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Given that Nashville's gas supply has been cut in the past 24 hours to 15% of our normal supply, I would seriously like to know how drilling more wells in the Gulf of Mexico would have prevented our primary transportation system from potentially grinding to a halt?

...so here's a list of political links.

From the New Yorker:

I read a fascinating book by Alfie Kohn last week, which included an essay titled, Five Reasons to Stop Saying “Good Job!” and it definitely made me think critically about how and why we praise kids.

We need to keep a close eye on Russia's developing old style Sovietism.

Entertainment retailers are having mixed success in lessening their dependence on CD sales. Hastings reported lower earnings earlier this week. Its comp revenue was up 0.6% and gains in other product categories helped make up for an 11.7% slide in music sales.

I don't know what it is about Thankful Thursdays, but these simple little posts have probably gotten more response than anything else I've written. So the feature is here to stay.

Having such wonderful examples of cities with large tax burdens bearing such positive results (aka Memphis, New Orleans, Detroit, etc....), one can easily see how Knight Stivender can be an advocate for the tax and spend mantra.

Let me get this straight; because we've taken ourselves to the brink of bankruptcy by our ever-increasing use and dependence upon fossil fuels, now that its come time to seek alternatives we should take new approaches and alternative energy sources off the table - even though the authors t