The Discerning Texan

While we are talking about miracles, and as I sit here curled up on the couch with my wife, wearing my own yellow shirt, reading the Sunday Dallas Morning News (still arguably the best sports page in the country, btw) and watching a group of bicycle riders parade up and down the Champs-Elysees, it might be appropriate to say a few words about a fellow Discerning Texan, Lance Armstrong.   I think it bears repeating that here is a man who 8 years ago was given a diagnosis of terminal testicular cancer--and he not only completely obliterated that disease, but afterward become the greatest bicycle rider the world has ever seen, and an inspiration to millions.  Armstrong is nothing short of miraculous.  Today Lance Armstrong will wear the malliot jeaune for the 6th consecutive time, and it it a testament not only to the determination, talent, and sheer will of the man himself; but also of teamwork, of sacrifice, and of giving one's self to a noble cause.   It is a great day to be an American, a great day to be a Texan, and a great day to be alive.   Six in a row: put that in your pipe and smoke it Chirac.  This may be the greatest athlete I will see in my lifetime.  Well done, Lance.  What a great 24 hours this has been: last night reliving the "Miracle on Ice", today living the "miracle on wheels."   Now if I can just avoid watching the Democrat train wreck all week...