My daughter was four years old and being put to bed by my wife.  My little princess began her regular nightly practice of asking theological questions. My son did this when he was her age, because he learned that it was a good way to milk extra minutes before having to go to sleep. Our daughters questions seemed to be more genuine, but given the depravity of man, who knows.

“Mom, why did Jesus die in Texas.”

“Baby, he didn’t die in Texas. Why would you think that?”

“Because when you prayed you said he died in our place. Isn’t Texas our place?”

It made me think of a story that my mother used to tell. She had been to a Vacation Bible School clinic and one of the seminar leaders had told them that they needed to be very careful with the language they used with children. According to this worker, when you sing that Zachaeus was a wee little man and hold your hands about 10 inches apart, children think that Zachaeus was about 10 inches tall. “Phaw.” My mother wasn’t going to believe that nonsense, and told the worker that.

One week later, we were at a Wednesday night prayer meeting and I was coloring in a coloring book.

“Mom, what color is the devil.”

“Kevin, there is no devil in your coloring book.”

“Yes there is.”

“Here, let me see that . . . . . Kevin, that isn’t the devil, that is a fox.”

And I began to sing to her, “The devil is a sly old fox, if I could catch him, I’d put him in a box.”

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Texan? Politically conservative? Looking for blog content from like-minded people?

The following is a list of Texas bloggers with a conservative bent. You might want to check out a few of them to see what they are saying about current events in Texas and around the world.  And, if you publish or know of other politically conservative Texas blogs, feel free to share them in the comments section below.

A Conservative Texan
A Whole Lot of Bible and a Dash of Politics
Ambush
Blogging From Main Street America
Bob Cozby
Brazos Cowgirl
Carrie Cotter.net
Catholic NFP Mom
Chris Cotter.net
Christian Conservative Libertarian
Christianity Lived Out
Chronicles of the Journey
Chuck’s Coffee House
Code Red
College Plus!
Country Consultant
Daily Construct
Dave’s Strange and Unusual World
Effectual Change.com
Elephants are people too!
F3 Coalition
Fight For Freedom
GOPTory
Hilborn Happenings
His By Grace
His Heart My Desire
How To March Backwards
It’s Topper Time
Joy Unexpected
Junction Pool
Kellehein’s Blog
Kevin Stilley
Kicking The Anthill
Learning Frugality
Living On The Edge
Make-A-Statement.org
Mamacurry’s Weblog
Mark Hutchins Weblog
Mike Grayson
Mike Ritter Online
Morning Scripture
Moving From Structure To Organic Body Life
Mr. Ed’s Blog
My Call to Rise
My Mortal Musings
My Texas Conservative Blog
naturallyestes
Our Little Corner Of The World
Panhandle’s Perspective
Peverill’s Texas
Political Jules for Love, Life & The Pursuit of Politics
Political Mosquitoes
Politics And Christianity
Politics for Average People
Prayerfully Penned
Proud Rural American
Punks 4 Huck
Red State Politics
Selah
Step Lively
Steven Crowder
Street Level
Surely You’re Not Serious
Terry’s Topics
Texans For Huckabee
Texas College Republicans
Texas Rainmaker
That Dreadful Hillbilly
The Blog of A Secular Conservative
The Conservative Austinite
The Daily Talker
The Dream That Was America
The Further Adventures of John and Linda
The Life of Buford
The Official Blog of Kevin Crouch
The Talking Elephant
the tindog coffeehouse
The Unpopular Opinion
The Voice of Texas
Thoughts On Life
Traditional Conservatives
Vets For Mike
West Texan For Huckabee

We love living in Texas, and can’t help but see a little truth behind Jeff Foxworthy’s description of folks from Texas.

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If someone in a Lowe’s store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you may live in Texas.

If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas

If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas

If “Vacation” means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph — you’re going 80 and everybody is passing you, you may live in Texas

If you find 60 degrees “a little chilly”, you may live in Texas

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Need a vacation? Here is a list of actual places to travel to in Texas:

Need to be cheered up?

• Happy, Texas 79042
• Pep, Texas 79353
• Smiley, Texas 78159
• Paradise,Texas 76073
• Rainbow, Texas 76077
• Sweet Home, Texas 77987
• Comfort, Texas 78013
• Friendship, Texas 76530

Love the Sun?

• Sun City, Texas 78628
• Sunrise, Texas 76661
• Sunset, Texas 76270
• Sundown, Texas 79372
• Sunray, Texas 79086
• Sunny Side, Texas 77423

Want something to eat?

• Bacon, Texas 76301
• Noodle, Texas 79536
• Oatmeal, Texas 78605
• Turkey, Texas 79261
• Trout, Texas 75789
• Sugar Land , Texas 77479
• Salty, Texas 76567
• Rice, Texas 75155
• And top it off with: Sweetwater, Texas 79556

Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!

• Detroit, Texas 75436
• Colorado City, Texas 79512
• Denver City, Texas 79323
• Nevada, Texas 75173
• Memphis, Texas 79245
• Miami, Texas 79059
• Boston, Texas 75570
• Santa Fe, Texas 77517
• Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861
• Reno, Texas 75462

Feel like traveling outside the country? Don’t bother buying a plane ticket!

