Tag: I Am A Texan

  • Southern Medical Terms

    Author Unknown   Benign – What you be, after you be eight. Artery – The study of paintings. Bacteria – Back door to cafeteria. Barium – What doctors do when patients die. Cesarean Section – A neighborhood in Rome. Cat scan – Searching for Kitty. Cauterize – Made eye contact with her. Colic – A…

  • The Hero of San Jacinto (an excerpt)

    by Boyd Taylor He decided to take the bus home and think about what to do next. He walked half way to the bus stop before he remembered he had left home with no money and no billfold. No UT I.D. that would have gotten him a free ride on the bus. Nothing. He doubted…

  • Slavery in America… It Still Exists, And It’s Probably In Your Neighborhood

    by Sandy Boulter A Bill advertising slaves for sale in Mississippi in the 1800s. Many of us would like to forget about slavery… in the past and present. When you think about Slavery you usually think of a time long ago, when people were taken from their homes and shipped half way around the world…

  • My Missionary Family and Their Adventures in Peru

    by Julia Robb Before my sister Sarah and her family left Peru in 2004, a mud slide had almost swept them off an Andean mountain (they were 1.5 miles straight up), they were traveling on roads so bad it took 24 hours to travel 800 miles, had broken down in places where they could not…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Scalp Mountain (an excerpt)

    by Julia Robb Mission San Jose Texas Ranger Capt. W.E. Henry’s prayer, at Mission San José, in San Antonio, 1876   Lord, I’m a Methodist and talking to you here in a Catholic church, but I guess you don’t mind, this place has been here one hundred years and folks has offered up a lot…

  • 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…

  • 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…