Sadly, "most" Texans think this lawsuit-waiting-to-happen is a Good Thing. Unfortunately, the "good people" in Texas (while being Very Good Indeed) are a minority among the crazy.

4 votes

#2.1 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:46 PM EST

bjobotts

Will anyone ever display the legitimate Christmas season with the 3 "kings" being the actual "stars" they are in the heavens which align and point to the position of the sun when it is "born" or "re-born" after having remained still for 3days while we experience the shortest 'days', and with this 'birth' the sun begins to rise in the sky again and the days begin to grow longer again...a day known as the "winter solstice" or "Christmas" symbolically.

So desperate to believe there is something out there that will save us and make us safe that we will ignore science and symbolism for the sake of children's fantasies so we will feel all warm and snugly and irrational. Tis the season to exchange meat for pottery, blankets for grain and celebrate each other once again. Merry X-mas

1 vote

#2.2 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:35 PM EST

Dragoon21b

I bring tidings of Comfort and Great Joy...The Ammo truck has arived

5 votes

#3 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:39 PM EST

Knobson

Tidings of combat and joy.

Cheers.

5 votes

#3.1 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:40 PM EST

Dragoon21b

God rest ye merry Gentlemen (in peace)

3 votes

#3.2 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:43 PM EST

Knobson

Silencer Night...

4 votes

#3.3 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:46 PM EST

whomitmay

Silent guns holy guns ensure a peaceful night........................or else.

2 votes

#3.4 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:46 PM EST

Knobson

"Come, they told me, to boom ba boom boom..."

Oy, I think that's enough.

2 votes

#3.5 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:54 PM EST

Dragoon21b

The sad part is that somewhere someone is getting a hello kitty assault rifle for Christmas

3 votes

#3.6 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:24 PM EST

NeedMoreCoffee

Little Gunner Boy a-rat-a-tat-tat

1 vote

#3.7 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:52 PM EST

bjobotts

A gun in every school and every citizen carrying according to the NRA and their greedy fear mongering banter. They ignore how it was in the old west when men and boys were shooting each other for fun and reputation. "You any good with that gun punk" "Come on, come on...you afraid...you a coward" Well NRA...are ya? The NRA should be disallowed from legislatures at least... before bazookas become legal to own. Just like the billions the Krupp family made by supplying both sides with arms during a war the NRA wants to enrich the arms dealers by arming everyone.

Burying a child is the most difficult thing a person can ever do especially from being murdered in a senseless shooting and all the provider of said weapon and large capacity ammo clip can say is 'too bad'...( wear zapper protection huh.)

2 votes

#3.8 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:49 PM EST

oncearepublican

You sure that isn't a schoolyard with NRA "protection"?

3 votes

#4 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:39 PM EST

efgoldman

When I was at Ft. Sam (late '68-early '69) it was most definitely a military post, and therefore a gummint installation. So what the fnck is a nativity scene doing there?

3 votes

#5 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:46 PM EST

TCinLA

It's "Texico." (Short for "Land stolen from the country of Mexico")

1 vote

#5.1 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:48 PM EST

Marko56

That's what I was going to say. The cannons I can understand, but WTF is a nativity scene doing on public property?

2 votes

#5.2 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:29 PM EST

EntropyRules

Marko56,

The answer to your questions is "Proclaiming that Christianity is the de facto national religion", sad to say.

1 vote

#5.3 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:25 PM EST

NeedMoreCoffee

efgoldman,

It's the same as that sticker: A soldier holding a gun bowing before a cross.

1 vote

#5.4 - Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:04 PM EST

FuturePrez2016

So is it Canon law or cannon law?

7 votes

#6 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:52 PM EST

damskippy-1635693

The NRA's solution to the crucifixion.

And do you really think there would have been no room at the inn if Joseph had one of those bad boys?

2 votes

#7 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:52 PM EST

Calvin Lundy

Personally I think people are reading way too much into this. I guess because I served in the Us Army and have just grow accustomed to seeing stuff like this. And understand the reasoning behind it. It's just them showing their Christian Christmas Spirit. Sure they probably could have chosen a better location of the set up. But to be frankly honest here, nobody is going to be moving the cannons out of the way. The placement of the scene is odd to say the least. But I seriously doubt there is some hidden meaning behind it, other than just poor placement and lack of visual foresight.

1 vote

#8 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:08 PM EST

Knobson

I'm not so much objecting to it.

I just find the posing of a scene whcih depicts the entrance into the world of a figure famous for preaching "love thy neighbor" is between two sizable cannon.

"Love they neighbor" (but carry a big stick) comes to mind.

*shrug*

For the kind of person Jesus was, I'd think he'd probably object to being placed within the view of two sizable cannon.

#8.1 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:15 PM EST

JL in Montana

C'mon, Cal. It's the irony! Shucks, cain't be too careful these days. Build a fortress around everything. At least, that's what LaPierre is preaching. Pretty soon there won't be anything left to protect, and as long as no one gets trigger-happy and everyone starts firing in all directions, we'll all live happily ever after.

2 votes

#8.2 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:32 PM EST

Crackhead Awards

Why does this cannon not have cement in the breech? That's supposed to be against the law.

This cannon is ready for a fuse, a can of black power, and a bag of rocks.

2 votes

#9 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:16 PM EST

rwsgate

Which would be fine if they would just turn the cannon about 125 degrees to the left.

1 vote

#9.1 - Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:32 PM EST

just-john

I guess this really counts as a manger display at a military site monument, not the other way around.

Otherwise, it'd be dandy fodder for my America Takes Aim project, in which I encourage people to send in photos of monument cannons (and other big guns) which are in places that otherwise aren't military, plus photos siting down the barrels of those guns, showing us what they're aimed at (buildings, oncoming traffic, whatever) and maybe some commentary on why America needs to be defended from those targets.

So far, only a few people -- mostly fellow SubGenii -- have contributed over the past year, but that's a speed I'm comfortable working at. I only regret that my research here in and around Poughkeepsie has been lost, as it featured two entirely different cannon emplacements aimed at the same scraggly tree.