Texas Got It Right!. Sam Wyly

      SID RICHARDSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      BETWEEN A ROCK AND

      A HARD PLACE, WE THRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      SMALL OIL IS STILL GOING STRONG . . . . . . . . .

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      THE WORLD’S DEEP-DRILLING PIONEER . . . . . . .

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      TEXAS GAME-CHANGER:

      RICHARD KINDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      WE’RE MONOPOLY BUSTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      THE COUNTRY’S WIND-ENERGY LEADER . . . . .

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      THE SHALE GAS REVOLUTION STARTED HERE

      AND IT’S FRACKIN’ AMAZIN’! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      REMAKING AMERICA’S

      ENERGY LANDSCAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      WE DO DEREGULATION RIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      ...BUT WE’LL STILL STEP

      IN TO HELP THE LITTLE GUY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      TEXAS’S GREEN GRID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      TEXAS GAME-CHANGER:

      GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      TEXAS GAME-CHANGER:

      CARRIE MARCUS NEIMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      WE INVENTED

      AMERICA’S FAVORITE COCKTAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      WE’RE FAITHFUL TO OUR LOCAL BRANDS . . . . . . .

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      WE PUT THE “MICRO”

      IN MICROELECTRONICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      A BUSINESS MECCA FOR

      THE TOP TIER & UP-AND-COMING . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      CORPORATE CAPITAL ON THE MOVE . . . . . . . . . .

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      TEXAS GAME-CHANGER:

      DELL INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      WE’RE THE NEW TECH FRONTIER . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      THE “NEXT BIG THING”

      TAKES OFF FROM AUSTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      LEADING THE NATION

      OUT OF RECESSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      EVEN OUR PREACHERS ARE

      ENTREPRENEURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      WE GOT RELIGION (IN EVERY FLAVOR) . . . . . . . .

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      TEXANS ARE CHART-TOPPERS

      (AND WE CAME UP WITH THE CHART) . . . . . . . . .

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      WE INVENTED THE DANCE HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      …AND THE MUSIC VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      TEXAS GAME-CHANGER:

      HALF PRICE BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      WE LIKE TEARING DOWN

      FENCES, NOT PUTTING ‘EM UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      WE SEE BEAUTY IN THE WILDEST PLACES . . . . . . .

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      WE HARNESSED THE HIGH PLAINS . . . . . . . . . . .

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      WE MAKE THE MOST OF OUR COAST . . . . . . . .

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      FARMING FOR THE NATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      WE SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES . . . . . . . . .

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      TEXAS GAME-CHANGER:

      TEXAS A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      TEXAS GAME-CHANGER:

      WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      GOD GAVE US BLACK-EYED PEAS

      AND WE MADE CAVIAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      COMMONSENSE TAXATION

      AND REGULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      A DOLLAR GOES FURTHER IN TEXAS . . . . . . . . .

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      A HOUSING MARKET OPEN TO ALL . . . . . . . . . .

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      WE GOT ROOM TO ROAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      TEXAS GAME-CHANGER:

      SOUTHWEST AIRLINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      NOBODY MESSES WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS . .

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      TEXAS TOOK FOOTBALL TO

      THE NEXT LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      …AND TURNED CHEERLEADERS

      INTO SUPERSTARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      OUR SMALL-TOWN HEROES WEAR CLEATS . . . .

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      WE GROW UP TO BE

      DAREDEVILS AND BRONC RIDERS . . . . . . . . . . .

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      TEXAS LOVES A MAN OR

      WOMAN IN A UNIFORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      TEXAS GAME-CHANGER:

      MARY KAY ASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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      TEXANS ARE GREAT AT DOING GOOD . . . . . . . .

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