Hello here in Mid-week –
Having grown tired of playing with the doggy-bone of health-care (or insurance company) reform, the White House goes off to contemplate it’s navel near Plymouth Rock – or that general vicinity. I say White House because few of us have reason to know that the White House goes wherever the President is. (If you’re not too picky about what the meaning of ‘is’ is.) I’m not sure that’s totally sure when the President goes overseas and leaves the Vice President in charge of things at home… but I think it’s a general enough rule to be carefully observed. There’s only one President at a time anyway.
The humorous instance for me was Gen. Alexander Haig solemnly *informing* the Reagan Cabinet when the President was undergoing surgery after being shot, that: “Until the President returns, I am in charge here.” Apparently his ego had enlarged to the point of causing forgetfulness to overrule his knowledge that we do have an elected Vice President. Beyond that when both the President and VP are ‘incapacitated’ or absent or whatever, our constitution believes being elected Speaker of the House – because it is the representative body closest to the people by virtue of being elected every two years, and duly the body charged with originating all revenue bills (although Congress routinely ignores that constitutional provision) and thereby the Speaker is *third* in line as emergency President. I’m not quite sure where it goes after that. Senator Thurmond maintained fourth in line is President Pro-Tem of the Senate (since the VP who is President of the Senate has been incapacitated or whatever) but I’m not sure even of that. Beyond, it goes to Cabinet rank I think… probably Secretary of State, which is I believe the cabinet office with most seniority. Anyway, I’m not going to sit up worrying about it.
Our ship of State is, in these days, in very choppy waters – in many ways unprecedented. But I believe we’d be foolish to panic ourselves about it. We have many good men and women high in the ranks of our government and armed forces. Leadership under dire circumstances would be called out. We can confidently say Ebenezer – “hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” And believe it.
Our God is the Almighty One.
Cordially, IN HIM
Jack Buttram
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“JUST A MINUTE”
THAT’S BARACK BROWN-WATER – HIT’S GOOOOD!
BB: Just a Minit – Mr. Jack, You’s heered about
Jack: Not *OUR*
MizP: Oh they’s a lot of um.
BB: No this’n’s
HOMER: Tell him th’ whole thang, Miz Pearl.
MizP: Candidate Obama done come campaignin’ ta'
HOMER: Miz Hillirary was runnin hard -- but th’ town’s brown tap water -- nothin’ th’ matter jist
MizP: Water’s duble filtered, chlorinformed an awl -- but rite there on th’ motel’s frunt desk -- where Mr. Obama’s a stayin’ …
HOMER: Tell him ‘bout th’ sign Miz Pearl...
MizP: There’s a sign tha-ut says: “Y'all can drink our water and bathe without fear. For no one lives longer than the folks around here."
BB: See everbody knows ‘bout hit down there…But the lady mayor…
MizP: Oh lemme tell …. She’s only in early thirties and b’leves th’ water’s a-holdin’ back de-velopment.
HOMER: See even th’ sinks & showers got this brownish lookin’ water…
MizP: But hit’s OK -- don’t leave no stain nor nothin’ …
BB: Jist don’t look s’good… an happins in other towns….
MizP: But Mayor Heather Hudson – she really b’leves this is a-hurtin’ th’ city’s reppitation.
HOMER: So she wants ta' make sure th’ CHANGE Mr. ‘bama’s a campaignin’ fer would change awl of th’ cities not jist *SUM* of them.
MizP: Mr. Obama promised a big crowd … he’ll be back….
BB: Well sir – after the $787 billion stimmilous bill done passed…
MizP: Th’ noisy supporters – an th’ mayor begin ta' wonder when at stimmilous money’s a-gonna hit?
Jack: So the African-American community got discouraged?
HOMER: You betcha… Mayor Hudson said her town of 40 thousan was a-leakin’ too many people.
BB: At promisin’ but not heppin’ don’t set well with th’ Bait Shop and Sushi crowd neither.
Jack: Looks like there’s gonna be a lotta disappointment…
BB: Disappintmint hain’t th’ word fer hit.
Jack: Sorry about that – hafta see you next week -- I’m Jack Buttram. (END)
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