tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4529679066069095456..comments2024-03-29T06:29:15.928-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Mission San Antonio de Valero OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2823841968790766302016-03-07T16:49:57.091-08:002016-03-07T16:49:57.091-08:00Well, I'm pretty close to Austin, so immune is...Well, I'm pretty close to Austin, so immune is probably not possible. Weird, however, is ever present.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27814376061949617262016-03-07T16:47:30.854-08:002016-03-07T16:47:30.854-08:00Texas A&M (Whoop!) does a pretty good job of s...<a href="http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/archives/yellowrose/yelrose.html" rel="nofollow">Texas A&M</a> (Whoop!) does a pretty good job of separating fact from fiction on the story. Seems like it has a pretty good chance of being fact, or at least mostly fact.<br /><br />Thanksjuvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44064669034056851252016-03-07T15:02:15.891-08:002016-03-07T15:02:15.891-08:00Don't tell me that other bumper sticker says C...Don't tell me that other bumper sticker says California 420. I thought Texas was immune to that.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15676394022862176982016-03-07T14:45:17.621-08:002016-03-07T14:45:17.621-08:00Yep, Yellow Rose... :-) And nice recap!Yep, Yellow Rose... :-) And nice recap!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7087452562707028272016-03-07T14:43:12.747-08:002016-03-07T14:43:12.747-08:00Memphis without the music. Yep, pretty much descr...Memphis without the music. Yep, pretty much describes it. I visit it when I must and only then. You're right that the Riverwalk is ok, a little touristy after the first couple of visits though. About the only thing I look forward to down there is a great lumber yard with a wide variety of exotic woods for a reasonable price. My wife cringes when I tell her where I'm headed. Reasonable being in the eye of the woodworker.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43143718447659820212016-03-07T12:42:54.398-08:002016-03-07T12:42:54.398-08:00Appeared all of a sudden in El Paso when I was @3....Appeared all of a sudden in El Paso when I was @3. I did that a lot. About the only state I never claimed is whatever state Purdue is in. We never went back there again. The nuns in Rhode Island taught the Alamo. I visited when I was in San Antonio. I liked the River Walk and almost nothing of the rest. It was Memphis without the music.<br />HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72950950382420291442016-03-07T12:08:48.789-08:002016-03-07T12:08:48.789-08:00I've heard that story. If true, I understand ...I've heard that story. If true, I understand the need for a nap. Heck, I understand the need for a nap no matter the reason.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2672901581712686942016-03-07T12:07:39.679-08:002016-03-07T12:07:39.679-08:00Almost without a doubt, San Jacinto was a miracle....Almost without a doubt, San Jacinto was a miracle. For Santa Anna not to have posted sentries which allowed the Texans to close undetected to within yards of the Mexicans was a blunder of epic magnitude. Yet, here we are.<br /><br />As I've mentioned, I grew up in West Texas and love the "see 'em comin'" views. Our time in Alamogordo was highlighted by trips to the big city, El Paso. Don't know if you've been there lately, but it's a lot bigger big city than before. And not in a good way, if you get my drift.<br /><br />Peeps is peeps, wherever they are. Small town peeps tend to be a bit more friendly, if only because it's harder to get away with things. People know who you are.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88705902199155587542016-03-07T11:28:30.413-08:002016-03-07T11:28:30.413-08:00"Sam Houston showed up when Santa Anna (Hiss..."Sam Houston showed up when Santa Anna (Hissss!) wanted a nap. On such whims the fates of empires rest."<br /><br />Folklore has it that "The Yellow Rose of Texas" had a bit to do with that.<br /><br />Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-618815018369969342016-03-07T11:02:37.788-08:002016-03-07T11:02:37.788-08:00I remember reading in a history magazine some year...I remember reading in a history magazine some years ago about the executions, and I think it was Davy Crockett whom historians now think was executed after the battle. To me San Jacinto was a near-miracle. Celia Hayes, who I have mentioned to you before, loves to write about Texas History and she has pointed out that the Treaties of Velasco did not end Mexican incursions into Texas. <br /><br />As far as stereotypes I was stationed for a few months in El Paso and grew to love the area. You had to realize there that you are about 400 miles from anywhere, if you exclude Las Cruzes.