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About two-thirds of the way through last night’s class, both the white angel and the little guy in the red suit, both hanging out together there on my shoulders like they do, came to an agreement.  They agreed that I should walk crawl out of the class. 

An MTSU sophomore, Danielle Ross, was quoted on MSNBC in an article on racism in the current political primary process. She too off from college to campaign for Barack Obama and was in Muncie, IN, working the people on street corners and at a Wal-Mart.

Staffers and volunteers gathered on Patten Parkway in downtown Chattanooga Saturday for the kickoff to "Vote for Change," a national voter registration effort sponsored by the Barack Obama campaign. Organizers say some 55 volunteers gathered 140 voter registration forms in over two dozen locations throughout Hamilton County.

A musician, a policeman and a mom walk into a gym.  The policeman and the musician are silent, mentally preparing for the man some have taken to calling “The Cuban Assassin” and others simply call “Rick.”

• Notes from Warner Music's Q2 2008 earnings call: No problem with debt covenants, MySpace Music won't impact fiscal 2008, 360 deals being signed worldwide, imeem deal already worth more than they paid for it. (Alley Insider)

Angelia reports that learning that we are not technically in a recession in the strictest economic statistical sense really doesn’t help her much:

• Qtrax now has a deal with Universal Music Group for both recorded music and publishing. The P2P company had previously come to terms with EMI Music Publishing and Sony/ATV. (AP)

For those of you that don’t know a lot about how the City of Columbia is run, I will fill you in a little bit. All of us in Columbia want a safe city, correct? No one likes to know that they are in danger when they go to Wal-Mart, the mall, or even into one of our local restaurants, right?

The practice of selling or giving away animals at places like Wal-Mart may soon be a thing of the past. Shelbyville's city council will consider an ordinance that would make it unlawful to display...

Can you feel the frustration and helpnessess? How does the average American stop people like those in the story below from pulling every single string available to make us all dance in poverty to their tune?