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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 2,147 |  |  | $ | 1,664 |  |  | $ | 1,458 |
State |  |  | 676 |  |  |  | 1,494 |  |  |  | 1,442 |
Total current income tax expense |  |  | 2,823 |  |  |  | 3,158 |  |  |  | 2,900 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | (3,714 | ) |  |  | (573 | ) |  |  | 168 |
State |  |  | (326 | ) |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 12 |
Total deferred income tax (benefit) expense |  |  | (4,040 | ) |  |  | (570 | ) |  |  | 180 |
Total income tax (benefit) expense |  | $ | (1,217 | ) |  | $ | 2,588 |  |  | $ | 3,080 |
Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other current assets |  | $ | 351 |  |  | $ | 445 |
Other |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 8 |
Total current deferred tax asset |  |  | 359 |  |  |  | 453 |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  |  | 2,363 |  |  |  | 862 |
Total long-term deferred tax asset |  |  | 2,363 |  |  |  | 862 |
Valuation allowances |  |  | (428 | ) |  |  | (416 | )
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 2,294 |  |  |  | 899 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other |  |  | (211 | ) |  |  | (213 | )
Long-term: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed assets |  |  | (5,744 | ) |  |  | (7,807 | )
Intangible assets |  |  | (6,805 | ) |  |  | (7,386 | )
Total long-term liability |  |  | (12,549 | ) |  |  | (15,193 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (12,760 | ) |  |  | (15,406 | )
Total net deferred tax liability |  | $ | (10,466 | ) |  | $ | (14,507 | )
Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate To Income Before Income Taxes |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Income (loss) before income taxes |  | $ | 50,032 |  |  | $ | (47,953 | ) |  | $ | 9,258 |
Partnership (income) loss not subject to tax |  |  | (60,304 | ) |  |  | 47,357 |  |  |  | (7,822 | )
Income (loss) subject to income taxes |  |  | (10,272 | ) |  |  | (596 | ) |  |  | 1,436 |
Tax (benefit) expense at federal statutory rate |  | $ | (3,595 | ) |  | $ | (209 | ) |  | $ | 503 |
State income taxes, net of federal benefit |  |  | 123 |  |  |  | 583 |  |  |  | 991 |
Effects of unrecognized tax positions, federal and state |  |  | 1,964 |  |  |  | 1,909 |  |  |  | 1,733 |
Return to provision, federal and state |  |  | 72 |  |  |  | 257 |  |  |  | (224 | )
Other |  |  | 219 |  |  |  | 48 |  |  |  | 77 |
Income tax expense (benefit) |  | $ | (1,217 | ) |  | $ | 2,588 |  |  | $ | 3,080 |
Effective tax rate on income (loss) before income taxes |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 33 | %
(1) | Income tax expense is related to taxable income generated by our corporate subsidiaries and Texas Margin Tax. Due to the income tax benefit in 2011 and the loss before income taxes in 2010, the effective tax rate as a percentage of our total income (loss) before income taxes is not meaningful.
Reconciliation Of The Beginning And Ending Balances Of Unrecognized Tax Positions |
|  |  | 0000000 |
Balance at January 1, 2009 |  | $ | 2,599 |
Additions based on tax positions related to current year |  |  | 1,733 |
Balance at December 31, 2009 |  |  | 4,332 |
Additions based on tax positions related to current year |  |  | 1,909 |
Balance at December 31, 2010 |  |  | 6,241 |
Additions based on tax positions related to current year |  |  | 1,964 |
Balance at December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 8,205 |

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