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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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Commentary on TX State and Local Government

Stay With Us Sen. Cornyn - Please, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), don't leave us. We don't need you, but we really don't need you as the next Director of the FBI. The Democratic Party has ...
7 years ago
An Outsider's Point of View

- Stone TX Government has a good point! http://stonetxgvt.blogspot.com/2017/03/blog-stage-5-original-editorial-or.html#comment-form This article is very well...
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
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
Sweet Tea and Politics

Blog Stage #7 Texas Should Raise its Minimum Wage - I would like to take this opportunity to expand on my previous topic of Texas raising the minimum wage. As I mentioned in my previous commentary, Texas sh...
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: Are We Big Enough?

SB 4: Not 4 For The People - Senate Bill 4 was recently passed through the House of Representatives in Texas. SB 4 essentially gives law enforcement the responsibility of immigration d...
7 years ago
The Texas Spectator

Blog Stage Seven: Original editorial or commentary #2 - Imagine riding a train underneath Austin! That right I will be talking about how Austin should have a Subway System. I think, I remembered how this idea wa...
7 years ago
Politics & Tejas

commentary: Gentrification in our local government - Austin, Texas is one of the most rapid growing cities in the United States. According to Francisco Dominguez from *The Daily Texan*, every year, Austin ha...
7 years ago
Our Texan World

Blog Stage VII: Original Editorial or Commentary #2 - Austin has easily become one of the fastest growing cities in the country. Austin locals and surrounding rural areas get to experience the repercussions o...
7 years ago
Texas Records

Blog Stage Seven: Original editorial or commentary #2 - According to Big Jolly Politics the article “A Warning for Those Who Favor Decriminalizing or Legalizing Marijuana” by Guest, talks about how those states...
7 years ago
Texas Government Blog 2017

The Fight for Legalization - Let us talk about Cannabis for a moment. Weed, Marijuana, Marihuana, Hemp, Reefer, Gateway Drug, all these names and more are known to the general public a...
7 years ago
Texas Policies

Blog 7 Original editorial or commentary #2 - According to the Statesman the article, “Why school choice is the wrong choice” by Sara Stevenson. Stating that Democrats and Republicans seek the same me...
7 years ago
Gone to Texas

HB 1656 : More about transportation - Following the same topic of my first article, I would like to write about massive transportation in Austin, and, specifically about a bill that has been p...
7 years ago
Texas Beauty

Blog stage 7 - Texas Policy released an article about our health. Insurance failures expose Obamacare fatal flaw states that when Washington expands healthcare bureaucrac...
7 years ago
TeXas Politics

Blog #7: Texas needs a child care quality rating system - Many Texans watched in horror on their smartphones, Facebook feeds or local news this past week a video of a Plano child care provider carelessly tossin...
7 years ago
Our Future Today

My Opinion on HB 1911 and its Future Status - House Bill 1911 was approved by a house committee last week and will now head to the full Texas legislature. In a recent blog post I discussed my dis...
7 years ago
Patel Perspective

Should Texas Have a Front AND Back License Plate? - One aspect that is uncommon to most other states is that Texas requires you to have a front and a back license plate. Now some may argue that this is quit...
7 years ago
The Roof is on Fire

Reply to "Clash of the Classrooms" - I completely agree with Jonah Hernandez's post about SB 3, "Clash of the Classrooms". The bill's supporters make it sound like an overall positive, allowin...
7 years ago
Free Thinkers Forum

face value - I agree with your assessment that this blog you read is biased. Generally, it is understood that Blogs tend to have a narrative or lean heavily on one to...
7 years ago
Ji's Texas History Travelogue

Blog Stage Six: Comment on a colleague's work #1 - On Ridhi Patel’s blog, I read commentary about a gun on a college campus and I decided to make comment on this. Since Texas allow people who have the...
7 years ago
The "essential principles of liberty and free government" of the Lone Star State.

Commentary on Austin and a MetroRail transit system. - Many drivers in Highway I 35 seem to have become more reckless over the years causing irritation and road rage! A driver can wait in traffic for hours befo...
7 years ago
Growing Interest towards Government

Comment on colleague's blog #1 - Hello, Alexander! I found your article interesting and I strongly agree with your opinions. Yes, it is true that a gun is a tool and a person who owes shoul...
7 years ago
Data Driven Inquires About Texas & Local Government.

Response to commentary from TristanSZ :"Lessons for American from my own refuge tale." - Response to commentary from TristanSZ :"Lessons for American from my own refuge tale." Thank you for the article. I appreciate the perspective. I also ...
7 years ago
My Blogs

Guns on campuses - First and foremost I couldn't agree more with Alexander Nanez's blog. He definitely had a strong opinion that was made clear at several places in the blog....
7 years ago
vox populi

Blog Stage Six: Comment on a colleague's work #1 - Hello!! I hope you enjoy my comment and it might little unorganized due to my English skills. I tired my best! When I read Alexander's commentary( Guns ...
7 years ago
We The People...

Blog Stage 7: The (Education) Plot Thickens - Over recent weeks, I have been following Texas Senate Bill Three, which, if you recall, proposed to create a Student Savings Account that would be generat...
7 years ago
Stone TX Government

Blog Stage 7: Original editorial or commentary #2 - During this year's legislative session, the Texas Legislature has recently passed House Bill 2908 (HB 2908). What this does is it essentially increases th...
7 years ago
Texas Raised

Stage Five - Mike Pence, the tie breaker. Because of his vote Planned Parenthood may no longer be funded by federal money. States now have control over what organizati...
7 years ago
Samantha Vasquez/TX Government

- In the article "Commentary: Why small elementary schools are essential to the future" Sara Villanueva explains how the need for small element...
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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