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Mexico NEVER ruled over se USA except for maybe a small part of South Cali. Spain on the other hand ......
Texas was held by Mexico, wasn't it?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican–American_WarMore directly to the point, major onflicts took place in variious regions of the US, and native Ameicans. The biggest was against the Plains Indians, ending in the 1890s.
I have always liked Kipling. He got it, and should be required reading. The tendency of societies to marginalize those selfsame men who risked all that they would have the liberty to do that marginalizing, has ever been present. They who were not there hold their manhoods cheap, and hate being reminded of that. There are other ways aside from military service by which one may hold their head high, but will ever be reminded that the dangers or hardships they may have faced pale to those in combat. For those who lack even that mitigation of their sense of self worth, the feelings of inadequacy, or in some cases, just questioning how they would perform in dire circumstance will ever persist unless they have to face them. They don't know, and are ever intimidated by those who do. One of the reasons masculinity is being forcibly devalued is that removal of the old playground system of 'sorting things out' bare knuckles has left so many with no way to establish themselves in that instinctive peer group dominance pecking order those conflicts sorted out. Small wonder they now reach for a Glock when they get 'dissed' after years of being denied a less lethal, but effective alternative to 'conflict resolution'. They hunt in packs, like dogs, because they have been denied the opportunity to excel alone. School shootings were pretty rare in the days of the playground fistfight--the issues were settled in a less than lethal manner, without the 'nuclear option' even considered. Somehow the liberals think that depriving young men and growing boys the means of sorting out dominance in their peer groups will 'civilize' them but that is having the opposite effect. Anyway, back on topic, Kipling.My mother, who always placed tremendous emphasis on integrity and literacy, sat me down as a lad and taught me Kipling's "If", and it has been a reminder through my life of what being a man is all about. "Gunga DIn" was a follow up, and I was hooked. I don't think they teach it any more in schools. He was the only poet I liked more than Poe and Robert Service.
Texas, Oklahoma and part of NM were claimed by Mexico, but there was, at most, ~3,000 Mexican citizens in the whole area. To claim that they "held" it is a big exaggeration.
A small sliver of AZ was later purchased from Mexico (Gadsden Purchase). If we sell it back we can get rid of Tucson and restore AZ's red hue.
Cyber wrote in #53 above:"A small sliver of AZ was later purchased from Mexico (Gadsden Purchase). If we sell it back we can get rid of Tucson and restore AZ's red hue."While we're at it, why not give most of the blue areas of Texas back to Mexico, as well?They could easily be "chopped off at the bottom", and rid the "red Texans" of a lot of problems!
Sometimes I think the only reason this Hogg character stays in the limelight is because conservative websites keep him in itHe’s become irrelevant to the left. I think conservatives need to start treating him the same. His 15 minutes have long expired
Maybe AOC will follow his example.
What are sorely absent, are effective-persuasive conservative voices.Sowell, Friedman, Reagan, Gingrich etc.
@truth_seeker Even if some of them were still alive,the media would never give them any air time. Just look at how they shut down Newt and chased him out of Congress over BullBush charges for proof of this. He couldn't BUY time on tv or page space in a newspaper for years.
My point is the lack of comparable figures today. Last night I listened to Sowell and Friedman. If I posted the videos here, there would likely be little attention or discussion. It would not break through the hourly outrage by #nevertrumps, mirroring every story from the media. @sneakypete
So the problem is Briefers are too stupid to understand Sowell? That must be why we see so many articles by Victor Davis Hanson posted.Maybe the problem is many people detest videos, and prefer the written word. Or maybe it's they might disagree with Donald Trump about something and object to being stamped "Never Trumpers?"
Also, Sowell despised the Kelo decision. Yet Trump sycophants defend it. Go figure.
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What does that mean? I've seen it before. I don't text on cell phone.
