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If they don't reach a deal (and that won't happen), then the fact is that we the people would find out we don't really need the Federal Government. Because they can't have that happen, a deal will be made. Not a single troop will go unpaid. Not a single Social Security check will be delayed. Not a single Medicare claim will go late. The biggest mistake either party could make is demonstrating how Washington simply creates its own problems and hypes them so we think they are actually doing something worthwhile.

Space Battleship Yamato . Best preview I've seen in years. Since Star Wars. Seems the movie came out in Japan in 2010.  And is it just me, or does that sound like Aerosmith singing the theme song " Love Lives "??? (OK, I found out it was just Stephen Tyler)

So Pastor Joe Nelms gave a prayer that was quite unusual, and certainly from the heart. Of course, the media tried to turn it into something it was not - a controversy. Nelms defended his prayer without apology. Good for him. For the record, this was not Nelms' first pre-race prayer. However, I still think it was his best. His church is not far from me. Same county. Maybe a 25-minute drive. Might have to visit. (Don't worry, Right-Minded - it would only be a visit!)

That's what it is billed as. At least this minister speaks from the heart. Link to video. What say you? Which part did you like best? - Giving thanks for the "mighty machines"? - Giving thanks for his "smoking hot wife"? - "Boogity, boogity, boogity"?

So I got a phone book today. A real live phone book for the Nashville metro area. We haven't had a new one in years. And it was the Real Yellow Pages from Bellsouth - not some other advertisement company. This book is thinner than the phone books we used to get in Chattanooga when I was a kid - over 20 years ago. For perspective, Chattanooga is less than a quarter the size of Nashville. Back then, it was even smaller. Also, to compare, I opened to the martial arts section (a long-standing habit). Seems there were only three paid ads, and each was a cheap in-column ad. All the rest of the listings were the free line-items. There was a time when the martial arts instructors used to purchase expensive full page ads to lure prospective students. Now, so much is done online.

Near my house, there was a hand-drawn sign advertising a yard sale. It read: "Hugh Yard Sale" I don't know anybody nearby named Hugh, but he must be important if his name belongs on a yard-sale sign!

This article is titled: "Report: Boy, 15, dies after Odom crash" Even the wording as the article continues tries to make it sound like LA Lakers basketball star Lamar Odom had something to do with the crash.  Then, at the end, the truth comes out. Odom had hired the company to drive him around. He was in the back seat of the hired car. That's the extent of his involvement - none whatsoever.