Commentary

This is a response to the blog spot Texas Insider article titled Texas School Board Injects Propaganda Into Curriculum. The Author Laura Driver argues five issues that the Texas School Board has been mulling around. I believe all her arguments are very well put. I also agree that there does need to be a change in the curriculum. All to often you see people trying to dictate what our children should or should not learn and nitpicking the verbiage in textbooks. I am a firm believer that as long as the curriculum displays indifferent facts on any subject they should let it ride. All to often now are people placing opinion in the teaching process of our young children. When a child goes to school they should learn cold hard facts.

Cops, Criminals, and Lobsters

Why? Do you ask? Why? Cause its JUICY! Everybody wants to hear or talk about Cops whether they are; good, corrupt, fat, fit, lazy, over zealous, rouge, goody two shoes, hero or whatever classification you would like to put them in. Everybody wants to hear or talk about Criminals whether they are; murderers, rapists, cat burglars, or larcenists. Or once again whatever classification you would like to put them in. Lobsters, do I need to explain this? Yes, I’m going to anyway. CAUSE IN MY OPINION IT TASTES GOOD AND IS JUST AS JUICY AS A TOPIC AS ANYTHING ELSE.

What happens when it doesn’t taste good anymore? What happens when you’re the Cop trying to do your job to the best of your ability and get trumped by the judicial system? What happens when you’re the individual accused of a crime by an officer and labeled a criminal and wrongfully arrested? Even worst convicted. So many of these instances happen on a day to day basis and are taken and twisted in so many ways by media, and general population. In many instances some controversial subjects might not even get to the general public or media. Am I talking about the stuff movies and sitcom shows are made of? NO. I’m talking about everyday life that’s happening right under your nose in your hometown and in politics today.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety in 2008 80% of murders in Texas were cleared by arrest or exceptional means. The numbers aren’t that bad considering all the factors and angles involved in such a study. But what about the other 20% that have not been cleared. Granted you can’t win them all and some are probably still under investigation. Are the Laws we helped to emplace protecting some of the criminals or hindering Police from doing their job? Or is the Texas judicial system working just right in protecting the civil liberties of those involved? Who is to say? I know everybody has an opinion but is the opinion a justified truth? How about this statistic, in 2008 Texas Law enforcement was successful in clearing or solving 25% of all robberies that were reported. I don’t see how 25% is a successful percentage but understanding the complexity of the judicial system and the rules and regulations set forth as well as the statistical study, should that be acceptable? What about the wrongful arrests you rarely ever hear about when it comes to what some might say trivial issues? Do local law enforcement agencies that are sworn to serve and protect try to update or inform their officers so such arrests don’t happen again? All to often in my studies I am finding that there are gaps in-between our judicial system and law enforcement officials.

This editorial is not to spotlight the Police of their inequities or the judicial system. But to bring to light the gap that is forever in-between them even though they are supposedly supposed to be intertwined. Regardless of how we would like to think our system works. Once and awhile it will fail. Understandably so, is there a way to make it better? With all these questions at hand and statistics shown in the past to present can we fix ourselves? To worry about the more important things in life and not worry about who is using their Ipod while driving.