Well we couldn't resist making up this memo that probably IS getting circulated around the White House this weekend. GW, Cheney and Laura are probably sprucing the place up a bit in anticipation of Barack Obama's visit on Monday. I can't wait to hear how that goes. I mean, Obama blasted GW for nearly two years and to finally come face to face? On GW's turf? I would love to be a fly on the wall for this one. They are mature adults and professional politicians, so they know the game. If you play in that arena, you take the good with the bad, but come on folks, I wouldn't be surprised if GW gets a digg in or two. I wonder what their first words will be when they are finally left alone in the Oval office together? After the secret passageway & red phone tour is over, these two are going to go at it behind closed doors. Maybe GW has a few parting shots lined up that he will reveal, like pardons and special favors. I am sure Cheney could make use of a "get out of jail free card". Whatever happens, it will be a crowning moment in the history of the United States of America.
I am not saying that GW is a bigot or is prejudiced in any way, but I've been to Texas and some folks down there are still kinda fighting the Civil War. Which is what I want to shed light upon.
I want to reprint here a 100 words from a letter written by Louis J. Wortham, from his lengthy and very informative narrative, A HISTORY OF TEXAS: FROM WILDERNESS TO COMMONWEALTH, Volume 4, Chapter LX, Worthham-Molyneaux Company, Fort Worth, Texas 1924. (Note that it was first published in 1924).
I wasn't so aware of the huge role that Texas played in the Confederacy. Over 70,000 men from Texas fought in the war. Someone from Texas was in nearly every battle of the Civil War. If you are up for a good read about it, the complete text can be found at this link:
http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/wortham/4345.htm
Here is that excerpt...
"Texas played a part in the war of which this and all future generations of Texans may be justly proud. Its people gave their full measure of courage and devotion to the cause. The commonwealth which, in the short space of forty years, had developed from a little group of three hundred families in the midst of a complete wilderness, sent more than seventy thousand men to the defense of the bonnie blue banner of the Confederacy. One hundred and thirty-five officers above the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Confederate army were from Texas. Among these was one full general, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, who fell at Shiloh in April, 1862; one lieutenant-general, John B. Hood; three major-generals, Samuel B. Maxey, John A. Wharton and Tom Green, the latter killed at Blair’s Landing in April, 1864; thirty-two brigadier-generals and ninety-seven colonels. Of the thirty-eight generals of the above grades, thirty-three were promoted during their service from lower rank. This fact in itself is a tribute to the mass of the soldiers from Texas, for it was the exploits of the men which won promotion for the officers who led them. Besides this, Texas contributed an enormous quota of military supplies and provisions for the armies of the South. The state government spent more than three and a half million dollars at home for military purposes and paid more than thirty-seven million dollars of taxes, in Confederate notes, to the Confederate government. The whole population was put on a war basis throughout the conflict and all of the state’s resources were unreservedly drawn upon to the limit to support the cause of the South".
If you read the entire text, you find out that Texas paid a heavy price in human loss to this dreadful war. I wonder if Barack Obama knows his Civil War history? He loves to read up on Abraham Lincoln, as he does quote him often. I feel that if he were current on this Texas Civil War history that he could make certain distinctions during his conversations with GW Monday. I can't be sure that GW even knows his history. But, the two of them may draw parallels from the historical facts to today's conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Texas was only a State in the Union for 14 years before they decided to join the Confederacy and it wasn't until late 1866 that President Andrew Johnson gave them a shot at getting back into the Union fold. It was actually not until President Ulysses S. Grant signed a proclamation submitting the Texas Constitution to the voters of the state that Texas would begin the official journey back into statehood. Another interesting fact is that when the war ended in April 1865, Texas was still considered to be in revolt (the last battle of the Civil War was actually fought on Texas soil after the surrender at Appomattox). Texas was the last one to comply with the surrender.
Now that the halls of the White House are soon to cleanse themselves of the Bush family, perhaps forever, it is fitting that President Bush recedes back to Texas. It is time for him to build a library, write a memoir and fade into the night that will become history to the following new day.
Now, it is President Barack Obama's day.
What does the future hold for his legacy to come?
I am not saying that GW is a bigot or is prejudiced in any way, but I've been to Texas and some folks down there are still kinda fighting the Civil War. Which is what I want to shed light upon.
I want to reprint here a 100 words from a letter written by Louis J. Wortham, from his lengthy and very informative narrative, A HISTORY OF TEXAS: FROM WILDERNESS TO COMMONWEALTH, Volume 4, Chapter LX, Worthham-Molyneaux Company, Fort Worth, Texas 1924. (Note that it was first published in 1924).
I wasn't so aware of the huge role that Texas played in the Confederacy. Over 70,000 men from Texas fought in the war. Someone from Texas was in nearly every battle of the Civil War. If you are up for a good read about it, the complete text can be found at this link:
http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/wortham/4345.htm
Here is that excerpt...
"Texas played a part in the war of which this and all future generations of Texans may be justly proud. Its people gave their full measure of courage and devotion to the cause. The commonwealth which, in the short space of forty years, had developed from a little group of three hundred families in the midst of a complete wilderness, sent more than seventy thousand men to the defense of the bonnie blue banner of the Confederacy. One hundred and thirty-five officers above the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Confederate army were from Texas. Among these was one full general, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, who fell at Shiloh in April, 1862; one lieutenant-general, John B. Hood; three major-generals, Samuel B. Maxey, John A. Wharton and Tom Green, the latter killed at Blair’s Landing in April, 1864; thirty-two brigadier-generals and ninety-seven colonels. Of the thirty-eight generals of the above grades, thirty-three were promoted during their service from lower rank. This fact in itself is a tribute to the mass of the soldiers from Texas, for it was the exploits of the men which won promotion for the officers who led them. Besides this, Texas contributed an enormous quota of military supplies and provisions for the armies of the South. The state government spent more than three and a half million dollars at home for military purposes and paid more than thirty-seven million dollars of taxes, in Confederate notes, to the Confederate government. The whole population was put on a war basis throughout the conflict and all of the state’s resources were unreservedly drawn upon to the limit to support the cause of the South".
If you read the entire text, you find out that Texas paid a heavy price in human loss to this dreadful war. I wonder if Barack Obama knows his Civil War history? He loves to read up on Abraham Lincoln, as he does quote him often. I feel that if he were current on this Texas Civil War history that he could make certain distinctions during his conversations with GW Monday. I can't be sure that GW even knows his history. But, the two of them may draw parallels from the historical facts to today's conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Texas was only a State in the Union for 14 years before they decided to join the Confederacy and it wasn't until late 1866 that President Andrew Johnson gave them a shot at getting back into the Union fold. It was actually not until President Ulysses S. Grant signed a proclamation submitting the Texas Constitution to the voters of the state that Texas would begin the official journey back into statehood. Another interesting fact is that when the war ended in April 1865, Texas was still considered to be in revolt (the last battle of the Civil War was actually fought on Texas soil after the surrender at Appomattox). Texas was the last one to comply with the surrender.
Now that the halls of the White House are soon to cleanse themselves of the Bush family, perhaps forever, it is fitting that President Bush recedes back to Texas. It is time for him to build a library, write a memoir and fade into the night that will become history to the following new day.
Now, it is President Barack Obama's day.
What does the future hold for his legacy to come?
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I would certainly hope Barack Obama is up on his American history. More than that, his World history as well. As for Bush, well, one can't expect too much.
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