Pretty Good for a Yankee

I read a blog entry entitled "Education as a Necessity" today and I was quite impressed.  The entry was filled with facts and proof of those facts.  Even though there was some personal opinions, the author backed up those opinions with evidence. Whenever a subject was mentioned there was a follow on link so that the reader could conduct further research on what the author was referring to.  The argument was clear and precise and had plenty of supporting evidence.  The author stated a clear issue and offered multiple solutions or remedies for that problem.  The piece was very well written and he tackled many different sides of the argument.  Overall the entry was informative and convincing, pretty good for a Yankee.  

Hypocrites

Why doesn't the Texas Legislature do something about the fraudulent voting going on in the Legislative Branch?  Oh wait, I just read aloud what I wrote and answered my own question.  This is ridiculous, law makers breaking their own laws.  In the Texas House there is constant fraudulent voting happening right in the open for everyone to see.  The way this is happening is when a Representative is not present to vote, other district Representatives are voting for them by pressing a button on their desk.  And they are obviously voting the way they want to vote, not in the best interest of that representative that is not present.  Fraud!  These are the same people that pass our laws and represent different people and are voted into that position to do just that, represent us.  I don't want my Representatives desk mate or desk neighbor doing the voting for him because many times it is a Republican voting for a Democrat or vice versa.

Now in the beginning of the session, the Legislature creates rules that they all agree to follow and are held accountable for by the Speaker of the House.  Section 47 in the book of Rules and Precedents of the Texas House says that if "any member is found guilty by the house of knowingly voting for another member on the voting machine without that other member’s permission shall be subject to discipline deemed appropriate by the house." The Speakers first duty is to enforce the rules and regulations of the session.  Why isn't he doing something about this?  When asked, he said that he leaves it up to the House members to do the right thing.

This situation is definitely a catch 22 because in order to change this, the Legislature would need to revise the law or pass a new one.  But they are not going to do that because many of them are benefiting by fraudulently voting.  I feel we need to try and do something about this as citizens of democratic country.  We need to find a way to enforce our Representatives to represent only the ones that elected them into office.  Maybe we should create a third party committee that has no way of benefiting from the fraudulent voting because they don't have access at knowing what they are voting for at the time, but are responsible to enforce the voting regulations.  Anything is better than how it is at the moment.  Lets stand up and do something, make your voice heard on this matter, or you may be casting a vote for abortion when you are pro life.  Just saying.