tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.comments2011-01-20T20:27:16.499-05:00KRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258313017995368311noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-65124855926325033602009-04-16T11:53:00.000-04:002009-04-16T11:53:00.000-04:00What a disgrace this decision is. Keith is one of the most dedicated, well liked gentlemen announcers in all of country music. To let him go in this way after all of his years at WSM and The Opry, is just wrong. Management is just wrong on this decision!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-68903262132851229952009-02-23T12:52:00.000-05:002009-02-23T12:52:00.000-05:00Who is the construction management company for this expansion project? Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-36733021591772950982008-11-24T14:38:00.000-05:002008-11-24T14:38:00.000-05:00Give me a break. Every President has been driven by a chauffeur driven limousine. The limo is built with armor plating, security is foremost in mind. <BR/><BR/>The Obama family use to drive a fuel efficient mini-van. <BR/><BR/>What is important is that Obama will move the American economy towards green jobs, which will help the economy &amp; the planet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-83557040653630576312008-11-24T14:33:00.000-05:002008-11-24T14:33:00.000-05:00So what? Is he supposed to stop living. A lot of men have old trucks, auto's etc that are drink gas up what are we supposed to do. Throw them all in a river. There are larger problems to approach than that one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-58601766749506395122008-11-19T09:11:00.000-05:002008-11-19T09:11:00.000-05:00Turning to weather, people in Virginia will be hit with a mixture of rain and titanium hardware.Cris Cohenhttp://criscohen.typepad.com/cris_cohen/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-85718475314904272492008-11-16T23:12:00.000-05:002008-11-16T23:12:00.000-05:00Hey, thanks for the link. The wine bill is the one that blew me away.Jon Lowderhttp://www.jonlowder.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-74022714027713127122008-11-04T16:32:00.000-05:002008-11-04T16:32:00.000-05:00I am 22 and I&#39;d like to capture my thoughts before America either elects a president who its first 26 presidents could have legally owned, or brazenly subverts the very ideals it was founded upon by manipulating numbers in a final embarrassingly overt goosestep towards corporate totalitarianism.<BR/><BR/>I am nervous. And not night-before-the-swim-test nervous or even night-you-lose-your-virginity nervous, it&#39;s a low rumbling primal panic which I can only liken to Star Wars panic. Disney panic. The edge-of-your-seat-terror that makes you wonder if Skywalker&#39;s doomed after he refuses to join Darth Vader and drops down into the abyss, if the wicked octopus or grand vizier or steroid-pumping-village-misogynist is going to wed/kill/skin the dashing prince and then evil people in dark funny costumes are going to take over the world... if it wasn&#39;t a movie of course.<BR/><BR/>And tonight it&#39;s not. It&#39;s not a movie and yet I feel like Obama might as well be wearing an American flag cape while a decaying McCain, in a high-tech robotic spider wheelchair wearing an eyepatch and stroking an evil cat, gives orders to a sexy scheming Palin who marches back and forth through their sub-terranian campaign lair in four inch thigh-highs and full-body black leather catsuit bossing around the evangelical ants with a loooooong whip... umm... is this just me? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, the point is that things feel weird folks. I have friends who have peed in waterbottles to keep from interrupting a Halo-playing marathon who got off their asses/couches to volunteer for the Obama campaign not once, but many times. Friends so cheap their body content is at least 1/3 Ramen Noodle who donated a good deal of their hard-earned cash to the campaign. People have registered to vote in record numbers, and yet, something just doesn&#39;t feel right. I think we should stop congratulating ourselves for just voting. To vote is a privilege which people have died for, and I think there&#39;s a whole lot more to be done for the country than to simply help win an election every 4 years.<BR/><BR/>Hundreds of millions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of man-hours spent on both sides by good-intentioned people who want to make a difference in an historic election, so many resources and voices and energies devoted to a single day. After tomorrow, half of that is going to have been a waste. And I can&#39;t help but wonder what could have happened if all that muscle had been put towards something else, and what will happen to its momentum after the election has come and gone. Shouldn&#39;t we be donating our money to good causes whenever we can? Helping people who don&#39;t have? Dedicating some of our time to contribute to making the country which provides for us a better place? Of course a power shift is a hugely significant step on the path to great reform, but worrying about this election has been a wakeup call for me:<BR/><BR/>Even if Obama wins, we have not &quot;won.