Posted on 07/02/2010 12:05:55 PM PDT by RightCenter
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Bump.
Wow, that;s good.
Yeah, I didn’t know that about Thomas Paine either...dang near sounds like a Marxist.
interesting, but a little off the mark at least where Texas is concerned.
Don’t Mess With Texas - it was indeed selected as a slogan against littering. But what makes it a powerful slogan is it plays to the broad concept at already exists, which is Texas has a State Identity that is very strong, whereas, most other states have lost the concept somewhere after 1913.
The Alamo - please, the author needs to do more studying and stop thinking he is the smartest guy in the room - he is not. Like most rebellions, there were many causes. Texas was very sparsely populated and following Mexico’s independence from Spain, immigration into Texas from the US into basically unoccupied land lead to the majority of people have US culture and expectations. There were issues with Spanish and US racism, cultural issues, economic issues as well as governance issues. Yes slavery was one of many issues. But this author is not being accurate by pulling out one issue from 50 and trying to make his point.
Some interesting information here but I don’t understand why the Crazy Horse monument is on this list. The author believes that carving the mountain was a bad idea and quotes Russell Means as evidence that all native Americans feel this way. I don’t believe that is correct. Either way, the monument doesn’t mean the opposite of what people think it does because everyone knows that it was created to counter Mount Rushmore and give Indians a source of pride.
IMHO what Paine was probably talking about was the “landed” aristocracy, IOW, not pro-Marxist and anti-capitalist, but instead anti-aristocrat. So that part of this author’s criticism is misleading.
Yeah, and apparently someone from Texas peed in his coffee.
All of Mexico was in upheaval over the abolition of the 1824 constitution. Some factions wanted federalism, others wanted dictatorship.
The revolt wasn't just about slavery, and Texas wasn't the only province in revolt. More than anything else, Texas wanted separate statehood from Coahuila, and a new constitution based on the old one from 1824.
IIRC, Thomas Paine is one of the Founding Fathers that liberals most admire.
Might be more appropriate as Europeans misunderstanding Indian culture and religion.
Indeed correct Paine was advocating redress from Grievances from England. Not a mode of law to be imposed by the citizens of an independent country on itself. I think the Author needs to re-read Common sense in its entiorety and just pull out selected quotes.
The central government of Mexico rescinded the lands granted to those who moved to Texas from the United States, intending to turf these folks off without compensating them for the improvements made.
Additionally the central government rescinded most rights of self-government in the state of Texas & Cohila, including trial by jury and the right to select local officials (including mayors). This led the Tejanos to make common cause with the Anglos. About one-eighth of the Alamo garrison were Tejano, as was one of the officers in the garrison (Juan Seguin — who was dispatched to carry a call for help prior to the final day of the siege), as were a company of the Texian Army at the San Jacinto.
Incidentally, the Texas War of Independence was the second of five revolts against the central government of Mexico, and the only one that succeeded in gaining independence for a Mexican state.
Heh heh heh... I just like that part. Land/mule redistribution program... ;D
Probably the Texan that sidled up to him at the bar. If that was me, I would have peed in his coffee too. Just sayin’.
Paine called for the French Revolutionaries to invade England.
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