Important day in Military History.....

[captskillet]

on this day in 1836 @ around 3:30pm with Sam Houston in Command a ragtag band of 910 Texicans attacked the Mexican Army under Santa Anna encamped near Buffalo Bayou (near the present day monument and the USS Texas) and the rest is history! [;)]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: captskillet

on this day in 1836 @ around 3:30pm with Sam Houston in Command a ragtag band of 910 Texicans attacked the Mexican Army under Santa Anna encamped near Buffalo Bayou (near the present day monument and the USS Texas) and the rest is history! [;)]

what are Texicans? Texan Mexicans? [:D]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: castor troy

ORIGINAL: captskillet

on this day in 1836 @ around 3:30pm with Sam Houston in Command a ragtag band of 910 Texicans attacked the Mexican Army under Santa Anna encamped near Buffalo Bayou (near the present day monument and the USS Texas) and the rest is history! [;)]

what are Texicans? Texan Mexicans? [:D]

It was an old name for Texans, not much used today because it sounds exactly as you have suggested. [:)]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: castor troy

ORIGINAL: captskillet

on this day in 1836 @ around 3:30pm with Sam Houston in Command a ragtag band of 910 Texicans attacked the Mexican Army under Santa Anna encamped near Buffalo Bayou (near the present day monument and the USS Texas) and the rest is history! [;)]

what are Texicans? Texan Mexicans? [:D]

It was an old name for Texans, not much used today because it sounds exactly as you have suggested. [:)]

thanks for the info [:)]

[Cribtop]

Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!

[captskillet]

Texicans were the Mexican citizens, Anglo and Mexican both living in Texas @ that time who decided to rebel against Santa Anna and the government in Mexico City and form their own republic (hence the state Motto "Lone Star State") which lasted until statehood in 1845.

[m10bob]

FYI, Texas still maintains a semblance of its' independence as it is the only state in the union which was allowed to have in its' constitution the ability to break itself into 5 sections(states), should it ever feel the need.

I have rarely found a Texan who was aware of this being one of their "rights".

[morganbj]

And to commemorate, the Texas Aggies held Muster on Corregidor Island April 21st, 1942, just as all other Aggies held Muster that day all around the world. They still muster worldwide on that day wherever they are. I'm going tonight in Houston.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muster_(Te ... niversity)

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: castor troy


what are Texicans? Texan Mexicans? [:D]

I think the Mexicans called them "Terrorists"

[;)]


note the smiley I'll post it again for those who might have missed it.

[;)]

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: m10bob

FYI, Texas still maintains a semblance of its' independence as it is the only state in the union which was allowed to have in its' constitution the ability to break itself into 5 sections(states), should it ever feel the need.

That's a nice historical artifact, but states don't have the right, no matter what's in their state constitution, to force the federal governemt to accept new states into the Union. That would lead to geographic gaming of the US Senate, at the very least. The government in question must petition Congress for admission and be accepted; they can't simply announce. See West Virginia's admission for one interesting case, or the other terriitories, Hawaii and Alaska being the two most recent.

[Nikademus]

Texas scares me. I still remember driving in the slow lane on my way to see the Texas........at 65 miles an hour...only getting blown past by trucks all going 90 and giving me the finger in passing. Only place where i've seen more aggressive driving is in Lithuania.

[:D]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: m10bob

FYI, Texas still maintains a semblance of its' independence as it is the only state in the union which was allowed to have in its' constitution the ability to break itself into 5 sections(states), should it ever feel the need.

That's a nice historical artifact, but states don't have the right, no matter what's in their state constitution, to force the federal governemt to accept new states into the Union. That would lead to geographic gaming of the US Senate, at the very least. The government in question must petition Congress for admission and be accepted; they can't simply announce. See West Virginia's admission for one interesting case, or the other terriitories, Hawaii and Alaska being the two most recent.

