This past week, Gene Amondson, a dear friend and regular reader of Musings from Maytown, passed into eternity. Gene Amondson was, as Reader's Digest would say, my most unforgettable character..
Recently, my wife and I had business in Avondale, a community just Southeast of downtown Birmingham. After our visit, we stopped at Avondale Park and enjoyed a nice walk through that historic park. Avondale Park is a long-standing Birmingham landmark.
Will Sarah Palin run for President in 2012? Readers of Musings from Maytown are divided on this issue. Forty-one (54%) say that Gov. Palin will run for President in 2012 while thirty-four (46%) do not believe that Palin will run for President. 
Musings from Maytown editor John Killian had the privilege of speaking to 3,000 at the Verizon Wireless Center at Oak Mountain for the July 4 Tea Party. The Birmingham Rally was emceed by radio talk show hosts Matt Murphy and Lee Davis. While named after the Boston [...] 
The 2009 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention is history. Just prior to the convention, I predicted that we would see no fireworks, and my prediction proved true. We had some good news to report:.
In our weekly poll, Musings from Maytown readers declared that, by a large margin, their news comes from Internet-based news and blogs and from television network news. Consider the results on the question of one's #1 source for news:
This coming week is scheduled for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, KY. Thousands of messengers are expected to attend this meeting of the largest non-Roman Catholic denomination in these United States. The Southern Baptist Convention is composed of approximately forty [...] 
On June 19, 1834, Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born in the small village of Kelvedon, Essex, England,just a few miles Northeast of London. As a young boy, young Charles found his way into a Primitive Methodist Church for a meeting where the minister was unable [...] 
This writer was speaking in Memphis this week and planned to be back in town for Wednesday evening service to hear David Carpenter, a mighty man of God at the age of eighty-eight. However, due to unforeseen hindrances, I was delayed. Seeing I would not get back [...] 
This past Saturday morning, I called off my personal moratorium on attending Republican meetings to go hear Tim James at the June meeting of the Mid Alabama Republican Club. A large audience heard this candidate for Governor speak forthrightly and winsomely about the possibilities for Alabama.
Today, Congressman Ron Paul's bill to order an audit of the Federal Reserve System passed the majority mark in the US House of Representatives. As of today, HR 1207 has 222 co-sponsors, enough to pass the House of Representatives.The establishment has long fought to keep the' [...] 
The outrage of the general public is reaching a slow boil as grassroots efforts are about to topple an establishment sacred cow. As of today, two hundred seven House members have signed on to co-sponsor HR 1207 which would order an audit of the Federal [...] 
Musings from Maytown readers voted overwhelmingly against the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court. Sixty three (84%) voted against her confirmation and twelve (16%) voted in favor.
One week after winning their 52nd Championship in the Scottish Premier League, the mighty Glasgow Rangers won the Scottish Cup for the 33rd time, the seventeenth championship in Manager Walter Smith's tenure.
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