Blog 4. Shaking my head at this joke.

On October 6,2013 Genevieve Cato of the Burnt Orange Report  wrote an article about a sign outside of an Austinbar that was offensive. “I like my beer like I like my violence: Domestic” Bar sign shocks patrons. Her article evaluates the sign and the views of the establishment. The title of her article can strike a huge audience once people have read it. Not to mention it’s also a sign viewable to the public. For those who have read it and care about the issue at hand would have been anything less than outraged.  The author is very genuine. She is speaking on the manner completely opposing it. Her argument is extremely sufficient so to say.  She argues it’s inappropriate and shocking under the circumstances. She gives facts about Domestic violence to prove it is no laughing matter. In 2011, 102 women in Texas died as a result or intimate partner violence. One in four women will experience domestic violence, and one third of reported female homicides are the result of intimate partner violence. Over 1600 calls were received from Texans by the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and Texas ranks second in number or calls made to this important service. This is clearly nothing to make fun of. People don’t tolerate this kind of joke. The manager of the Bar couldn’t agree more. Once he found out about the sign and started receiving complaints, the next day every dollar spent on beer will go towards the NCAVC in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It turns out the person who wrote the sign is no longer employed and that Bar. His joke or statement about domestic violence has no place in our society. I agree with the author completely, her argument is well spoken and supports it with facts.

Enough Arguments

In the article GOP to Obama: Don’t stop us, we’re on a negotiating roll, author Jim Mitchell makes a claim that conservatives are making multiple arguments to prevent Obamacare. He disagrees with his colleague Bill McKenzie saying the tweaking of Obamacare will bring peace and harmony to legislative. I agree with Jim Mitchell in this editorial.

Obamacare is the law of the land, it has already been passed. Since so many people are against it they tried to stop it at every level. Mitchell tells the different levels to prevent Obamacare in which the conservatives failed. They are all true so it supports his claim. Conservatives wanted to stop Obamacare from getting out of congress, it did not work. Then it became a challenge to the constitution stating it was un-American and illegal. Clearly it wasn’t and Obamacare keeps pressing forward with more arguments trying to hold it back. The argument to repeal, defund and delay all lost one after the other. The main argument in his editorial is about tweaking Obamacare. His colleague believes if Obama agrees to reconfigure or eliminate the tax on medical devices, it can speed up the process of the government shut down. If not than it can also influence the debt limit. Although Obamacare has been passed it has not been into effect yet and it doesn’t have a few years under it. So Mitchell thinks you can’t tweak it we don’t know if it needs adjusting now. He makes a point Obamacare will cost a lot in the long run but the arguments are not sufficient enough to stop it.