Thanks

Thanks to family for being family.  Thanks to friends for being friends.

Thanks to AustinPost for promoting a means of disseminating information and opinion.

Thanks to David Nolan, who was born yesterday many years ago, who gave birth to the Libertarian Party.

Thanks to the Pittsburgh Steelers who fill my weekends with anxiety.

Thanks to young boys whose remains are under ground in Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill and other battlefields for giving their last full measure of devotion to Liberty.

Thanks to Neal Boortz for brightening my mornings with offensive and insensitive rants.

Thanks to Maurice Durufle for his Requiem.

Thanks to a man who spoke out against corruption and taught us love, knowing that he would be crucified by an oppressive government.

Thanks to Steven Hawking for expanding our minds by expanding the universe.

Thanks to pine trees for the greatest fragrance on earth.

Thanks to those who put their lives on the line everyday in service of our city, state, and nation.

Thanks to 34 people that have committed to appear on the 2010 ballot as Libertarians.

Thanks to Dr Richard Lindzen, Patrick Moore, Dr Pat Michaels, Dr Phillip Stott, and the growing number of scientists exposing the truth on global warming.

Thanks to John Mackey for growing liberty through commerce.

Thanks to cool fall weather on grey days.

Thanks to Roberto Clemente and Dermonti Dawson for being great.

Thanks to Robert Frost for the path less travelled by.

Thanks to Crispus Attucks for being the first martyr for liberty on our nation.

Thanks to the paper industry for using an abundant and renewable resource to produce such a useful product.

Thanks to Pat Metheny for just about everything he has ever played or composed.

Thanks to George Lucas for “Star Wars”.

Thanks to those who arrived on our shores seeking liberty and opportunity.

Thanks to the 336 people that elected me to my second term on the Lago Vista city council.

Thanks to Connemara for being such a beautiful place.

Thanks to Leo Fender for the Stratocaster.

Thanks to volunteers who build hiking trails in the most beautiful places on earth.

Thanks to 150 who died in defense of the Alamo and Texas.

Thanks to Salvador Dali for bending our minds.

Thanks to Dr Anastas Karipedes for teaching me how to learn and think.

Thanks to Donald Fagan and Joni Mitchell for incredible compositions.

Thanks to coach “Spanky” for making me do bear crawls.

Thanks to Mrs Powers who fostered my interest in science.

Thanks to Apple for producing useful tools designed to be used untuitively.

Thanks to salmon for being so tasty.

Thanks to Frédéric Bartholdi for the Statue of Liberty.

Thanks to Andrew Carnegie for building the steel industry and a lasting legacy of philanthropy.

Thanks to George Washington for being the role model of leadership.

Thanks be to God for everything.

Thanks to my Sunflower