After reading this article my colleague Octavine Daniels
wrote I think it’s about time. We need these it’ll create more job opportunity I
believe. In my opinion I don’t believe bartenders will be effected in this
case. Bartenders are there more for a mixed drink as opposed to giving you a
beer. People go to bars to have a drink made for them. If people want a beer
they normally stop on their way home to buy a six pack. I believe the person
who came up with the idea is pretty set. To have your card tied up with your driver’s
license is pretty intense. I think they should maybe also add a breathalyzer to
the machine just for an extra so it can be passed. As for my past two years
living in Austin in West Campus and having vending machines in the lobby I
always thought about why not a beer vending machine. It would be so much more convenient
to just buy a beer that way. They’d probably make a ton of money if they set
them up in the ski rises in downtown Austin as well. Most of them have vending
machines and to add a liquor vending machine would probably be even more
amazing. I’m talking like these places have like thirty floors of people I’m
sure someone is thirsty and lazy in there.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Expand Let Everyone Learn
Education for children is a big must in my opinion. After
reading the article from Texas Monthly “The Plot Against Public Education” my
heart was racing. I am certainly a strong believer in early childhood
education. That is when we witness the child start to bloom. They learn
personality traits, learn how to communicate and experience learning. I believe
if we expand the pre-K program we will witness more children succeed. At this
time children must be eligible for enrollment for pre-K. Which means so many
children are being left out and are missing that early childhood education. Children are missing out on education at such
a young age. Parents are missing out on job opportunities due to staying home
and taking care of their children because they are still not in school. That
means not only one person is being effected but three. If we are to expand the
opportunity for every child to start their education in pre-K we would see
brighter futures. We’d have a parent back at work, an opportunity for a
teacher, and a child learning. This would ultimately effect three people’s
lives. Three people that would be on their feet learning and brightening their
futures.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
My colleague
Kalye Johnson has made a great point what will happen now to the land of the
rich and smarty pants. What’s the deal do they not know the stress of these
teens during the application process. As a student who submit an application to
Baylor University and never heard a word back was beyond depressing. I will
never forget that moment and run around during my senior year. I have an email
stating my application was complete, yet I never received an acceptance or
denial letter/email. Sending emails and being on hold on the phone for
ridiculous amounts of time just to hear something. Emails from different
admissions counselors who couldn't explain anything they’d just give me a
different phone number or email to contact. I know the exact feeling of these
students who applied for their dream school and didn't get in just because some
politician wrote them a letter. What’s going to happen now is UT just going to
send sorry letters to these students. Are they going to admit them and give them a cut
on tuition? What will happen to the ones that did get admitted are they going
to remain there? I’m just excited to see what will happen to the students who
were not admitted.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
YUMMY FOOD MIGHT BE ELIMINATED FROM AUSTIN
I’m just wondering who complains
about barbecue and is trying to remove it from Austin other than the local neighborhoods
being effected. I do understand the circumstances the neighborhoods are being
effected by the amount of smoke they receive a day from these restaurants. Due
to that they just have so much anger built up they want to try to remove all barbecue
restaurants from Austin. (Just wondering… Are these people vegan or from
California.) This state is known for barbecue. To eliminate that from the home
of the state capital is beyond ridiculous. Local owners might be forced
to shut down their businesses soon due to smoke ordinance. Austin should not
force these business to shut down. I believe they should think of a method in
order to reduce the amount of smoke coming from the pits or find a relocation
area safer for the environment and the business. Barbecue is what makes Austin
especially if it’s local barbecue. This is what makes Austin seem
like they’re being controlled over someone with a ton of money. To come out
with a statement of no more barbecue in Austin I’m most positive theirs a lot
of money under that table. (AKA Rich guy from California or Vegan who plants
all their food which makes them rich because they don’t spend money on food.)
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Vote as you please
March 4, 2014 Eileen Smith
published a blog entry on, IN THE PINK, about her voting in the election. The way she was swayed
into making her decision was probably not as strong nor as confident one should
be when voting. After watching the film, “The Last One Standing,” in lecture.
It sure made me realize we need to advise voters to do some research before
voting. So many voters just go about what others say or what they hear. Voters
need to do research on the candidates so they choose something they want to
happen or what is important to them. If they did their research we’d have
informed voters during the election time period to spread the word about who
they thought would be a better candidate and why. Her support towards her vote
is an embarrassment in my opinion. She had absolutely no clue about the people
she voted for. It was like we blindfolded someone and tried playing pin the
tail on the ballot instead of the donkey. That is how clueless this voter was
about selecting the candidate. I would actually give her some credit towards
her blog for advising her social media friends threw her blog that voting is
going on. I guess I’d also give her some more credit for spreading the word
about how much longer the polls were going to be open. I’d give her two stars
on her blog. The first star would be for actually going to vote. As for the
second star I’d give it to her for spreading the word on her blog that the
polls were going to be open longer that evening.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
DNA Evidence
February 15,2015 Dallas Morning News published an article about a new law passed in Texas.
Texas Legislatures just passed a law allowing for DNA evidence testing. I believe that DNA testing will allow many innocent people to prove that they are not guilty. So many people are convicted of crimes without enough evidence. Hopefully testing can help solve most cases in a faster and more efficient way. Testing will probably be more cost effective and time consuming but it’ll sure help out in clues for the case. I believe DNA testing should only be upon request if the person feels that confident and knows that they didn’t do it they should be given the option to run a DNA test. If we provided DNA testing for every case we'd be wasting time and money. Cases would probably be open longer and it will take longer to find an answer. Having this option open will help people feel more confident that they aren't guilty of a crime.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Embedded Link
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, the My San Antonio published a link titled Gun rights activist: "Treason is punishable by death"
Knowing that people need a gun just to feel safe sounds crazy to me. That means the people they don’t feel safe around will also be allowed to carry guns. I’m just wondering if these gun advocates have taken that into mind. As for a really close friend of mine interning for Poncho at the time of the confrontation was beyond upsetting. We discussed the issue since he was there at the time. I don’t think that people who want to be confronting others should even be allowed with a weapon. Some psychological license needs to come out if these people want to be carrying guns. Think about it if the man confronting Poncho at the Capital that day had a hand gun and was confronting Poncho on this issue he could have immediately used it without thinking.
Knowing that people need a gun just to feel safe sounds crazy to me. That means the people they don’t feel safe around will also be allowed to carry guns. I’m just wondering if these gun advocates have taken that into mind. As for a really close friend of mine interning for Poncho at the time of the confrontation was beyond upsetting. We discussed the issue since he was there at the time. I don’t think that people who want to be confronting others should even be allowed with a weapon. Some psychological license needs to come out if these people want to be carrying guns. Think about it if the man confronting Poncho at the Capital that day had a hand gun and was confronting Poncho on this issue he could have immediately used it without thinking.
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