Jesus Christ: You can't impeach Him and He ain't gonna resign.
Posted on 09/11/2018 3:18:54 PM PDT by jazusamo
Generations of Texans have rightly drawn inspiration and strength from the heroes of the Alamo – the brave men who fought to the death to defend the battle-scarred mission in San Antonio in 1836 in the fight for Texas’ independence from Mexico. These freedom fighters are a symbol of valor for all Americans.
It is bizarre, then, that an advisory group recommended to the Texas Board of Education that it remove the words “all the heroic defenders” from the state’s social studies curriculum describing the men who gave their lives at the Alamo.
The Board of Education was holding a hearing in Austin on the proposal Tuesday. Fortunately, according to the San Antonio Express-News, “the board appeared poised to keep the words in the curriculum” when it is scheduled to discuss the issue Wednesday. A final decision is expected in November.
The advisory group, called “Social Studies TEKS Streamlining Work Group,” even recommended dropping the requirement that students in Texas should be able to explain the importance of a letter from Col. William B. Travis, commander of the rebels at the Alamo. The letter was addressed to “the People of Texas and All Americans in the World” and is known as the “victory or death letter.”
This letter has been considered a vital founding document of Texas history ever since it inspired thousands of men to take up arms in revolution to free Texas from the oppressive regime of General Santa Anna.
Travis wrote in the letter:
“The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken – I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls – I shall never surrender or retreat.”
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I am glad that Ted Cruz is standing up for American history.
Nikki Haley started the tearing down.
You are rattling their cages.
It’s unclear what citizenship his dad had in 1970.
He may have been Canadian by then.
His handle was probably something like dipwad or dipsh....
Is this the McCain effect?
Texas Ping.
DullProse: Please cease the circumlocution and obfuscation. Please state plainly what you mean about “kindred” and being “American”.
Jesus Christ: You can't impeach Him and He ain't gonna resign.
Yeah, I know what he means. I just want him to say it.
The defenders of the Alamo included Tejanos!!!!
It took John Wayne almost 3 full years just to build the sets to make the movie.
Yes, I said "deliberately".
Don't be shy, boy! Spell it out. Exactly WHAT do you mean by "the same natural kind"?
It's not bizarre. They are clearly Aztlán supporting leftists who think we "stole" Texas.
"Texas education board retreats on stripping 'heroic' Alamo defenders from curriculum"
” The problem with “the heroic defenders,” according to the panel, was that “heroic” was a “value charged word.””
Maybe they aren’t Aztlan supporters, this line here makes me think they just ODed on PC crack.
LOL! You make a valid point.
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