SHOE NOW ON OTHER FOOT - Just a Minute for Monday Jan 26, 2009

            Hello again… T’is Monday f’sure…

 

            And we begin the second week of President Obama’s first 100 days. Kind of an artificial landmark by most lights… but the media is determined to use it. So… here we go. It’s a somewhat rocky beginning. The State Department is off to a slightly delayed commencement – but Treasury begins the day still stuck at the starting gate… although that will probably be remedied before the day’s over.

 

            What does all this mean?  I happen to think the mainstreamers are a bit embarrassed by their very obviously one sided and open preference for Mr. Obama through a *very* long campaign. Now that it’s over there’s a sort of bounce-back in coverage rather akin to having discovered the cute little kid’s hand is in the “Not At All Un-Biased” cookie jar after all. But let’s leave that behind … there are more serious things at hand.

 

            One thing the President and his Cabinet worry about is a replay of the campaign ad of who will answer the 3AM call from Moscow? Anything bad affecting national security which happens any time soon will be laid at Mr. Obama’s doorstep -- although that could be quite incorrect – nevermind… in the game of great expectations that’s the way the big-ball bounces. And having all ready signed the order for closing of the terrorists warren for those significantly suspected of being involved in attacking America, it’s something happening on the new President’s watch as he takes the helm of the ship of state.

 

            One would expect caution – but it appears caution is in short supply because of the overwhelming need to meet the critically high expectations which have mushroomed. I was listening to BBC people talking with their European counterparts… and they all are wearing double thick lenses of a very rosy tint. I don’t wish them ill… but perhaps a sip of caution or an expression of modest concern would be in order.

 

            Meantime… I find Toles major cartoonist at the Washington Post – along with the paper’s columnist named, Froomkin, have both fallen suddenly silent at the end of last week… Somebody moved their target labeled GWB… and they have forgotten how to skewer any other – or so it seems.

 

            Have a GREAT week!

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack

 

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SHOE NOW ON OTHER FOOT

Just A Minute – In the middle of the 19^th century Great Britain, militarily forced trade into the seaports of China and occasioned what has become known as the ‘Opium Wars.’ Millions of Chinese died or endured wrecked lives by ‘recreational’ addiction to the poppy.

Now, it appears tables are turned, and western nations including the U.K. and the USA, wrestle with the debilitating effects of a huge population of ‘recreational’ drug addicts. The history and situation can’t be summarized in JUST A MINUTE. It’s barely sufficient to say the problems swamp national borders and threatens international health and financial markets to a degree hard to imagine.

I was asked if I could make this crisis a subject of a JUST A MINUTE– but one look simply overwhelms me. The only glimmer of light I see is -- the first opium conflict allowed western missionaries access to China – possibly the Lord can use this disastrous Tsunami of drugs to bring the healing of Christ’s Gospel to these nations.   

<> I’m Jack Buttram

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