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                  A Word to Young Texans from Lars Eighner, 
                       Author of Travels with Lizbeth


If you are old enough to vote, by now you know that it is rare and difficult
for one person to make a real difference in the world, no matter how just
his or her cause, no matter how passionate he or she may be, no matter how
hard that person works.

But once in a while, once in a generation if you are lucky, history comes to
a tipping point when one person, just one person, a person like you, can
give history a nudge.  These are the opportunities that ordinary people,
people like you and me, wish for and hope for, pin their dreams and
aspirations to, and which are too rare and precious to miss.

Now, there is such an opportunity.

If you are registered to vote in Texas, I urge you to vote in the March 4
Democratic primary election for Barack Obama and to attend your precinct
convention that evening to caucus for Obama.  If you are not registered to
vote, I urge you to do so now so that you can vote for Barack Obama for
President and the whole Democratic ticket in November.

I seriously doubt that such a chance to bring change to America, the kind of
change that ordinary people so rarely get to make, will come again in my
lifetime.  And unless you are very lucky, it will not come again in yours.
Seize this opportunity to restore hope and integrity to America.  You may
not get another chance.

Sincerely,

Lars Eighner.
February 18, 2008.