Page 1 of Tex Norman's writing

1. Sharing Reasons Matters More than Sharing Conclusions Isaiah 1:18 " Come now, let us reason together ," says the LORD ... There may be a million people who think like me, but I don’t know any of them. Everyone around me seems to think a different way. Everyone in my fa (posted by Tex 11 days 2 hours ago.)

2. INalienable or UNalienable as applied to Rights I have to say, I had not thought much about the words that were part of that “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” phrase. I’m not sure when if ever I would have thought about it. I went to high school in the Washington DC... (posted by Tex 16 days 3 hours ago.)

3. How to know their real Political Values It is easy to say what you believe, but what you say is not always the truth. Growing up in a fundamentalist church, when I think of a point to make I almost always think of Bible passages that make the point for me. Like: Matt. 7:20: By their... (posted by Tex 18 days 19 hours ago.)

4. Compassion and the GOP I believe firmly that there is a lack of compassion and an anti-Christian virus that has infected the Republican party. I know that this sounds odd since it is the GOP that has taken up some fundamentalist Christian positions like being opposed... (posted by Tex 20 days 7 hours ago.)

5. When I was young: Here comes another story “When I was young. . .” The more I consider the phrase the more reason I find for being delighted by the words. First, when I hear the phrase, “When I was young. . .” it is a signal that a story is coming, and I love... (posted by Tex 190 days 20 hours ago.)

6. Yeah, Sure, I'm Fabulous The word fab·u·lous comes from the Latin word fabulosus , which, in turn comes from another Latin word fibula . In our language the word first showed up in Middle English in the 15 th Century. You will notice the kernel word of... (posted by Tex 206 days ago.)

7. My Flawed Understanding of Flaws I wish I could say I had A flaw , but that is to admit too little. I am Flawed . I am the essence of flawed . All my life the one thing I was absolutely certain of is that I was broken and worthless. If someone said to me, “Well, nobody is... (posted by Tex 211 days 12 hours ago.)

8. The Significance of the Insignificant I recently read this quote by Gandhi. Again.: Almost anything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. I say I read it again, because I found it in a stack of 4 by 6 note cards and I copied the quote on the... (posted by Tex 219 days 20 hours ago.)

9. Create A College Poem I started doing something new. It is only new to me, of course. I consider myself both a writer and an artist. This new thing combines both loves. I call it collage poems. I start by finding words and phrases. This is not a ransom note.... (posted by Tex 227 days 4 hours ago.)

10. The Catcher of the READ As a child I was slow to read and horrible at writing. My spelling was, and is terrible. School and reading were not really that important at home. My parents thought I could draw and paint pretty good, but they thought I was stupid in every other... (posted by Tex 227 days 5 hours ago.)

11. Does Government Have A Role? Some believe Government has no legitimate role in our daily lives. "I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub." Grover Norquist Well... (posted by Tex 298 days 22 hours ago.)

12. My Debt Ceiling Thoughts The way I see it, the John Boehner plan to raise the debt ceiling is just political theater. Consider this: The Senate would have to pass his plan to send it to the president, and they not only have the votes to kill the bill, they have announced... (posted by Tex 302 days 21 hours ago.)

13. Why I support the Progressive Income Tax. When I was a little kid I heard someone say that at the Mayo Clinic they charged on a sliding scale. Now this was back in the 1950s so this may not be the case, and if may not have ever been the case, it is just something I heard when I was a kid.... (posted by Tex 1 year 192 days ago.)

14. The Problem with Political Compromise Understanding the concept of compromise. When we use the word compromise it describes a process where two or more parties come to some mutual agreement by making mutual concessions. The process of compromise works when the parties have not... (posted by Tex 1 year 194 days ago.)

15. The Social Contract Dilemma Many of the Founding Fathers had read the philosophic works of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, and they clearly understood and supported the concept of a social contract. My idea of the social contract goes something like this: IF people are going... (posted by Tex 1 year 222 days ago.)

16. Tex Talk: the Balanced Budget Amendment Have you seen the Cowboys and Tea Parties website? http://cowboys-and-tea-parties.blogspot.com/2010/09/balanced-budget-amendment-movement.html The Cowboys and T (posted by Tex 1 year 235 days ago.)

17. My Thoughts About Taxes The Pay No Tax Sentiment has become a populous sentiment making itself known through the Tea Party movement. Like everything else, the ultra right is not one thing, nor do they all believe the same thing. Some Tea Partiers are working men and... (posted by Tex 1 year 236 days ago.)

18. Democrats Republicans Racism I continue to hear Republicans attempting to convince us all that Republican's are champions of blacks, and Democrats are racist. My little brother has fussed at me for being a liberal when the Democrats started the KKK, while Lincoln, a... (posted by Tex 1 year 238 days ago.)

19. Why the Tea Party Republicans Say NO Here is a story that I'll use to make my point later: I was born to black belt fundamentalists and drug up in the Church of Christ. This denomination claimed NOT to be a denomination, but was instead the true church. They would rarely say that... (posted by Tex 1 year 240 days ago.)

20. It Costs Too Much I have a point, but I need to first provide a lot of stuff that may, at first, seem superfluous but, at least to me it is super-profound. I hear people talk about things that cost too much , and things that are worth it , but how can we know... (posted by Tex 1 year 240 days ago.)

21. Liars and Proud of It It was during the last Presidential election that I started to notice that people could lie, be confronted with their lies, and still they deny the truth, ignore the facts and despite the fact that everyone around them knows they are lying... (posted by Tex 1 year 242 days ago.)

22. Sense has Nothing to do with Being a Tea Partier The Vice President went a long way in explaining why we should allow the tax cut for the rich to die and we should implement tax cuts for the middle class and the poor. The Vice President said that under the Obama proposed tax cut, "If you're... (posted by Tex 1 year 253 days ago.)

23. Tea Party Steam There is some steam in the tea party movement. As I listen to their speeches, I hear some topic repeated often enough to believe that these positions motivate most members of the tea party movement. GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM There is a... (posted by Tex 1 year 254 days ago.)

24. Left Handed Drawing I am writing this using the Columbus method -- i find it and land on it. I can't even use the two finger typing method. you see I fell on 8/31/2010 inside my house and broke my right arm. I work late -- and Wednesday i got home at midnight... (posted by Tex 1 year 264 days ago.)

25. The Myth of Competence The myth of competence infects us all. When I say US ALL, I mean all humans on this earth. We can blame our tendency to believe in competence on literature. It is just not as interesting to read a story in which every character is a flawed... (posted by Tex 1 year 276 days ago.)