One reason people do not vote is because they do not know the people running or what they stand for. Dallas has a runoff mayoral election taking place on June 18th and the two candidates are Mike Rawlings, www.mikerawlingsfordallas.com, and David Kunkle, www.davidkunkle.com. You can visit both of their websites and learn more.
I will be calling both campaigns before the election and asking them some questions concerning their campaigns. I would like to ask them questions from our fans and listeners.
If you could ask Mike Rawlings and David Kunkle a question, what would you ask them?
~Andres
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Food for Thought
Saw this quote on a blogger's Facebook page:
“Bad politicians are sent to (Austin) Washington by good people who don't vote.” ~ William E. Simon
I think this is a very true statement. How do we send good politicians?
~Andres
“Bad politicians are sent to (Austin) Washington by good people who don't vote.” ~ William E. Simon
I think this is a very true statement. How do we send good politicians?
~Andres
Monday, May 23, 2011
Amnesty for Oklahoma Senator?
It has been speculated on Rachel Maddow's blog that the Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn has received immunity for his "role in the investigation involving former Senator John Ensign." Click here to read it.
This is interesting, especially since Senator Coburn has voted against, in his words, "amnesty" when he voted against Comprhensive Immigration Reform and the DREAM Act.
I guess amnesty is okay when given to Senator Coburn. What part of illegal doesn't he understand?
~Andres
This is interesting, especially since Senator Coburn has voted against, in his words, "amnesty" when he voted against Comprhensive Immigration Reform and the DREAM Act.
I guess amnesty is okay when given to Senator Coburn. What part of illegal doesn't he understand?
~Andres
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Whether we are parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, neighbors, teachers, mentors, or community leaders, we encourage children to do good in school, work hard to be whatever they want be, and encourage them to be leaders. We want them to be successful, productive people so we are constantly reminding and trying to set the best example.
Prepping them to be leaders or at least not simply be blind followers starts early with sayings like "if Timmy jumps off a cliff, would you?" or chastise them by saying "monkey see, monkey do" when they get in trouble for following someone else's lead. We would rather our children plow their own path as opposed to someone else dictating their route.
More often than not, we are probably repeating the same themes our parents tried to instill in us. One of the simplest ways we can take a stand, be a leader, and not blindly follow decisions others have made for us is by voting.
For some reason a lot of us don't vote. In Dallas County alone, where municipal elections were just held, only 11% of registered voters participated. Let me put that another way: out of 1,074,042 registered voters only 119,077 voted. That means 954,965 did not. Wow, pretty sad!
We are content in letting people make rules, ordinances, and laws for us to follow with no input from us. We are content with missing an opportunity to show our kids how to practice what we preach. We are content with sending the message to our kids that our words are empty. To me it is very hypocritical to expect our kids to do what we can do ourselves, yet we don't.
Are we all just hypocrites?
~Andres
Prepping them to be leaders or at least not simply be blind followers starts early with sayings like "if Timmy jumps off a cliff, would you?" or chastise them by saying "monkey see, monkey do" when they get in trouble for following someone else's lead. We would rather our children plow their own path as opposed to someone else dictating their route.
More often than not, we are probably repeating the same themes our parents tried to instill in us. One of the simplest ways we can take a stand, be a leader, and not blindly follow decisions others have made for us is by voting.
For some reason a lot of us don't vote. In Dallas County alone, where municipal elections were just held, only 11% of registered voters participated. Let me put that another way: out of 1,074,042 registered voters only 119,077 voted. That means 954,965 did not. Wow, pretty sad!
We are content in letting people make rules, ordinances, and laws for us to follow with no input from us. We are content with missing an opportunity to show our kids how to practice what we preach. We are content with sending the message to our kids that our words are empty. To me it is very hypocritical to expect our kids to do what we can do ourselves, yet we don't.
Are we all just hypocrites?
~Andres
New and Improved
Welcome to the New and Improved TNA Show website! We have made a few changes. Click around and tell us what you think!
Monday, May 16, 2011
May 13, 2011
Turo leads another award winning segment of FAT Sports. Melinda Rios from the Robert Daniel Langston Scholarship to promote their fundraiser. Andres wraps up the Dallas Mayoral Candidate Review and discusses getting spouse's initials or name tattooed on him. Turo, Andres, and JohnAnthony discuss Texas HB12 and review the great speech Texas State Rep Rafael Anchia gave against it. The TNA Show is on live every Friday night from 9-11 pm on the www.thetnashow.com
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Happy Mother's Day from The TNA Show
The TNA Show proposes a new way, let's say the proper way, to celebrate Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day all the Mothers!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
May 06, 2011
Another great episode of The TNA Show, Turo, Andres, and JohnAnthony joined by the Mikesican. They covered the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers. and the Dallas Mavericks in another award winning segment of FAT Sports. The crew also talked about the Osama Bin Laden death and the cool SEAL dog, covered two candidates for Dallas Mayor (David Kunkle and Mike Rawlings), and the proper to celebrate
You can check out this episode on the Podcast Player on the right hand side of this site.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
April 29, 2011
Wow, another great show! Turo, Andres, JohnAnthony are joined by a new fluffer, Angel. Turo hosted another great segment of FAT Sports and Andres seeked advice about whether or not to do Zumba with his wife. Victor Landa from News Taco joined via Skype to discuss Hispanic Voter turnout and the ramification of President Obama releasing his birth certificate. Listen for these and other great topics!
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