On Mon, 19 May 2014 01:36:03 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

Birmingham is the early, if not the original, "highway to the west".
St. Louis thinks it is the "gateway to the west" (arch).

Another interesting thing about Birmingham is that it's a main
telecommunications hub. Atlanta has all the tangible traffic but
Birmingham is the center for electronic traffic in The Southeast. O_o

Birmingham has come a long way. Used to be Condoleezza Rice could not
eat a counter in B' ham. She became the 66th United States Secretary
of State.

She is of 51% African, 40% European, and 9% Asian or Native American
genetic descent...."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice