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kicking with the pointy boots blogslug Jun 2021 #1
If you want Texas to stay solidly red Ex Lurker Jun 2021 #34
Not quite sure I understand what you mean. blogslug Jun 2021 #35
Sorry, I was replying to the OP Ex Lurker Jun 2021 #36
A colleague of mine wrote a journal article in 1990s entitled "There wouldn't be a Texas if the Comfortably_Numb Jun 2021 #2
Excellent line! UTUSN Jun 2021 #4
Most of the Americans that moved to Texas were from the South... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #3
K&R! Doc Sportello Jun 2021 #5
More hidden history: Before Brown v Board cbabe Jun 2021 #6
A plaintiff:American G.I. Forum -postWWII minority veterans were denied services. Segregated burials UTUSN Jun 2021 #8
Good luck spreading that message in Texas Hulk Jun 2021 #7
I forget who said/wrote this, but I think it's a great summation. BobTheSubgenius Jun 2021 #16
of course llashram Jun 2021 #9
Like most American history the story of the Alamo is as dull as dish water no matter how its told. BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #10
and they all died llashram Jun 2021 #11
It's also a very underwhelming place to visit LeftInTX Jun 2021 #33
I still think bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #12
"Jonathan Winters as General Billy Joe Hallson"! - sounds like the My Pillow dude!1 UTUSN Jun 2021 #13
lol bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #14
Coming soon to my library NQAS Jun 2021 #15
I have 2 degrees from a state university & know nothing. Am learning from University of YouTube! UTUSN Jun 2021 #17
Same here NQAS Jun 2021 #18
2 memories: The touchy-feely mood of the '70s, "forget the pyramids", plus UTUSN Jun 2021 #20
Remember the Alamo?...bullshit..i agingdem Jun 2021 #19
One Texan wingnut calls it "the shrine" & says, "We stole it fair and square" UTUSN Jun 2021 #22
Never been there but the area around the Alamo has been described to me as "strip mall hell". Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 #31
Sort of, but there's more to it than that Ex Lurker Jun 2021 #21
How many of those 19 instituted slavery? So perhaps those *were* fighting for their own freedom? UTUSN Jun 2021 #24
As late as the late fifties... czarjak Jun 2021 #23
But, but Davy Crockett came all the way from Tennessee to be oasis Jun 2021 #25
Somehow, facts are often overlooked.... SergeStorms Jun 2021 #26
It's the translation of "make America great again" - to keep on "overlooking facts" and to UTUSN Jun 2021 #27
Very true. SergeStorms Jun 2021 #29
I highgly recommend the movie "Walkout," about the La Raza movement/East LA Walkouts obamanut2012 Jun 2021 #28
"my shame" - no shame on you UTUSN Jun 2021 #30
I learned the John Wayne version OriginalGeek Jun 2021 #32
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