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In late February 2003, before the invasion of Iraq, I wrote of, "The coming American Holy War," in which I outlined "a template that describes modern American war-making as drawing on both the Northern and Southern models," of which the American Civil War is the premier, though not only, example.

• Warner Music Group has signed on to Nokia's Comes With Music plan. Of the four majors, EMI is the only one that has not inked a deal with Nokia. (Financial Times)

Four years ago, an article in the Wall Street Journal suggested Internet advertising would match magazine advertising by 2007 and blow past it in 2008. What happened?

• Future Ad - Wanted: CMO for Startup - Must Have a Good PageRank

Hoorah!  Bush is taking it to the Dems on oil, energy, drilling…

More later…

From the WSJ:

President Bush Presses Congress To Lift Offshore Drilling Ban

BY HENRY J. PULIZZI

Word Count: 632

• Advice from eBay’s new blogger-in-chief | ragan.com

As I mentioned yesterday, Terra Firma's plan to change EMI's organizational structure, what Guy Hands has called a "global functional matrix organization," strikes me as an oddly timed experiment. And yes, it really is an experiment.

When I was a kid growing up in Miami, the local stations carried the horse races live from the local tracks. Every morning, when they were running, you could hear the bell ring as the horses left the gate. Well, over in the Galilee, we heard the bell as the horserace began.

The Wall Street Journal points out that Tennessee is the first state ever to dump "merit selection" of judges after adopting that system.

When Karl Rove wants to advise the McCain campaign he picks up the phone — and tells the Wall Street Journal he’s got an opinion piece they might want to run: