Today makes 27 years I have lived in Wise. We moved here from Chicago when I was 13. I was thinking today how coal was moving back then. You could not drive anywhere without following a coal truck. The sides of the roads were sometimes 2 foot deep with coal dust. Jobs were plentiful and times were good. Tonight Shannon and I rode around Wise for a little while.....We saw one truck. Times have changed.

Southern Appeal has a good post on the nuclear option. It seems it has been used before. Read it all here.

The Commonwealth Conservative has some good pics of a Tim Kaine rally at UVA. John also has some pics of Jerry Kilgore at the Bristol Race!. Read the comments and get a good chuckle!