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2004-03-31 18:32 | User Profile
In 1900 2% of Texas was Spanic, 2%! The non-White Invaders (not just Spanics) are taking Los Estados Unidos without firing a shot.
God save a White Remnant,
Hermano Ratia (Former La Migra, retired)
VDARE.COM - [url]http://www.vdare.com/awall/forget_alamo.htm[/url] [size=1]March 30, 2004[/size]
[font=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][color=#990000][font=Times New Roman]Memo From Mexico, [size=3]By [/size][size=3] [url="http://www.vdare.com/asp/index.htm"][color=#0000ff]Allan Wall[/color][/url] [/size][/font][/color][/font]
[font=Arial, Arial, Helvetica][color=#990000]ÿOLVIDATE DEL ALAMO? [FORGET THE ALAMO ?][/color][/font]
ââ¬ÅOlvidate del Alamoââ¬Â (Forget the Alamo) is the title of a painting by Ramon Vásquez y Sánchez. The painting portrays the Alamo with Mexican general [url="http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtsantaanna.html"][color=#0000ff]Santa Anna[/color][/url]ââ¬â¢s skull, Mexican soldiers and the souls of the dead departing the scene of battle.
[color=#990000][VDARE.COM NOTE: [/color][color=#990000]Santa Anna's skull is supposed to represent him "turning over in his grave" at the thought of all those [/color][url="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0053580/quotes"][color=#0000ff]Alamo movies[/color][/url][color=#990000]. But Santa Anna, who has been [/color][url="http://www.dvc.org.uk/~johnny/jeff/jeff4_12.html"][color=#0000ff]described[/color][/url][color=#990000] as "one of the unusual historical figures about whom no good word has ever been spoken" survived the battle, and [/color][url="http://www.salisburypost.com/july/072899a.htm"][color=#0000ff]lived until 1876.[/color][/url][color=#990000] None of the Alamo's defenders survived; Santa Anna had all who survived the assault executed, as was his [/color][url="http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/qeg2.html"][color=#0000ff]custom.[/color][/url][color=#990000]][/color]
Despite the catchy title, Vásquez y Sánchez does not really want us to ââ¬Åforget the Alamoââ¬Â. If that were the case, he wouldnââ¬â¢t even be painting it.
What he really wants to do is make a statement about his alienation from the United States.
Vásquez y Sánchez, by the way, is a native-born citizen of the U.S.A., born in, and still residing in, San Antonio, Texas. Thatââ¬â¢s [url="http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/nation/8137917.htm"][color=#0000ff]Alamo City[/color][/url], in George W. Bushââ¬â¢s [url="http://www.vdare.com/awall/texas.htm"][color=#0000ff]state[/color][/url].
ââ¬ÅOlvidate del Alamoââ¬Â and similar works of art are on display from March 6th to March 31st, 2004, at the ââ¬ÅGaleria Expresiónââ¬Â of the ââ¬Å[url="http://www.centroculturalaztlan.50megs.com/"][color=#0000ff]Centro Cultural Aztlán[/color][/url]ââ¬Â in San Antonio.
Vásquez y Sánchez is the centerââ¬â¢s director. He organized the exhibition, entitled ââ¬ÅThe Alamo: The Mexican-American Experienceââ¬Â. Originally, seven other artists were asked to participate. But once the word was out, 27 artists offered to join the show.
The exhibition began, not coincidentally, on March 6thââ¬âthe anniversary of the [url="http://www.nationalcenter.org/Alamo.html"][color=#0000ff]Fall of the Alamo[/color][/url] in 1836. [[url="http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:MP91SrFWr6UJ:www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/visualarts/stories/MYSA06.04P.ART0.33348d6f.html"][color=#0000ff]Exhibit views Alamo battle from a Mexican viewpoint[/color][/url], Elda Silva, MySA.com, March 6th, 2004] [[email="ccaztlan@swbell.net"][color=#0000ff]email[/color][/email] Vásquez y Sánchez' Centro]
This is not an isolated instance, by the way. In recent years some other Mexican-Americans in Texas have taken to [url="http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-01-16/screens_feature2.html"][color=#0000ff]bellyaching about the Alamo[/color][/url]. Not all Americans of Mexican ancestry, I hasten to add. But a growing and vocal contingent.
