If the Mulch Blog gets to make movie references, so do I.
We're back on the farm bill wagon, and I have to say it is inspired by the Mulch Blog, which has a great post on the latest so-called payment limits shenanigans being considered by Congress. Referencing the pitiful agreement between Congressional farm...
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Archive for May, 2008
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Lauren Wallace: “I’m a hundred miles away, son, ready to strike”
The toughest, coolest, most ruthlessly ambitious driver in motorsports was born in Richmond, resides in Chicago, doesn’t have a driver’s license and is more familiar with the nuances of Hamlet than those of Denny Hamlin.
Meet Lauren Wallace, the fictitious pre-adolescent pepperpot whose quest to replace distant cousin Mike Wallace behind the wheel of the...
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Stewart and Yocum to help out Shepherd with tires at Richmond
Morgan Shepherd’s Faith Motorsports Dodge will hopefully be making a lot more trips around the Richmond International Raceway this weekend, thanks to the generosity of two of the veteran driver’s modern-day heroes. Two-time Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart and broadcaster Matt Yocum will provide tire sponsorship to the #89 team this weekend in an...
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ESPN’s Nationwide Talladega ratings see big jump from 2007
ESPN on ABC’s live telecast of Saturday’s Aarons 312 Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway scored big increases in ratings and household impressions over last year’s race, continuing an upward trend to series TV numbers in 2008.
The race earned a 2.6 rating and 2,962,000 household impressions, increases of 28 and 29%, respectively, over the...
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Rhonda Vincent’s New Video Launches Bluegrass Month
Editor's Note: To kick off Bluegrass Month in May, the CMT Music Blog is proud to debut Rhonda Vincent's new video, "I Gotta Start Somewhere."
2008 is off to an incredible start. What a way to celebrate the new year with a No. 1 album. And WOW ... 7 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on...
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A Half-Marathon Hug From Nashville
As I pushed off for the Country Music Half Marathon last Saturday, I began to think what had attracted all these thousands of visiting runners to Nashville. I had 13.1 miles to find some answers. The CMT Music City Mile began just before we hit Music Row, home to the publishing companies, studios and...
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It Wasn’t Hazel Smith’s Story After All
Last week I gushed over a book of fictional stories and "true" recollections by country songwriters called A Guitar and a Pen. I was particularly effusive about the tale of Bill Monroe's encounter with Frank Sinatra at the White House, which the book -- and I, in turn -- identified as having been written...
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Sprint Cup Richmond preview
*Kyle Busch Seeks “Series Circuit” At Richmond
*Hamlin A Definite Favorite At His Favorite Track
*Dale Earnhardt Jr. Seeks To End 71-Race Win Drought
*Richmond A Fixture In 60 Years of NASCAR Racing
*There He Goes: Kyle Busch On A Victory Roll
Soon-to-be 23-year-old Kyle Busch (No. 18 Pedigree Toyota) — his birthday is Friday — approaches Saturday night’s...
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Is There Any Redeeming Value In Using The Farm Program Payment Information USDA Had To Release?
Probably nothing in agriculture has angered farmers more than the release of details about farm program payments they have received. When the USDA was forced to reveal who received how much in commodity and conservation payments, those names of farmers began to appear in the media with expected retaliation from tax payers. ...
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