Liberty's Blog

Insensitive Bastards.

I just came back from San Antonio. We were fortunate enough to stay at the grand Menger Hotel just across the street from the Alamo. Its almost a pilgrimage to go there this time as it was the 170th aniversery of the great battle. There were lots of activities and re-enactments. As I wandered the grounds and read Col. William Travis' speech before he drew the line. I saw where they set up the cannon and vowed to die to the very last man. I also saw grown men cry as they visited a sacred Shrine to Freedom. All this activity was to commemerate men who died for the cause of freedom on March 6th 1836. In 1836 Texas won its independence and became an independant nation and Houston a suburb of Galveston became a city.

MLS balloted for a name for the new Houston soccer team. The name selected was Houston 1836. The four digit number had a number of meanings. The birth of a nation, freedom and the start of a great city. Alther I never saw or heard about anyone who was directly offended, there were concerns that some folks of Mexican heritage might be offended. Afterall Santa Anna was Mexican. The fact that there were folks with Spanish names that had died in at the Alamo and during the following war, didn't seem to matter.

Although its been a couple of weks since they announced that the name 1836 wouldn't be acceptable they waited until today, the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo, to announce the new name. The Houston Dynamos. Yuch

The insensitive bastards.

posted by Liberty @ 6:48 PM