PIML 96061709 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: [As a related aside, it is difficult to describe the intensity of patriotic emotion experienced by the 500+ participants at the November 12, 1994, statewide muster of the Texas Constitutional Militia held at the Alamo.] PIML ================================================================== Date: 17 Jun 96 00:49:20 EDT From: Mike Johnson <102052.3716@CompuServe.COM> Subject: MJN:Character Observations about character coupled with a hsitorical document to prove a point. Another relatively short snippet that is well worth reading. - Mike/North Central Florida Regional Militia It is safe to assume that any traffic going to or from this address is being recorded, stored and analyzed somewhere by government employees. Any other assumption is *not* *safe*. ----Forwarded Message(s)---- 13-Jun-96 03:34:58 Sb: Character. Fm: Bruce Klein / MI 72620,122 To: All Please forgive my whimsy: As a wealthy right-wing extremist who enjoys fine Scotch Whisky, all the while scheming how to cut Medi-Care and other government entitlements, as well as trying to walk all over and otherwise discourage the down-trodden, I dropped by my local music store tonight and purchased six CDs. Although I am a dedicated brain-dead R&R freak, todays purchase consisted of four classical, one Sousa, and one greatest hits by the late and great Marty Robbins. One of his songs, The Ballad of the Alamo, prompted me to look up the following text, which was the final dispatch from some 165 soldiers facing 5000-7000 enemy soldiers over a period of 13 days during the siege of the Alamo, circa 1836. Somehow, it brought to mind the concept of CHARACTER. Now, I saw on the news today that our beloved president was involved in some rough air-pockets on his latest flight. As a frequent flyer, I can attest that air-pockets can be distracting, if not downright uncomfortable. After the flight, Mr. Bill was televised saying, Golly, that kind of thing builds character! Damn, I must have lots of that, having flown over the Andes a hundred or so times. Well, Colonel Travis had character (IMHO). I must have it, based on all the air-bumps I've flown thru. Does Willie have it? You be the judge!!! Which was a real man, and which is a stain on the underwear of humanity, Travis or Clinton? Who was brave, and who is a coward, Travis or Clinton? Who had courage, and who is a __________ (fill in the blank), Travis or Clinton? Who ____________ (fill in the blank), Travis, Clinton, and/or ______? Please read the following and judge for yourself what character really is: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To the People of Texas, and All Americans in the world. Fellow Citizens and Compatriots: I am besieged by a thousand or more Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained continual bombardment and cannonade for twenty-four hours and have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion; otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. **** I SHALL NEVER SURRENDER NOR RETREAT **** I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism, and of everything dear to the American CHARACTER, to come to our aid with all dispatch. The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily and will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. VICTORY OR DEATH William Barret Travis Lieutenant Colonel, Commandant Amen.................... If you have a better definition of character, let's hear it. Actually, we could open a permanent thread to define character. & see how slick willie measures up!!!! Bruce Southfield, MI ================================================================== * Patriot Information Mailing List * http://constitution.org/piml/piml.htm * A service to help inform those who have an active interest in * returning our federal and state governments to limited, * constitutional government * Send messages for consideration and possible posting to * butterb@sagenet.net (Bill Utterback). * To subscribe or unsubscribe, send message with subject line * "subscribe patriot" or "unsubscribe patriot" * Forwarded messages sent on this mailing list are NOT verified. * See World's Smallest Political Quiz: www.self-gov.org/quiz.html * Libertarian is to LIBERTY as librarian is to library (DePena) * PIML grants permission to copy and repost this message * in its entirety with headers and trailers left intact.