Tag: Texas

  • 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…

  • University of Texas Athletics Hit New High!

    by Boyd Taylor It has been a record year for UT athletics. Football, basketball and baseball have all placed in the bottom of the Big 12 Conference standings.  According to Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds, “We are finally getting the program where we want it to be. The money we are spending on athlete amenities is…

  • The Rebekah Chronicles (an excerpt)

    by Jon Williams   Prologue This book has been a work of love for several years. As with any book, it is almost complete, but it is not nearly done as every time I read it I make little changes here and there. If you know me, you know that I was adopted. If you…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Redneck Striptease (Cletus and Billy Bob)

    Cletus is passing by Billy Bob ‘s hay barn one day when, through a gap in the door, he sees Billy Bob doing a slow and sensual striptease in front of an old tractor. Buttocks clenched, he performs a slow pirouette, and gently slides off first the right strap of his overalls, followed by the…

  • Why I Love Texas

    by Rhonda Wittmer I am a telehealth RN whose co-workers are from all over the country.  It’s 0241 am, and the calls are not exactly pouring in right now.  People with good sense are asleep.  One of my co-workers and I were talking about men, and somehow, the subject changed from that to Texas.  Specifically,…

  • Ethics from the Barrel of a Gun

    What Bearing Weapons Teaches About the Good Life by Eric S. Raymond (Guest Contributor)   The bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his participation in politics as a responsible moral being… (Historian J.G.A. Pocock, describing the beliefs of the founders of the U.S.) There…

  • Reaffirming Texas’ sovereignty under the Texas Constitution and the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

    This Non-Binding Resolution was introduced on March 7th, 2013 by Representative James White who represents Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Polk, and Tyler counties. Once you’ve read the text, feel free to comment below! Representative James White By:  White                                       H.C.R. No. 77 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, The Republic of Texas existed as an independent nation for nine years, and when it…