It is Thursday and once again time for a survey. The Thurvey. Spring is here, the sap is rising, the birds are singing, and we may see tornadoes by morning. So there's no better to time to cast your opinion onto the web. There is no telling when you'll have electricity again . Simply enter your answers to any or all of the questions in the comment box below. If the box is not down there, click on the tiny "comments" word below this post and it should appear. Let the opinions burst forth as clouds of yellow pollen . . .
1. Tuesday, April 16, 2013, marked the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "Letter from the Birmingham Jail. Many have been inspired by King's writings and speeches. Whose words, written or spoken, or perhaps sung, have inspired you?
2. Charles Dickens opened "A Tale of Two Cities" with the now famous line, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." He could have been describing springtime in Alabama. What is the best and worst of springtime in the southland?
3. Governor Robert Bentley has announced that he will seek re-election in 2014. What has been the governor's successes and failures, strengths and weaknesses in his first term? Who else would you like to see throw his or her hat into the ring? Even if it is just for the entertainment value.
4. The Alabama Legislature is rapidly winding down this term. Have you paid attention to what they have been doing? What have they done that you agree with? What have they done that you disagree with? If you could give them advice of what to do, what would it be?
5. What do you get the most het up about?
6. How do you feel about gun safety laws?
7. Recently, Jim & Nick's was named as Alabama's best barbecue. Do you agree?
8, What question would you like answered this week?
1. Townes Van Zandt and Jesus Christ.
ReplyDelete2. The best of springtime is the miraculous burst of flowering things throughout the countryside. The worst is the pollen that tends to burst along with it.
3. There's not enough room to go over his ream here, but it would be fun to see him primaried by Dale Peterson just because Dale's stealing seems pretty much out in the open.
4. It'll take a Superfund cleanup to fix what's been done to the state by this session of the legislature.
5. What _doesn't_ het one up these days?
6.The United States of America has the safest guns on earth.
7. Jim & Nick's is Alabama's best barbecue any day Saw's, Big Bob's, Archibald's, Rusty's and The Shed aren't open.
8. Here's a question: why didn't the CIA just drone Dzokhar Tsarnaev?