Certainly, an historical discussion of the Alamo shouldnââ¬â¢t in and of itself make us uncomfortable, and we shouldnââ¬â¢t suppose the Alamo defenders were above [url="http://www.vdare.com/misc/phillips_texas.elite.htm%20."][color=#0000ff]criticism.[/color][/url]
Historical ââ¬Åwhat-ifââ¬Â discussions are interesting, Iââ¬â¢ve engaged in them myself. Yet, when I hear this particular whining about the Alamo by some Mexican-Americans, I canââ¬â¢t help but suspect that something else is going on.
Why should Mexican-Americans be offended by the Alamo? What the complainers seem to be expressing is [url="http://www.vdare.com/rubenstein/isolation.htm"][color=#0000ff]alienation[/color][/url] toward the United States and their [url="http://www.vdare.com/fulford/rio_grande.htm#fording"][color=#0000ff]place therein.[/color][/url]
In addition, the Alamo bellyachers regularly fail to present The Texas Revolution (1835-1836) in its historical context.
In 1835, Mexico had only been independent of Spain for 14 years. Among the general populace, a Mexican national identity was almost non-existent. In the sparsely-settled territory that became the U.S., this was even more so.
The Texas Revolution was part and parcel of internal developments within Mexican politics. In 1834, Santa Anna suspended the Mexican Constitution and proclaimed himself dictator. This helped provoke the Texas Revolution.
In the 1830s there were few Spanish-speakers living in Texas. Some of these Spanish-speakers felt no particular loyalty to Mexico and joined the Revolution. Some even [url="http://www.thealamo.org/defenders.html"][color=#0000ff]perished[/color][/url] with [url="http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fcr24.html"][color=#0000ff]Davy Crockett in the Alamo[/color][/url]ââ¬âfighting against the Mexican army.
Certainly Texasââ¬â¢ secession from Mexico in 1836 did set the stage for the eventual American conquest of the entire Southwest. But most Mexican-Americans in Texas today are NOT descended from people who were there when it was part of Mexico. They are mostly descended from [url="http://www.vdare.com/awall/americanos.htm"][color=#0000ff]20th-century immigrants[/color][/url]. Itââ¬â¢s highly unlikely they would have migrated to Texas had it still been a part of Mexico.
(For more Texas history, see [url="http://www.vdare.com/sutherland/lone_star.htm"][color=#0000ff]ââ¬ÅLone Star Setting?ââ¬Â[/color][/url], by Howard Sutherland ).
Thereââ¬â¢s a [url="http://alamo.movies.go.com/intro.html"][color=#0000ff]new movie[/color][/url] coming out about the Alamo.
Vasquéz y Sánchez is not happy with the movie. He hasnââ¬â¢t seen it, but, as [url="http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/News/Piatak/NewsTP082903.html"][color=#0000ff]Mel Gibson[/color][/url] could tell you, not having seen a [url="http://www.vdare.com/francis/passion.htm"][color=#0000ff]movie[/color][/url] no longer disqualifies activists from [url="http://www.catholicleague.org/04press_releases/quarter1/040324_passion.htm"][color=#0000ff]criticizing it[/color][/url]. After all, Vasquéz y Sánchez has spoken to some of the movieââ¬â¢s extras:
ââ¬ÅI already talked to some of the extras and some of the people that participated. Again [Mexicans] are portrayed as [url="http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/DD/xed1.html"][color=#0000ff]hungry-for-blood[/color][/url] and when they lose, they walk out with their [url="http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/republic/bexar/cos1.html"][color=#0000ff]tails between their legs.[/color][/url]ââ¬Â
Vasquéz y Sánchez inadvertently utters a striking parallel with todayââ¬â¢s situation:
ââ¬ÅWhat would Bush do if a bunch of illegal aliens came into the state of Texas and tried to take it over? But this is not part of the story, that [the Alamo defenders] were illegal aliens.ââ¬Â
Well, actually,[url="http://www.fairus.org/Research/Research.cfm?ID=1387&c=9"][color=#0000ff] ââ¬Åa bunch of illegal aliensââ¬Â[/color][/url] are coming into the state of Texas and are trying to take over.
And not just Texas, and not just the Southwest, but pretty much the whole country. What is Bush doing?
