GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: BULLY OR SAINT? - Just A Minute Radio for Friday 101210

            Thanks for dropping by on a Friday… it’s the END OF THE WORKWEEK… but it was not always so…

 

            And the Congress is finding out what ‘darlings’ they really are in the minds of the majority of citizens.

 

            I’ve begun to wonder if this is what things really sank (or should I have written ‘sunk’) to in the descending days of the Roman Empire?  Perhaps I really should read William L. Shirer’s book on the Rise and Fall of the Roman empire… I”d certainly be more educated and that would stand me in good stead perhaps in *these* days. 

 

            I look back on school days – high school AND college… I wonder just *why* I didn’t care for History much. Vaguely I remember… what I didn’t remember.  We were tested for dates and people and events… but somehow we missed the ‘story’ – These were things we really didn’t think we needed to know… what good was all of that old stuff now.  Well.. we didn’t know what we *would* need to know… We didn’t know how much we would like to know – or at least have known – later.  Why is there such nostalgia about things further back than we can reasonably remember? 

 

            How did historians come to know they were attracted to history enough to *want* to learn about it… or perhaps to put the question the other way around… If we were ‘punished’ in some fashion for not knowing (or not wanting to be bothered with knowing) the things the teachers thought we *ought* to know… what could have been done to ‘wake us up’ – to shake us by the shoulder and say… “Hey… look at this… I”ll bet you didn’t know this!” Are there teachers like that… did I just miss them all… I did have one teacher in HS… Mr. Avery I believe – and I got a glimmer of history from him.  But I was out of college before I got a *real* interest in American history… particularly the Civil War.  And I didn’t live very far from some of the famous battle grounds… but somehow we never visited them.  We did visit the battleground of Chattanooga TN… the battle above the clouds it was called… Lookout Mountain … I did remember that much…

 

            But Oh My… why am I not inculcating my grandkids… the great grands are too young … I guess.  Wow… I’d better wake up.

I guess I do remember more history if it has a ‘story’ in it… like Rip Van Winkle… or even David and Goliath. Hey … maybe I’ve stumbled on something valuable… I’d better write it down.

 

            Oh this is just a ramble of an old brain.  What good is it anyway?  Would somebody tell me?

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack

 

“JUST A MINUTE”

GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: BULLY OR SAINT?

Just a Minute: New Jersey’s Gov. Christie, is now a You Tube personality with his ‘truth grenades.’ His budget cuts tossed in town hall meetings, have created both fans and critics.

Opponents call it "hate speech." A Parsippany school teacher, Mr. Kevin Chaudruc, uncorked a tirade of complaints against the governor for favoring millionaires over low-income workers. – The teacher interrupted the Governor who said,: “OK...bring him on up here, let’s have a conversation.” – Which a State Trooper did.

Christie wagged his finger at Mr. Chaudruc: “Your wonderful increase in taxes would have killed jobs … You and I have different ideas of what being a Republican is all about because I'm not going to raise taxes."

The trooper escorted him off the stage. Mr. Chaudruc's reaction: "It's his playground; he holds the ball."

Doubtless the governor is engaging in ‘theater’ but also trying to rescue a flat- broke New Jersey. A summer poll asked if he’s a leader or a bully: 51% think leader: 39% say bully.

What do you think?

<> I’m Jack Buttram.

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