Well, the last Ford my family bought turned into a maintenance nightmare so this might be easy for me.
If this article is accurate then that will seal the deal and I suggest that everyone who is not a member of AFA show Ford what a real boycott is like:

Ford Motor Co. has averted a boycott scheduled for Dec. 1 by the American Family Assn. (AFA), Ward’s has learned.
The proposed boycott, which was halted in June, a few weeks after its start, was in protest of what the AFA calls an “enthusiastic” support of the gay rights agenda.
In averting the AFA boycott, Ford may have made some concessions in its policy of advertising and support of gay publications and community activities, but neither side will comment on the details of the truce.
In a Nov. 29 meeting at AFA headquarters in Tupelo, MS, David Leitch, general counsel and vice president for Ford, and Ziad Ojakli, group vice president-Corporate Affairs, along with Dallas-area Ford dealer Jerry Reynolds, hammered out a deal.
“We are ending the boycott of Ford,” said Donald E. Wildmon, Chairman of AFA. “While we still have a few differences with Ford, we feel that our concerns are being addressed in good faith and will continue to be addressed in the future.”

AmericaBlog is driving the train on this story. See the top of their left sidebar and for example here and here. Aslo see these articles.
On a related note: isn’t time to remove the tax deductions for churches, religious organizations and, yes, even other non-profits at the local, state and federal level?
Via 10,000 Monkeys & a Camera.

Rex expects over 600 lists to populate Lists: 2005:

2001 had 350 list, and it has grown steadily to last year’s high of 550. So I’d expect 600+ this year. Some of it depends on which lists I allow in — if I included every single music blogger’s list, that would be a couple thousand alone. (Music is always the biggest category. I apologize every year that I can’t possibly add every single music blogger’s list.)

If you crave lists head on over and satisfy your hunger and if you know of a list that is not included let him know.
Via Marginal Revolution.

Naw, I didn’t think so. But, within cities there are sets of resources available that can enhance the literacy of the residents. Some folks at Central Connecticut University evaluated US cities based on a set of these resources:

This study attempts to capture one critical index of our nation’s social health—the literacy of its major cities (population of 250,000 and above). Previous versions of this study focused on five important indicators of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, and educational attainment. The 2005 study introduces a new factor—Internet resources—to better gauge the expansion of literacy to online media.

Seattle and Minneapolis are 1 & 2. The overall rankings are here.
Via beSpacific.