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  • The Rancher and the Lawyer

    posted by staff A big city lawyer went quail hunting in West Texas. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a pasture on the other side of the fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, a crusty old rancher rode up and asked him what he was doing. The attorney responded,…

  • The Texan Cowboy in the South Dakota Saloon

    Author Unknown The Texas cowboy rode into the town of Deadwood, South Dakota. He stopped at a saloon for a drink. Unfortunately, the locals always had a habit of picking on strangers, which he was. When he finished his drink, he found his horse had been stolen.   He goes back into the bar, handily…

  • The Ghosts In My Life

    by Julia Robb Reading one of my novels will take you on a ride through a supernatural theme park. That might seem odd because neither novel is about the supernatural. Scalp Mountain is an historical novel set on the Texas frontier in 1876. Saint of the Burning Heart is about relationships between Anglos and Hispanics…

  • Real Heroes

    By Jon Williams I’ve heard it said that Axl Rose, member of the band Guns and Roses, said that to become famous one has to only offend as large a group of people as possible. In the 1980s, his band did exactly that. Songs like “One in a Million” rose to the top of the…

  • Shame Shame Shame

    Michael Parks, CEO Crescent Capital Finance Group 11100 Santa Monica Boulevard Suite 2000 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Mr. Parks,                                                                                                        August 18, 2013 Shame on you. Shame. Shame. Shame. As the Chairman of the Board of Directors for El Paso Electric Company, I am very sure that you are aware of the Santa Teresa to Montoya…

  • The Great Dust Bowl of the Texas Panhandle

    Hey! I wanted to come y’all that I had to write a college paper the other day of my favorite place. I currently live in Missouri, but I was born and raised in Texas. I thought I would share my essay paper with you! — By Amy Barnes Jordan The great dust bowl covers a…

  • Fort Hood Shooting Victims Hit With DoD Gag Order

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT5yxLN4RlA Common Sense TV Host E.T. Williams shares his thoughts on the DoD’s gag order from Fort Hood’s Warrior Way’s PX parking lot. ———- Click here to request your I Am A Texan Rewards Visa Card. Rewards for shopping at local Texas businesses.

  • Colors of Texas

    by Robin Sallee Texas isn’t usually the place that comes to mind when thinking of beautiful scenery, especially West Texas, but Texans are unique in their ability to see beyond the obvious. Texas has an extremely wide array of browns, yellows and greens with fields, pastures and open ranges sprawling out as far as the…

  • Need a Push at 3 AM

    Author Unknown . A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push. “Not a chance,” says the husband, “it is 3:00 in the morning!”…

  • The Wrong Funeral

    by Kimberly Pardue I was at the funeral of my dearest friend,­ my mother. She finally had lost her long battle with cancer. The hurt was so intense; I found it hard to breathe at times. Always supportive, Mother clapped loudest at my school plays, held the box of tissues while listening to my first…

  • Cowboy Computer Logic

    Author Unknown Cowboys have long seem to have computer logic 150 years before semi-conductors were invented. One can find these modern terms in the notes taken during trail drives and taming the wild west: Log On:…… building camp fire around the chuckwagon. Log Off:…….removing the log as it was time to move down the trail.…

  • The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

    Gregorio Cortez and his brother Romaldo were working as ranch hands at the W.A. Thulmeyer ranch in Karnes County one day when they saw County Sheriff W.T. Morris and his deputies riding toward them. It was June 12, 1901, and life for Cortez would never be the same. Within five minutes Cortez, 25, became a…