Forgetting the Alamo

It's disgraceful that the mother of the mayor of San Antonio would say a thing like this:

Maria del Rosario Castro, the mother of San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, said in 2010 that she grew up being told the battle was “glorious,” only to learn the so-called heroes were really “a bunch of drunks and crooks and slaveholding imperialists who conquered land that didn’t belong to them.”

“But as a little girl I got the message -- we were losers,” she told The New York Times Magazine. “I can truly say that I hate that place and everything it stands for.”

So sad that the defenders of the Alamo stood so bravely, only to have their city handed over to the son of a nasty reconquista who bashes their memory. But, ironically what really chaps me is this "informative" paragraph later in the Fox News Story about her statement:

The Alamo, then a sprawling mission for missionaries and American Indian converts, was attacked in February 1836 by Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Though historical accounts vary, Texans, including famous frontiersman Davy Crockett, fought back for 13 days only to surrender, on March 6.

"Only to surrender" Surrender? Yeah, sure, if by "surrender" you mean "fought to virtually the last man." What the hell are they teaching in school these days?

Quote of the Day

“Offended” is what you are when someone uses the wrong dinner fork; “stark raving mad” is what you are when you storm an embassy over an amateurish video. -- Rich Lowry, Susan Rice's Dodge, NRO

Government Should Defend Our Principles

I would love to read or hear one person in authority say, with regard to Nakoula Basseley Nakoula's Innocence of Muslims video, "It is not the policy of the U.S. government to either endorse or condemn the private speech of its citizens. The protection of freedom of speech is a fundamental responsibility of the U.S. government and a founding principle of our nation. The speech most in need of such protection is often the most controversial."

Schmoozin' With the Stars

 I got an email the other day from Beyoncé Knowles. Yes. That Beyoncé. Because that's the kind of guy I am, that's why.

It opens:

[Cloudbuster]-- (We're on a first name basis!. Name changed to protect something or other.)

I usually don't email you (That's the kind of considerate girl she is. She knows that I am so swamped by email from rich, famous, beautiful singers and starlets that I might not have noticed that she and I haven't recently communicated. Apology accepted, sweetie!)
-- but I have an amazing invitation I have to share. (And she immediately thought of me!)

Jay and I will be meeting up with President Obama for an evening in NYC sometime soon. And we want you to be there! (Of course you do, baby. Of course you do. Hanging with Beyoncé, Jay and the Prez. That's my scene!)

The rest is just the details. I won't bore you with it. She closes:

Can't wait to meet you! (Likewise, darlin'!)

Love, (!!)

Beyoncé

I don't think you have to be a mind-reader to see what she's getting at. Beyoncé , dearest, if you're reading this, you know my feelings for you are strong, but I'm not that kind of guy. I have to know that it's over for you and Jay-Z before I give "us" a chance. Jay, don't hate me. This isn't my fault -- you can't restrain my kind of charisma. I'd never come between you and your girl. But if she's lookin' my way, you know you have to do better at keeping her happy!

Beyoncé, I'll be there for you and the Big O-Face, as his buddies call him. You just let me know when you've made up your mind.

Rights vs. Subsidies

"If the right to arms does not entail a right to gun subsidies, why would a right to abortion entail a right to abortion subsidies?" -- The Democrats Fake Freedoms, Jacob Sullum.