Friday, January 20, 2012

THE TUMULT AND THE SHOUTING DIES...? for Just A Minute Radio for Friday 120120

I wasn’t entirely sure we’d make it on this run.

 

This has been a hectic week and a half or so since the close of the New Hampshire primary… and it looks like Iowa will be looking for those missing eight precincts between Thanksgiving and New Years. Rumor has it that this has happened before.

 

In fact one of the partial telephone conversations that was broadcast on the night everyone was staying up trying to find the missing ballots had a rather gravelly voice saying: “Oh those E-8 Forms are a waste of paper anyway!”  Sounds like whoever he was he’d decided how to get rid of them so he wouldn’t have to travel in to DesMoines to place ‘em where they belonged.

 

It’s sure made an embarrassment for the Iowa delegation. Perhaps they’ll do something corrective by next go ‘round.  Or it could just become a part of the Iowa Caucus routine… the Treasure Hunt to find the Precinct reports. It gives a certain ‘flexibility’ to the ballot returns. Hmmmmm. 

 

Well… they stayed up late to finish up the reports. And we’ll be doing the same thing here in South Carolina – only NOT losing the ballots I hope. So… I’m yawning and toddling off to bed so I  won’t be nodding off when the voting’s going on tomorrow. Thanks.

 

See you next week, (DV)

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Jack and Barbara Too…

============================================

“JUST A MINUTE”

THE TUMULT AND THE SHOUTING DIES…?

          Just a Minute: Perhaps I’m just getting older, but the noise erupting from the TV rockets between my ears and I’m wondering if the world will come upright again after the current election. Did we have an inkling this would happen when Mr. Obama declared his run for the Presidency?

          We’ll finish this South Carolina campaign tomorrow – and thank the Lord for some welcome rest between now and the resumption of it in Florida after a few weeks. We surely welcome the break.  But when I think this won’t be over ‘til November… please hand me another aspirin.

          Recent experience shows we definitely can use refresher lessons in courtesy with one another.  We urgently need to realize our Constitution protects free speech, but does not condone offensive manners or forsaking respect. Our recent irritation with one another calls to mind a bit of Rudyard Kipling poetry…The tumult and the shouting dies - The Captains and the Kings depart - Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart.

          <> I’m Jack Buttram. (END)  

Jebco Editorial Service

www.wmuu.com

E-mail n4zhk@arrl.net

======================================================================================

Delayed Audio Link

http://www.wmuu.com/blog/category/audio/just-a-minute/

=================================================================

 

No comments: