tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post1559900788426585611..comments2023-11-24T06:43:02.286+00:00Comments on Aspicientes in Jesum: TexasPastor in Montehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949810648656544072noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-4961874829727915142008-07-18T05:31:00.000+01:002008-07-18T05:31:00.000+01:00Ha-ha--gotta stop posting when my contacts aren't ...Ha-ha--gotta stop posting when my contacts aren't in. UTAH, and Nevada. Although, come to think of it given how hard it can be to find a drink in Utah, perhaps UN-tah is a better name.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-54681221709143090132008-07-17T16:04:00.000+01:002008-07-17T16:04:00.000+01:00"Then, under President (then to become Governor) H..."<I>Then, under President (then to become Governor) Houston, it entered the US by treaty, the only state to do so except, I think, Hawaii.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Well, close, but you'll have to forego the cigar. Under the <I><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo" REL="nofollow">Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo</A></I>the entire states of what is now California, Untah, and Hevada, plus most of Arizona, and portions of Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico were given by Treaty with Mexico to the US. This was in 1848 at the end of 1848. Thank God, too, because if it hadn't those areas would be the same 3rd world hell hole Mexico is today. <BR/><BR/> Then in 1853 the Gadsen Purchase bought the lower portion of Arizona and the SW corner of New Mexico.<BR/><BR/>Th Hidalgo treaty made darn sure to cut the boundary of California such that the natural Harbor of San Diego was included (with a league to spare) within the borders of the US. You can see the border marker <A HREF="http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t209/gemoftheocean/borderstone.jpg" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Presently on the North Side of the fence is the Border State park, a wildlife preserve, and on the south side a TJ bullring. Aerial photo <A HREF="http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=10106&mode=sequential&flags=0" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Pretty, but stay out of the water! Mexico doesn't care what it dumps in there so it's awfully polluted.<BR/><BR/><I>"In fact, they are proud of the fact that because they entered the US by treaty, they may fly the Texan flag on the same level as the Stars and Stripes"</I>.<BR/><BR/>Actually ALL state flags (and flags of other societies) may fly on the same level as the US flag. They may not fly above it, or be larger than it, however. In a line of such flags the US flag should be placed to its own right on the furthest most right flagpole. There is one small exception when something may fly higher than the US flag and that is when on board a Navy vessel, if a navy chaplain is conducting services while at sea a church pennant may be flown above. See <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code" REL="nofollow">here </A> for flag etiquette. Other than the detail about the Navy pennant we learned the flag etiquette in the scouts. God knows the schools don't teach flag etiquette today, to judge by all the liberal dip"sticks" who think they are being patriotic by wearing a flag bandanna on their pointy heads. They may as well hang a sign around their necks saying "stupid but well meaning liberal dip"stick"".gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-27777409494908745962008-07-17T14:50:00.000+01:002008-07-17T14:50:00.000+01:00Thank you for your illuminating and often entertai...Thank you for your illuminating and often entertaining posts over the last fortnight – I have found them a welcome distraction from the otherwise all-consuming Anglican angst and anomie.<BR/><BR/>Lunch some time?Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010105719301587195noreply@blogger.com