99 bottles of beer in the car …

Faced with an uncomfortable choice this year, the Tennessee General Assembly once again demonstrated its inimitable ability to crawfish.A bill that would ban open containers of alcoholic beverages in vehicles has once again been introduced, and once again died. I guess the legislators were afraid to tamper with the God-given right of bored passengers to suck on roadies. (These are the same folks

Dangerous new sport: Bridge post holing

Land Line reported Monday that a 2-foot-by-3-foot hole opened up on an Interstate-30 bridge in downtown Dallas.Nothing too unusual there. Many of our nation’s roads are afflicted with sinkholes, potholes and cracks.For instance, in Kansas City, MO, the current mayor even campaigned on a platform of street repair. He issued a press release in January 2007 titled “Funkhouser Announces Plan to Rid

Greensburg still ‘Ridin’ the storm out’

To be sure, Greensburg has taken tremendous strides since a nearly 2-mile-wide tornado dismantled 95 percent of the small town’s buildings one year ago, May 3.More than 100 housing permits have been issues, and many environmentally friendly and energy efficient structures are going up every day, as highlighted this week by dozens of publications, documentary makers and the CBS morning show.But