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Whenever people talk about the future of this county and its growth, one dream keeps getting mentioned. Fast Rail! They always bring up the glory that is the fast rail for Lebanon.

Not everyone is looking forward to Tennessee’s coming switch back to paper ballots:

Although the state will pay for the new equipment Collins still considers it to be wasteful in a time when the state needs to tighten the budget.“

Thank goodness this Congressman has stepped to the plate to tackle this major issue.  Who said Congress wastes your tax money?  This stuff is important!!

House Passes McCarthy Amendment to Study Train Horn Noise Options

Wednesday June 11, 2008

Enclave Mike points to a story in the New York Times which reports increased security at the border may not do much good when border agents are in the pocket of human traffikers:

From the Office of Unintended, but Not Unforeseen Consequences: the smuggling market in illegal immigration grows with the expansion of Homeland Security and the multiplication of border guards. Trying to stem the tide kicks the flood gates open wider.

Democrats don't miss a trick when it comes to killing the unborn.

The number of deals that governments globally are working with private companies to take control of and profits from public infrastructure has tripled from last year to this year.

I was terribly cruel and insensitive to the plight of what remains of the Burmese people earlier this week by intimating that Queen Laura should quit begging the Myanmar junta to steal our tax money intended for the poor and needy (as our voracious Imperialist Hegemonic Empire is wont to do).

Southern Indiana has a wine tour. Having a town named French Lick with a winery is finally paying off. Our favorite wine is made just a few cornfields away, in Bloomington. Oliver Wineries. Oliver Red.