dermdoc said:

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Tanya has always been good folks. Benny converted her.

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NicosMachine said:

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I'm not comfortable having a QB whose family was so immersed in the Confederacy and returned escaped slaves for bounties. It's too much at such a sensitive time. Mond, for the sake of us all, needs to step aside as QB and allow someone without such obvious familial flaws take over.

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Tanya 93 said:

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It is watching the world and country I love, not be something I want Benny growing up in.

I busted my poor white trash ass to make sure he is blessed and lucky in life.

These whiny assed *******s, who often have way more privilege than I do. whine about how hard it is to be a student at A&M?

I went to Duncan with my HS friends or Corps friends I was tutoring because bring a date for meals meant they were left alone. They really liked me coming as a fish because they got ice cream privileges.

I have been lucky in life, despite my challenges growing up poor white trash.

You work your ass off.

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Tanya 93 said:

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KPAG said:

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Kellen Mond's does NOT change the facts :


Sully still fought for the confederate; to keep slavery

Sully was still the negro killer......

Sully statue represents racism and oppression.....

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He also represents saving this university, giving African Americans an ability to get an education. and building a home for blind and deaf black children to be cared for.

So suck it

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Ag87H2O said:

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dermdoc said:

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Tanya has always been good folks. Benny converted her.

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When she referred to him the other day as Alex P. Keaton it had me spitting out my coffee.

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tbirdspur2010 said:

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Zombie Jon Snow said:

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KPAG said:

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Kellen Mond's ancestory does NOT change the facts :


Sully still fought for the confederate; to keep slavery

Sully was still the negro killer......

Sully statue represents racism and oppression.....

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LIES I'll fix them for you....


Sully still fought for the confederate; because he was a Texan and thought that he should.

Sully was called the N**** Killer in one newspaper article with no context and we don't know the relationship to the author or his motives.

Sully statue represents honorable things that Sul Ross did for Texas A&M University and not every aspect of his life.


Specifically we honor him for the things on the plaque.




Sul Ross was 26 when the civil war ended his legacy was hardly complete at that point but his lifelong contributions should be considered:

Ross did indeed serve in the Confederate army, as did thousands of Texans including the entire 1883 inaugural faculty at The University of Texas. He returned home to Waco and received a full presidential pardon.

He was one of the most vocal supporters of local education for all. He worked with a number of African-American and Indian families as the region struggled to recover. Known for his impartial fairness he was recruited to run for sheriff and arrested a growing gang of white-criminal squatters who preyed on people across East Texas. He abhorred mob violence and was swift to advocate harsh punishment for violators. To emphasis law and order he was the founder and catalyst in 1874 for the Sheriff's Association of Texas, which still functions today.

His only other known memberships was as a Mason (the College Station lodge is named in his honor) and a supporter of a veterans group that raised funding and assistance for the widowed and orphaned families.

As a state senator, he championed education, frontier improvements and agricultural affairs. In 1886 he was elected governor by one of the largest percentage vote totals of any governor in Texas. A fiscal conservative, he balanced the state budget yet insisted that education at all levels be funded. Texas A&M and Prairie View Normal College would not be here today if it was not for Sul Ross. When opponents in Austin attacked, he went directly to the Legislature to prevent it from cutting off funding to both schools.

Ross continued to lead the efforts to expand African-American rural schools when radical Democrats wanted to de-fund support of local black education and he halted numerous attempts to attack the funding for Prairie View, fighting and demanding the Legislature to do the right thing. He won and provided additional funding and jobs after establishing one of the first agricultural experiment stations at an African-American college in the United States.

When African-American Sen. William Holland proposed the hospital for the "Deaf, Dumb and Blind Colored Institute" (today MHMR), Ross supported the full funding. Against massive opposition from the radical white Democrats, he appointed Holland, a Union Army war veteran, as its first director. When asked why, Ross simply noted, "He was the best man for the job."

Concerned with the Texas criminal process, he insisted on a review and upon receiving the report he realized the inequity of justice and pardoned more African Americans than all the previous governors combined.

One of his greatest accomplishments was the support of Prairie View A&M. While opponents in Austin yearly worked to kill funding, Ross made sure the only public school of high education for African Americans would grow and prosper. Ross hired close personal friend, Professor Edward L. Blackshear, the former director of African=American schools in Austin when he was governor in the late 1880s, to become the 'principal' (president) of Prairie View. Blackshear, the most prominent black educator and leader in Texas, testified to the "nobility of his character and his genuine support of education for colored youths."

