THE LORE OF THE BLUEBONNET

Bluebonnets have been loved since man first trod the vast prairies of Texas. Indians wove fascinating folk tales around them. The early-day Spanish priests gathered the seeds and grew them around their missions. This practice gave rise to the myth that the padres had brought the plant from Spain, but this cannot be true since the two predominant species of bluebonnets are found growing naturally only in Texas and at no other location in the world.

As historian Jack Maguire so aptly wrote, "It's not only the state flower but also a kind of floral trademark almost as well known to outsiders as cowboy boots and the Stetson hat." He goes on to affirm that "The bluebonnet is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland, the cherry blossom to Japan, the lily to France, the rose to England and the tulip to Holland."

The ballad of our singing governor, the late W. Lee O'Daniel, goes, "you may be on the plains or the mountains or down where the sea breezes blow, but bluebonnets are one of the prime factors that make the state the most beautiful land that we know.  

 

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Country Doctor of Year honors man in needed, hard-to-fill role

Over the last 50 years, the tall and lanky family practitioner delivered a good many of the town's residents and doctored most of the others.

The night Janet Jaco's little girl had to be rushed to the hospital with a sudden hemorrhage, David Watson walked the four blocks from his house to the Yoakum Community Hospital every hour on the hour to check on his patient and offer a comforting shoulder to her worried mother.

The night the hospital urgently needed blood for an obstetrics patient, Watson rushed down from his office to donate some of his O-negative, then stayed to call in other townspeople with the right blood type. (He knew who they were.)

The day after a torrential rainfall, Bernice Watson remembers, her husband did not let flooded roads stop him from getting to an ailing neighbor. He just hopped aboard a tractor, one arm around the driver, the other clutching his battered leather doctor's bag.  This article is from USA TODAY and by Monica Rhor,Associated Press.  CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE FOR THE REST OF THE STORY.

CAPITAL HILL - WASHINGTON DC

Are we as a country waking up?  There are still a lot of patriotic citizens that want to take their nation back.  The unaudited Federal Reserve, sky rocketing taxes, and the threat of socialism have got the attention of us Americans and it is time our voices are heard.  Wall Street, do you not know that out great country was not formed by the likes of you and futhermore, you are a disgrace to the American public.  As it says in Proverbs 14:34 "Righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a disgrace to any people." 

Our great country has survived many attacks but the most serious is a turning away from God our creator.  We're headed towards fasism which is a government run economy which simply means manipulating regulations, taxes, fines, fee, and all at the cost of the american citizen.  Socialism thrives on the hard work of it's people, breaking them down little at a time until they have no more fight in them.  Let us not forget that Hitler tried fascism but failed only after millions of resistors were slaughtered. 

Our only hope is found in the God of our great and mightly land.  Not only is He the creator of the Universe, Lord over all and His only begotton Son who is Jesus Christ.  If we would just repent of our sins, and turn from our wicked ways then He will hear from heaven and heal our land.  Let us bring forth anew the United States Constitution that has for so long been downtrodden by evil doers and with pride rekindle the spirit of a proud country that is willing to fight for it's freedom, honor, and truth.

              
       Signing of the Declaration of Independence 1776

Listed are the 56 signatures:  Delaware: George Read-Caesar Rodney-Thomas McKean.  Pennsylvania:  George Clymer-Benjamin Franklin-Robert Morris-John Morton-Benjamin Rush-George Ross-James Smith-James Wilson-George Taylor.  Massachusetts:  John Adams-Samuel Adams-John Hancock-Robert Treat Paine-Elbridge Gerry.  New Hampshire:  Josiah Bartlett-William Whipple-Matthew Thornton.  Rhode Island:  Stephen Hopkins-William Ellery. 
New York:  Lewis Morris-Philip Livingston-Francis Lewis-William Floyd.  Georgia:  Button Gwinnett-Lyman Hall-George Walton.  Virginia:  Richard Henry Lee-Francis Lightfoot Lee-CarterBraxton-Benjamin Harrison-Thomas Jefferson-George Wythe-Thomas Nelson, Jr.  North Carolina:  William Hooper-John Penn-Joseph Hewes. 
South Carolina:  Edward Rutledge-Arthur Middleton-Thomas Lynch, Jr.-Thomas Heyward, Jr.  New Jersey:  Abraham Clark-John Hart-Francis Hopkinson-Richard Stockton-John Witherspoon.  Connecticut:  Samuel Huntington-Roger Sherman-William Williams-Oliver Wolcott.  Maryland:  Charles Carroll-Samuel Chase-Thomas Stone-William Paca.