We’re holding our own. Rubber match time.
On March 21st 1836 James Fannin, having disobeyed orders to retreat and join with Dam Houston’s main army, was captured by General Urrea and being marched towards Goliad in the Texas coastal plains. Santa Anna had already ordered that all prisoners - nearly 400 men - be executed and for Urrea to urgently join his main army pursuing Houston. Urrea wanted the prisoners spared, and wrote pleading for their mercy. He wasn’t just merciful, in many ways he was a superior military general than Santa Anna. Regardless, the Mexicans are arguing over a mass murder, and there are about to be hundreds of very unlucky Texians. Word travels slow though, so there’s time for Houston to continue to gather forces.
You could call this “bear market vibes”. But the bull is/was only a month away.
March 14th 1836. The dream of an independent Texas is at an all time low. News of the Alamo falling has spread, Houston is in (strategic) retreat, and Texas generals are disobeying orders. Notably, general James Fannin has been ordered to abandon Goliad and move east to Houston’s forces. Fannin, indecisive throughout the war, asks for reinforcements despite the plea to flee. He’s going to have a bad time in two weeks.
March 10th marks the beginning of Sam Houston’s “Washington” moment of the Texas Revolution. He hears about the Alamo falling and plans - against the wishes of nearly all his advisors - a long sequence of strategic retreats. They starve Santa Anna’s half of the army (he split with Urrea) of supplies and shelter as they retreat further east. Now they wait for the perfect moment, but not without some horrifying losses later in the month.
In March 7th 1836, this Santa Anna character is riding high. He’s killed Travis, Bowie, Davy Crocket and all but a few Alamo survivors. But the Alamo fight had taken ~500 of his best soldiers of ~ 2,000, and he still has no idea what he’s up against in Sam Houston. Houston is preparing his Runaway Scrape strategy moving East. Santa Anna is preparing to split his army. The Alamo will galvanize Texians and Americans alike. He’s so fucked.
I know it’s cliche, but we really are just getting started. Legislation is not as fast as EO’s , but America is screwed financially without embracing bitcoin, and this is a very logical FIRST step. There are people working hard on the next steps and enshrining and expanding this executive order creating a strategic bitcoin reserve. Bullish for America.
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On March 5th 1836 William Travis drew a “line in the sand” asking those who would stay and defend the Alamo to cross and join him. They knew the final Mexican attack would come imminently. The colloquialism in a modern context - line in the sand - comes from this moment. All but one defender crossed the line to join the the final defense.
So good. These guys want to accept bitcoin but Shopify has put a moratorium on btc payments. We need to fix this.
My dream retirement gig. Teach that class and maybe be the middle school offensive coordinator.
William Travis was 27 years old when he wrote this letter.
The Travis Letter. Texas founding father William B. Travis was a live player who shaped the world in his sacrifice at the Alamo. No reinforcements ever arrived.
Posting Texas facts in Feb/March into the bitcoin void on Nostr loses me dozens of followers each year. The opposite of engagement farming…just for the love of the game.
February 23rd 1836 - the first day of the siege of the Alamo. The Texans were completely unprepared. Almost no food in storage, lots of guns but very little gun powder. By the end of the day, they knew what the odds were. No one other than official messengers and those sent to scavenge left.
The at bat that could redeem the family name, or perpetuate the cycle. A fine line.
Trump’s president, and the shaman is going deep on bitcoin with Marty. Not tired of winning.
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Any executive order-that you don't want immediately reversed by a future administration-requires legislation to have a lasting impact. The SBR was never going to be a one and done order that put the United States on the right track. The SBR legislation from Senator Lummis has the long term vision of what a reserve could achieve for the country, and is not reliant in any way on an executive order. The right kind of executive order could help for sure, but is not necessary.
The bitcoin centric nature of the legislation comes down to credibility in achieving objectives for the United States that isn't bettered by adding centralized altcoins into the reserve. The reckless spending of my lifetime-and subsequent debt crisis we find ourselves in-can be eased by the United States adopting bitcoin in a reserve fashion. It's a low time preference plan that only works with a monetary asset with a fixed supply and unchanging monetary policy. There's only one of those in existence.
The SBR is far from dead, and doesn't need an executive order to succeed. Any EO with a basket of crypto is extremely unlikely to find any companion legislation and wouldn't achieve the time horizon necessary to have an impact.
Yessir. He can’t vote, and generally appreciate all benefits of being a citizen.