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I Don’t Tube Much These Days…
by Angie’s Hubby So there I was, just minding my own business. It was a beautiful Saturday morning and I was planning to enjoy it just laying around and doing not much. Angie suggested that the whole family take a trip up the road and enjoy a nice relaxing tubing trip down the peaceful, lazy…
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The 25 Best Ways to Annoy a Yankee
Author Unknown 1. Take your own sweet time when doing ANYTHING. 2. Pronounce all one-syllable words as if they had two syllables. 3. When giving directions, finish with “it’s right down yonder on the left.” Confuses them no end! 4. Talk REAL slow, and (even when you hear them the first time) always ask them…
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Texas Constructs U.S. Border Wall To Keep Out Unwanted Americans
The Texas-U.S. border wall will protect Texans from foreigners, like those from Oklahoma and California. . WICHITA FALLS, TX—Calling it an essential step toward securing the Texas border and protecting his people’s way of life, Gov. Rick Perry announced Tuesday the completion of a 1,953-mile wall designed to keep out millions of unwanted Americans. According…
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My Grandmother said “The Good Old Days Were No Damn Good”
by Dwayne R. Deslatte My grandmother Rose Deslatte had this great line – I use it a lot. “The good old days…they weren’t no damn good.” She kept her old washboard hanging over her prized possession – her electric washing machine. That one phrase has kept more sentimentality out of my brain that about anything else…
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A Renewed Energy Policy
by The Waco Kid This article is an op-ed and the opinions therein may or may not be reflected by the staff, founders, or contributors of I Am A Texan, LLC. Summary For 40 years, American leaders have talked about the need for an energy policy and the need to stop importing foreign oil…
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The Ever Scary 10th Amendment: What it Really Means
by Holli Carter The 10th Amendment seems to be a point of contention. Many of our statist friends say that this amendment give the federal government free rein to do whatever it wants, citing the part “not prohibited to it” to mean that it is referring to the Federal Government. But, take a moment to…
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Here’s Evidence of Obamacare’s Failure
This article is an op-ed and the opinions therein may or may not be reflected by the staff, founders, or contributors of I Am A Texan, LLC. By Sen. Ted Cruz Three years after the Affordable Care Act passed, it’s proved to be neither affordable nor caring. Insurance premiums are skyrocketing. Seniors are losing health…
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An Extraordinary Texas Teen – Showing the World What Texas Has to Offer
As we have built up I Am A Texan, we have gotten to know some pretty extraordinary Texans. One of whom is Hunter Wellen, an amazing teenager from Central Texas who has pledged to give us all a taste of Texas every day. I asked him to write a little bit about himself so that…
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Pecos Bill Rides a Tornado
a Texas Tall Tale retold by S.E. Schlosser Now everyone in the West knows that Pecos Bill could ride anything. No bronco could throw him, no sir! Fact is, I only heard of Bill getting’ throwed once in his whole career as a cowboy. Yep, it was that time he was up Kansas way and…
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CSCOPE is on its way out in Lumberton ISD!
by Jon Williams We first brought you the story of Lumberton ISD’s use of the CSCOPE curriculum after the photo of female students in Burqas (Islamic Dress) went viral. While there is nothing wrong in and of itself in play-acting and wearing costumes of those in different cultures, we discovered that the CSCOPE curriculum…
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Uncle Cleveland is 95 and the liveliest man in Marshall, Texas
by Julia Robb Our family sat in my mother’s dining room a few years ago, after finishing supper, and listened to Uncle Cleveland play his harmonica. Sound echoed in the small, yellow dining room, and wheezed through the darkening house. Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul, Thank you, Lord, for making me whole, Thank you,…