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Today is Texas Independence Day
March 02, 2017, 08:14 AM
JALLENToday is Texas Independence Day
Texas Independence Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. With this document signed by 59 people, settlers in Mexican Texas officially declared independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas.
The convention named Sam Houston to command the army, such as it was, and by April 21, he had made it stick.
By coincidence, today is also Houston's birthday.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown March 02, 2017, 08:20 AM
BGULLLong live the great State of Texas!
Bill Gullette
March 02, 2017, 08:31 AM
CQB60God bless Texas!
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Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun…
March 02, 2017, 09:21 AM
DbltapHappy Birthday Lone Star State
P.S. DMWT or we'll SJYA
March 02, 2017, 09:23 AM
jbcummingsquote:
Originally posted by CQB60:
God bless Texas!
+1
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup.
March 02, 2017, 09:48 AM
David LeeJALLEN, Beck is covering Sam Houston on his show today.
March 02, 2017, 09:59 AM
12131If y'all don't mind,
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March 02, 2017, 10:00 AM
GeorgeairI've grown to appreciate it much more after 6 years!
You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02
March 02, 2017, 10:08 AM
TomS
Best regards,
Tom
I have no comment at this time. March 02, 2017, 10:55 AM
Opus DeiBig ol' hug and a bouquet of bluebonnets for mama Tennessee.
March 02, 2017, 11:36 AM
OKCGeneHappy Birthday to my neighbors of the Red River.
March 02, 2017, 12:19 PM
ridewvHappy B'day Texas! I'm riding down next month and looking forward to visiting Big Bend, Hill Country, and whatever else I stumble upon.
No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.
March 02, 2017, 12:37 PM
ftttuHappy Birthday!!!
Retired Texas Lawman
March 02, 2017, 02:00 PM
Blue DogHappy Texas Independence Day
March 02, 2017, 04:35 PM
arabiancowboyAnd Sam Houston's birthday!
And mine
March 02, 2017, 04:41 PM
erj_pilotHappy Birthday to my beautiful (adopted) Republic and to the man for whom my wonderful city is named...
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 March 02, 2017, 06:04 PM
Rolan_KrapsI have decided that I rather like Texas! Happy Birthday!
Rolan Kraps
SASS Regulator
Gainesville, Georgia.
NRA Range Safety Officer
NRA Certified Instructor - Pistol / Personal Protection Inside the Home
March 02, 2017, 06:14 PM
JALLENquote:
Originally posted by erj_pilot:
Happy Birthday to my beautiful (adopted) Republic and to the man for whom my wonderful city is named...
Where is that statue?
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown March 02, 2017, 06:17 PM
Test1968quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
Where is that statue?
Off IH-45 at Huntsville
Alcohol
Tobacco
Firearms
Who brought the chips and dip?
Jim March 02, 2017, 08:36 PM
JALLENquote:
Originally posted by Test1968:
quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
Where is that statue?
Off IH-45 at Huntsville
Thanks.
I hope to get over to Huntsville this spring to pay my respects, once more. I was there many decades ago, and need to go again.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown 
