“It’s My Alamo, Too.”
Posted by TFG on March 7th, 2007
From a Pennsylvanian studying up on his Alamo history:
“Escucheme, bolillo [Listen to me, white bread],” he said sharply. “If Santa Anna would have won the war, this whole city would be a shithole just like Reynosa. Soy tejano [I'm a Texan]. Mind your own goddamned business. It’s my Alamo too.”
That brings a lump to my throat. It’s lost on millions, but hey! It’s good somebody, somewhere gets it.
Of course, the Tejanos ain’t really all that:
The Americans who flocked into the Mexican state of Texas were far from the best and the bravest. Many were land-grant manipulators and speculators; not a few were slave traders, bankrupts, or ne’er-do-wells. Their common goal was a potent desire to wrest Texas from the distant, ineffectual federal government in Mexico City.
Yeah, we’re definitely a bunch of hoodlums. C’est la guerre, baby…it’s why I love this place. I’m dead lucky to be in this space & in this time. OK, I would prefer 50 years ago, but that’s a quibble.
March 7th, 2007 at 10:00 am
“…this whole city would be a shithole just like Reynosa.”
Ain’t it the truth, with gunbattling drug dealers all over town. Not that ole San Antone is all that beautiful now. Unless you live there, in which case I’m sure you see beauty lost on us transientos.
March 8th, 2007 at 12:08 am
Well, what’s beautiful, sir?
March 8th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
yeah, so I still get all tingly when I read that from A Line int the Sand. It’s at the nd of the book.
March 10th, 2007 at 11:42 am
What’s beautiful?
Well, you have some nice parks. Alamo Plaza is pretty.