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To: mtbopfuyn
Houston let the weasel live and sent him back to Mexico.

According to legend, Santa Anna gave fellow Mason Sam Houston the Masonic handshake indicating distress. Since part of Masonic code is to forgive a fellow Mason in distress, Houston let Santa Anna go.

BTW: Santa Anna is the second most hated man in Mexican history, after General Huerta.

88 posted on 10/14/2005 4:58:06 PM PDT by Clemenza (Gentlemen, Behold!)
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To: Clemenza
"Santa Anna is the second most hated man in Mexican history, after General Huerta."

But he DID popularize chewing gum, so he wasn't ALL bad...
190 posted on 10/14/2005 6:55:44 PM PDT by decal (Mother Nature and Real Life are conservatives; the Progs have never figured this out.)
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