An Eye For An Eye

Little by little countries have diminished using capitol punishment against criminals. But, in Texas this is a different story. Texas is known for the death penalty, and actually is proud of it too. It's an eye for an eye here in Texas and even our Governor, Rick Perry, lets the nation know on his policy regarding this. Most of Texans agree with their Governor and support the issue to the full extent. But, there's a hand full of citizens (Of course, Democrats) that continuously show their criticism to this "barbaric" act.

Our Gov. Rick Perry is proud. Quite frankly, he should be. He is one of the few people left in this nation not afraid to handle situations the way they always should be. Governor Perry has authorized over 234 executions in his long office run here in the state. He has authorized more executions than any other Governor in the history of the United States. That's impressive. Why should criminals, rapists, murderers just be allowed to roam the halls of jail with a smile on their face? Why is that okay for Democrats and the other criticizers? Rick Perry is doing the state a favor. Still being able to sentence the death penalty is beneficial on many levels. This gives most families peace. A man who just slaughtered his entire family should be rewarded with TV, three meals a day, a place to sleep, and a job while hanging out in jail? No. Who in their right mind finds justice within that? Grieving families want to see justice served and be able to find peace again after losing a loved one. It's sickening to watch these criminals be allowed to live and receive more care than the victims. It's sickening to see them literally get away with murder. In actuality, we give criminals more attention than any other group of people in the nation and state. You switch the channel to the news and they have made headlines. You get on the Internet and they are all over the front page. You want to talk about barbaric? Seeing criminals become famous over insane criminal acts is barbaric! The people criticizing the death penalty haven't looked at it from the point of view if it were to personally affect them in any way. Some people disagree with the death penalty because they are afraid some people are wrongly accused. That, by itself, is understandable if this came up 20 years ago. But in today's world, DNA testing and other methods of modern crime scene science allow us to effectively eliminate almost any uncertainty regarding a person's guilt or innocence. Technology allows us to disregard that part of the argument. The death penalty isn't an impulse decision, our state is highly educated and would never irresponsibly use the death penalty in a wrongful manner.

In the end, Rick Perry is proud. Texas is pretty proud. So, everyone else should be as well. This decision is already made on a state by state basis and if the majority of your state is on board, it can't be all that bad of a policy, don't you think?

A Perfect Outlook to the U.S. Visa System

Jason Buch from The San Antonio Express News hit the nail on the head with his piece What's to stop a new immigrant influx? Lately, all over the news and in many peoples' every day lives the discussion about immigration and new laws regarding immigration have stirred up a lot of tension in our nation. Every single citizen has their own different opinion about the situation and how we should handle the problem. That alone is the reason for the long delays and little change to our system from the government. They themselves are stumped on how to fix the problems, and when they do have it figured out, tension between the two political parties cause debates that end up leading to no new changes. Jason Buch in his piece attacks this problem from all angles. That's the reason for choosing his commentary to critique.

"What's to stop a new immigrant influx?" actually needs more praise then critique. Jason Buch easily wanted his audience to be anyone who has interest in the immigration debates. He wasn't looking to talk to only republicans, or only democrats. He was ready to attack this topic from every side. Jason Buch laid it all out, and was very real and honest when writing his article. That definitely stuck out to me. He kept his piece honest, short, and reliable. Buch was educated on his topic, and could easily catch the attention of most news readers. Buch attacked his commentary article so confidently that I feel anyone who read his article would stop and make note that the man knows what he is talking about and is nowhere near being uneducated on the situation. More times than we want to believe, some commentary pieces are written with ignorance. This piece is not. I was intrigued and satisfied with Jason Buch's article.