I strongly agree with your views, and like your use of metaphors, or examples. This is a serious topic becuase it is super sketchy as to why they would want to hide this, specifically for legistalures.

This was my reply to Kelie Hinesly

On Monday, February 23rd, 2015, the Austin American-Statesman posted an article written by W. Gardner Selby. The article was about how true Gregg Abbott's claims against Obama regarding immigration were. The author aims his audience towards people who are interested in whether Obama is in fact "breaking the law" by potentially shielding thousands of unauthorized residents from deportation or not. The author has credibility by the eight sources he puts on the website to the right of the article. The author's argument is that Gregg Abbott's claim that Obama is breaking the law is mostly true. Abbott claims that Obama has stated twenty-two times about how he cannot change the law on deportation is not entirely true; After the author did research, he found that Obama had implied that, but only fifteen times instead of twenty-two. In a Feb 2015 interview, Abbott said "22 times Barack Obama said he did not have the authority to implement this type of measure. And then the day after he signed this into law, he said, quote, "I just changed the law." Those words alone show that he violated the Constitution and violated Federal Law." According to the author the exact words of Obama were "I just took an action to change the law," and that he had made the comment five days after the administration's action was announced, not the following day like Abbott had said. The author goes on to say that there was much more to what Obama said about "changing the law". I think the author is right in saying that "with these clarifications, though, Abbott's statement is spot-on", pegging his claims as mostly true.

On Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, the Austin American Statesman publishes an article titled Wal-mart files federal lawsuit to sell liquor in Texas. They filed the lawsuit Thursday in Austin's federal court, wanting to sell hard alcohol at package stores near existing Wal-marts across the state. The Texas Alcohol Beverage Code prohibits publicly traded companies (like Wal-mart) from having package stores to sell liquor in Texas. The reason I think this article as well as the comments are worth reading is because I grew up in Illinois, where you can buy hard liquor at gas stations, non the less places like Wal-mart or Sams Club. I would like to see them be able to make this happen, mainly for its convenience.