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Cognito wrote:

There's an old Jewish saying 'don't curse the King, you might get a worse one!'

theres an old english saying "better the devil you know"

Digit and Marduk. You have a good point. Bush's successor is none other than Mr. Halliburton himself, Dick Cheney.

Talk about being impeachment-proof!

Perhaps Blair trained him. He's just been accused of lying to the police according to this morning's news and we're still stuck with him.

Politicians lie to everybody.

Digit and Marduk. You have a good point. Bush's successor is none other than Mr. Halliburton himself, Dick Cheney.

I heard today Cheney caled Rumsfield "the best military mind this country has ever seen".
Guess that makes Bush the stupidest president we have ever seen!
and Cheney the biggest liar.

You can get this on a t-shirt.

Over here, in this 'land of free speech' that 'T' shirt would likely get you a visit from the police!

I think you're a little out of date on that one Digit

profanity laws only cover the spoken word

I wish you were right Marduk. The police recently stopped someone in a street market in Lodon from selling 'T' shirts emblazoned with 'Bollocks to Blair,' which I admit is firmly attached to almost ever farmer's vehicle around here. The trouble is, of course, that Blair can't see or can't read, I don't know which.

Shit. Compared to Bush, I thought Blair was the smart one.

if he's so smart why did he marry this

Shotgun wedding?

Beagle wrote:

thought they had to shoot the bloody Yankees to get a reload

True in the latter days of the war. But with this war being the most bloody in US history, there were often many weapons left on the ground.

In some cases they were cached rather than taken, depending on available resources. I'm told there are forgotten caches around the Shiloh battlefield, not too far from me.

Now an Alamo weapon, I would give body parts for.

Interesting topic, weapons of the Alamo that were picked up by the Mexicans and taken back to Mexico. If you go to The Alamo Forum and then go to Tactics and Weapons, you'll see some posts about one such Longrifle that was found in Mexico about thirty years ago and brought back. It's a flintlock Pennsylvania Longrifle or Kentucky with a 47" barrel that has sword cuts in the barrel. I think that you'll find the subject of some interest. I'm buying the rifle back very soon and will then be posting pictures on the Alamo Forum for the members to study and discuss. Fred Gaarde bshiplar1@aol.com

Welcome Whitedog.

Thanks for that post - I'll be looking forward to your posts at the Alamo forum. I'm drooling already.

So am I, but don't tell anyone or I'll have the Gestapo on my neck afraid I'm about to become the next serial killer!

O.K. would someone like to quantify the possible value of a weapon that could be 'proven' to have been a battlefield pickup from the Texas Revolution that was taken to Mexico? From which battle is unknown. I guess take your pick. Certainly, the feeling of holding it in ones hands would take precidence over any monetary amount. I've gotta wonder however at what such a rifle could conceivably be worth. Well, of course it'll never be worth that because the history is incomplete as to it's exact origins in Texas or "that part of Texas that used to be Mexico" (from the merchant upon whose property it ws found).