Good morning, y’all, and happy Texas Independence Day!  Today marks the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico, our esteemed neighbor just a stone’s throw south of here.  1836 was a tough but glorious year for the pioneers of the lone star state and a skirmish or two from that time managed to get mentioned in our history books afterward (obviously before liberal socialists took over the education system and started re-writing history to suit themselves and include the teaching of Arabic to Texas students, but I digress!) Many of Texas’ towns, cities, and counties are named after the heroes of that era and my personal favorite came from the great Volunteer State of Tennessee.

David Crockett was born in Greene County, TN, on 8/17/1786 and pretty much became the ‘Chuck Norris’ of his time.  He was a politician, a frontiersman, a soldier and a great wit who migrated to Texas during the battle for independence and died at the Battle of the Alamo on 3/6/1836.  Having lost his last bid for re-election in Tennessee to Congress, Crockett is famously reported to have said, “You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas!”  He was a well-known celebrity and folk-hero of the time and after his death his deeds and adventures were somewhat (if not greatly) exagerated, earning him a larger than life status – but not to folks in Texas.  During that time in Texas history, he was The Man.

So today, I wish Texas a big Happy Birthday, and lift my coffee cup in salute;  Here’s to ya, Davy, wish you were here!  Am I the only one wondering if the nation, as in ALL of us, is facing another “Alamo” moment?  While we’re carrying on out here like it’s Mardi Gras or something, what’s up in your neck of the woods?  Share!

Glenn Beck on David Crockett.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV8jAamMXxE

“There ain’t no ticks like poly-ticks.  Bloodsuckers all.”  –  Davy Crockett