Monthly Archives: February 2012

Microblog Weekly Updates for 2012-02-26

Posted on 26 February 2012 by JC

Hadopi vs Civil Liberties | Copyright Cheats Face the Music in France http://t.co/rJVyiOB4 # Read JC's Americana Daily ▸ today's top stories via @highcountrynews @sxsw @bshq ▸ http://t.co/MY1gS4n2 #nodepression # Why do so many people hate the place they live? … Continue reading →

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Microblog Weekly Updates for 2012-02-19

Posted on 19 February 2012 by JC

Good deal. “@TwangNation: Best Americana Album Grammy goes to Levon Helm! #grammys

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Blue Over Red Tape

Posted on 18 February 2012 by JC

Quick post.  The Economist cover story this week calls out an important inconvenience in American public policy. Over-regulated America The home of laissez-faire is being suffocated by excessive and badly written regulation …But red tape in America is no laughing … Continue reading →

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Microblog Weekly Updates for 2012-02-12

Posted on 12 February 2012 by JC

The costs of sprawl “@StarTribune: Street work can pave road to ruin. http://t.co/ZFlpd1PI” # De-frosting the vehicle. Got spoiled by pseudo-winter. # I gave @Mando_lines +K about Music on @klout http://t.co/jtO3vy2W # Tip my hat @Westernfolklife: Elko Cowboys Up – … Continue reading →

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Trading our Future for Pottersvile

Posted on 9 February 2012 by JC

A future Pottersville? February 9, 2012 Marshall Independent To the editor: Many of us enjoy watching Frank Capra’s classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” at least once during the holiday season. Jimmy Stewart’s all-American community of Bedford Falls is starkly contrasted … Continue reading →

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Elko Cowboys Up

Posted on 8 February 2012 by JC

Last week the nation’s greatest celebration of the American West took place in Elko, Nevada:  the 28th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. This shindig, produced by the Western Folklife Center, has both kinds of music—country and western. It is more country than … Continue reading →

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Microblog Weekly Updates for 2012-02-05

Posted on 5 February 2012 by JC

#HD22A “@MPRnews: Rick Santorum to campaign in SW Minnesota today. http://t.co/UPFHCoDU He'll be at the Pizza Ranch in Luverne.” #mngop # #NowPlaying Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You on #Spotify http://t.co/zMR2wu89 # How Libraries and Bookstores Became the … Continue reading →

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