The Top 100 & 500 Country Songs of All Time

Like any list, there are selections that are subject to debate and where they are placed on the list relative to other selections listed and unlisted. I would have thought there would have been at least three or four more George Strait songs.


http://www.star-telegram.com/music/story/184071.html


http://countrymusic.about.com/library/top500/bltop500i.htm


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More on Eagles New CD, Single

The Eagles released the single, "How Long", from their upcoming album, The Long Road from Eden, today to radio, and a video will be out in the next few days on yahoo.com and CMT. The album and CD is scheduled for release on 31 October. If anyone hears the single or finds the lyrics, let me know.


http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=2648


http://www.livedaily.com/news/12651.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Road_to_Eden


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Guide for Preparation of a Great Tasty Food

This is one of the ten foods one must eat at least once, and preferably many times more, every year, particularly in the summertime. Yeehaw- Bratwurst !


http://www.bratwurstpages.com/brats.html


http://www.kitchenproject.com/german/Bratwurst/stovetop.htm


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This Is One Dry Place !

Amazing Fact: In the last 13 months, Palm Springs, California, has received only .20 inches of precipitation. That's one-fifth of an inch in nearly 400 days. Most of us live in places where we get that in a matter of minutes on a number of occasions several times a year.


http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=sgx


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Warmest August Night Ever for Albuquerque

There have not been a lot of record temperatures set this summer across the Mountain Time Zone for the most part, but most months this year have had above normal temperatures. Summertime lows in Albuquerque now are starting to look like those in Phoenix and Tucson in the first half of the 20th Century, before the heat island effect became entrenched in the Arizona Sonora Desert because of urbanization. Might Albuquerque be getting their own noticeable heat island effect that can be documented ?



RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
230 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2007.

..A NEW RECORD HIGH-MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT THE ALBUQUERQUEINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY...

THE LOW OF 74 DEGREES ON TUESDAY AUGUST 14TH SET A NEW RECORD HIGH-MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 71 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1951. IT ALSO TIED THE EXTREME HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST...LAST SET ON AUGUST 1ST 1972.


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Thursday 16 August News Headlines and Observations

Here a few news articles from Thursday 16 August and some brief observations on them.


A. A New Scientific Possibility


Maybe the science fictional physics we see in Star Trek is a scientific reality after all.


http://www.qj.net/Scientists-allegedly-break-speed-of-light/pg/49/aid/100073


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B. Local Newspapers Likely to Die Off


Further evidence of the steep decline and inevitable disappearance of most print media. And broadcast news media is not immune to the decline either.


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070816211426.guamdbxe&show_article=1


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C. Warren Buffet Looks Favorably on Barack Obama


Looks like the Illinois Senator and Democratic Candidate for the presidency has found a wealthy and influential supporter in Buffet.


http://obama.senate.gov/news/051121-obamas_national/


http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7B3CE510DC-CC71-42CA-BFD8-E6E57A324BE2%7D


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D. Universal State Health Insurance on the Horizon for Some


With the incompetence, petty selfish greed, and widespread pandering to insurance corporations by the Bush Junta preventing any kind of national health insurance coverage coming about, look for a number of state legislatures to introduce and enact legislation for coverage for most if not all state residents that meet certain residency and citizenship requirements. Here in the West, the states that might take these steps include California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Colorado. All other Mountain Time Zone and High Plains states will not get to this point of enlightenment anytime soon.


http://www.politicswest.com/6686/conservatives_brace_health_care_push_state_legislatures


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