SO "NOW" WHO'S ON FIRST? NOT SNARLIN' ARLEN! - Just A Minute Radio for Wed. 1005

            Good-day – as  the Aussies say it…

 

            Hope it’s been a good one for you so far.  Mine started early – between midnight and the wee hours as the returns trickled in and I got today’s program ready… I used to work for a morning paper – carrying them. (J)

 

            Anyway – the primary election season was already underway.  And we’ve had some interesting elections in MA, and VA and  NJ – So here comes another parade.  Today we’re trying to look over the wreckage in PA and KY and AR… while UT has already sent it’s results and the season is indeed over for some folks like Bob Bennett and Arlen Specter. 

 

            I’m thinking it’s going to be an even more unusual season with even higher temps and stormy weather. 

 

            What concerns me most is wondering if we can ever climb out of the debts – but I worried about that back in 1950’s … and it didn’t do any good – we got in deeper and deeper and so it goes.  But there has to be a day of reckoning… and we’re assured – you can read it for yourself… like the little Sunday School song says: “The Bible Tells Us So.”  Problem is we’re just too preoccupied, or as King Solomon did – we’re chasing after the things that are seen – rather than the things, eternal things, which are NOT seen.

 

            Pity that this wisdom we find in the most expensive school in the world – the school of experience which charges the absolute highest tuition there is – Pray we will be wise enough to be able to pass it along to our progeny and those who follow our fast fading footprints in the sands of time. 

 

            Better leave the sermonizing to the professionals.  I just write commentary – and the folks at the Bait Shop and Sushi Bar are just glad to be a part of bringing us all together.  Have a good sleep… that’s where I’m headed now.  (J)

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack

 

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SO *NOW* WHO’S ON FIRST? NOT SNARLIN’ ARLEN!

 

MizP:  Jist A Minute – Mr. Jack, Ah guess Mr. Arlen ain’t a-snarlin’ now.

Jack: Ah suppose you’re right Miz Pearlie…at least not out in public.

BB: Some say he’s done made his bed an now it’s hisn’ ta la down in.

Homer: Sounds ‘bout rite ta me Mr. Beelie… He done switched parties too many times.

Jack: That’s probably right… 30 years ago he switched from being Democrat to Republican.

MizP: So he switched back then?

Jack: That’s right and then switched back last year.

MizP: Tha-ut jist don’t go down well.

Homer: He fount ha-ut out Miz Pearl.

Jack: What part do you think the Tea Party folks played Homer?

Homer: At’s hard ta say Mr. Jack. In some cases, like Kentucky… well they was a lot happenin.

BB: At’s where the Baseball Pitcher coun’t raise much money.

MizP: But hit’s where th’ eye doctor Paul done hit a home run.

Homer: Still he’s got a close race Ah thank now in th’ genrul ‘lection.

BB: An he’ll have ta patch some fences

MizP: But whut about Miz Lincoln… she come close to losin’ dint she?

Homer: Ah’m not sure how ‘twas when Ah wint ta bed… these ‘lections air hard on th’ beauty rest.

BB: Well at’s one thang you shunt skip, Homer…somebody needs a beauty rest hit’s you.

MizP: Now Mr. Beelie… at’s not a nice thang ta say ‘bout Mr. Homer…

BB: He know’s Ah’m jist a joshin’ him.

Jack: Well… it looks like we have a long windy road ahead of us yet.

Homer: Oh year… the’ys Miz Boxer… Miz Fioreena gitt’in awl wound up ‘bout her.

Jack: And then there’s Oprah…

MizP: Is she a-runnin?

Homer: Would you be a-votin’ fer her?

MizP: Ah’d have ta thank about hit a while.

Jack: And we’ll give you time to think… ‘cause it’s all gone today.  See you next week – I’m Jack Buttram.