Ross hosted Blackshear, his staff and students both at his residence on the A&M campus but also at his home in Waco. To encourage the growth of black education, he arranged special reduced train rates for the Black Baptist State Association to hold its annual meetings in Bryan, giving a chance for him and Blackshear to urge the clergy to promote education back home in their congregations.

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Shut it down.

Let's go home!

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Zombie Jon Snow said:

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KPAG said:

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Kellen Mond's ancestory does NOT change the facts :


Sully still fought for the confederate; to keep slavery

Sully was still the negro killer......

Sully statue represents racism and oppression.....

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LIES I'll fix them for you....


Sully still fought for the confederate; because he was a Texan and thought that he should.

Sully was called the N**** Killer in one newspaper article with no context and we don't know the relationship to the author or his motives.

Sully statue represents honorable things that Sul Ross did for Texas A&M University and not every aspect of his life.


Specifically we honor him for the things on the plaque.




Sul Ross was 26 when the civil war ended his legacy was hardly complete at that point but his lifelong contributions should be considered:

Ross did indeed serve in the Confederate army, as did thousands of Texans including the entire 1883 inaugural faculty at The University of Texas. He returned home to Waco and received a full presidential pardon.

He was one of the most vocal supporters of local education for all. He worked with a number of African-American and Indian families as the region struggled to recover. Known for his impartial fairness he was recruited to run for sheriff and arrested a growing gang of white-criminal squatters who preyed on people across East Texas. He abhorred mob violence and was swift to advocate harsh punishment for violators. To emphasis law and order he was the founder and catalyst in 1874 for the Sheriff's Association of Texas, which still functions today.

His only other known memberships was as a Mason (the College Station lodge is named in his honor) and a supporter of a veterans group that raised funding and assistance for the widowed and orphaned families.

As a state senator, he championed education, frontier improvements and agricultural affairs. In 1886 he was elected governor by one of the largest percentage vote totals of any governor in Texas. A fiscal conservative, he balanced the state budget yet insisted that education at all levels be funded. Texas A&M and Prairie View Normal College would not be here today if it was not for Sul Ross. When opponents in Austin attacked, he went directly to the Legislature to prevent it from cutting off funding to both schools.

Ross continued to lead the efforts to expand African-American rural schools when radical Democrats wanted to de-fund support of local black education and he halted numerous attempts to attack the funding for Prairie View, fighting and demanding the Legislature to do the right thing. He won and provided additional funding and jobs after establishing one of the first agricultural experiment stations at an African-American college in the United States.

When African-American Sen. William Holland proposed the hospital for the "Deaf, Dumb and Blind Colored Institute" (today MHMR), Ross supported the full funding. Against massive opposition from the radical white Democrats, he appointed Holland, a Union Army war veteran, as its first director. When asked why, Ross simply noted, "He was the best man for the job."

Concerned with the Texas criminal process, he insisted on a review and upon receiving the report he realized the inequity of justice and pardoned more African Americans than all the previous governors combined.

One of his greatest accomplishments was the support of Prairie View A&M. While opponents in Austin yearly worked to kill funding, Ross made sure the only public school of high education for African Americans would grow and prosper. Ross hired close personal friend, Professor Edward L. Blackshear, the former director of African=American schools in Austin when he was governor in the late 1880s, to become the 'principal' (president) of Prairie View. Blackshear, the most prominent black educator and leader in Texas, testified to the "nobility of his character and his genuine support of education for colored youths."

Ross hosted Blackshear, his staff and students both at his residence on the A&M campus but also at his home in Waco. To encourage the growth of black education, he arranged special reduced train rates for the Black Baptist State Association to hold its annual meetings in Bryan, giving a chance for him and Blackshear to urge the clergy to promote education back home in their congregations.

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Tanya 93 said:

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It is watching the world and country I love, not be something I want Benny growing up in.

I busted my poor white trash ass to make sure he is blessed and lucky in life.

These whiny assed *******s, who often have way more privilege than I do. whine about how hard it is to be a student at A&M?

I went to Duncan with my HS friends or Corps friends I was tutoring because bring a date for meals meant they were left alone. They really liked me coming as a fish because they got ice cream privileges.

I have been lucky in life, despite my challenges growing up poor white trash.

You work your ass off.

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tbirdspur2010 said:

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Zombie Jon Snow said:

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KPAG said:

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Kellen Mond's ancestory does NOT change the facts :


Sully still fought for the confederate; to keep slavery

Sully was still the negro killer......

