The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Siege of Fort Texas(May 3-9, 1846) - Nov 9th, 2003

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[WaterDragon]

Good morning, SAM! This story is one I haven't read about in many years, and then only a little. But the names of the Americans are familiar....so many towns near where I grew up are named after them! Thank goodness the U.S. took all those lands in our "Manifest Destiny!" We rescued that much, anyway, from impoverishment and misery under corrupt Mexican governments!

[WaterDragon]

'Morning, snippy! That man Walker has what I call the 'Texas' cowboy look! LOL. Seems to me that every Texas cowboy I ever saw looked a lot like him.

Those were brave men at Fort Brown.

[The Mayor]

The days of our lives are seventy years; . . . it is soon cut off, and we fly away. —Psalm 90:10

You're not ready to live until you're ready to die.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Snippy.

[SAMWolf]

That little passage from his memoirs has been used for years to instruct young officers on the American professional military ethic.

Unfortunately too many Americans don't look upon the Military as a profession. It's a shame since everything they have is because of the people who choose to take up this profession.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Feather.

[SAMWolf]

Morning E.G.C. Thanks for the reminder about thanking our Vets.

[SAMWolf]

I cannot imagine watching a cannonball fly slow enough to sidestep

LOL! Well I wish the stuff they fired at me would have been that slow.

[SAMWolf]

I was gonna mention that the "Mississippi" was turned over to the Greeks and sunk by the Germans, but you beat me to it.

[SAMWolf]

Do you find it a bit unnerving doctors call what they do practice?

What's more unnerving is that there has to be a "Worst Doctor in the world" and someone has an appointment with him tomorrow.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Samwise.

It looks like they're on their way to taking them back and turning those lands into the same hellhole they left and we're footing the bill.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Mayor.

[The Mayor]

Hi Sam..

[Victoria Delsoul]

Morning everyone.

[WaterDragon]

looks like they're on their way to taking them back and turning those lands into the same hellhole they left and we're footing the bill

My contempt for Mexico comes while wondering why the heck those people pushing North illegally don't throw out their govenrment, clean up the country, and make it possible for the citizens to earn a decent living without having to leave.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Victoria. Nice reminder of what all this is about. Us vs terrorists

[SAMWolf]

It's easier to come up here and get all the freebies.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning WaterDragon.

[snippy_about_it]

Morning Victoria.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Morning Sam.

Nice reminder of what all this is about. Us vs terrorists

And sometimes it looks like an endless battle.