Posted on 01/22/2012 4:56:52 PM PST by Nita Nupress
Yes, that was deceitful, but i really DO need a title -- I'm no good at that. My boring choice was, "How Does The General Election Relate To Texas History and a "Last Stand?" :)
This isn't about Rick Perry, btw. It's about you and me and our future as a Constitutional Republic.
Rick Perry -- in an act of courage, conviction, and wisdom -- has stepped aside and endorsed someone whom he thinks can lead our charge. For that, I am thankful. Even if you disagree with his endorsement, you probably understand that nothing is more important than stopping the progressive socialism that is overtaking our country. No doubt, Rick Perry is familiar with the history of the Texas Revolution -- he wanted to live (politically) to see another day so he can participate in our modern-day "last stand" next November.
How does the general election in November, 2012 relate to Texas history and a "last stand?" Please let me tell you.
Drip by drip, the slaughter and desecration of our U.S. Constitution has been going on unabated since Ronald Reagan. Anyone paying attention can see how socialism and Marxism is slowly destroying our once-great Republic. This assault on our freedoms, if using an historical analogy, can be metaphorically represented by the slow, 13-day siege of the Alamo in April, 1836 (as well as the Goliad Massacre of 280 Texian soldiers a few weeks earlier).
Just as Lt. Col. William B. Travis in the Alamo sent out pleas for help to his countrymen, we too have been sending out pleas and cries to our Republican politicians. For Travis and the Alamo defenders, Gen. Sam Houston came to help, but his support came too late. Our own pleas for help – pleas for politicians to stand up and show a spine -- have fallen on deaf ears for years. And if the tragic losses at the Alamo and Goliad represent the Constitutional freedoms we have already lost since Ronald Reagan, then the blame for our modern-day losses lies squarely at the feet of those patronizing, GOP Establishment Elite politicians (hereafter referred to as "GOPEEs") who will not listen.
Even while our constitutional freedoms are being slaughtered, there is still hope. But as we all know, time is running out; we must win the White House and Congress in November. Metaphorically speaking, the November election may very well be our "last stand." According to many, four more years of this liberal transformation, disguised as "Hope and Change," will destroy our Republic.
The good news? This story can have a good ending, just as the Texas War for Independence had a good ending for those who cherished their freedom from tyranny. In my mind, the election next November is akin to the Texians' last stand at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. Next November, we have a chance to take back our liberty, just as General Sam Houston and his determined men did when they crept through the tall Texas prairie grass on the San Jacinto flatland. Santa Anna had made himself Supreme Dictator and voided the Mexican Constitution of 1824, and he was hell-bent on destroying anyone who did not give up all their guns and bow down before him.
Those Texian freedom-fighters at San Jacinto knew this would be their "last stand" -- they had been chased all the way across Texas by Santa Anna (the "Runaway Scrape"). And make no mistake, Sam Houston and his men fought accordingly. Let's just say they were "motivated." Not only were they enacting revenge for the Alamo and Goliad slaughters of their friends and relatives, they were also fighting for the Mexican Constitution of 1824 and its guarantee of certain rights and liberties.
Thankfully, in 2012 we are not fighting for our lives, in the literal sense, at least. But the Texians' last stand at the Battle of San Jacinto can certainly be seen as a metaphor for our modern-day "last stand" for our Constitutional Republic. This is not just a last stand against Obama and the Democrats' socialist philosophy – it also represents an important fight against patronizing, self-aggrandizing, tin-ear GOPEEs who do not listen and do not care while our Constitution is being slaughtered. Enough is enough.
The freedom-fighters at San Jacinto were sufficiently motivated to defend their liberty. Are we?
Remember the friggin' Alamo, people. Remember Goliad.
On to San Jacinto to throw out the socialists!!!
gawd, I like that! “This thread needs a title.” This is an absolute home-run!
“Hop, Skip, and Jump: The Lame Brothers.”
Texas History and Remember Goliad
That should be your title.
empty suits and threads without titles seem to go together.
I like it! I KNOW every Texan would click on it, but i was afraid to put the "Texas" word in there because many people wouldn't read it.
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but there is another Mexican war going on. I’m damn sick of funding it. One horror story after another. Illegal Mexicans getting GRANTS for downpayments for houses. Grants to go to school. Multiple uncashed paychecks in their wallets because EVERYTHING is paid for. Houses paid off because EVERYTHING is paid for.
“You are a middle-aged white man. Shouldn’t you have a job?”
“We don’t have programs for people like you”.
On and on.
I’m sick of funding it.
They talk about the cost of sending Illegals back to Mexico.
They can get in their GD cars and DRIVE.
ALL Americans: Remember the Alamo AGAIN!
You and many others.
?? who/what is the empty suit?
He then had to watch his men executed and then suffered the same fate.
Texas history has a good part in Americas history.
Use the Texas title. It would grab me. That is why I suggested it.
Texas, with its unique history joined our Republic, left it and rejoined it. Gotta respect that. It’s a different, vibrant place.
The United States without Texas would be a much weaker place.
One would be foolish not to apprehend this.
What we do now sets the stage for our republic’s last stand in November. Four more years of an Obama administration’s trampling of our constitution, laws of the land, and freedoms would leave us with nothing resembling the gift God gave us through our Founding Fathers.
“Tyranny like hell, is not easily conquered”. Thomas Paine
Thanks to both of you. I missed most of the Perry wars, so i wasn’t sure how much of a backlash Texas has received because of it. It’s nice to know that other people can appreciate our history, even if we ARE obnoxious about it. ;)
I like him him and respect him. He would have done well as the nominee.
But, he does not reflect or represent all of Texas. No one person could do that.
Yes, it’s a blonde joke i wrote especially for Freepers named “razorback-bert.” You clicked, and i’m laughing!
“The Alamo Overrun, Again!”
A Texan Reminds us of Alamo in 2012: Perry’s Endorsement a Fitting Last Stand
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