posted by staff Johnnie Gooden Jr., a 29 year old African-American man, announced that he is the recently adopted son of first lady Michelle Obama. Gooden walked into a Chase bank in Bryan, Texas and tried to access Michelle Obama’s bank account claiming she recently adopted him via Facebook. Michelle Obama Chase bank went on […]
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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 […]
FYI (if you’re a teenage girl)
FYI (if you’re a teenage girl).
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 […]