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My dear fellow Texans: A personal letter to everyone who reads this website
by Julia Robb I’m writing this message to you in the form of a letter because it is very personal to me. My blog, “The Real Reason Texas Rebelled Against Mexico,” was printed yesterday in the Heart of Texas Blog. In the last paragraph, I wrote Hispanic Texans fought with Anglo Texans against dictator Santa…
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The Real Reasons Texas rebelled against Mexico
by Julia Robb Critics blast Texas for rebelling against Mexico in 1835. Oh, the poor Mexicans! The Texans stole their land! They don’t know what they’re talking about. The Mexican government invited Anglo-Americans to settle in Mexico to help develop Mexico economically. Mexican officials also wanted settlers as a living shield between the northern Mexican…
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The Pigs and the Scale
by Brent Beasley Here’s a little something I wrote this morning in honor of STAAR testing: The farmer wants his pigs to be fat. Of course he does. The fatter the better. He became concerned when he realized that, even though he fed them all the same, some pigs were fatter than others. The problem,…
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Jackie Robinson, “42”, and Texas
by Melvin Edwards Jackie Robinson had two Texas connections. First, he was court martialed while serving in Fort Hood in Killeen. (He was acquitted, though admittedly “guilty” of refusing to give up his seat on the military bus. He was “Rosa Parks” 10 years before she was.) A couple of years later, he…
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Look at Texas for a second with me, will you?
AUTHOR UNKNOWN Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Look at Texas with me just for a second. That picture, with the Panhandle and the Gulf Coast, and the Red River and the Rio Grande is as much a part of you as anything ever will be. As soon as anyone anywhere…
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George W. Bush Presidential Library Dedication
by I Am A Texan Staff The George W. Bush Presidential Library will be dedicated on April 25th, expected to be in attendance are all 5 living US presidents, the first time the most exclusive club have met since January of 2009. Asked about his legacy in an interview with USA Today, President Bush…
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Yankee Chili Tester
Author Unknown Notes from an inexperienced Chili tester named Frank, who was visiting Texas from the East Coast: “Recently I was honored to be selected a judge at a chili cook-off. The original person called in sick at the last moment and I happened to be standing there at the judge’s table asking directions to the…
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Dear Mom On the iPhone
Author Unknown I see you over there on the bench, messing on your iPhone. It feels good to relax a little while your kids have fun in the sunshine, doesn’t it? You are doing a great job with your kids, you work hard, you teach them manners, have them do their chores. But Momma, let…
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The Angel of Death
by Julia Robb Elroy Camp died at midnight, while Beulah held his bony hand and prayed. Mr. Elroy took a trembling breath. He never breathed out. “I might have known,” Mr. Elroy’s daughter said when Beulah called. “Ma’am?” “You heard me. Families in this community hire you to take care of their loved ones and…