Sometimes people tell me that at times I am too gruff and not polite enough to others. In that spirit, I want to thank two strangers I saw yesterday in Austin, TX.

Thanks to the person driving by the Palmer Events Center yesterday in a Volvo SUV with a bumper sticker saying, Buy Local.

Thanks also to the woman being interviewed by a local cable news channel at the Texas Capital who was wearing the Stop the War on Women T-shirt, and whom I overheard telling the interviewer that, We will take back Texas in November!

You both made me laugh.