Actually they did have that right , as Texas came into the union , not as a territory , but as a republic. The Articles of Annexation did indeed promise Texas those rights. When Texas came back into the union having left during the civil war, those privilages went away as a condition of re-admittance. [:)]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

Texas scares me. I still remember driving in the slow lane on my way to see the Texas........at 65 miles an hour...only getting blown past by trucks all going 90 and giving me the finger in passing. Only place where i've seen more aggressive driving is in Lithuania.

[:D]

That's because you live in Seattle , where the most timid urban drivers in the USA reside. Try Boston,NYC,Memphis or even DC. All make you guys look like grandmothers from Nebraska! [:D]

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

That's because you live in Seattle , where the most timid urban drivers in the USA reside. Try Boston,NYC,Memphis or even DC. All make you guys look like grandmothers from Nebraska! [:D]

Ha!

Then that guy in the Black Lexas SUV who chased me for three miles after we exchanged....er, "pleasantries" must have been visiting from Texas. [:D]

Boston has the world's bravest (or dumbest, depending on your POV) pedestrians. The preferred method of crossing the street is simply to step out into traffic whilst staring straight ahead. The cars will stop........hopefully.

[Cribtop]

Many have heard the saying "Texas is a state of mind..." Here's more of the quote, which I think is really useful to understand us crazy Texans:

“Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word... a Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.” - John Steinbeck.

Another obscure revolutionary phrase is "Texian," which generally referred to Texas revolutionaries of Anglo descent. As another poster hinted at earlier, there was a strong contingent of Texas revolutionaries of Hispanic descent. Juan Seguin, who was ordered to leave the Alamo by Travis in search of reinforcements, is probably the most famous. Sequin fought at San Jacinto and later returned to San Antonio to consecrate and cremate the discarded corpses of his former Alamo comrades. Another was Lorenzo De Zavala - my high school in San Antonio was on De Zavala street, in fact.

Even as a proud Texas Longhorn grad (big football rivals of Texas A&M), I teared up a little at the story of the muster on Corrigedor.

[Wirraway_Ace]

I have lived for long periods of time in both Seattle and Austin. The average speeds, when traffic is moving in either metro area, are about the same. The average mass of each vehicle is not. Texas is still truck country, even for urban areas. You do see a Prius every once in a while, but there are a lot more Tundras (made in San Antonio).

[sfbaytf]

Craziest driving I saw was in Saudia Arabia in the late 70's. That was a true death ride. The only rule was whatever works. You'd also see thousands of abandoned cars like brand new Chevies, Mercedes scattered along side the roads usually out of gas being the only problem-people would just go out and buy a new one. If you were a Westerner and got into any sort of accident you just left the scene and usually ended up leavin the country asap-the rule was no matter who was to blame the foreigner was always at fault as the reasoning was if you wern't in the country the accident wouldn't have taken place.

Ramming another driver was the accepted way of getting their attention.

I'm sure things have changed. A lot of time has passed, then again I recently saw an article where freeway surfing with sandals is the new sport over there so mabye it hasn't changed that much.

The sooner we kick the oil habbit the better and dependence on imported oil that my .02 cents.

[ChickenOfTheSea]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

Texas scares me. I still remember driving in the slow lane on my way to see the Texas........at 65 miles an hour...only getting blown past by trucks all going 90 and giving me the finger in passing. Only place where i've seen more aggressive driving is in Lithuania.

[:D]

That's because you live in Seattle , where the most timid urban drivers in the USA reside. Try Boston,NYC,Memphis or even DC. All make you guys look like grandmothers from Nebraska! [:D]

I've got two grandmothers from Nebraska, but neither one ever drove a car that I remember.

My Texas experience was driving across the state at 75-80 and still having everybody blow past me. At that speed you don't get the finger, however.

Now Texas is the home of my ex-wife so I don't go near the place.

[LST Express]

What's the saying? Once a marine, always a marine. Same for texans, no matter where we live.

[bigmed1204]

Also well know to us Texans.  It's legal (i think anyway, but if not definitely generally practiced) to pull into the shoulder to let faster cars go by you.  Shoulders on the state highways are generally wider than in most states.  Also we kill people for robbing our neighbors' houses.  FYI.  [:D]