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Remember the Alamo!
March 06, 2018, 09:56 AM
jhe888Remember the Alamo!
The Alamo fell on this day in 1836.
Remember the Alamo!
Remember Goliad!
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. March 06, 2018, 10:11 AM
JALLENAbsolutely!
God Bless Texas! And the Aggies, too.
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 06, 2018, 10:17 AM
GeorgeairStopped by there while in the area a year ago. Incredibly enlightening as to the scale of the "fort". Much smaller and less easily defended than I'd thought, and a broad expanse of land encompassing the battlefield.
Definitely worth visiting if nearby.
You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02
March 06, 2018, 10:19 AM
tatortoddVery brave men fighting a force that was somewhere between 7 and 10 times larger.
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. March 06, 2018, 10:42 AM
RagnarDavid Crockett: Excuse me, Colonel; we got quite a mare's nest out here. You might want to come out and see.
William Travis: I have to get these dispatches out while there is still time. You can help me place the men, colonel. You and your men will defend the palisade on the west wall.
David Crockett: By 'palisade', you mean that little bunch of sticks out there?
William Travis: Would you prefer another assignment?
David Crockett: Uh, no, no; that was the one I was gonna put in for.
Live every day as if it is your last, for one day you’re sure to be right
March 06, 2018, 10:51 AM
TXJIMAn interesting slide presentation found here:
https://www.slideshare.net/mob...ges-from-then-to-now
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“I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.”
― John Wayne
March 06, 2018, 11:14 AM
jhe888Thanks, TxJim. I hadn't seen many of those photos.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. March 06, 2018, 11:40 AM
oddballquote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
God Bless Texas!
Hear hear!
"You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas." - Davy Crockett
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
March 06, 2018, 11:57 AM
xrocketRemember the Alamo and never forget Goliad!
Thank you Lord for Texas My Texas
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. I stand for "We The People ..."
March 06, 2018, 12:29 PM
1967GoatI remember...I was there just last July!
March 06, 2018, 01:23 PM
bayoumanThe defenders of the Alamo stood tall when it counted like so many since then.
Bayouman
Never let the enemy pick the battle site.
March 06, 2018, 01:52 PM
JALLENAn account of the Alamo, importance, the battle, etc. from the Handbook of Texas Online by the Texas State Historical Association is found here:
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qea02Not necessarily official, or perhaps accurate in every respect, but better than Walt Disney’s.
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 06, 2018, 02:03 PM
Jim ShugartQ: What did Jim Bowie say to Davy Crockett when they woke up and saw Santa Anna's army?
A: "What the fuck, are we pouring concrete today?"
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw