Awake (Skillet album) Awake (Skillet album) Awake is the seventh album by American Christian rock band Skillet. It is the follow-up to their Grammy-nominated album "Comatose". The album was released August 25, 2009 by Lava Records and Ardent Records and debuted at No. 2 on the "Billboard" 200. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on July 27, 2010, and has since gone double platinum, selling over 2,000,000 copies to date. It was nominated for Top Christian Album at the "Billboard" Music Awards 2011 and won. This is the last album to feature guitarist Ben Kasica and
Citizens for an Alternative Tax System Citizens for an Alternative Tax System Citizens for an Alternative Tax System (CATS) is a national tax reform public interest group in the United States. Their Las Vegas chapter proposes "that Congress should eliminate the IRS and all income taxes, corporate and personal; estate, gift and inheritance taxes, plus many excise taxes; replacing them with a single-rate tax on consumption—a national retail sales tax. According to sources, CATS was founded by Steven L. Hayes and shares a similar mission to national retail sales tax (NRST) and FairTax proponents such as John McCain, Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee, Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter,