Blog Stage 6

I think that you made a lot of good points about the Texas legislator and the types of laws that they propose. Laws are supposed to be made to keep people safe and enforced to maintain order in our society. However, the laws that some of our legislators are pushing are intended to make people feel guilty about the decisions they have to make, not to keep people from getting hurt. Not only that, I believe that deciding to have an abortion is probably a very difficult thing to do and that making someone feel guilty about their choose is truly cruel.
While I agree with your point of view, I believe that the basis for your argument is emotion and when arguing in favor of something you should use logic and facts to help others understand where you’re coming from. The more facts and details you give, the more credible you become as a writer/speaker and people are more willing to listen to you. Perhaps you could have given more background information about the bill as well. Information such as, the representative who was pushing the bill or how many people voted for it to pass could have been helpful. Other than that, I think that the blog was good and provided readers with something to think about.

Our State Government

Texas State and Local government has the same fundamental structure and values as our national government. It is set up so that no one single branch has the power to overthrow the other without a due process. Our state government with all of its laws and its hierarchy of individuals has made sure that we are safe while going through our everyday lives, that our children’s schools have enough books, and that even our poorest citizens receive healthcare. Our Constitution has even made it almost impossible for anyone to amend it. It also prevents anyone in office from obtaining so much power that they can infringe on others’ inherent rights.

That’s why I can’t imagine why Speaker of the House, Tom Craddick, was able to revoke someone’s ability to speak or be heard by their peers. Earlier this year Craddick used his authority to decide if fellow house members could speak. It seems that in this day and age that something like that wouldn’t be allowed or tolerated for that matter because wouldn’t this constitute as abuse of power. I mean what could make his actions okay. Our great state of Texas is tried and true and has always stood up for the little guy. It seems that even with the most just reasons for what he did, that they should still be able to at least be heard. With this happening, several questions have been raised such as: is this permissible or maybe how can our government allow someone to abuse their power in this way? I used be so proud of our state and local government because it seems that we always have somebody fighting for the little people or making sure that someone isn’t getting bullied, but now we have authority figures taking advantage of their positions. Who can be proud of that?