[Desdemona]

See post #25 please. There are more in the series of posts.

And, remember, please, in reading subsequent posts between me and others that after the Challenger explosion, the contractor, Morton-Thyochol (sp?), which manufactures the 0-rings in the rocket boosters was hung out to dry by NASA, when the contracting engineers told NASA not to launch. It was too cold and that was in all the documents in NASA's possesion.

This had nothing to do with Apollo 13, but is typical in the relationship between government and contractors. Told from the government perspective, contractors will look bad.

I don't care about who's politics are what. I care about facts. Okay?

[ConservativeDude]

with regards to history, Texans, of course, supported the Mexican Constitution of 1824 patterned after the US Constitution.

It was after Santa Anna suspended it, usurped power and began tyrannizing Texas that things changed.

Men at Alamo fought to the end, and died. The men at Goliad shortly after that thought it better to surrender. They were ruthlessly executed in cold blood, defenseless by Santa Anna the butcher.

Upon his capture after the battle of San Jacinto by Houston, President Santa Anna was of course much better treated than the men at Goliad and others, in spite of the calls to hang him high.

Mexico should be ashamed to have Santa Anna in their history. Let the truth be told. Forget Hollywood.

[weegee]

Ah, but the government workers (who were there) said that they raised the issue with Ron Howard (who had let them in on the script to check it for accuracy and it's portrayal). At least those government workers didn't blame the contractors.