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IT'S NEARLY THE LAST TRAIN OUT -- Just A Minute Radio for 100517

Good Day…

 

Glad you could be with us for the kickoff – Nope … not football weather yet [Spring training maybe – but not football]… Today we’re trying to get the kinks straightened out in the primary races.

 

Something basic to pick up is: Primary’s are figured out each by the states themselves.  Sometimes there is coordination and sometimes not.  In the South they virtually stopped having primary races during various periods after the “War for Southern Independence” – because there weren’t candidates and for various and sundry other reasons… So… there’s not time to dissect all that now – just know that up to a couple of decades ago in South Carolina for instance, the primary elections were still being conducted by the political parties.  Now they are run by state government – and they are still supposed to be non-political, non partisan… In other words the election is put on by the local government (In most cases the county) with help from the State and its board of elections.

 

So that’s why there’s no general election date… some states early, some late… all locally controlled…ballots counted locally… and sometimes that gives counting and preserving and making fair the State election has to be done by the state and the results in a Federal election then turned over to the proper officials.  That’s why it takes Maine longer (or shorter in some precincts) to count votes than say Texas.

 

Some states – Virginia for instance, which is a Commonwealth rather than a state (as are a few others) -- has its election of state officers on the “off” years… that is they are planned for years in which the Presidential or Federal Congressional elections are NOT held. 

 

It’s equally confusing because there’s no uniform date set for state primary elections… which are often entangled in run-offs where two candidates get results that are not conclusive and the election is run again except this time it is between only the top TWO  candidates.

 

Easy to tell that foments a LOT of confusion on dates etc… it’s one of the reasons why New Hampshire and Iowa and a handful of others want to be early on the ground in a Presidential year.  It’s not a particularly good system,… but it’s the one we got. (J)  We can change it if there are enough “true and unselfish” people around… but it’s hard to reach a consensus sometimes.

 

Gotta get the rest of the work done… See you next time.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Jack

 

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IT’S NEARLY THE LAST TRAIN OUT

Just a Minute: --  Here’s a question for tomorrow: Since the President is opting not to travel to help out Mr. Specter – how will the Pennsylvanian vote when the Kagan nomination comes up if he’s still in the Senate?

Same question for Arkansas’s Senator Blanche Lincoln? Put another way: When does party loyalty die?

Rand Paul has about a nine point lead over his opponents in the Kentucky race according to respected polling. From all appearances right now it’s a toss-up – while Paul expresses confidence after getting retiring Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning’s endorsement, if things do work out that way, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s leadership role will be diminished.

The President listens to White House advisors who’re telling him, behind the hand, he already has Massachusetts and New Jersey’s losses on his card -- If  cards falls in, the realistic assessment will be the President’s role, at this stage, amounts to a very slippery set of coattails.

Handicapping House races now turns out to be even more difficult than figuring Senate wins or losses – but it’s more fun than checkers.

<> I’m Jack Buttram (END)

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WE'RE HEADED FOR THE FIRST TURN - Just A Minute Radio for Friday 1005

            Once more – IT’S FRIDAAAAAAy!

 

            I don’t rightly know why I’m so glad to be here on Friday.  The rest of the week has gone OK… I’m not hurtin’ or anything or anxious to get to the weekend.  Perhaps I’m wanting the primary elections to get on the way and out of the way.  I’ve gotten several political messages this week noting we’re 50+ days to the local primary races… and North Carolina’s are already over and done with (I think).  So… we’ll try to keep up  the pace and be thankful for each day that comes along – uneventfully. 

 

            It’s no question… the longer we go on this pilgrim journey somethings just get better… and some just go by the board…. And when it comes to health and ease of climbing stairs, or stirring the memory … or being able to do the same things we know we *used* to be able to do.. and now we can’t…  Well… those are particular hurdles to get over.  But even there, there’s a pleasant challenge and it IS a reward when you can remember where you left the coffee cup or the car keys.   No doubt about it… Pat yourself on the back… but don’t throw your shoulder out of joint. (J)

 

            Today’s program deals with predicting what will happen in the November elections.  And while it’s sort of stimulating to think you can be an accurate guesser … or predictor… I don’t know as I’d like to make my living like that.  But there are plenty of people in the stock market… and at the race tracks, or Las Vegas and Atlantic City who think they can ‘beat the odds.; I’ve never met one who was entirely happy except when he thought he was winning… (or she … for that matter).

