A Texas Perspective
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'America The Beautiful' was a song that was supposed to induce patriotism, but the song proved over and over again that the founders only concentrated on a liberating strife for a country that was from the beginning an beautiful land the founders just upped and claimed with the hope that God would shed his grace on the mission at hand. But when you think about what that liberating strife did to the natives of the land, and the shipment of enslaved people to gain their wealth, Grace has never been a part of a country that pretends to be 'Beautiful,' but beneath and above the surface, it's ugly. Tom Armstrong, the American Thinker gives a British view of our Fourth of July:
“Each year, as the Fourth of July rolls around, Americans across the land dust off their barbecues, unfurl their oversized flags, and celebrate their hard-won independence with fireworks, grilled meats, and an impressive disregard for fire safety. It’s a day of pride, patriotism, and, dare I say, more than a little historical creative license. As an Englishman observing from across the pond, I can’t help but smile at the enthusiasm while wincing slightly at the folklore. Because much of what Americans believe about the War of Independence and its aftermath bears only a passing resemblance to historical fact. It’s a bit like claiming Braveheart is a documentary.” Read more
In The News
Looking back moment in Texas history, in order to compare it to the future, let's revisit Hurricane Harvey . . . . Hurricane Harvey made its initial impact near Rockport, Texas, with sustained winds of 130 miles per hour. Over the next several days, the storm stalled over southeast Texas, dumping more than 50 inches of rain in some areas based on seven-day rainfall totals ending Aug. 31. Houston, the nation's fourth-largest city, was particularly hard-hit, with widespread flooding that inundated thousands of homes and businesses. Harvey is considered the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the U.S. The sheer scale of the disaster was staggering. Harvey caused an estimated $158.8 billion (CPI adjusted estimated cost) in damages, making it the second-most costly hurricane in U.S. history, only behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It caused catastrophic flooding, displaced more than 30,000 people, damaged or destroyed more than 200,000 homes or businesses, and prompted more than 17,000 rescues. Harvey also claimed the lives of 89 direct victims, the largest number of direct deaths from a tropical cyclone in that state since 1919, with many more suffering long-term consequences from the floodwaters, mold and other hazards left in its wake. Read more
Now let’s fast forward to the most recent and deadly flooding in Central Texas that was caused by ’a combination of atmospheric conditions, including a stalled upper-level disturbance, a deep plume of tropical moisture, and the geography of the Texas Hill Country. These factors led to intense and prolonged rainfall, with some areas receiving over 20 inches of rain in a short period. The terrain of the Hill Country, with its hills and valleys, channeled the water into rivers, causing rapid and significant flooding’ . . . . Search and rescue efforts continued Sunday morning for 10 missing girls and one counselor from Camp Mystic, a Christian camp for young girls at the center of the catastrophic floods that swept the Texas Hill Country, local officials said at a news conference. At least 68 people were killed by the flooding in Kerr County, Sheriff Larry Leitha said. At least 11 additional deaths were confirmed in surrounding counties, pushing the storm's overall toll to at least 79. That surpassed the estimated 68 deaths directly caused by Hurricane Harvey in southeast Texas in 2017. Read more
Whenever something catostrophic occurs, there’s always somebody that wants to overlook the deaths and concentrate on issues, and regardless if the issue is true or not, it doesn’t replace the loss of damn near 80 innocent victims . . . . A former Houston Food Insecurity Board member is facing backlash Sunday after posting a TikTok video in which she called the camp where several girls were swept away and remain missing following flash floods a “white girls camp.” Sade Perkins, appointed to the city’s Food Insecurity Board by former Mayor Sylvester Turner in 2023, shared the video from her private TikTok account. Read more
In the wake of the Central Texas flooding, Houston is having discussions about its own flood-prone problems that have been somewhat ignored after Hurricane Harvey . . . . On Aug. 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey came ashore at Port Aransas, Texas, as a Category 4 storm and then stalled. Rather than moving inland, Harvey became a tropical storm as its windspeed decreased and it slowly meandered northward along the Texas coast for several days, dumping an enormous amount of rain from Victoria to the Louisiana border. Unlike other tropical storms that have hit the Houston area before, all areas of the Houston region suffered significant flooding. Read more
Message from the publisher:
A Texas Perspective is designed to be informative, historical, and educational, reflecting the ever-evolving political cultures in the country that no longer prioritize voters' interests. We have become a country that no longer knows where it came from, and as such, we're embarking upon that journey again without knowing it.
Thanks,
Don W. Allison/Editor, A Texas Perspective
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