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Folks at Belmont University are scared that the two Presidential candidates may debate in a townhall format before the University’s Debate Commision-sponsored event thus taking the luster off their great coup:

A new study by the Pew/Internet & American Life Project titled "The Internet and Consumer Choice: Online Americans Use Different Search and Purchase Strategies for Different Goods" (main page, 42-page PDF of study) examines how Americans use the Internet

That seems to be the sentiment of the media powers-that-be. Silly, sure. However, it shows you just how sincere the liberal wing of the Democrat Party actually is. We want to help you, you poor, stupid, uneducated, and (gasp) white people. But really, stand aside - let us get to the business of helping you without your input.

While so far the campaigns have focused on which candidate will pretend to hate free trade more, or which candidate will and won't have a mandate in a health care policy that will cease to be relevant once it hits the legislature's floor; I think a new policy proposal will soon gain prominence in the race between Hillary and Obama...the gas tax.

I'm a bit depressed this morning that the magical season for UT's men basketball has come to an end. It's sad to see our great run come to an end and I'm sorry that our three seniors couldn't go out as national champions.

That said, as I reflect on the season, I can't help but be satisfied with the run Tennessee made as a whole.

Slarti, in a comment at MCB, had this to say about Black Liberation Theology.
Are you familiar with Black Liberation Theology, and its mother - Liberation Theology? Although they first came to prominence in Latin America, they were ultimately the brainchild of marxist thinkers in Ivy League schools who wished to advance their political goals through [...]

Smijer thinks that if Barack Obama must denounce Louis Farrakhan’s support then so to should John McCain denounce the support of his controversial clerical boosters. However, he also wonders whether either one should be filling quite as much space in the newshole as they are:

I heard Obama say from his Texas HQ this evening, "si se puede." I wonder how wise it is to wield that slogan given its prominence in the pro-illegal-immigration marches of several summers ago.