Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.

So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.

The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.

Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.

Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium in it - because it goes all the way back to Sam Houston, surely the most lovable, the most human, and the funniest of all the great men this country has ever produced.