Posted on 05/27/2008 9:12:19 PM PDT by Oyarsa
We have become a nation of women.
It wasn’t always this way, of course. There was a time when men put their signatures to a document, knowing full well that this single act would result in their execution if captured, and in the forfeiture of their property to the State. Their wives and children would be turned out by the soldiers, and their farms and businesses most probably given to someone who didn’t sign the document.
There was a time when men went to their certain death, with expressions like “You all can go to hell. I’m going to Texas.” (Davy Crockett, to the House of Representatives, before going to the Alamo.)
There was a time when men went to war, sometimes against their own families, so that other men could be free. And there was a time when men went to war because we recognized evil when we saw it, and knew that it had to be stamped out.
There was even a time when a President of the United States threatened to punch a man in the face and kick him in the balls, because the man had the temerity to say bad things about the President’s daughter’s singing.
We’re not like that anymore.
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Is Kim Du Toit an alter ego of Paula Cole? Where have all the Cowboys gone?
Bump
We are still out here. But the only time we get press is when it is perceived we've done something ugly.
The song is not about Dallas Cowboys offensive line.....you know that right? ;o)
I think so. Just making a comment that chivalry is not dead.
I dunno - maybe we get too depressed by the crap coming over our TV's. I don't really recognize the country the author is writing about, although I can readily imagine it from what I see on CNN and read in the NY Times. If that country is what they see, maybe the problem is with them and not with us. Because there are a whole lot of folks with turbans who found out different.
The problem has never been with us.
Warren Oates’08!
This is a misrepresentation. Davy Crockett was not going to his "certain death" when he went to Texas, and in fact had no idea of such a thing happening. To him, Texas represented a new and unlimited opportunity.
Please note I am far from questioning his bravery or his commitment in the defense of the Alamo. I'm just saying that this quotation does not represent any personal foreboding on his part at the time he left Tennessee for Texas.
What wussification?
Thank you for posting that piece. I am happy to make the man’s acquaintance.
Didn't he play John Dillinger?
I’m 44 (Male) Last Friday my Boss 29 (Male) says to me he is leaving early because he “is having his hair done” I busted out laughing and he was clueless as to why.
LOL!
Tell “Goldielocks” That his mama wants him?
On the money!
He won't get that, either, I'll wager.
““You all can go to hell. I’m going to Texas.” (Davy Crockett, to the House of Representatives, before going to the Alamo.)”
That’s a great line, Davy Crockett had good instincts!!
Kim makes some excellent points, but it sounds like he watches too much TV. We love real men here in Texas and you’re welcome any time, Kim!
His wife’s rebuttal was a good read too.
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