Texas Progressive Alliance Round-Up—The Six Flags Of Texas
Here is the weekly posting of the Texas Progressive Alliance round-up. The TPA is a confederation of the best political bloggers in Texas. TPA members are citizen-bloggers working for a better Texas.
(Above–The Six Flags of Texas. You can find our more about these flags and about everything Texas from the Texas State Historical Society. The TSHS publishes The Texas Almanac every two years. In additon to the online resources the Almanac provides, I buy each new edition of the print version.)
Every Texan and every American has the ability to attend a public meeting, attend or organize a protest, write or call an elected official, talk to friends and family, start a blog, donate money, write a letter to the editor, volunteer for candidates and causes, engage in acts of civil disobedience, and to run for public office.
The work of freedom and justice is up to each of us.
Here is the round-up—
Off the Kuff notes that we are now up to six school finance lawsuits.
BossKitty at TruthHugger sings back to the choir; you know, that small loud minority willing to sacrifice everybody else to satisfy their selfish rhetoric. Is crazy weather really a liberal conspiracy? Continue reading
Resources To Learn About Texas—175th Anniversary Of Texas Independence
Today marks the 175th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. This was the battle in which Texas Independence was won from Mexico.
To mark the day, Hamburger Wearing An Astros’ Hat is trying to use some Republic of Texas currency to buy a book of Texas history. Hamburger is a member of the Texas Liberal Panel of Experts.
While many conservative Texans might wish that this currency was still valid, I may have to spot Hamburger a few real dollars to buy the book.
It should be recalled that most Texans at the time wanted Texas to join the federal union as a state.
Below are some resources to learn more about Texas.
Everybody has the ability to learn for themselves about the subjects they view as important in life. The resources to learn about the world are all around us, and are accessible with effort and imagination.
Lone Star Nation–The Epic Story of the Battle for Texas Independence by H.W. Brands will tell you all you need to know about how Texans won independence from Mexico.
Texas: A Modern History by David McComb is short and readable history of Texas history all the way up to the current century.
The Texas Almanac is simply one of the best reference books I own on any topic. The Almanac is published by the Texas State Historical Society.
(The budget of the Texas State Historical Society is under attack from Governor Rick Perry and Republicans in Texas. Is this how we should honor Texas history?)
The Handbook of Texas Online is very comprehensive on many aspects of Texas both past and present. The Handbook is also published by the Texas Historical Society.
Here is the link for San Jacinto Museum. You can see the San Jacinto battlefield at this site.
Here is the link to the Sam Houston Memorial Museum in Huntsville.