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Sunday, January 22, 2017

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Lukas Mallasch: My political ideology: Solid Liberal Political influences: Michelle Obama, Sen. Burnie Sanders, and Michael Moore. Political experiences: Worked on Bernie 2016, Vote in every election, fundraised for Planned Parenthood Why am I taking the class? It's required, and you, sir, have one hell of a reputation. What do you hope to get out of the class? A better understanding of Texas and how to be a better citizen What would you like to learn in the class? How to effect better change in society and to be better informed How did you do on the General Knowledge and Political Knowledge quizzes? Absolutely awful

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Sweet Tea and Politics

Blog Stage 8 - I agree with Pooja Finavia’s commentary titled Texas needs a quality child care rating system. She did a decent job in providing examples of the type of t...
7 years ago
Politics & Tejas

Commentary on Your Average American blog - My fellow classmates wrote on their blog Your Average American about Senate Bill 11. Senate Bill 11 allows individuals with a concealed hand...
7 years ago
An Outsider's Point of View

- Free Thinkers Forum on Campus Carry Law in ACC https://rebecca-arber.blogspot.com/ Campus Carry law has been a very controversial issue for a while now and...
7 years ago
Commentary on TX State and Local Government

Response to Vox Populi Sound - My colleague's editorial on the Austin Tree Ordinance was very enlightening. I don'e live in an area where this ordinance affects me, but driving around th...
7 years ago
Ji's Texas History Travelogue

Blog Stage Eight: Comment on a colleague's work #2 - I read Samantha’s commentary and it was interesting to me. Samantha’s commentary was about the transportation in Austin. I agree with her opinion which tr...
7 years ago
My Blogs

Blog 8: comment of colleague's blog - Shannon Adaway published a blog entitled, “SB 4: Not 4 For The People” in regards of the Texas Senate Bill 4. Shannon was very informative and had a clear ...
7 years ago
The Texas Spectator

Stage Eight: Comment on a colleague’s work #2 - I agree with Echo Noelani in how Austin should expand the Metrorail System. The City is growing in an alarming rate! We need the Metrorail System to reduce...
7 years ago
Texas Policies

Blog Stage 8: Comment on a colleague's work #2 - One of my fellow classmates wrote a blog over an article on “Gentrification in our local government” and I do agree with her statement. As someone wh...
7 years ago
Our Texan World

Blog Stage VIII: Comment on a Colleagues Work #2 - In an entry from my fellow colleague, it is discussed that Texas has passed House Bill 2908 through legislation. This bill will make consequences of crime...
7 years ago
Texas Beauty

Blog stage 8 - I read the post Foster Care by Kaylee. The blog post caught my attention, however I feel she could have added more to it. One thing she could of added was ...
7 years ago
Texas Government Blog 2017

Another Useless Bill, Another Day of Progress Wasted - I think this article has an interesting topic that isn't talked about much in Texas anymore and I completely agree with the opinion that a woman's body is ...
7 years ago
Lone Star State

Last Constructive Criticism Commentary - In one of my classmates article, they discuss the contentious topic of healthcare. I had a few questions/issues that were raised while reading this co...
7 years ago
TeXas Politics

Blog Stage #8: Comment on a colleague’s work #2 - The Lone Star State boasts the sixth-highest number of minimum wage workers and the second-lowest wage rate for hourly workers. The 287,000 minimum...
7 years ago
Texas: Are We Big Enough?

Increasing Minimum Wage; Decreasing Opportunities & Benefits - A fellow classmate of mine posted on their blog Sweet Tea and Politics about an interesting topic; increasing minimum wage. While I think that the idea of ...
7 years ago
Texas Records

Blog Stage Eight: Comment on a colleague's work #2 - Hello Carolina, I find your blog post on Gentrification in our local government to be quite interesting. To my understanding my fellow classmate C...
7 years ago
Growing Interest towards Government

Stage 8: Comment on colleague's blog - Hello, Kelley! I found your article interesting and I agree with your opinions. Yes, it is true that government is not one who decides about someone's perso...
7 years ago
Patel Perspective

"Gentrification in Our Local Government" - My fellow classmate Carolina, wrote a great post on her blog Politics & Tejas about gentrification issues in Austin. Those who have lived here in Austin fo...
7 years ago
Your Average American

Stupid Waste of Time - *House State Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, at a hearing on the disposal of fetal remains on March 8, 2017.**I could not agree more w...
7 years ago
We The People...

Blog Stage 8: Commentary on Senate Bill 6 - Recently, one of my fellow classmates wrote a critique on Senate Bill 6, which is also known as the Bathroom Bill and how it should not be passed because o...
7 years ago
Our Future Today

Commentary on Peer Blog - I really like this post and the topic being discussed. I completely agree that making punishment more severe is not necessary. The example of what ...
7 years ago
The Minority Majority

Critique on Echo Noelani's "Blog Stage VII: Original Editorial or Commentary" - In Echo Noelani’s post “Blog Stage VII: Original Editorial or Commentary” on their blog Our Texan World, Noelani makes a convincing argument for the imposi...
7 years ago
Texas Raised

Foster care - The foster care system is top priority now. Greg Abbott was called upon by Sen. Charles Schwertner to add issues to a list to be discussed during the first ...
7 years ago
Data Driven Inquires About Texas & Local Government.

Death Penalty: A gamble with human life, P-value < .001 - What odds would you require to gamble with a human life? Our justice system has failed some of our citizens, and the penalty has been a wrongful execution....
7 years ago
The Roof is on Fire

More Time Wasted in the Legislature - Among a number of other bills recently debated by the Texas legislature, one I roll my eyes at the hardest is HB 35, which would require burial or crematio...
7 years ago
Free Thinkers Forum

ACC Campus Carry - Austin Community College is soon to usher in the new campus carry policy, so to create a smooth transition, a “campus carry task force” committee was ...
7 years ago
Samantha Vasquez/TX Government

- The rate of air pollution and the way we commute, primarily correspond with one another. The more gas emissions humanity emits the more toxic ...
7 years ago
Gone to Texas

VIII: Comment on a colleague's work #2 - Comment on Our Texan World's publication Health care as part of the social responsibility seems been a taboo in America, since the topic is so divided bet...
7 years ago
The "essential principles of liberty and free government" of the Lone Star State.

Prejudices against El Paso, Texas - (Other ways to access article: http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/jeff-sessions-likened-el-paso-war-zone/ , Texas Monthly, Jeff Sessions likened El...
7 years ago
vox populi

Blog Stage Seven: Original editorial or commentary #2 - As I mentioned on Stage Five assignment, Austin Tree Ordinance violates private property Rights. , Government is trying to regulate and protect trees in th...
7 years ago
Stone TX Government

Blog Stage 8: Comment on a Colleague's Work # 2 - In response to Cinthia's "Texas and Shared Transportation" post. Interesting article about something I don't see a lot about: public transportation in Texa...
7 years ago
Texas As We Know It

- *Han shot first.*
7 years ago
Eunoia

- Hello, This is Geonho Kim. I glad to start this blogging with you guys.
7 years ago

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