DO YOU HAVE YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND? - Just A Minute Radio for Wednesday 100908

            Hello once again from the middle of the week. 

 

With a holiday thrown in upon us old people it seems like a weekend ought to be in here somewhere… but take it easy on us… don’t get us confused. (J)

 

            I’ve really had a hard time scouring the newspapers and the TV and listening to radio etc… to get a gist of what is happening really… One day it’s the Mosque at almost ground zero… Next it’s a pastor burning Islamic books… and putting soldiers *further* in harms way… which doesn’t sound particularly smart to me – on the other hand I don’t want to be restricting our rights – but I have to observe just because you have the right to do something doesn’t mean that it’s the right thing to do.

 

            I’d say the same thing to the Bloombergites in NYC who suddenly seem to want to follow their mayor who has a hard time figuring out which party he belongs in, and like the proverbial Civil War soldier who in an effort to escape the flying musket balls decided to wear a Union Jacket and Confederate trousers – whereupon he learned the Johnny Rebs shot at his jacket and the Billy Yanks aimed at his pants. Some people never learn. Standing in the middle of the road gets you run over in both directions.

 

            Well… I used up my soapbox time yesterday… and I’m trying to corral the folks over at Earl ‘n’ Lester’s to stick to the subject… but we watch TV where it seems the most popular thing to do when on camera is to interrupt someone else until you have 4 or 5 people yackin’ at the camera all together and can’t understand any of them. Our kids are learning what we were disciplined not to do back in the ‘olden’ days.

 

            We need a few more people of Will Rogers bent, who said he didn’t belong to any *organized* political party… and then he nodded toward the group that claimed him.  (J) A bit more humor could be sent to the amazingly over-serious folks inside the beltway. They get soo wrapped up in themselves.  Today’s JUST A MINUTE demonstrates just how lasting the effects of these ‘arguments’ are… Mostly not exactly worthless… except for the ‘thoughtless’ factor.  I wonder if Bill O’Reilly has ever figured out just which ‘factor’ he represents?  Sometime maybe Opra or Whoopie will ask him.

 

            So much for idle speculation.  We can use a break every now and then.  I guess if whoever’s keeping count figured the President is working on his sixth vacation in the 19 months he’s occupied the territory at 1600 PA Ave in DC… they might pass him a note.  But the M.O. inside the iron fence at that address seems to be ‘shoot the messenger’ if he’s bringing bad news. And it does quiet things down a lot once you have disposed of two or three… the others get the drift. The important thing is to wound them badly enough to keep their memoir out of the hands of Amazon & company who seem to be winning the battles with Barns & Noble as to who has the right to sell books. The new electronics models make short shrift of book sales numbers anyway.  And for that matter I saw an Internet clip saying sometime in 2011 or 12 … iPads or iPods or whatever would chalk-up greater sales per annum than the lowly PC… Grrr… guess I’ll have to learn something else. Just don’t let ‘em tamper with the alphabet… I have a hard enough time spelling as it is.

 

            Have a great day and enjoy the weather – as it gets cooler.

 

            Cordially IN HIM

 

            Jack

 

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“JUST A MINUTE”

 

DO YOU HAVE YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND?

 

Homer: Just A Minute:– Mr. Jack – Whut’s a-goin’ on? Ah’m  bumfuzzled.

Jack: It happens Homer when we round the last turn before …

MizP: Before th’ whut?

Jack: Before the finish Miz Pearlie. Eight weeks from yesterday is election day.

BB: So everthang’s a gonna fall apart?

Jack: There are people who *think* they know what’s going to happen – but none of them do.

MizP: I reckon you’s rite about tha-ut.

Homer: Only the Lord knows… an He knew frum th’ beginnin’ –

MizP: So there ain’t no reason to be a climin’ th’ walls… But whut do we do?

Jack: Jesus, when he was leaving his disciples – said – “Occupy till I come…”

MizP: He meant keep busy… don’t give up…

Jack: Jesus was telling the story of servants…

Homer: Ah member..Uh…-Luke 19 – the big man is a tellin’ his servants ta keep on doin’ bid’ness ‘ til he gits back.

BB: S’posed ta be winnin!

MizP: Winnin’ whut? Lections?

Jack: Dr. Luke was writing about winning souls…

MizP: Tha-ut’s what’s important fer eeternity!

Jack: Exactly… this election is important – but the most important thing is …

Miz: Is where is you gonna spend eternity?

Jack: I doubt if anyone listening can remember back 20 years who won what?

BB: Who was a-runnin’ then?

Homer:  Ah cain’t ‘member fer what …

Jack: It was mid term -- and the Republicans lost eight seats…

Homer: Oh yeah… Mr. Jesse Helms jus barely squeaked by….

Jack: That campaign was the most expensive Senate campaign … over six million.

BB: Oh yeah – he beat th’ Charlotte Mayor, Mr. Harvey Gantt.…

MizP: I thought’ I’d never fugit tha-ut…

Jack: Remember the’ Lord’s in control --

Homer: Rite… Uh oh… lookit th’ time.

Jack: So just keep hangin’ on -- and trust in the Lord. – I’m Jack Buttram. (END) 

 

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