THOSE WHO *WILL* NOT SEE! - Just a Minute - Radio for Monday June 29, 2009

            Howdy on another *fully* hot week of Summer –

 

            The Old Farmer’s Almanac… says we’re going to be 3 degrees above average for the first eight days in June… and have about 3.5 inches of rain… which so far is being good for the lawns and the gardens…as well as filling up the lakes. However… they say it’ll be a much longer time recovering the groundwater level that’s been depleted here in the upstate by something approaching a seven year drought.  So the sound of the thunder isn’t so intimidating…and the showers are welcome.         

 

            Last week…a week that was… we’d just as soon not have another like that thanks but no thanks. It’s about time we (at least in my party) got some breaks in the news. But…you can’t order up a banana split on the Facebook. [I still am too much of a neophyte to do much with it… sorry. I guess I’m technologically challenged (J) We’ll see how that symbol comes out.

 

            Meantime the Summer draws on apace… and what’s ahead in July and August – if it’s like it has been in the summers since I’ve been coming here as a little kid in short pants – these are HOT times. Best to sit out under the tall oaks with a cardboard church fan and keep your own breeze a-blowin’.

 

            The sun is headed north…the days this week are about  14 hours and 23 minutes long… and the last time we saw one that long was June 15^th -- *before* the summer solstice. The length of days changes very slowly now…Gets’ more rapid around the equinox time… and slows again in mid – December… can you feel those cooling breezes blow? 

 

            Why so much news out of the Almanac. It’s just a whole lot better than listening to the irritating news on the TV or radio… I’m also working on lowering Blood Pressure… and news is no help. Hope you have a lovely day in a cool place and Lord willing we’ll talk with you again on Wednesday.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack

 

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JUST A MINUTE – The Wall Street Journal ran another op ed piece about evolution – reprinting some of the more stupid assertions. I think - you ought to hear something weighty on the other side.

For instance, here’s Darwin writing just shortly after the Origin of the Species: “The case at the present time must remain inexplicable, and may be truly urged as a valid argument against the views here entertained.”  He was referring to a gross lack in the Cambrian Explosion -- a period in the fossil record rich in fossils but totally devoid of intermediate indications of species change. But the Darwinian Theory requires such evidence to prove its validity. Thus far – for 125 years or so now -- none can be found.

Darwin knew of this problem -- it was troubling then and still is today, such recognized paleontologists as Stephen J. Gould, call the lack of transitional fossils the “trade secret” of the profession. The case for Darwin is far from airtight as a visit to any library will confirm. Possibly the Wall Street Journal would be better off leaving it alone.

          <> I’m Jack Buttram 

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