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 Posted by Danny, on February 13th, 2009, at 9:36 am What do Alabamians and Iranians have in common? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? It’s the answer to the question, “Is religion an important part of your daily life?” According to Gallup, “Alabamians, for example, are about as likely as Iranians to say religion is an important part or their lives.” About 82% of each. Posted by Danny, on April 1st, 2008, at 11:23 am
Being that it is a bi-partisan group, I wondered what blue or red songs they might include in their playlist. So here you go… [...] Posted by Danny, on March 24th, 2008, at 9:53 am I’ve seen unusual things in my life. But this video of the Finnish rock band the Leningrad Cowboys singing “Sweet Home Alabama” with the Soviet Red Army choir may take the prize. Great fun here, though your mileage may vary. Hat tip to Tim Lennox OFFair and ONline Posted by Danny, on March 6th, 2008, at 9:58 am An 1888 photo of Tuscumbia native Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan has been discovered.
Posted by Danny, on November 13th, 2007, at 3:29 pmMy heart aches for friend and fellow Alabama blogger Kathy whose brother died unexpectedly Sunday. Posted by Danny, on October 20th, 2007, at 6:47 pm No matter what search term you put into Google News, it returns no results. Search for Bush, Riley, Gore, Tuberville, Saban, what have you. No results. It also is showing no “Top Stories” here either. It has been like that for a while. This is going to be a pretty [...] Posted by Danny, on August 3rd, 2007, at 7:33 amGlad to see our old friend Wheeler back in the blogosphere. He is no longer in Alabama or blogging at the Alablawg. You can find his new home and his new blog in northwest Lousiana. Even from a distance it’s nice to have him back. Posted by Danny, on July 11th, 2007, at 3:15 pm Sure, it’s way off topic… but how many times are you going to see a story about a Marilyn Monroe impersonator filing a complaint against a guy in a Chewbacca suit? After an earlier incident between them (or perhaps involving some other Wookiee) at the premiere of the new Harry Potter [...] Posted by Danny, on June 30th, 2007, at 10:01 am Crossed my radar screen of late…
Posted by Danny, on June 15th, 2007, at 7:17 amEmily Metzgar, a doctoral student in media and public affairs at LSU in Baton Rouge is researching the impact of blogs on state politics around the country. She has an online survey for bloggers and blog readers that will be available through June 30. Help her out and take a few minutes to complete [...] Posted by Danny, on May 28th, 2007, at 1:43 pm Memorial Day Weekend is an unofficial start to summer, and many Alabamians will be beach-bound. You might call it the Redneck Riviera, but USA Today last week called it one of “Five hidden, affordable beach destinations.” Included on the list with East Hawaii, California’s San Mateo County and others is Alabama’s own [...] Posted by Danny, on May 21st, 2007, at 8:13 am According to a blurb on TV this weekend (ok, it was an old episode of Pop-Up Video), Americans on average watch 1700 hours of television in a year. I thought, that’s almost four hours a day, could that be right? Then that evening, I read in Time magazine in an excerpt from Al Gore’s [...] Posted by Danny, on April 16th, 2007, at 3:27 pmCongratulations to The Birmingham News who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize today.
Alabamians are reaping the benefit of Blackledge’s solid and [...] Posted by Danny, on April 14th, 2007, at 9:37 amToday’s nice thought from Tim O’Reilly: “Free speech is enhanced by civility.” Posted by Danny, on March 9th, 2007, at 9:23 pm Red State Diaries tells us… Editor & Publisher has an unofficial list showing The Birmingham News as a Pulitzer Prize finalist. According to E&P, the News is a finalist, along with The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, in the category of Public Service for its reporting on corruption in the community [...] |
Daily Headlines, Saturday, 3/20/2010 Montgomery Advertiser – State’s gambling task force can resume Montgomery Advertiser – Ala. Democrats Bright, Davis to vote against health care bill Montgomery Advertiser – State briefs: Swine flu blamed in 6-year-old’s death Montgomery Advertiser – Court: Challenger rightful Evergreen mayor Montgomery Advertiser – Residents want vote on Pike [...] ChangeI wish my friend Hinton Mitchem godspeed and good luck after his retirement from public service. Hinton, on Monday, announced what many had suspected — he will not seek re-election. I remember meeting Hinton for the first time while I was a student at Auburn University. He served the people of his [...] Ten Minutes in the House, Senate Moves On Here is a quick preview of the upcoming week in Montgomery. This week will be a standard legislative schedule for the House. We will be in session on Tuesday and Thursday with committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday. Back in the Day... Union Avenue in Ozark in the 1920s |
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