my comment on "Texas Tution Increase"

The impressive presentation by the author of http://conflictsoftexas.blogspot.com on increasing tution fee in Texas grabbed my attention. Higher education today is a great challenge due to high tution fees. We are compelled to select campuses which offers low tution fee than the one which offers quality education. 53% in increment in tution in 5 years is unbelievable. It will definately drag millions of Texan to the darkness just below the candle. Specially in a state like Texas, which is already behind from many other states in it's percentage of graduate students, these increment will ultimately compel Texan to be the most illeterate state and the reason will not be unsufficient resources or lack of educational environment, but solely unaffordable tution fees. Many Texan are moving to Oaklohoma and other states for their higher studies which are far cheaper than Texas.

The bill to be proposed will be a little compentation but not a permanent solution because it is still above the threshold that Texan can afford. Investing huge funds in education arises a question to me, will it pay me back? Let us hope the bill will help all Texan to afford their higher education.

Government role for homeless in Austin

Austin has increasing number of homeless these days. Lots of them are seen begging in street. Almost every intersection here in Austin today is a home of homeless. They have little board saying various problems. The problems vary from person to person but the theme is the same “money”. They are not disable but intellectual because they have so diverse reason in their little board that makes us support them and ultimately support begging. Getting paid $10 in every fifteen minute certainly attracts every one of us but the job is nothing but begging.
The crime is another issue that comes simultaneously with homeless. Robbing, looting, breaking into stores, shoplifting are some very common phenomenon. Lot of them claimed themselves being ignored by the government and in fact they are. United States, the emperor of power and money in the world, has huge number of its citizen being homeless and jobless. The government which can spend billions in Iraq and Afghanistan doesn’t show any effort to work with these poor people. The government which is committed to stop terrorism in world must stop crime and terror within US first and let their resident feel safe. The government which is helping people settle in Iraq, Afghanistan must work to settle their citizens first, and provide them at least the marginal level of human rights.
People are fading up seeing these people in every intersection, as soon as the light turns red, you will see bunch of people walking toward you. How long will we tolerate that? The government is not inefficient to work with, but may be Rick Perry hasn’t encountered any of them. The tinted glass may not show the outside world or it may be difficult to identify who and how many are homeless from the window of a flying plane or from the window of top floor of state capitol.

Existence of "Dead-man's curve"

The editorial “ Quick fixes for 'dead-man's curve'” on Dallas Morning News posted on October 30, grabbed my attention. The writer typically compares Halloween with the dead-man's curve. He is elaborating the deadly accidents happening in highway US 175. The editor is not only arguing about the ignorance of Texas department of Transportation but also demanding the safety of thousands of people travelling via 175. I, a victim of dead-man's curve, completely agree with the editor’s article and support his argument. The Texas department of Transportation is responsible for people on road and must provide better service to reduce accidents and life-threatening events. TxDOT is not supposed to assume that drivers can reduce their speed from 60 to 25 instantly with just few signs within not even a quarter-mile apart.
The editor’s suggestions to TxDOT to reduce the accident and to aware public with enough information to keep themselves safe are highly appreciated. Posting speed-reduction sign before the dead-man's curve, installing mobile radar and speed limit signs to let the public compare their speed for safety, adding rumple stripes to seek driver’s attention, special signs with flashing lights saying the curve is sharp and the speed must be reduced to ensure safe driving. The editor's alert must be a topic to be discussed to TxDOT. The department should not tolerate the existence of dead-man's curve as the editor's says, "it's scary.” The editor's way of presentation to alert people and to create awareness is incredible.