Proud of Texas and Texans

Sometimes I think I live in an entirely backwards state that does more harm than good. Other days I read stories like these that make me proud to be a Texan:

El Paso denies feds access to road for border fence
from HoustonChronicle
EL PASO, Texas — The country’s largest border city has decided to block efforts [...]

Riiiiiiiiight… That’s Believable

In President Bush’s 4th of July speech, he compared the Iraq War to the Revolutionary War, saying that it was another hard war with no end in sight, and that the Iraq War would end in the same way, with glory and that there would be a good outcome. As soon as I read [...]

I didn’t light fireworks tonight,

so I wrote instead.
The United States, just like any other country or state or nation in existence since the dawn of civilization, has had its share of troubles. Like every organization of people, it has been a victim of clashes, both between well-established and respected groups and violent factions. Every time that one appears to [...]

Are we in the same place our founding fathers were?

It is almost the 4th of July, the birthday of our country, the day we declared ourselves independent from England. But how close are we today to what the founding fathers were fighting against.
Here is a link to the entire text of the Declaration of Independence. Look at some of these complaints they [...]