• Athens, Texas 75751
• Canadian, Texas 79014
• China, Texas 77613
• Egypt, Texas 77436
• Turkey, Texas 79261
• London , Texas 76854
• New London, Texas 75682
• Paris, Texas 75460

No need to travel to Washington D.C.

• Whitehouse, Texas 75791

We even have a city named after our planet!

• Earth, Texas 79031

And a city named after our State!

• Texas City, Texas 77590

Exhausted?

• Energy, Texas 76452

Cold?

• Blanket, Texas 76432
• Winters, Texas

Like to read about History?

• Santa Anna, Texas
• Goliad, Texas
• Alamo, Texas
• Gun Barrel City, Texas

Need Office Supplies?

• Staples, Texas 78670

Men are from Mars, woman are from

• Venus, Texas 76084

You guessed it… it’s on the state line…

• Texline, Texas 79087

For the kids…

• Kermit, Texas 79745
• Elmo, Texas 75118
• Nemo, Texas 76070
• Tarzan, Texas 79783
• Winnie, Texas 77665
• Sylvester, Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas, to make you smile….. :

• Frognot, Texas 75424
• Bigfoot, Texas 78005
• Hogeye, Texas 75423
• Cactus, Texas 79013
• Notrees, Texas 79759
• Best, Texas 76932
• Veribest, Texas 76886
• Kickapoo, Texas 75763
• Dime Box, Texas
• Telephone, Texas 75488
• Telegraph, Texas 76883
• Whiteface, Texas 79379
• Twitty, Texas 79079

The Anti-Al Gore City

• Kilgore, Texas 75662

P.S. Whoops, left out

• Muleshoe
• Cut’n shoot,
• Hoot And Holler,
• Ding Dong, and don’t forget……
• Farewell, Texas

And, of course, there is a place in Texas that is……

• KNOTT, TEXAS

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Related Content

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• Why Did Jesus Die In Texas
• I’m Glad I’m A Texan Instead
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A little chauvinism today, quite possibly, might prevent a little tedium tomorrow.
~ in The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover

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Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.

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What do you do when God tells you to crash into your neighbors automobile?

Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO – A man who rammed his truck into a woman’s vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him “she needed to be taken off the road.”

The truck rear-ended the car on U.S. Highway 281, both vehicles spun across a median then came to a stop along a barrier in the opposite lanes. Both drivers suffered only minor injuries.

“He just said God said she wasn’t driving right, and she needed to be taken off the road,” Bexar County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kyle Coleman said in the online edition of the San Antonio Express-News. “God must have been with them, ’cause any other time, the severity of this crash, it would have been a fatal.”

The pickup driver did not tell police how the woman was driving. Police could not find alcohol or drugs in either driver.

A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for a man.

Oak trees do not have acorns until they are fifty years old or older.

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I am impressed with everything I have seen about Michael Williams who is running for re-election to the position of Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission. God, family, country.  The respect that he shows for them combined with real leadership skills and a commitment to make tomorrow better than today makes him someone we are blessed to have serving us in Texas.  Evidently, I am just one of many who like what he has done and his vision for the future. Check out the press release below to see what I mean.

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MICHAEL WILLIAMS CAMPAIGN
FUNDRAISING TOTALS TOP $1.3 MILLION

AUSTIN – Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams’ campaign today announced they have raised more than $1.3 million in his bid for reelection.

The latest report to the Texas Ethics Commission will show Williams raised $624,480.77 for the reporting period covering January to June of 2008. As of July 15, Williams maintains over $800,000 on-hand. Of those totals, Williams has raised $67,286 online.

“Chairman Williams is working hard bringing his pro-growth, environmentally conscious energy solutions to the people of Texas and they are responding,” said Corbin Casteel, Williams Campaign Manager, who noted that nearly 70% of Williams’ donors work outside the energy industry as evidence of Williams’ broad base of support. Read more

I was invited to attend the Republican Party of Texas Convention held last week in Houston. I was offered full media credentials to “blog the convention.” It would have been fun, but I didn’t have the time and energy to participate right now.

Although I could not personally attend, I have enjoyed reading what others have had to say. It seems that a video clip that was shown at the convention has prompted The Left to really get their panties in a bunch. They are cringing in horror about the Big John video put together by Senator John Cornyn’s staff to introduce him at the convention. It would seem that just like public policy, the left just doesn’t get it. The video was obviously what my dad used to call “a half jest.” For him, a half jest was something that sent a serious message but that was framed in a way that is sufficiently over the top so as to bring a smile to your face. Not humorous, but almost humorous — a half jest.

As a “half jest” this Cornyn video is brilliant. Check it out and let me know what you think.

I am supporting the candidacy of John Cornyn to continue as our Senator. I like his ideas. He and I have not always agreed on everything, but I don’t know anyone, including my wife and mother, with whom I agree on everything. I encourage you to check out his policy positions. I think you will like what you discover.

The following is a video of John Cornyn’s speech at the RPT Convention. It runs about 12 minutes and is a good summary of who he is, what he believes in, and what he hopes to accomplish.