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Great little tune off of ZZ Top's second album (Rio Grande Mud). Original 1972 version.

The mayor of a southeastern Ohio town has resigned over accusations that she repeatedly called a gay police officer “queer” in front of his colleagues and created a hostile work environment. Jackie Welker, council president in the Village of Pomeroy, tells The Associated Press that 78-year-old Mayor Mary McAngus submitted a letter of resignation Saturday. …

Some people have a knack for being in the right place at the right time – Francine Busby might just make a career of it. Two years ago, she was a no-chance Democrat who agreed to run in a heavily Republican congressional district – against a wildly popular Republican incumbent and war hero – because no one else would. Few paid attention to the self-described soccer mom whose eight-year career in the travel industry ended in 1981, and whose political career amounted to winning a school board seat in a two-school district. National Democratic Party committees didn't give her money....

WASHINGTON – Since when are "moderate" Democrats endorsed, bankrolled, staffed, and defined as "progressive" by radical left-wing organizations? Ask Francine Busby. MoveOn.org, the radical left-wing group that helped Busby raise over $40,000 for her campaign, recently urged its members to support "progressive Democrat Francine Busby," while Busby's website refers to her as "moderate." Additionally, Busby has repeatedly refused to go on the record either supporting or opposing 10 prominent pieces of legislation considered by Congress in 2005. William Safire's New Political Dictionary defines "progressive" and "moderate" thusly: progressive a movement of social protest and economic reforms; a word now offering...