State increases aid request

I got an article from statesman. The article is about Texas State asks for money to create temporary jobs for wildfire counties. “Responding to damage caused by wildfires, the Texas Workforce Commission has requested $1.4 million in Disaster Relief Employment from the U.S. Department of Labor to pay for 60 temporary jobs in the area, up from the initial request for about $700,000.” reporter said.

Because of the drought in Texas, therefore many wildfires occurred in many counties. The central Texas fires have been devastating to several of our communities and church families. Houses and many acres were burned. The fires have consumed 36,000 acres, destroyed nearly 1,400 homes and killed two people in Bastrop.

All the fire victims still have to face hardships; they need our help and our comfort/support to them. Even today, some people still need jobs to provide their own needs. Since the wildfire happened to their families, they have nothing left, not even a shelter to stay.

Therefore, state increases aid requests in order to create temporary jobs in the areas. I agree with the State of Texas' request for Disaster Relief Employment from the U.S. Department of Labor. I think the state should do that to help the victims of wildfires. Since the money will be used to provide wages, jobs, other support services, it is a good cause to do so…This request should be approved by the Disaster Relief Employment to help all people who are in need of help. All the victims will be eligible for state funding that will pay for their temporary shelters as well as cover essential expenses. Especially all the low-income families and renters without insurance who lost their homes and possessions, and also workers whose employment was lost, they have no shelters to live. What can they do for their living? How can they survive through these hard times? Their lives really depend on the help of government and also other people who help them.

The fire victims need help not only from the government but from our fellow Texans. What we can do to help those people? There are many ways such as donations, charities, volunteers,...There are many locations that you can drop off your donations, and your donations can be food, clothes,…and other stuffs. If everyone lends a helping hand, then all the fire victims will be back to their normal life very soon.

Right now, there are still people who really need to a job to earn money for their families. Therefore, the Texas’ government should seek more aids from the national government in order to help the victims.

The Perry ad campaign

I got a commentary from BurkaBlog. The article was called “The Perry ad campaign: sign of strength or sign of weakness”. It was written by Paul Burka on Monday, October 10, 2011.

The author is trying to talk about the Perry ad campaign. This campaign is an attack ad against Mitt Romney. According to GOP source, Perry intends to spend $20 million on an ad that goes against Romney, his primary opponent. Burka argues that Perry should not have done this ad when he has been declined in most polls. That's why Burka thinks this ad campaign does not help Perry in the election at all, plus it is just a waste of money and time. Since the ad is going to be negative about Romney so I think it is not a very good decision to launch this ad. Do you think the ad is going to help Perry in the election? No! A lot of people will even think negative facts about Perry. “Worse, it runs the risk of being a distraction. If he is going to spend $20 million on an ad campaign, wouldn’t it be better spent if the message were how Perry will create jobs in America?” Burka said.

Who should be the one listening to Burka’s words? I don’t think everyone should be convinced by Burka. Burka just put his own options about Perry’s advertisement into this article. Everyone has different options on this campaign therefore some of people might agree with Burka, some might not. Everyone can be his audience since Burka is not telling anyone individual.

I agree with Burka. I think his evidences are logical. Instead of using $20 million on an ad, why isn’t he going to spend on something more meaning such as health care, jobs…? I don’t know if this is a helpful ad for Perry or not, but spending a lot of money to promote oneself and criticize others is not a very good thing to do so. I think people will vote for a candidate who can win on his own strengths and not try to win on the perceived weakness of others. One thing that Perry should be doing right now is to prepare a good debate performance and how to make it better. What he needs is a strategy for winning the election, not just doing negative things to win over his opponents. Voters always have doubts about the candidates make negative things. Therefore, all the candidates must be doing right things to make people believe in them and vote for them. The best candidate will eventually be elected.