Remembering

  It was over fairly quickly as battles go. It had not been a charge with drums beating  and the band playing; but one of quiet stealth to take advantage of the exhaustion of the defenders of that broken down mission now a fort. For twelve days the men in the fort had sustained a near constant barrage of cannon fire and were taking respite in the quiet of the  predawn morning. The plan had almost succeded, but as the formation of advancing soldados moved forward, shouts of Viva Santa Anna! and Viva Mexico! had risen from the ranks, giving the defenders time to man the walls and fight back. 
  By daylight it was over. Nearly all in the fort had either been killed fighting or put to the bayonet shortly after. Nearly 200 men from Texas, the US, Mexico and Europe had lain down their lives in the belief that people have a God-given right to be free and have a duty to fight back against a tyrannical government that would try to take their rights from them.
 Now, one hundred seventy-five years later; the people of Texas are once again under siege from a government that would strip us of not only of our rights, but also of our property and National Sovereignty.  Again we are not alone in this fight. Other states are fighting the same fight we are and we are pushing back the tide of taxation and reprsession on many fronts. However, this will be a long and difficult campaign. It won't end with the election in 2012, that will only be another battle won. Final victory will be ours when the government and the people who elect it realize that true prosperity comes from being free to choose and accept the consequenses of those choices. In that way, we as Texans and as Americans, can truly "REMEMBER THE ALAMO".

GOD BLESS TEXAS!

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!