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To: MinorityRepublican; big'ol_freeper; shove_it; TrueKnightGalahad; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; ...
I was a Senior in 1965 at Robert E. Lee High School in Houston, Texas. We were the Generals and the Confederate Battle Flag flew high and proud at every sporting event with a rebel yell—

From https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+e+lee+high+school+houston+texas+Generals&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 :

The United Daughters of the Confederacy's Robert E. Lee chapter number 186 supported the school in its early years; it donated portraits of Lee, gave American Civil War-related books to the library, and gave the school a rebel flag. The school's symbol is the Lee family coat of arms

However, the liberals in Houston will not be dragging down the flag and stamping out Robert E. lee's name as it has already been done. Around 2000 the school stopped using the "Robert E." part of the same, and its logo became that of a four-point, star-bodied person. Steve Amstutz, the principal, said around that year "People think we stole it from Cingular."

The Lee Generals are no more—

Again, from https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+e+lee+high+school+houston+texas+Generals&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 :

...the demographic of Lee's student body shifted. As of 2008, it was made up predominantly of Hispanic immigrants and sons and daughters of Hispanic immigrants. Lee's multi-ethnic population changes parallel Houston's immigration waves, beginning with the Vietnamese families in the early 1980s. With the change in apartment housing rules in the 1980s, both the community and the school population changed. The demographic of Lee's student body shifted significantly in the 1990s, as student's from the south zone (Gulfton area) who are a majority Mexican and Central American immigrants and/or sons and daughters of Hispanic immigrants became the overwhelming majority of the student body.

I guess the Liberals can now add filling the schools of those old White racists to the tasks of the illegal aliens--

Oops! Make that "...the tasks of the undocumented Democratic Voters."

19 posted on 07/13/2015 9:27:12 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Bender2

Twenty + years ago I voted at R E Lee...you wouldn’t have recognized it even that many years ago.


21 posted on 07/13/2015 10:12:14 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: Bender2

I attended that same school in back ‘70-71. I played in the school band, The Marching Generals. We wore confederate uniforms with a yellow sash and played “Swanee” at every ball game. A comical statue of “Uncle Bob” was always located near the sidelines.


31 posted on 07/14/2015 12:44:16 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Bender2

The velocity at which our once great country is disappearing is astonishing. The next thing you know they’ll be going after the NFL....oh wait..


33 posted on 07/14/2015 6:09:33 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper (Mi baol ach dom olcas mise)
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