Bill the Butcher

  The earliest photo of the Alamo   Enrique Esparza, son of Alamo Defender, Gregorio Esparza, was interviewed by a journalist from the  San Antonio Express at the age of 74 on Saturday, Nov. 22, 1902.   The Story Of  Don Enrique This photo of Enrique Esparaza is courtesy the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at UT-Austin.  Doesn't he have a great face? The Briscoe Center is a fantastically interesting repository to visit . Don Enrique Esparza, the last surviving witness of the Battle of the Alamo, late in his life. In November, 1902, the San Antonio Light Newspaper published the following article about Enrique Esparza and it is fantastic. Here is the text: "Since the death of Senora Candelaria Villanueva, several years ago at the age of 112 there is but one person alive who claims to have been in the siege of the Alamo. That person is Enrique Esparza, now 74 years old, who, firm-stepped, clear-minded and clear-eyed, bids fair to live to the age of t...

  By Dave Golowski Many of you probably watched what took place between Donald Trump and Zelenskyy tonight. Whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, you might be thinking to yourself, Oh my God, Donald Trump just screwed up. However, let’s look at the difference between what you believe you witnessed and what actually happened. Donald Trump has been under constant political persecution since the beginning of his first term. Over time, he has learned to be patient and calculated. Tonight, Zelenskyy was invited to the Oval Office. However, both Trump and JD Vance knew exactly what Zelenskyy was going to do—he would use this opportunity, in front of the American people, to make a power play. Both Trump and Vance anticipated this. When Zelenskyy began appealing to the emotions of the American people, JD Vance stepped in, accusing him of disrespecting Donald Trump. This was brilliant strategy. It’s important to understand that Zelenskyy is trying to gain access to NATO. Trump knew thi...

      Zelenskyy. Let that soak in for a minute. On the surface the war in Ukraine has Hollywood all over it. Happy little country with pretty blonde girls skipping through the meadow singing The Sound of Music. And the big bad wolf comes to the door. He says he’s gonna huff and puff and blow your house up.   Oh my! What to do? Why don’t you rise up in righteous indignation and stomp off to find that ass-whipping. For the life of me I cannot figure out why this altercation lasted longer than fifteen minutes. That’s how long it would take to drive across Ukraine and take over Kyiv. So why didn’t that happen? If you really believe Zelenskyy was a threat to Putin the next time you have a thought . . . just let it go.   What happened was the world press developed a story line that those of my generation saw long ago saying the fall of some nondescript country  would instigate World War Three and thus usher in the fall of mankind and the end of all civilization. ...