 

            I do remember being engaged in *real* business and having to travel to Las Vegas once… and make a presentation in one of the hotels that also housed a casino.  I was taken aback when walking through the lobby… and the slots were *everywhere*…to see a dear little old grey-headed grandma feeding quarters into a couple of the one-armed bandits as fast and furiously as she could.  It just seemed there was something totally wrong with that picture.  But I’ll guess I have to leave the correcting of it up to the Lord… or someone else who can exert something more than astonishment… which seemed to be my total stock-in-trade that day.

 

            In defense of the hotel… I do remember the food was good and plentiful – the hotel room was nicely appointed… and except for the amazement of the locale, it was a pleasant trip.  I was just stricken at the … well… only word that seems to fit is “craziness” of it all.  I couldn’t piece it together… but then I had a father who lectured me – and taught me the folly – of taking a chance on the punch-boards that used to be ubiquitous in country grocery and drug stores.  It was the thought of turning a nickel into a quarter I guess… or winning a big Hershey Bar… that was so tempting… What I’m really thankful for is it all faded under my parent’s care for me.  And that’s one of the things I’m thankful for today.  Thanks Mom &  Dad.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

 

            Jack

 

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WE’RE HEADED ROUND THE FIRST TURN.

Just a Minute: -- “The 2010 midterm elections will be bad for Democrats.” That’s Karl Rove writing in the Wall Street Journal.  No beating around the bush there. But consider: 

The most severe recent reversal Democrats took was 1994: In this speedo-vision world – changes occur in a nanosecond.

             Here’s a more current picture: Thirty-two percent told ABC/Washington Post Poll in late April – they want to keep their same Congressional representative, while fifty seven percent said they’re looking for someone else… almost the same numbers as in 1994.  Also, Democrats have had 20 retirements compared to 18 Republicans but 11 of those are Democratic swing seats … only 2 swing seats on the Republican side.

            Democrats have more money on hand to spend in both the House and the Senate races – but note -- in 2006 House and Senate candidates outspent Democrats, yet still lost seats. Spending doesn’t tell the whole story.

            Humanly, I see concern about Obama-Care costs, and huge deficits not going away. 

            The biggest single factor – Praying Christians.

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WHAT'S WITH THE THREE CHILLY SAINTS? -- Just A Minute Radio for Wed. 100512BB#19ThreeChillySaints

            Good Day to you…

 

            There have been a couple of ‘throwback days’ this week that manage to upset Al Gore’s Global Warming thermostat.  Plus I’m always getting my non-existent gardener gene confused as to how warm it’s going to be. (or really how cold?)

 

            But for the most part Spring/Summer is usually here here -- just not quite … Memorial Day in these lower climes marks Summer’s commencement… but you couldn’t tell it when the thermometer read F 41 degrees the other morning … and I’m sure some of our listeners up toward the Tennessee line worried about losing tomato plants and other tender crops.

 

            I’d never had the time to research what was/is behind the “Three Chilly Saints” designation the Almanac give the 11^th 12^th and 13^th of May.  Turns out the Gregorian or the Georgian calendar back in the earlier centuries were the recorders of cool snaps… and when the slipped a few days this way or that… it apparently got the cool snaps… snapped… and besides that what works for South Carolina doesn’t’ really hold true for Maine and New Hampshire… so it’s all a rather rough guess in any case.  However this year the cool snap came right there on schedule.  I never can track it anyway… our wedding anniversary comes later in May… and by then … 57 years ago… things were pretty *hot* right here in Greenville… and the auditorium at BJU in those days operated *without* air conditioning. 