<br /><br />Like anywhere else I have found Texans to be some of the best and some of the worst. What I discovered in El Paso is that while eating in a Luby's Cafeteria (Cafeterias really seem to be a Texas thing don't they?) - the guy in bib overalls might be dirt poor or a multi millionaire and he would treat you the same. <br /><br />Then it seemed to me around the Dallas area people all wanted you to know how much money they had, or at least let you think they had money.<br />Every big building seemed to have someone's name on it. <br /><br />Goes with what I discovered a long time ago that everywhere there are people you want to know and people you;'d just as soon not know. <br /><br />But the good ones far outnumber the others.<br /><br />Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54753359025495832802016-03-07T11:01:50.193-08:002016-03-07T11:01:50.193-08:00Seems to me, Dave, that all you have to do to fill...Seems to me, Dave, that all you have to do to fill the I'm a Texan square is "get here as soon as you can". But I will caution you, their is only one spring in Big Spring, and I did a lot of fishing in it when I was a kid.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84470694020455621932016-03-07T10:54:51.607-08:002016-03-07T10:54:51.607-08:00Yeah... that would help with taking back the schoo...Yeah... that would help with taking back the schools.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79276478642466656842016-03-07T10:42:25.062-08:002016-03-07T10:42:25.062-08:00Holy Cow! I seem to be a Jacksonian Democrat!
My p...Holy Cow! I seem to be a Jacksonian Democrat!<br />My parents, their parents and theirs, all born in Texas as far as I can figure out. I visited Corsicana and Marshall every two years of my life before seventeen. I lived in Big Springs and San Antonio and Sherman. My brother-in-law augured in near Bergstrom. My kin are all there. I know where the fruitcake is hidden and I like the notion of dinner at noon and supper after work.<br />All this to ask, "Am I a sort-of Texan?" If so then I can deal with having been born in Oregon! Yikes!<br /><br />Great reading, Juvat!Dave's Daily Day Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491764990082380190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34198609933595306142016-03-07T10:38:28.437-08:002016-03-07T10:38:28.437-08:00Figuring out how to reverse the breakdown in Famil...Figuring out how to reverse the breakdown in Families would be a good start also.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36239668320157971172016-03-07T09:18:07.264-08:002016-03-07T09:18:07.264-08:00How do you put the toothpaste back in the tube?
Lo...How do you put the toothpaste back in the tube?<br />Local control of the schools would be a start.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58881110335786129182016-03-07T06:24:23.609-08:002016-03-07T06:24:23.609-08:00All excellent questions, for which I have no answe...All excellent questions, for which I have no answers. I do believe that those questions are why our government was designed the way it was, though. The inherent inefficiencies built into the 3 branches are the safeguard our freedom from Lord Acton's dictum ""Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." That saying certainly seems to have been validated lately.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75849213017163907172016-03-07T06:23:37.224-08:002016-03-07T06:23:37.224-08:00We share some of the same worries.We share some of the same worries.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85485270662162653342016-03-07T06:18:26.257-08:002016-03-07T06:18:26.257-08:00Thanks,
I can't vouch for all, but in this Sch...Thanks,<br />I can't vouch for all, but in this School District the Alamo is taught. Quick trip through the Elementary School on Friday had hand drawn posters and a diorama or two. It was interesting.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55524167758960109632016-03-07T06:16:16.171-08:002016-03-07T06:16:16.171-08:00We learn, but still wash, rinse, wash again our hi...We learn, but still wash, rinse, wash again our history. We try to filter out the cause effect result, and inject the same argument ad infinitum. States rights, what right, local rights, I'm hearing "granted by God" again. I feel the trepidation again, another whisky rebellion? Or a civil war? In the incipient state? S I guess they want real blood this time, but how do you stop Hitler's from destroying the "state"?Jim b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06586320752813748542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54934244918278991942016-03-07T05:16:39.073-08:002016-03-07T05:16:39.073-08:00Great job Juvat! Lots of excellent historical deta...Great job Juvat! Lots of excellent historical detail (and links to more) and your four lessons at the end are timeless.<br /><br />I wonder if kids still learn about the Alamo? (I did as a kid in Vermont, but that was before the days of political correctness and "everyone gets a trophy." Sigh...)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com