Bush is [url="http://www.vdare.com/sailer/bush_thinking.htm"][color=#0000ff]actively helping them.[/color][/url]
If you get right down to it, The Texas Revolution does provide a lessonââ¬âin reverseââ¬âfor today. [url="http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/texas/texas03.htm"][color=#0000ff]Anglo-American settlers first entered Texas[/color][/url] under the terms of an agreement with the King of Spain and later the government of Mexico. They didnââ¬â¢t [url="http://www.vdare.com/francis/no_assimilation.htm"][color=#0000ff]assimilate[/color][/url], became a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_with_a_majority_Hispanic_population"][color=#0000ff]majority[/color][/url] and eventually seceded.
Hmm, there could be a lesson there....
But Vasquéz y Sánchez continúes to bellyache...
**ââ¬ÅItââ¬â¢s all this negativity that Mexicanos feel about the Alamo.ââ¬Â **
ââ¬ÅMexicanos?ââ¬Â But isnââ¬â¢t Vásquez y Sánchez American?
The artist even has advice for Vicente Fox:
ââ¬ÅI would welcome Mexico to do a movie on the Alamo. I would even challenge [President] Fox to say ââ¬ËJust tell the truth.ââ¬â¢ The truth is, these people were defending their country.ââ¬Â
Exactly! And just [url="http://www.vdare.com/pb/insight_debate.htm"][color=#0000ff]what country[/color][/url] are you defending?
The root problem here is not the Alamo or anything that happened there. The root problem is that a growing segment of our citizenry, including [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1062988,00.html"][color=#0000ff]many born in the U.S[/color][/url]., choose not to [url="http://www.vdare.com/awall/la_mayor.htm"][color=#0000ff]identify[/color][/url] with our country.
And that, my friends, is a very real problem indeed.
[color=#990000]American citizen Allan Wall lives and works legally in Mexico, where he holds an FM-2 residency and work permit, but serves six weeks a year with the Texas Army National Guard, in a unit composed almost entirely of Americans of Mexican ancestry. His VDARE.COM articles are archived [/color][url="http://www.vdare.com/asp/index.htm"][color=#0000ff]here[/color][/url][color=#990000]; his FRONTPAGEMAG.COM articles are archived [/color][url="http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Authors.asp?ID=369"][color=#0000ff]here[/color][/url][color=#990000]; his website is [/color][url="http://www.allanwall.com/"][color=#0000ff]here[/color][/url][color=#990000]. Readers can contact Allan Wall at [/color][email="allan39@prodigy.net.mx"][color=#0000ff]allan39@prodigy.net.mx[/color][/email][color=#990000].[/color]
2004-03-31 18:42 | User Profile
Where is Charles Martel? Where is William Wallace? Where is Nathan Bedford Forrest?
2004-03-31 23:10 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Brother Rat (Old VMI)]Where is Charles Martel? Where is William Wallace? Where is Nathan Bedford Forrest?[/QUOTE]
They're all too busy working their sh*ttly little part-time, minimum wage jobs, in order to just barely keep their families from starving, after having lost their previously good jobs, due to those jobs either having been out-sourced to India or Mexico, or after having been subjected to disciplinary proceedings and fired for the crime of thinking like an American....
2004-04-03 03:09 | User Profile
fugett, h3ll !
2004-04-05 00:21 | User Profile
The non-White Invaders (not just Spanics) are taking Los Estados Unidos without firing a shot.
That says it all right there. "We" are letting it happen. Town by town, legislator by legislator, congressmen by congressmen...they are rapidly assuming the position of authority. Whats worse is the fact that we are encouraging it. Zimbabwe here we come.
2004-04-09 08:40 | User Profile
Brother Rat (Old VMI),
You 100% Right!
[QUOTE] In 1900 2% of Texas was Spanic, 2%! The non-White Invaders (not just Spanics) are taking Los Estados Unidos without firing a shot. [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Where is Charles Martel? Where is William Wallace? Where is Nathan Bedford Forrest?[/QUOTE]
We need them now. My great. . . Grandfather fought till the bitter end under Nathan Bedford Forrest. The defeat of the CSA was start of the marxist take over of America. We need to do what Spain did in 1492.