&quot; This isn&#39;t a movie and we can&#39;t toss every greedy lobbyist oil fatcat bigot down a reactor shaft. I think if we dedicate ourselves to the ongoing welfare of the country as much as we have to the outcome of this election, we&#39;ll have a much better shot at coming closer to the overwhelming good the liberals hope Obama will usher in, but which no mere mortal could fully realize alone. <BR/><BR/>Which brings me to the other side. I&#39;ve heard a lot of people claim that if McCain wins, they&#39;re leaving. I heard the same thing about Bush&#39;s reelection, and his unelection before that, and nobody seems to be leaving. And that&#39;s fine. Because as much as I complain about certain political happenings, atrocities, etc., I really do like it here and I suspect most other people do too. We have New York and Hollywood, purple mountain&#39;s majesty and sea to shining sea, we created jazz and country music and baseball and cars and lightbulbs and computers and that movie with hundreds of animated singing Chihuahuas! I mean who among the shivering Plymouth pilgrims ever imagined ordering hundreds of animated singing chihuahuas onto a magical box from an invisible information superweb?<BR/><BR/>The point being, if things don&#39;t turn out the way I want tomorrow, I feel compelled, as a college-graduated adultish-type-person, to take a stand. And if I&#39;m going to leave I&#39;m going to leave. But if I&#39;m going to stay I&#39;m not going to sit around whining like I have for the past 8 years. It&#39;s like when I don&#39;t clean my room because it&#39;s dirty and then I blame the dirt. So in my very indecisive way, before you and your screen, I&#39;m declaring my intention to make some kind of stand in the event of -(Ican&#39;tevensayit)-, and encouraging you to consider making one too...<BR/><BR/>Jump the ship or grab a bucket? <BR/>-Sigh- <BR/>Wasn&#39;t everything so much easier back when the worst possible affront to your values was a PB&amp;J sandwich cut diagonally with crust?<BR/><BR/>Anyways, I guess what I&#39;m saying is that if we&#39;re going to stay on board, we should probably be generous with our time and resources when times are tough even more than when the hero saves the day. Because what if he doesn&#39;t? And what if he can&#39;t? If we&#39;re serious about real change, election day should only be the beginning of &quot;Yes we can,&quot; not the end.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>Hannah Friedman<BR/>www.writinghannah.blogspot.comHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916613474552417023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-38256557956515328322008-09-20T19:23:00.000-04:002008-09-20T19:23:00.000-04:00The endorsement by Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild will be among McCain's most valued. <A HREF="http://www.fairandunbalanced.com/?http://www.testimoanials.com/blog/blog1.php/2008/09/19/lady-lynn-forester-de-rothschild/" REL="nofollow">Here's why.</A>Burr Deminghttp://www.fairandunbalanced.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-58287644363019809482008-09-20T18:06:00.000-04:002008-09-20T18:06:00.000-04:00So let me get this straight. Campbell Brown owned this aristocrat by calling her out on her rampant hypocrisy... and by pointing out that this is a crass political stunt... and somehow because the Lady trumpeted a talking point that the McCain Campaign has been flogging for months (and by the way, regarding a snippet of an old quote taken and presented completely out of context)- and somehow you interpret this exchange as a "slam dunk"?<BR/><BR/>I'm glad I go to read the interview. I would have missed it altogether if you had not blogged about it. Thanks.Merge Dividehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09589723464172651599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-27759990145314404572008-09-16T17:50:00.000-04:002008-09-16T17:50:00.000-04:00This song was definitely hugely influential! Plus, you know, it's so fun to dance to. I'm glad it's getting the recognition it deserves in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Has anyone ever been there? I work for Positively Cleveland, and we're getting the word out about the Rock Hall. I highly encourage all music fans (and especially AC/DC fans) to check it out. You can start on our website: http://www.positivelycleveland.com/visiting/things_to_do/cleveland_rocks/rock_hall. There are a lot of awesome upcoming events so it's totally worth looking into!<BR/><BR/>Hope I haven't overstepped my bounds by leaving this comment; just working to let people know about what Cleveland has to offer! If you have any questions or concerns feel free to Email me :)<BR/><BR/>Cary A. Andrews<BR/>Positively Cleveland<BR/>cary.a.andrews@gmail.comCaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417668620320942156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-10763356232403071512008-09-15T09:50:00.000-04:002008-09-15T09:50:00.000-04:00WOW! I hear he's quite an amazing banjo player. Is there a name for that? A banjo picker? Banjoist? ;o)Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677486759919091018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-49897709188172528282008-09-03T12:24:00.000-04:002008-09-03T12:24:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting these. I wanted to pay homage to JR on my blog, but I upgraded yesterday and broke the YouTube plugin. So, if you don't mind, I'm linking to your site.