Great to have you with us on this Wednesday.
I believe it was one of the pre-war Southern Senators who called the House of Representatives “The Cave of the Winds.”
Well… they’ve been off for a couple of weeks and so should have been “re-charged” -- I would have used “blown-up” but someone might have misinterpreted that a threat in some way. In any case the talking has resumed… and the hot-seat in various Committee Rooms on Capitol Hill is hot indeed and waiting.
Wall Street has its own problems with an obvious cloud of possible scandal circling overhead. Some feel, well, “challenged” – others take a less painful approach of NOT wanting to have to endure the ‘slings and arrows of outrageous fortune’ especially when it’s being doled out by those famous exemplars of virtue Barney Frank, Barbara Boxer, and Charlie Rangle (-- leaving out Dodd, and a host of others). To run the election in November just to thin out some of those would be well worth the cost of the ticket.
I bear them no personal ill-will – however there are those around the National Capitol who do… and will. It certainly does not have an underpinning of respect underneath… but then that hasn’t been the case genuine since early Colonial Days… and possibly not even then. When you have the numbers of $$$ being spent on ‘trial run’ campaign ads being tried out *this early* in the season – it causes the ground to shake a bit. We wonder if it means “This *is* the next big one – or, just the roar of rank partisanship cranking up there on the back row with both Democrats and Republicans.
It’s just been a busy warming season so far. Feels like we ought to be somewhere ‘post labor day’ by the baseball clock. We’ve already lost interest and there are still lots innings to be played. It seems a long road to November.
Tennis Anyone?
Cordially, IN HIM
Barbara and Jack Buttram
Delayed action audio track task:
“JUST A MINUTE”
PLAYIN POLITICS IN THE THIRD GRADE?
MizP: Jist A Minute – Mr. Jack, -- Did I eveuh tell you ‘bout winnin’ in th’ thud grade?
Jack: I think so … but a good story is always welcome.
MizP: Ah wuz a little girl in th’ thud grade…
BB: Uh oh… we’s a-goin’ way back in time…
MizP: Hush up, Beelie…
Homer: Mr. Bill… hit fits rite in wif whut’s a-goin’ on these days.
BB: OK… I reckon
MizP: Thank you so much Homer…
Jack: She’s learned th’ value of not interrupting people.
BB: They’s a hole lot more cud larn on FOX an th’ big-us too fer tha-ut matter.
MizP: Larnin’ ta be polite – not Bein’ A big ole bully like O’Reilly.
Jack: Go ahead, Miz Pearlie.
MizP: Thankee Mr. Jack – you is a gemmun. – Now .. back in
BB: Williwaw?
MizP: Eggzakly Mr. Beelie -- be quite.
BB: OK … whut happened?
MizP; We wuz ‘lectin’ class officers see…
Homer: And?...
MizP: And we girls wuz allus a-loozin’…
Homer: ‘Cause they wuz more boyeezs.
MizP: Homer … So Ah got a smart idée…see ta nominate another boy…
BB: But wait a minit… tha-ut would split th’ boys votes…
MizP: Of kos hit would…
Homer: An tha-ut wud mean th’ boyz woud looze .. but th’ girls wud outnumber ‘em in th’ votin’
MizP: You’z veery perspective Mr. Homer.
BB: He’s bin tole tha-ut b’fore… don’t give him th’ big hed.
MizP: See tha’s whut’s a-happenin’ down in Floridee… Mr. Crist gittin ta split tha-ut vote wide open.
Jack: Oh we don’t *know* that… do we?
BB: We don’t KNOW hit but we can sure smell a surpise a-comin’ in th’ works.
Homer: Well… Ah don’t know as I’d bet on hit.
Jack: It’s never a good idea to bet – especially on politics… but things are moving pretty fast –
And we have to move pretty fast too… our time is up. The whole gang expects to be back next week.
MizP: An we-d like fer you boys ‘n’ gurls ta be here wif us too..
Jack: I’m Jack Buttram.(END)
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