Posted on 03/15/2004 4:01:23 AM PST by aardvark1
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He's one of the producers, not the director.
The director is John Lee Hancock, producers are Mark Johnson and Ron Howard.
The problem with that end to the "awkward period" is that we could end up with Lew Rockwell followers in charge. Here's acomment from Ms. Wolfe's blog:
It doesn't matter a damn whether it's flying planes into the Pentagon or dropping bombs from planes onto Afghani children. Doesn't matter a damn whether it's blowing up trains and office buildings or whacking the arms and legs off little Iraqi boys. It's all done by people who think something else in this world trumps the rights, and the value, of individuals.She's calmly equating our war on terror with the WTC attacks. She also tries to suggest that strategic weapons are off limits in the terror war. She all but apologizes for our use of atomic weapons and incindiary bombs against civilians during WWII. Elsewhere she links to a sneaky Lew Rockwell site article that blasts President Bush's bipartisanship, as well.
What we see here is the best argument I can find for winning back our country with the pen so that we don't have to use the sword.
I'm for extending this "awkward period" by reelecting President Bush, swinging the pendulum back away from the breaking point. It's not too late to focus the attention of Congress on America's First Freedom. It's not too late to stop the abuse of the word "marriage." It's not too late to keep cutting taxes and fighting the war on terror.
Keep your powder dry, but vote Republican. And lobby any polititican who will listen. We have to save the Republic democratically before we end up having to fend off a bunch of anti-semitic nutcases on the right, as well as black flag waving anarchists and communists on the left.
These days, they're speaking the same language.
Yep. And some of those on board are still asleep.
The cities of Houston and Austin have a lot in common with their namesakes. Austin was built in the interior to push the Indians back, and to this day considers itself morally superior. Austin (like Washington DC) considers itself to be the most important city-- the leader of the land. Houston actually gets the work done. It pays the bills, and is so powerful it supplies energy to the world (literally). Yet Houston is the butt of jokes, is disparaged, while Austin is respected.
Go figure.
As if the history channel is the authoritative source.
Well, at least eight out of 180 or so. (Maybe nine.)
You don't need to feel ashamed if you like the history channel. It's better than nothing, and you don't have to read (ick!).
Not so long ago San Jacinto day was a big deal but no more and I also include Golaid and visit the small monument there any time I'm in the area.
But to me the story of the Alamo (and #$%^ the revisionist stories) where a group was greatly outnumbered, knew they were going to die, had a mission and didn't cut and run even though they had multiple opportunities to do so gets to me. I know that there are newly raised questions if Houston really ordered them to hold up Santa Ana but to the story it's moot, they didn't cut and run, knowing their fate.
I can't think of that without getting misty.
Perhaps it's because as a kid the Texas revolution was pounded into our heads starting in grade school. Too bad that's no longer the case.
And the Alamo remains a powerful symbol. Bless the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a volunteer group that has managed the Alamo since 1905. I "enjoy" watching kids trying to enter without removing their hats. Those ladies make sure they understand.
William Goyens is an incredibly interesting man (as I'm sure you know better than I), very successful at many things but, at least as far as I can tell, the issue of him being a runaway slave is still open to question with one story of Goyens buying his freedom, when his "owner" showed up in Nacogdoches, by paying him (the owner) $5,000.
The most credible story to me is that he was born free but during a trip to La. an attempt was made to sell him into slavery and instead he signed a note. He returned to Nacogdoches and when the holder of the note attempted to collect he (Goyens) contested it in court and won.
Perhaps part of the problem is that he was involved in a lot of things, even acting as a Cherokee interpreter for Houston and there are so many stories about him, I'm sure some of which, hum, skirt on the edge of dubious facts.
Kudos to you for keeping the flame burning! I feel sorry for kids these days that don't have the benefit of a very rich story.
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