Thurvey 3/1/2012

It is Thurvey (Thursday survey) time again.  Time to hear from you, dear readers.  Leave your timidity, false humility, inhibitions, apathy, or whatever is holding you back from expression, at the cyber-door.  If you wish to answer one or all of the Thurvey questions or freelance with a totally irrelevant response, simply type your response in the comment box below, choose "anonymous" from the drop down menu, and click on  "publish." If the comment box does not appear below, click on the tiny "comment" word below the post, and it should appear.  Now, to the Thurvey . . .

#1:  Rick Santorum recently said that President Kennedy's speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, a group of primarily protestant clergy in the Houston area, on September 12, 1960, made him want to vomit.   That speech was delivered more than fifty years ago, as Kennedy assured the Protestant clergy that he would not be controlled by the Roman Catholic church.   Republicans pounced recently when it was suggested that Roman Catholic Hospitals might be required to provide employees' health insurance  that included payment for contraception, which that church does not condone. The tricky, yet wonderful principal of the separation of church and state, or if you don't like that, the anti-establishment protection of the first amendment of the U. S. Constitution, creates a constant tension in our country, filled with irony and passion.  One person's free exercise of religion impinges on another's freedom from establishment of religion. For the moment it is a major focal point in the 2012 Presidential election.  

Most of the Presidential candidates have spoken about their faith, some more than others.  What role would you like a President's faith to play in the conduct of his duties?   How does the interjection of religion into the political debate make you feel?  Do you believe religion is under attack in America?

#2:  I went to a concert in a cavern in Tennessee last week.  It was very cool. The Civil Wars was the last act to play.  What cool thing have you done in the past year or two that is good to throw out at a party to prove that you are a cool person who does cool things?  You can make something up if you need to. I don't. I went to a concert in a cave.

#3  Davy Jones died this week.  He was the squeezably cute, English accented member of the sixties made- for-TV,  Beatles knock-off band, the Monkees.   Who can forget the timeless lyrics to "Daydream Believer?"   

 " . . .Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean, to a Daydream Believer, and a, homecoming queen . . ."

What is your favorite Monkees' song?  Or if you don't have one of those, what is your favorite most meaningless song that just makes you feel good to hear or sing?

Sorry. That's all the choices I have this week.  Feel free to post your own question if you think you can do any better.