HIT'S A-GITTIN' DANGERUS OUT'N THERE -- Just A Minute for Wednesday, August 19th 2009

            Well… Hello… it’s still hot and sticky ---

 

            With some sprints of ‘hot under the collar’ around the nation – as the out-of-session Congress members (well only about 20 to 30 percent of them) actually are meeting their constituents during this summer recess.

 

            Since “Health Care Reform” – or something like it – is the subject of the moment, it’s not unanimous for all the members to be out making speeches and shaking hands. Matter of fact many are shaking heads instead. And there are lots of empty platforms that in other years might be full – even though this is NOT an election year in most states.

 

            Virginia has it’s state legislature races and that of the governor and other statewide offices in these ‘off’ year times. But that’s more the exception than the rule. This year’s political frenzy has largely taken the lead with those tending to be excitable about the President’s proposed spending package, are filling up the airwaves even tho in the main it’s NOT a general election year. No question – there IS unrest in the air like a brooding summer thunderstorm – it’s on the way.

 

            What’s going to happen?  I don’t recall a time since I’ve been following the political scene in the past 50 years or so in which I’ve seen more, or felt more political activity on the march. Is it a good thing or bad?  I can’t help feeling it’s more good than bad because the American electorate in general tends to be low turnout. That’s dangerous. One of our early politicians – and I’m sorry I didn’t have time to find the attribution – said Americans sooner or later get the kind of government they *deserve* … and when we don’t pay attention, and fail to attend to our self-government privilege, things go downhill. For quite a few years now, my judgment is we’ve been drifting downhill.

 

            Of course there’s always a new generation coming along. But the lack of interest, the failure to learn from hard mistakes of the past, or from bad examples in other countries – in short, just plain laziness and/or ignorance do not serve us well. Eventually the price for such inattention and slack care for our freedoms and privileges exacts its toll in lousy government. I fear we’re in the stage of beginning to pay the price for failing to do our homework. Let us pray we can pull the nation out of this nosedive.

 

            Cordially, In HIM

 

            Jack

 

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 “JUST A MINUTE”

HIT’S A-GITTIN’ DANGERUS OUT’N THERE

BB: Just a Minit – Mr. Jack, I thank thangs air a-gittin’ dangerus out’n there on th’ hustings.

Jack: How’s that Billy-bob?

BB: Well Demmicrat Senater Durbin, frum Illinoise, he done said he jist ain’t agoin’ ta' meet them Town Hall people n’more.

HOMER: Hit ‘tain’t n’more Mr. Billy-bob – he ain’t met th’ first ‘un yet.

MizP: He’s done tole … Miss Lynn Sweet, a ‘porter fer th’ Chicago Sun-Times that fer him ta' go an jist be yelled at ain’t pr’ductive.  

HOMER: Cain’t really say I blame him.

Jack: But those people are his constituents in Lincoln country. They have a right to petition their elected representatives.

MizP: Ed Morrissey, of HotAir.com says we ourt ta' put th’ faces of them at done gone missin’ on the sides of milk cartons.

BB: I heered they awl must of jined up in the witness pertecshun ack so’s they don’t have ta' meet constituents.

Jack: You know it was at a meeting of the SEIU union in Hicksville, N.Y. – when purple-shirted Union members beat up a black

            Conservative activist, Kenneth Gladney, who was passing out “Don’t Tread On Me” flags at Democrat Russ Carnahan’s

            Town hall meeting in St. Louis.

HOMER: Well, I heered Congersman Paul Hodes -- wants ta' be nex Senater frum New Hampshire, an he says he’s goin’ ta' a meetin’ on health care – but they only gonna let AARP members attend.  

BB: Huh, AARP done los sixty thousand members this year awredy.

MizP: Yeah but they say they git a hunnert thousan’ ever year… so they don’t keer.

HOMER: Up in New Hampshire they say they mite have ta' change th’ state motto to LIVE, ­FLEE, er DIE!

BB: Oh, fer gooness sake…at’s turribul.

Jack: That is terrible, Billy-bob  – see you next week --  I’m Jack Buttram.

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