<BR/><BR/>Rest in peace JR.sonicfroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17243418673004541047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-88956954951241563822008-06-02T21:55:00.000-04:002008-06-02T21:55:00.000-04:00Awwww! Congratulations! How exciting! That is the BEST reason to be absent ever!Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677486759919091018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-62217177199893461002008-04-26T06:36:00.000-04:002008-04-26T06:36:00.000-04:00Married to a Linux guru and I can say lots of words that I have no idea what mean...like Ubuntu. ;o)Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677486759919091018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-6795442684382317332008-04-24T20:02:00.000-04:002008-04-24T20:02:00.000-04:00I have never understood why Boone was semi-dry. Growing up in Ashe, I could easily drive to Wilkes or Blowing Rock to get the "hard stuff" anytime I wanted. It's crazy. I totally agree that underage folks will get drunk if they want to, be it beer or liquor. <BR/><BR/>And can I tell you how awesome it was the first time I could have a nice cold beer while bowling in WJ?Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677486759919091018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-15659598490649032422008-04-05T08:40:00.000-04:002008-04-05T08:40:00.000-04:00I remember all of that! And clearly remember the glasses! (Ok, so I am old as dirt AND a nerd.)Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677486759919091018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-58229167917735440232008-04-03T23:09:00.000-04:002008-04-03T23:09:00.000-04:00Hahahahahahahaha. If you got everyone in America to do this, you wouldn't hurt ExxonMobile a bit. You would probably run a few Exxon affiliated stores out of business, hurting a few small store owners, before they switched to some other oil company affiliation. Exxon the company would simply sell their oil and gasoline to other companies, which would need it to fulfill demand. <BR/><BR/>Oil is a scarce resource, and getting scarcer. Market prices allocate it. The oil companies have little to do with the price you pay. China's and India's rapidly expanding economies are causing commodities to rise across the board, from energy to metals. And as we approach Peak Oil, if we haven't already surpassed it, the price goes up and up. Just wait till it hits 15 or 20 or 25 dollars a gallon. Nothing consumers do is going to stop or reduce that, unless they dramatically stop consuming it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-11579080987907916222008-03-31T23:56:00.000-04:002008-03-31T23:56:00.000-04:00There are things in cars called fuses that prevent fires. If the factory radio harness was cut and shorted, the worst case would be that it would blow a fuse... not catch fire. If you believed that load of bull from the dealer than you are a moron. The dealer makes money by saying things like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-38562580083639796012008-03-28T16:21:00.000-04:002008-03-28T16:21:00.000-04:00**snort** that's funny.Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677486759919091018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-50821233881583001842008-03-15T05:54:00.000-04:002008-03-15T05:54:00.000-04:00I nearly fell over at paying $3.25 in Cary the other day...but over $4??? OUCH!Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677486759919091018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-54418872896662446232008-03-06T13:30:00.000-05:002008-03-06T13:30:00.000-05:00Dude, I've had 4 children and it never ceases to amaze me the wonder of the u/s. It is one of the coolest things ever, that first peek. Finding out who is in there is the icing on the cake! (And the 4D ones are AWESOME!)Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677486759919091018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-53736952085386221102008-03-05T21:21:00.000-05:002008-03-05T21:21:00.000-05:00You guys might be interested in a new local blog, I've started at www.highcountrymomsquad.com, especially with the little one on the way!Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16260734976398697990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-17250629387215623222008-03-05T21:20:00.000-05:002008-03-05T21:20:00.000-05:00Congratulations, we have three girls. I'm partial to girls, of course.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16260734976398697990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-90985972918001981092008-02-21T13:13:00.000-05:002008-02-21T13:13:00.000-05:00That was amazing. It gave me goose bumps too!Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677486759919091018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15243036.post-85937109447320771442008-02-18T06:54:00.000-05:002008-02-18T06:54:00.000-05:00Take a look at the StarBurn. Completely free CD/DVD & Blu-Ray/HD-DVD burner from Rocket Division Software. Just in case here's an URL:<BR/><BR/>rocketdivision.com/starburn.html<BR/><BR/>-ichiroNISMO1968http://www.blogger.com/profile/16591247885479295845noreply@blogger.com