[jimbo123]

Santa Anna: Hollyweird's new hero. And of course they have to smear the General who whipped his @ss.

[Agnes Heep]

Everything I've read depicts him as a bloodthirsty SOB who gave no quarter in battle and murdered prisoners of war in cold blood. "Remember Goliad" was probably heard just as loudly and often as "Remember the Alamo," at San Jacinto, Goliad being the scene of one of Santa Anna's worst atrocities. I can't see any reason for playing up his nice points because in the historical context they simply haven't any meaning.

[Servant of the Nine]

Santa Anna: Hollyweird's new hero. And of course they have to smear the General who whipped his @ss.

Calling Sam Houston a Big Drunk is hardly smearing him, it's simple truth. You don't have to be a silly assed choir boy to be a great general.

So9

[joanil]

Kilt himself a bear, when he was only three.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

It is time for America to adopt censorship!People must get in front of this and smear it for the lie that it is.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Statement: "If you met him, it would be like meeting Bob Dylan or somebody like that. He had that kind of stature."

Response: Bob Dylan cpmpared to Davie Crockett. Well it is nice to know where his values are!

[ErnBatavia]

"You gotta have some black heroes involved..you just gotta!"

[FITZ]

Sickening. I guess they have to justify why the SW must go back to the Mexicans --- the Americans will be portrayed as the bad guys in this movie.

[MissAmericanPie]

Yet another movie I will never bother to see.

[dts32041]

Walt is it with the mouse, use to be you could take a kid to a movie the mouse made and you knew it was family entertainmnet.

Now you go to a disney movie and you don't know if you are going to see to homosexuals engaging in activity that the scotu has just said is legal.

[Double Tap]

The seige and battle of the Alamo is a good example of revisionist history run amock.

Early recounts of the battle give estimates that Santa Anna's army numbered from 2,200 to over 3,000 soldiers. These same accounts state 189 men died defending the Alamo, and caused appoximately 1600 casualties to Santa Anna's forces.

Revisionist now are stating that Santa Anna's forces numbered 1,400 and only received 600 casualties.

I'm sure that when all is said and done, Santa Anna will have single handedly killed all 189 blood thirsty white capitalist warmongers with his trusty saber. All while not breaking a sweat.

[Scoutmaster]

While we're at it . . . let's not forget the 32 brave men from Gonzales who, after hearing that 150-odd of their fellow Texicans were trying to hold the Alamo against overwhelming odds, said goodbye to their families and rode through Santa Anna's lines to enter and die in the Alamo. Surely most, if not all, of these men knew when they told their families goodbye that they would never return -- but were giving their lives for the chance of a free Texas.

If memory serves me, there's a monument near the remaining portion of the Alamo barracks from the people of Japan, praising the 32 men of Gonzales.

I can never enter the Alamo chapel without feeling an overwhelming sense of awe and respect.

When Texas declared its independence, I had three generations of family already living there. Count me in as a genetic Texan.

[PLMerite]

FWIW I just got back from seeing Open Range, and one of the trailers was for this new Alamo movie.

It certainly looks visually striking; can't comment on the plot solely from the preview.

[PISANO]

The Alamo........will be told using the mexican perspective and of course the modern day BIBLE that is POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. Hail the left, and rot from within.

[Indie]

Dear Mr. Doug,

You have not made a point at all, considering that my article in now way poses an assertion that could be possibly answered with your reply. For that to be the case, I suppose you would have to argue that Mexican Americans, or any other American, has no right to be critical of misperceptions of our country and thus try to correct them. This is the best country on the face of the Earth, which is why it's so important for us to do what we can to maintain it that way. This requires searching our hearts and acknowledging our faults, then making peace with them. Or would you argue that being a patriot means saying nothing? Or do you believe that only certain Americans are allowed to speak?
I respectfully suggest you read my article again with this in mind.

Best,
Oscar Villalon
Book Editor
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Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:16 PM
To: Villalon, Oscar
Subject: THE ALAMO


If LIFE IS so terrible for Mexicans in America, why do so many millions of them cross the border?"
It's because life is so wuuuuuunderful in Mexico that they are coming over to the United States to share their wuuuuunderful vision of life. You see, in Mexico, there's no discrimination, no poverty, no upper or lower class. Jobs are plentiful, health care is available to all, they all have clean water, good schools and really really caring politicians and police who only want the best for the people.



I think I've made my point. Your article is leftist pablum, and our many hispanic friends (and loves--including my wife) agree.

Doug