Reply to Azure's "Right to Drive"

I completely agree with Azure’s stance on her blog post “Right to Drive”. As long as they are working and paying taxes they should be able to get a driver’s license BUT they are here illegally so that doesn’t really apply to them. I think it would be a different case if they were immigrants here on a visa because they would have the correct documentation to receive a driver’s license.

You also made a really good point at the end about the government maintaining consistency. The government has to make sure that they are applying the same rules and laws equally in all fifty states. The government has these rules and laws to help ensure that 1) people are safe 2) everyone will have equal rights.

Now because they are illegal immigrants there are some limitations that do apply to them and even though some of them like not getting a driver’s license. Also with the voting turnout that you mentioned in the beginning, if they are illegal immigrants they don’t have any right to vote. In order to vote in the state, you must be a registered voter and a LEGAL citizen of the United States. With that being said it really much makes their argument invalid.

You can’t break the law and come to the United States illegally and expect to receive the same rights as legal citizens.

Melting Pot No More

One of the most controversial topics right is if The United States of America should allow refugees. We are known as “land of the free” so why are we going to deny people the right to come here just because they are from Syria? America was started off immigration and we are a melting pot of people from all over the world. It is wrong to deny someone the chance to come here. In fact, all of these governors should be looking at the images of the refugees and what they have to go through. How could someone be okay with themselves for letting innocent lives be taken? The thought of innocent children, women, and men being killed makes me sick to my stomach. Technically the states can’t not allow the refugees to come here.

                The governors and government officials definitely need to step it up and state helping the Syrian refugees. All of the counties need to come together to help each other out. The United Nations was created to help ensure peace and a mutual understanding between the counties. Therefore we need to come together to help the Syria refugees find a safe place to live their lives. The governors are trying to say that if they allow refugees into their state that they are basically letting terrorist walk right in their front door. Excuse my French but that is bullshit, that is an excuse that they are using. The Syrian refugees are just as afraid of ISIS as everyone else in the world, yet we seem to not care about that.

Women of the United States Need to Step Up

On Friday October 30, 2015 Juliane Johannsen wrote an article called “The role of the woman in the U.S national government” in her blog Juliane Johannsen Where are We heading?. She did a great job at presenting the facts right away and getting straight to her thoughts on this issue. I think it is very important for someone to not beat around the bush in their article and make sure that they have a strong opening stance. Also the facts that Johannsen had presented in her article were very shocking and the fact that there isn’t even a diverse woman representation in the government is sad. The fact that the U.S is ranked 76 out of 148 is crazy we are supposed to be the land of possibilities yet it still seems like you have to be a man to get what you want. It too also raised the question on why the U.S. was in such a low position for having women in the national government. I completely agree with Juliane Johannsen’s argument and she did a great job at supporting her argument. The sentence that stuck out the most to me in her blog post was the very last sentence, “With Hillary Clinton campaigning as the next president of the United States of America, the political role of the woman might change in the future”. This shows that even though the statics and numbers are low there is still hope for the women in America to one day be in the national government and to me having hope is the most important thing. Juliane Johannsen has the perfect opening and ending to this post.

Free For All

Birth control should be provided free of charge and should be accessible to all women. For so long now health education in school has been about teaching abstinence however what they should be teaching is practicing safe sex. Part of practicing safe sex is protection and that includes some form of birth control and condoms. Now women should be able to afford birth control because it is something that will not only prevent pregnancy but it also decreases the change of ovarian cancer, cysts, and hormonal imbalances.

                “Preventive Medicine focuses on the health of individuals, communities, and defined populations. Its goal is to protect, promote, and maintain health and well-being and to prevent disease, disability, and death”. Most health insurances will provide either free medication if it is considered a preventative medication such as heart medications, blood pressure medications, and birth control because it prevents pregnancy. It is crazy that some health insurances still have a copay or some kind of charge for birth control when it is something that helps prevent a woman from getting pregnant. My health insurance company just got rid of the copay and now it is free of charge for me but there are still woman out there who still have to pay for birth control and that’s just not right. The thing is birth control is not only something that helps prevent pregnancy but it also helps control the population and this should be something that the government should be concerned about.

                The United States government needs to really take control on this issue. For too long the government has allowed religion to play a huge role in this because some religions believe that birth control is wrong and don’t believe women should take it. There is supposed to be a separation between church and state and the government needs to realize that they have the take a stand and it’s time to draw the line. Another thing the government should think about is how much cheaper it will be for the taxpayers to pay for birth control than to have to help pay for children through SNAP or WIC. At the end of the day we are in the twentieth century and the government needs to realize that and make some changes.