WE'RE HEADED FOR THE FIRST TURN - Just A Minute Radio for Friday 1005

            Once more – IT’S FRIDAAAAAAy!

 

            I don’t rightly know why I’m so glad to be here on Friday.  The rest of the week has gone OK… I’m not hurtin’ or anything or anxious to get to the weekend.  Perhaps I’m wanting the primary elections to get on the way and out of the way.  I’ve gotten several political messages this week noting we’re 50+ days to the local primary races… and North Carolina’s are already over and done with (I think).  So… we’ll try to keep up  the pace and be thankful for each day that comes along – uneventfully. 

 

            It’s no question… the longer we go on this pilgrim journey somethings just get better… and some just go by the board…. And when it comes to health and ease of climbing stairs, or stirring the memory … or being able to do the same things we know we *used* to be able to do.. and now we can’t…  Well… those are particular hurdles to get over.  But even there, there’s a pleasant challenge and it IS a reward when you can remember where you left the coffee cup or the car keys.   No doubt about it… Pat yourself on the back… but don’t throw your shoulder out of joint. (J)

 

            Today’s program deals with predicting what will happen in the November elections.  And while it’s sort of stimulating to think you can be an accurate guesser … or predictor… I don’t know as I’d like to make my living like that.  But there are plenty of people in the stock market… and at the race tracks, or Las Vegas and Atlantic City who think they can ‘beat the odds.; I’ve never met one who was entirely happy except when he thought he was winning… (or she … for that matter).

 

            I do remember being engaged in *real* business and having to travel to Las Vegas once… and make a presentation in one of the hotels that also housed a casino.  I was taken aback when walking through the lobby… and the slots were *everywhere*…to see a dear little old grey-headed grandma feeding quarters into a couple of the one-armed bandits as fast and furiously as she could.  It just seemed there was something totally wrong with that picture.  But I’ll guess I have to leave the correcting of it up to the Lord… or someone else who can exert something more than astonishment… which seemed to be my total stock-in-trade that day.

 

            In defense of the hotel… I do remember the food was good and plentiful – the hotel room was nicely appointed… and except for the amazement of the locale, it was a pleasant trip.  I was just stricken at the … well… only word that seems to fit is “craziness” of it all.  I couldn’t piece it together… but then I had a father who lectured me – and taught me the folly – of taking a chance on the punch-boards that used to be ubiquitous in country grocery and drug stores.  It was the thought of turning a nickel into a quarter I guess… or winning a big Hershey Bar… that was so tempting… What I’m really thankful for is it all faded under my parent’s care for me.  And that’s one of the things I’m thankful for today.  Thanks Mom &  Dad.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

 

            Jack

 

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WE’RE HEADED ROUND THE FIRST TURN.

Just a Minute: -- “The 2010 midterm elections will be bad for Democrats.” That’s Karl Rove writing in the Wall Street Journal.  No beating around the bush there. But consider: 

The most severe recent reversal Democrats took was 1994: In this speedo-vision world – changes occur in a nanosecond.

             Here’s a more current picture: Thirty-two percent told ABC/Washington Post Poll in late April – they want to keep their same Congressional representative, while fifty seven percent said they’re looking for someone else… almost the same numbers as in 1994.  Also, Democrats have had 20 retirements compared to 18 Republicans but 11 of those are Democratic swing seats … only 2 swing seats on the Republican side.

            Democrats have more money on hand to spend in both the House and the Senate races – but note -- in 2006 House and Senate candidates outspent Democrats, yet still lost seats. Spending doesn’t tell the whole story.

            Humanly, I see concern about Obama-Care costs, and huge deficits not going away. 

            The biggest single factor – Praying Christians.

            <> I’m Jack Buttram (END)

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