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PolitiChick State Director of North/East Texas, Patti Terrell’s conservative roots grow deep in the heart of East Texas. She has a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from 1977. “I was a nerd when being a nerd wasn’t cool,” Patti says. Her career path continued in that direction and she currently serves as the director of a large Information Technology organization. Patti grew up “in a family of Democrats” and she was in her mid 20’s before she realized that her views leaned more toward the views of the Republican Party. “My parents still ‘think’ they are Democrats but even they have admittedly changed sides when voting.” One of the highlights of Patti’s political life was hearing Charlton Heston speak at a fundraiser for former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee during one of Gov. Huckabee’s re-election campaigns where she and her husband were hired to photograph the event. “Mr. Heston was kind enough to allow even the hired help have our photograph made with him and the Governor,” she says. Patti lives in Texarkana, TX with her husband of 30 years (Larry), 2 dogs (“but don’t tell them I called them that”) and a cat who “rules the house”. Patti loves to travel, see new places, meet new people and learn new things but “Texas will always be home.”
TSA: “Transportation Security Administration” or “Thousands Standing Around”?
I had total knee replacement surgery on my left knee in June of 2008. As a result I “ding” when going through security at airports so I must be “cavity searched ” (my terminology) or sent through a body scanner each time I elect to travel by air. Since that [...]
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing & The Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10
This is the story of Axe and Danny and Mikey, the story that only Marcus Luttrell lived to tell. From the book jacket: “Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the [...]
Is Concealed Carry Right for You?
Coming home from our cabin a couple of nights ago my husband, Larry, and I were discussing speed limits on the road we travel. They vary greatly and while it can be 70 in one place, it is 55 or less just a few miles down the road. In the [...]
Yet Another Case for Term Limits
On November 27th, 2012, Congressman Ralph Hall (R-TX) cast a vote that was promptly made newsworthy due to the fact that he was the oldest Congressman to ever cast a vote. It was his 18,549th vote. That’s a case for term limits if I ever saw one. I will most [...]
Obama – Gun Salesman of the Decade
Bill Clinton was President in the spring of 2000 when I volunteered to be an instructor for Presidential Classroom for the second time. PC is a selective high school program in which students spend a week in Washington, D.C., touring many different monuments, government buildings, embassies and museums. The students [...]
Our Neighbors to the North
My husband recently took a trip to Canada. Before he left he asked me what I would like him to bring me back as a souvenir (because yes, I am still like a child and want a present from all his journeys). My answer was “a newspaper from Winnipeg”. I [...]
My Father’s Daughter: Tribute to an American Hero
Pop still doesn’t believe me when I tell him that I had nothing to do with “making it all happen”. But truly all I did was ask a simple question in honor of an Army veteran –Halbert Barnett, my Dad. In the fall of 2004 my family took a trip [...]
My Right to Bear Arms? You Better Believe It!
I saw a bumper sticker once that is etched in my memory: “Iran Has Gun Control”. The 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be [...]
Message to Daryl Hannah: Don’t Mess with a Texan’s Oil!
Living in a small town in Northeast Texas, you can imagine my surprise when the local headlines read “Daryl Hannah Arrested” because, trust me on this one, our headlines are always related to local news only. Turns out she was arrested in Winnsboro, TX, about 100 miles away from here [...]
Obama/Nickelback: I WANT TO BE A ROCK STAR!
A few days ago I commented on a Facebook post, “Obama doesn’t want to be President, he wants to be Rock Star.” Now, I realize I didn’t invent that statement as I have seen it in print many times. But after typing it I realized that his life in many [...]
The Evil Known as Apathy
Apathy, you are evil. You grow, mutate and spread until you eat at the very core of our country until we become a nation of compliance. A nation controlled by a government so large that every decision we make is somewhat it the hands of the “haves”. Apathy, you will [...]
Obamacare From a Euro-Perspective
If you really want to understand the effects of socialized medicine, all you need to do is listen to the people who have already experienced its failures in other countries. Several years ago on vacation my husband and I met a wonderful couple, Trevor and Brenda, who lived in London. [...]
Seriously-God Bless America!
After watching the Republican National Convention, I marveled at the number of times I heard the words “May God bless all of you and may God Bless America!” We all say this and we mean it and I love hearing it. I think it should be repeated time and again. [...]
