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Ivins feels compelled to share her two cents on the matter, especially after George W. Bush's election. In Molly Ivin’s article, we can find numerous traces of word choice as well as their effects. For the most part, Ivins uses word choice to establish the mentality in Texas, often combining two words or purposely misspelling them to showcase ignorance and attitude in Texas. Ivins acknowledges the laziness in the way Texans talk through words such as “chrissake” and “Dubya,” in her writing. In addition, Ivins also uses word choice to better indicate the direction of the article. Negative introductions such like “Here in the National Laboratory of Bad Government,” for example, are used just before the article turns to political aspects of Texas, something Ivins clearly questions. Furthermore, the specific use of the word “Bad” sends out a powerful connotation to the reader, emphasizing the severity of Texan politics as neither great nor mediocre, but just plain bad. Through Ivins’s word choice, the reader is crudely informed on the author's disapproval of Texan politics as well as the topics for points to follow. By manipulating the way the reader perceives information, Ivins is able to raise awareness for the matter and create concern between the reader and Texas. As a result of word choice comes tone. The tone in the article is chiefly used to express disapproval of Texas. Before diving in too deep into the article, the tone is made loud and clear. In the first paragraph,…

The Texan “Texas is neither southern nor western. Texas is Texas.”
William Blakley, U.S. Senator *** When I first arrived in Thailand, I entered the country without a visa, staying for 30 days and then paying immigration to extend my stay for another 15 days. Once the fifteen-day extension expired, I left the country to start the process all over again. The majority of the time, I took a bus to the border, crossed into Cambodia, and then turned right back around and re-entered Thailand. After…

How and when did the Texans become an NFL franchise? Houston Texans is a professional football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is a member of the South Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Texans joined the NFL in 2002 as an expansion team after Houston's previous franchise, the Houston Oilers, moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they are now the Tennessee Titans.[3] The team's majority owner is Bob McNair. The team clinched its…

In order for a team to join, the current owners have to take a vote on adding the team. If the team would pass the vote, they would then have to pay a fee to join the NFL. As I stated earlier, the last team to join, the Texans, had to pay $700 million to join the NFL (HoustonTexans.com). I personally think that the close league system is the best system for the NFL. Even though an open league system would push teams to be more competitive with the fear of relegation, the talent would be too…

In comparing the Texan and American Revolutionary Wars, they were each heavily impacted by their respective governments, Mexico and Great Britain. Both revolutionary wars were influenced by the governments’ careless and brutal actions, and the rebels won both wars. If Mexico and Great Britain cared for their citizens’ pleas for change, they would still be running their empires in America and Texas. There were many similar and different reasons why Texas and the 13 Colonies were lost by their…

Here I am in Alamo, surrounded by thousands in the Mexican army of Santa Anna. We are desperately waiting for reinforcements; however, I fear that we may not be able to hold out long enough for there to be anything to reinforce. Neverthless, I am not discouraged. I am fighting for Texan independence. First of all, as an American who appreciate freedom, I find no favor with the tyranny and dictatorship of the leader of Mexico, Santa Anna. Second, Mexican judicial system goes against ours. For…

“Uh i’m exhausted”.This is how we feel when we had a long day and you just want to relax. Well, imagine this.A cowboy taking the cows from texas to minnesota. 2 days of hard work without having a bit of sleep.How would you feel.This happend in 1866 right after the civil war.The cowboys would take around 2,000 cattle from teaxas to kansas. Some cowboys do sign up again for the long drive while, others don’t.I think the the texan cowboys shouldn’t sign up again because bad weather,unexpected…

had been reported missing and had been bound, gagged and bludgeoned to death. (Wong, 2015) To interpret this example, 28 year old Texan Marc Pourner Jr., who had been missing, was found in an abandoned area to be beaten to his unfortunate death. A younger man has been arrested as the culprit of this terrible crime and it is assumed that this murder was in fact, a hate crime which was influenced by the enmity of homosexuality. This horrific homicide was consciously committed against a gay man due…

North and South, each side fighting for what they believe in. Since the North did not want slavery and the South did, they began arguing about either to have slaves or not. Six states in the southern part of the U.S. seceded and formed “The Confederacy,” against the North. Later, Texas became the seventh state to join the Confederacy. Then began the Civil War. Why did Texans fight in the Civil War? Texans fought in the South because, for state’s rights, protecting slavery, and for their love and…

Mexican General, Santa Anna, forcing him to sign a treaty giving Texas its freedom. Texas remained independent from 1836 to 1845 when it decided to join the United States. On March 2, 1861 Texas succeeded from the union to join the confederacy in hopes of keeping their slaves. Texas was still considered to be in revolt after losing the war in 1865. However, in 1869 Texas ratified the 14th and 15th amendments allowing president Grant to grant Texas statehood (History.com). Most Texans are…