I'm sorry but what kind of crap story is this? "Since then the South's political polarity has completely reversed: By 2004, Republicans filled 22 of the 26 southern Senate slots. The impact of the "Southern strategy" has been as bad for music as politics." and "But once Maines' quip hit the Internet, the Republican noise machine went nuts." and "Fortunately, there is another side of Nashville... offering a ray of hope that progressive values and pedal steel aren't totally incompatible." And there's more! What a piece of propaganda bullspit. And yet they have a side tag that says "...You are part of a growing community of readers who realize that a healthy democracy requires a strong and independent media--a watchdog for the people...." Suuure, this is certainly some unbiased site here. Sorry, my first post here after reading for a year, and I just had to say this!