Being Thankful and Meaning It

When people say thank you they dont really mean it, like the phrase "thank you for your interest" is used to sooth rejection or failure. When you say "thanks" now a days its used to as a sneer that may damage the meaning of thank you. I really dont see it that way at all because to me when you say thank you or even think of saying thank you you really should mean it because it is really a phrase of respect. When you help someone or do something that they cant do alone they say thank you because they cant re-pay you with the exact same thing you helped them with and it also shows that you really appreciated their help. How many times have you done something for someone and they dont say thank you? It really disrespectful because you took time out of your day to help someone and they dont even appreciate it. So in the end the phrase Thank You should always be used as a phrase of respect.

Taxes for Abortions?

In the Bog entry " should our tax dollars be going to women to have abortions". I agree that tax money shouldn’t be used for abortions I have nothing against abortion because there are times where people cant afford a kid or its not the right thing at the time. The main thing im into is that I don’t want my hard earned money going to something like that, I would rather it go to something more meaningful. Now im not saying that abortion isn’t a serious matter because it really is because the challenges these kids go through with that isn’t an easy task at all. I also agree that it is a persons choice to have an abortion and that’s completely fine. There are some cases that people say that its wrong to have an abortion but its a 50/50 kind of thing with those types of people it a no win. In the end though its down to choice.

Drunken Blood Test

People believe that if the police are going to require DWI suspects to give a blood test when showing signs of intoxication, it should be done by a trained medical worker not a police officer. Also people would like Austin City Council to approve a resolution that prohibits officers from collecting blood samples. Also they would like Austin City Council to support a compromise offered by Police Chief Art Acevedo that they will raise money to hire trained medical workers. Chief Acevedo stated that until they can hire a medical technician that staff from Seton and university medical center Brakenridge will draw blood from DWI suspects. In recent months Acevedo wanted his men to be trained in collecting samples from DWI suspects during the no refusal operation. No refusal operations are used more on holidays because that is when drunken driving soars. It is legal for an officer to ask for a blood sample when a suspect denies to give a breath sample. Drawing blood from suspects without their consent however, has shown controversy because its a invasive procedure that comes with risk. Council member Bill Spelmen says "This scares me", to Acevedos efforts to have his officers trained to draw blood he also asks very valid questions such as, "what is doing to happen in this interaction? ", "will officers be more likely to be assaulted when an arrest is made? ", and "what happens when an officer pulls out a needle and the citizen reacts? ". Spelmen also points out that if drawing blood is done by a trained medical staff that people are less likely to freak out.