal in mention to his audience the case happened in 1903 in Mexico where a man smoke marijuana and ends up killing people. The government should stop the use marijuana or any other drugs a long time ago, not until today that they see the dangerous of it. If the people do not realize the effects of marijuana, the government should take the stand and let them know the bad side of it. Doing so not only prevent all possible consequences, but help contribute to the health living of people.

Texas Government should take action in banning texting while driving

Is it really important to stay connected to your device during every minute of the day? Many accidents occur nowadays are blamed on distracted driving and most of the distractions are caused by cell phone usage. Texting or using a cell phone while driving is very dangerous to oneself and other people. The common reason the majority of people disapprove texting while driving because it causes a great amount of accidents per year. There are many laws being established to prevent this problem, but it has not gone down either. In Texas, texting while driving is consider to be illegal in school zone only. However, Texas government should expand the banning of texting beside school zone.

According to a Dallas article, on February 2013, Governor Rick Perry vetoed a statewide ban on texting while driving (dallasnews.com). He reasoned that since all drivers have gone through the course where they learn about safety, it is unnecessary to do a statewide ban. Instead, each person should responsible for their own act and be mature about texting. There is a study released by the Highway Loss Data Institute saying that banning texting while driving did not result in fewer crashes. In my opinion, the important point to focus on is not only banning texting but actually making it happen. There’re many ways in which the government can actually ban texting not only by putting it as a law on paper. The government could use the advantage of technology and create a program where all cell phones would automatically turn off after the driver turn on the engine. Another way is to raise public awareness about the dangerous of texting through public presentations. “If the state is not willing to say whether it’s right or wrong [and] if the government can’t involved in public safety, then what government is there for” (dallasnews.com)

Same-sex Marriage Ban (Blog Stage 6)

Recently, same-sex marriage has become a controversial issue and gets debate repeatedly around the country. There are questions arising in whether the government should ban same-sex marriage or is it illegal. After reading the argument from Texas.State.Government blog, I totally disagree with his view on defending same-sex marriage. First of all, not to be religionist but I am a Catholic, so in my opinion, same-sex marriage is a wrong thing. Speaking socially and generally, same-sex marriage should be ban in this country due to many reasons. One of the most important reason is it will somewhat affects the children who get raise by same sex parents. I agree with the opinion from supporters of same-sex marriage ban saying “that allowing such unions would hurt children raised in them” and the results would lead to “incest, group marriage, pedophilia…(cnn.com)” Children are the foundation of our country and they should get raise normally or it will turn out bad later on. Everything should be place in orders at the beginning or it will turn out bad at the end. Children who get raise by same-sex parents tend to develop weird reasons and point of views regard sex and this could lead them to a wrong direction. In addition, how other countries around the world will think about us if gay marriage get approve in the US? Yes, we are a top-leading country around the world in everything ranging from technology to business to education but are low in the personality within each individual.

Texas government should take action in stopping texting while driving

Texting while driving has become a big problem in the United States as well as in each individual state. Cell phone technology has become more and more available for persons in our society, especially teenagers. Teens use cell phones to text, to call friends and often become so mesmerized by their phones that they cannot get their eyes off their devices for 5 minutes. For most parents, allowing their children use cell phone to communicate with friends is not a big problem. However, teenagers unfortunately also use their cell phones to communicate while operating a vehicle. This serious problem causes many people to die in car accidents. I believe that the government as well as parents must find a solution to this problem, and stop it as soon as possible.

Texting while driving has truly become a problem of great magnitude. It takes away many people’s lives in a most tragic manner. In the KXAN website of Austin news, an article published on Wednesday, Jan 26 2011, discusses a 17 years old teenager who lost her life because of texting while driving. Alex Brown, the unfortunate victim, died in a roll over accident on her way to school. Her mom, Jeanne Brown asserted while choking back tears. She added, “Alex made choices and those choices cost her her life.” Currently, the Texas government has established a law banning texting while driving. Even though the government had issued a law banning texting, the problem has not stopped and instead has not gone down either. In 2012, officers have ticketed 244 people for texting and driving and this number has increase to 366 tickets given out to drivers last year. The government should do something to stop this number from increase even farther in the future. Perhaps, the government could create an app that would automatically turn off cell phones when the driver starts the car engine. That way, no one can access and even take a look at their phone while driving. Take caution when driving not only protect ourselves from danger, but also protect the lives of others. No one wants to die unexpectedly and suddenly

Raising The Minimum Wages

To many people, raising the minimum wage is a good idea and does helps a lot in everyday’s incomes. There’re many articles in the past discussing about this topic and encourages the government to take action. Even though it seems that raising worker wages is easy, it takes time for the government to decide and put it in progress. In this blog, the author once again urging people to give their opinion in this issue and make it come true. She focuses on addressing the concerns of many employers as well as the government on why we should raise the minimum wages. The author starts out her essay by indicating that we should raise the wages to $10.00 and this would increase the overall salary to $31 billion. She then goes on to talk about why Texas is the state that could get the raising done without any worries in mind. Lastly, the author ends her paper by stating that the increasing in workers minimum wages could also increase the federal minimum wages, and therefore would benefit the country overall.

 After I read the blog, I like the method the author uses to persuade her readers. Unlike many other posts where people tend to give out data and convince people based on numbers. Or, in many other cases, authors quoted in voices that they think are convincing enough to change the people’s mind. In this blog, she uses her own analysis to explain the problems, as well as giving out a solution for many employers to think about. She went on to thoroughly describe why people should not worry about raising minimum wages in Texas, a place where new jobs and new opportunities get create every day.  I think she did a good job in addressing her thoughts, as well as convincing the government on why they should raise the minimum wages for the people.