UNVEILING THE "GIFT" CZAR - Just A Minute Radio for Wed. 03-11-09

Howdy Everybody –

This Springtime weather makes us all ‘master gardeners’ at least in our dreams. But sometimes things just don’t go ‘dreamily’ – and that seems the case with the Washington scene. We keep hoping for good news – but it seems to be thinly scattered. Perhaps we’re just not seeing it through the right glasses. We do know there are certain things to be gained from adversity. Apparently we’re getting ready for a graduate-level instruction.

Mr. President Obama garnered a LOT of critical amazement from both friends and some not so friendly critics, over his treatment of the visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. And the rough edges of the first 50 days in the White House have not only been showing but have managed to fray the sensibilities of some of his ardent supporters.

The passage, without reading, of monstrosities in spending legislation has happened – not without some gee & hawing on the floors of both houses of Congress. But let us not fool ourselves – the extremely poor performance of Republican legislators in the second term of the Bush Presidency forecasts terribly rough waters for the nation in the near term. We are set for an education – in the words of Proverbs – “If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small…” (Prov. 24:10)

Sir Francis Bacon had some rather stirring philosophical musings that will stand in good stead: “Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity the blessing of the New. And…”adversity doth best discover virtue.” So possibly we are set for a ‘severe mercy’ from the hand of the Lord – a blessing in a difficult to recognize garb.

Let us learn our lessons without complaint and take HIS instruction from HIS hand of loving favor.

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack Buttram

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“JUST A MINUTE”

UNVEILING THE “GIFT” CZAR

Homer: Jist a Minit – Miz Pearl – has you heered they’s a- lookin’ fer a new “GIFT” Czar at th’ White House?

MizP: You don’t say? – Whut’s a Czar?

BB: Hit’s a high muckuty-muck supposed ta' look after impotant thangs… like autos and earmarks

– thangs like at…

MizP: Whut kind of Impawtent thangs?

Homer: Fer starters – Ah heered they don’t’ want ta' drop th’ bawl like they did fer th’ British Prime Minister.

MizP: Whut was tha-ut awl about?

BB: See, when a big time visitin’ digneterry comes yer supposed ta' exchange gifs….

MizP: Ah thout Czars was jist fer cars…

BB: Oh they wants them fer ever thang… hit’s easier than getting’ them by the picky Senate.

Homer The Senate don’t look s’picky ta' me.

BB: Ennyway – stirred up a big storm over in th’ Brit papers ‘cause Mr. Brown had brung some hysterical gifs…

MizP: An whut did we give him?

Homer: Tha-ut’s jist the hang of hit Miz Pearlie… They gave him 25 DVD’s of ‘Merican movies – his machine in London won’t even play ‘em an besides that he has a bad eye -- an he don’t even speak ‘Merican.

BB Whut does he speek then?

MizP: He speaks BBC … Tha-ut mus be why th’ White House is a-lookin’ fer a gift Czar…Ah – thank I’ll ‘ply fer th’ job.

BB: Miz Pearlie – you can’t do tha-ut. What’ll we do

MizP: Oh… I we’d figger hit out… An my taste y’know… hit’s impeckanible.

Homer: I reckon hit is… but hit’s hard gittin’ one uh them jobs. Ah know – Ah got stepped on.

MizP: Ahm shore you do, Homer…But Ah’m shore Mr. Bama needs somebody ta' keep him frum makin more mistakes.

Jack: Right…and misakes or not -- we’re out of time for this week – be back next Wednesday. <>

I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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