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In Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA convention. While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more veteran coaches rumbling about the lineup of speakers scheduled to present during the weekend. […]
Continue ReadingReceived by email 12/22/2015 from NRA-ILA Texas Attorney General Releases Numerous Opinions Affecting Carry Licensees; Open Carry Law Set to Take Effect on January 1 On Monday, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) released four opinions relating to the ability to carry on campus and individuals with Licenses to Carry (LTCs, formerly known as Concealed Handgun […]
Continue Reading“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the […]
Continue ReadingFrom a small book entitled, “Reflections on Pearl Harbor” by Admiral Chester Nimitz. Sunday, December 7th, 1941–Admiral Chester Nimitz was attending a concert in Washington D.C. He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. When he answered the phone, it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.He told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) […]
Continue ReadingThe phrase was a motto of the Texas revolution. It’s said that when the Persian emperor Xerxes demanded King Leonidas and his Spartan army of 300 men lay down their arms and surrender at the battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas replied “Molon Labe,” which is Greek for “Come and take [them].” Pronounced: mo-lone lah-veh
Continue ReadingThis is a VERY simple way to understand the tax laws. Read on — it does make you think!!Let’s put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand. Suppose that every day ten men go out for dinner. The bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, […]
Continue ReadingThe text below was not prepared by this web site’s author. An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one […]
Continue ReadingCopied from somewhere. If you know the source please let me know so they get the credit. A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth. […]
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