I DON'T KNOW -- HE WAS THERE -- I VOTED! -- Just a Minute Radio for Wednesday 100616

            Howdy… Great to have you here on Wednesday – Interesting things are passing on the airwaves.

 

            Time is draining through the hour glass faster and faster it seems. I think I already gave out the information the “OFFICIAL” first day of Summer comes next Monday morning – Seven something as I recall… and then the days start getting shorter again…

 

            But I found out something either in the air or someone on the air… June is the month in which we get the most sunlight.  I guess it’s because of the particular tilt of the earth  (23.5 degrees – I believe) so if you get your Almanac out in which sunrise and sunset times are figured out for your latitude, you’ll see the days stretch out a little longer in early July – but the Sun appears to come up earlier for a slightly longer period in June… which contributes more light for us in June than July… and then of course we’re headed into the fall season.  I’m not enough of an astronomer to pin it all down or figure it out… but apparently the farmers… particularly up north where there’s a greater variation in the length of days … that tips the sunlight duration more toward June than July.  I never really caught that before.

 

            Well… the political lights are coming on and I devoutly wish that we would come up with something like the British system which tells them how long they can campaign…I think it’s right around a month…and then no more campaigning until the next election cycle occurs.  However I’ve got a good set of earplugs… noise cancelling earphones and I can turn off the light at night – and the TV too – and shut it all down.  Problem is we can’t stop Congress from spending money at night. When the moon is low and the wolves howl… No… I’m getting off in another genre of stories.

 

            Praise the Lord we do have *some* diligent, caring and concerned ‘public servants’ – and I thank HIM for them. In reality it’s not an easy job… and no matter what you do if you do it long enough there will be people who don’t like what you do… it’s the nature of the beast.  That’s one reason why I like term limits so… it shortens the time usually under which a person has to bear that yoke of public service.  Well… enough said for today.  But be prepared to take park in the elections next Tuesday if your party has runoff contests.  Some races are not contested and so there’s a relative calm there.

 

            Interesting time these.  I keep crediting this saying to Thomas Jefferson although I can’t find just when and where he said it: “This time, like all others, is a very good one – if we can just discover what to do with it.” – Lets’ hurry up and make that discovery.  Time’s a-wastin’.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack  

 

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“JUST A MINUTE”

 

I DON’T KNOW – HE WAS THERE – I VOTED!

 

Homer: Jist A Minute – I ast a question las week but I never got no answer.

MizP: Sumpin’s wrong tha-yh Homer – everbody’s goin’ round lookin fer plants.

BB: Homer’s a-askin’ now is ‘bout the man at won th’ Demicrat Primary heah fer th’ Senate.

MizP; Ah knows th’ question – Ah jist don’t know no answers – Oh… at a dubble negative.

Jack: Miz P, when Homer says “He never got NO answer… that means…

BB: Means he *did* git a answer but he cain’t say whut hit is.

Homer: This here’s veery cornfusin’ – ah heered Miz Foriner was critical of Senator Boxer’s hair…

BB: But din’t know th’ mike was on.

Homer: Tha-ut happened ta th Vice Prezdint …

MizP: An Prezdint Bush th’ second one …. 

BB: An th’ firs Prezdint Bush *wisht* th’ mike wuz off when he said “Read my Lips…”

MizP: Oh din’t he tho.

Homer: But jist like Mr. Clyburn duz when he thanks Alvin Greene is a plant…

BB: Not wif green leaves … er pine needles ah hope…?

MizP: Naw Beelie… he thanks sneaky Repubbicans done sneaked him on th’ ballot.

BB: Ah’ll letum sneek me on fer ‘nuthr ten thousand.

MizP: He sez he saved at up …

Homer: But in th’ he tole th’ judge he din’t have no money.

Jack: Another double negative.

BB: You gimme Ten Thousand dollars… I ain’t gonna fergit hit.

Homer: D’ya thank that’ll happin b’fore ‘lecshun day Mr. Jack.

Jack: I’m not wicked good at predicting…

BB: Well th’ courts makes a lotta difference. Oh We vote again nex Tuesday.

MizP: Oh th’ time jist flies.

Jack: Exactly right Miz Pearlie… so we’ll close shop ‘till next Wednesday. --  I’m Jack Buttram.

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