Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Originally Posted by chlinstructor
Where’s ole Sam Houston when we need him ? 😬


In 1860 Governor Sam Houston tried real hard to start a war with Mexico, IIRC with the aim of annexing more of it. His reason for doing this was in part because he thought such a war would unite a nation about to be spilt by secession.

I’m pretty sure annexing Tamaulipas and Coahuila woulda added quite a few Mexicans.


Yep. But they’d have been Legal Ones ! 😜

I was just referring to him handing Santa Anna his ass. 🤠

"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"

~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~