Sully statue represents racism and oppression.....

---

LIES I'll fix them for you....


Sully still fought for the confederate; because he was a Texan and thought that he should.

Sully was called the N**** Killer in one newspaper article with no context and we don't know the relationship to the author or his motives.

Sully statue represents honorable things that Sul Ross did for Texas A&M University and not every aspect of his life.


Specifically we honor him for the things on the plaque.




Sul Ross was 26 when the civil war ended his legacy was hardly complete at that point but his lifelong contributions should be considered:

Ross did indeed serve in the Confederate army, as did thousands of Texans including the entire 1883 inaugural faculty at The University of Texas. He returned home to Waco and received a full presidential pardon.

He was one of the most vocal supporters of local education for all. He worked with a number of African-American and Indian families as the region struggled to recover. Known for his impartial fairness he was recruited to run for sheriff and arrested a growing gang of white-criminal squatters who preyed on people across East Texas. He abhorred mob violence and was swift to advocate harsh punishment for violators. To emphasis law and order he was the founder and catalyst in 1874 for the Sheriff's Association of Texas, which still functions today.

His only other known memberships was as a Mason (the College Station lodge is named in his honor) and a supporter of a veterans group that raised funding and assistance for the widowed and orphaned families.

As a state senator, he championed education, frontier improvements and agricultural affairs. In 1886 he was elected governor by one of the largest percentage vote totals of any governor in Texas. A fiscal conservative, he balanced the state budget yet insisted that education at all levels be funded. Texas A&M and Prairie View Normal College would not be here today if it was not for Sul Ross. When opponents in Austin attacked, he went directly to the Legislature to prevent it from cutting off funding to both schools.

Ross continued to lead the efforts to expand African-American rural schools when radical Democrats wanted to de-fund support of local black education and he halted numerous attempts to attack the funding for Prairie View, fighting and demanding the Legislature to do the right thing. He won and provided additional funding and jobs after establishing one of the first agricultural experiment stations at an African-American college in the United States.

When African-American Sen. William Holland proposed the hospital for the "Deaf, Dumb and Blind Colored Institute" (today MHMR), Ross supported the full funding. Against massive opposition from the radical white Democrats, he appointed Holland, a Union Army war veteran, as its first director. When asked why, Ross simply noted, "He was the best man for the job."

Concerned with the Texas criminal process, he insisted on a review and upon receiving the report he realized the inequity of justice and pardoned more African Americans than all the previous governors combined.

One of his greatest accomplishments was the support of Prairie View A&M. While opponents in Austin yearly worked to kill funding, Ross made sure the only public school of high education for African Americans would grow and prosper. Ross hired close personal friend, Professor Edward L. Blackshear, the former director of African=American schools in Austin when he was governor in the late 1880s, to become the 'principal' (president) of Prairie View. Blackshear, the most prominent black educator and leader in Texas, testified to the "nobility of his character and his genuine support of education for colored youths."

Ross hosted Blackshear, his staff and students both at his residence on the A&M campus but also at his home in Waco. To encourage the growth of black education, he arranged special reduced train rates for the Black Baptist State Association to hold its annual meetings in Bryan, giving a chance for him and Blackshear to urge the clergy to promote education back home in their congregations.

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Shut it down.

Let's go home!

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dBoy99 said:

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Leyendecker, are you from Columbus?

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Prognightmare said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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It is watching the world and country I love, not be something I want Benny growing up in.

I busted my poor white trash ass to make sure he is blessed and lucky in life.

These whiny assed *******s, who often have way more privilege than I do. whine about how hard it is to be a student at A&M?

I went to Duncan with my HS friends or Corps friends I was tutoring because bring a date for meals meant they were left alone. They really liked me coming as a fish because they got ice cream privileges.

I have been lucky in life, despite my challenges growing up poor white trash.

You work your ass off.

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encinoag said:

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Any relation to Willis Leyendecker?

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Tanya 93 said:

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It is watching the world and country I love, not be something I want Benny growing up in.

I busted my poor white trash ass to make sure he is blessed and lucky in life.

These whiny assed *******s, who often have way more privilege than I do. whine about how hard it is to be a student at A&M?

I went to Duncan with my HS friends or Corps friends I was tutoring because bring a date for meals meant they were left alone. They really liked me coming as a fish because they got ice cream privileges.

I have been lucky in life, despite my challenges growing up poor white trash.

You work your ass off.

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