Monday, May 14, 2012

MR. OBAMA DOESN'T KNOW COAL IS A FOSSIL FUEL -- Just A Minute Radio for Tuesday 120515

Glad you’re here with us on this lovely day. Have you gotten enough rain and thunder for the present? 

 

It seems I can neither get the grass cut nor the plants properly watered – but then I’ve been sort of ‘traveling behind the eight-ball’ since the beginning of May.  Now I’m trying to get things straightened up a bit and expect to see some improvement in the place… particularly my office and the clutter I *know* resides in my computer.

 

Often recently we’ve come across a phrase “leading from behind” – and I don’t exactly know what it means – but I’m working on it!

 

I guess it falls along the line of either being a reluctant person to take the reins of what’s supposed to being steered – or feeling you don’t want the criticism that comes from making a wrong decision.

 

But isn’t that what ‘leadership’ is about?  Do some people just want to lead because of the prominence of the office, or the money or just what?  I have a tough time just sorting out what it is I’m meaning to convey. Especially since my fingers lately just don’t want to hit the lively keys. It’s not that I don’t know where the proper keys are … it’s just that I seem unable to get my right hand (the left hand seems to be on ‘auto pilot and does a better job than the right in rendering accurate text.) Looks like about sixty years after learning the basics [but apparently never sticking to the typing tests which should have ironed things out] making errors seems to be worse.

 

I put something in the blog the other day wondering if someone can share their experiences with either MS Word Perfect (In typing text for publication.) or having purchased “Dragon” from Amazon.com or some vendor and cold tell me what seems to work best for them  in turning speech into text -- and any tips they may have learned.

 

Typing is still something I’ve been trying to master ever since coming to college – but I never paused long enough to get my speed up to standard. Well… it’s just a thought… send me an e-mail if you have the time.

 

Nice to have you al hear – would love to hear from you.  [Jebco1311@bellsouth.net] is the location…I’ll get back to you.

 

All the best… IN HIM

 

Jack

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“JUST A MINUTE”

MR. OBAMA DOESN’T KNOW COAL IS A FOSSIL FUEL  

          Just a Minute: Living on the downhill side of the Blue Ridge as a teen in Virginia – I had no question when feeling the ground shake as the N&W coal trains thundered down the grade on their way from West Virginia to Norfolk. But recently Mr. Obama left fossil fuels completely off his list of energy sources.

          Does he pick ignorance as a goal to be achieved – like leaving the ‘Canada to Gulf’ pipeline off the list, as if it was deliberately ignored? The USA is often called the Saudi Arabia of the world’s coal and shale resources.     

          That’s just one of the multitude of apparent omissions our President overlooks when he’s supposed to be leading. Maybe it’s an acquired title used by Washington journalists called “leading from behind.”  It looks as if the voters in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and the shale deposits of energy out west are going to have to do their own job of educating the chief executive.

          I’m sure you’ll hear a LOT more about it between now and November 6th. <> I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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