Howdy Folks –
Here it is Tuesday already and I hardly got my head off the pillow of the weekend.
What’s the old saying: “He who laughs last, laughs best!” -- Well… it often turns out true in politics. The most famous one in my memory is the picture of Harry Truman, holding up a Chicago Tribune newspaper with a huge black headline all the way across the page: “DEWEY WINS!” – and Harry with that ear to ear grin, glasses and bow tie, enjoying every moment of it. Truman had been the sure-fire loser in all the press stories. But he doggedly kept his version of the ‘straight talk’ express going, which in those days was the back platform of a railcar passenger coach. And nobody, but Harry (and perhaps Bess) gave him a dog’s chance.
Nonetheless, he won. He’d endured the slings and arrows of being “The Senator from Pendergast” because he had been the candidate of the infamous Pendergast Midwestern political machine.
So – Peggy Noonan – Wall Street Journal essayist extraordinaire, comes back to here job after about four weeks of vacation and sees the landscape changed – thinking now maybe McCain can win – maybe. And the Olympic games come on, triumph and murder mix, the world continues to turn and Obama takes a holiday while
Except for Christians – who don’t have to read very far into the book of The Psalms – Psalm Two as a matter of fact: “The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed.” But what’s God’s reaction to this? “He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.” My, that’s refreshing! I get great joy myself just re-reading it. The picture those words conjure up for me is God on his throne engaged in uproarious laughter at puny man’s hostile efforts. Like an infant who’s gotten red-faced with crying at his father. It sets our Heavenly Father to laughing in it’s futility.
Sometimes, here on the planet, where our perspective is limited, we have to work a bit at getting the true picture. Some times we need to laugh.
Cordially, IN HIM
Jack Buttram
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“JUST A MINUTE”
EXXON FOR V.P.
Just A Minute – Last week the Democrats cracked a funny. They proposed Exxon as John McCain’s running mate. Doesn’t that make you chuckle when you’re paying nearly four dollars a gallon at the pump.
Not chuckling huh?
Well here’s some footnote figures good for a laugh. When the Federal Election Commission broke down contributions to the two campaigns from Exxon executives – guess who came out on top? Exxon executives gave $41,100 to Mr. Obama to Mr. McCain’s $35,166. Similar stories from the contributions of BP and Chevron. Both gave larger amounts to the Senator from
No doubt McCain has collected more ‘oil contributions’ overall because he’s not proposing a ‘windfall profit tax’ as is Senator “O” – But Peggy Noonan, essayist for the Wall Street Journal, writes she senses more and more people are uneasy about Obama being just another ‘suit’ filled with hot air. They seem to be worried ‘there’s no there, there.”
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