 

            Attempts were made to help performers in heavy Shakespearian costumes – plus academic robes worn during the last school days to cool off --  by dumping tons of ice in the air handling system … which raised the humidity a lot but didn’t do a lot for lowering the temperature.  At least the effort was genuine.  Contrary to Mr. Gore’s global warming opus and Pulitzer that’s talked about so much today… it seemed to me to be a LOT warmer back then.  But I digress. 

 

            Today is a welcome day to skip some politics… although there are interesting things going on… I just need to take a break from 24/7 political chatter… and look around at weddings and graduations … and even funerals to remember there are a lot more important things going on that whether Mr. Obama is going to go up to PA to try and save Mr. Specter’s campaign bacon.  I’m afraid folks… it’s already in the fire and blazing… One of the unforeseen consequences of GOP profligate spending along with the Democrat’s loose pursestrings is an electorate even more frustrated than usual with *both* parties and with the Tea Party folks it’s become time for the perpetrators to walk the plank (I think) … but we’ll just have to see how things pan out.  [I’m looking for the frying pan.]

 

            Well… I didn’t manage to totally skip politics after all… Sorry about that!

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack Buttram

 

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WHAT’S WITH THE THREE CHILLY SAINTS?

 

MizP:  Jist A Minute – Mr. Jack, Ah’ve got a question.

Jack: You know that often happens on Wednesday…

BB: Whut’s the question Miz Pearlie… Mr. Jack ain’t th’ onny one ‘roun here wif ansers…

MizP: Ah’m jist a wantin’ ta know ‘bout th’ three Chilly saints?

Jack: You read about them in the Almanac.

MizP: Rite… an I thought hit’d git usn’s away from th’ policiks fer once.

Jack: The Old Farmer’s says it’s three days in May in which some folks think there could be a frost.

MizP: Izzat rite?

BB: Oh I’ze heered of tha-ut – we had a farmer up air at Dark Corner  frum Germany er Switxerland…

Homer: Ah ‘member him – Mr. Blenheim… he’s allus keerful ‘bout his gardning.

BB: Said sumtimes… May ‘even ,twelve en thirteen could come a quick frost an kill off th’ tender plants.

Jack: That’s right…

MizP: But what a-bout th’ saints?

Homer: Summa them old legends named th’ days after Mamertius, Pancras (or Pancratius) and Gervais.

BB;  Yeah… May 11, 12 and 13 is called by them names.  I bet you din’t know Homer could speak French.

Jack: Congratulations Homer.  Homer: Aw… hit’s easy ifn’ nobody’s listening.  ---

MizP: Ah’s heered tha-ut b’fore .

Jack: Sure… you can check it out yourself… Ephesians Chapter one verse one… or Romans one seven… and many other places in the New Testament all believers in Christ are called– saints.

BB: An at’s good ta know.

Homer: Hit really is.

Jack:  Well – I’m glad you asked the question Miz Pearlie… and it has been a bit chilly the last few days…

MizP: So… I guess we’z fouah chilly saints…

Homer: Hit was a unintended consequent tha-ut you done ast the question.

Jack: And time’s up too quickly once again… we’ll be back next week

MizP: Rite here on JIST A MINIT.

Jack: I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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CIVILITY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IN SHORT SUPPLY - Just a Minute Radio for Monday 100510

            Hello again… it’s MONDAY – and we’re off to the word wars once more –

 

            It’s sort of hard to tell who’s on first, or even which issue (war) is being fought over.  One thing that has seemed to follow us around is what might be called the ‘nasty’ war.  With the Health Care Bill having been fought over and scrambled and sliced and diced twelve ways from Sunday… people seem to have decided to pick up the pieces and throw ‘em at one another. 

 

            Even the New York Times and Washington Post have picked up on the theme that the war is getting personal and mean.  Seasoned politicians have said they’ve never seen partisanship mount to such extremes.  I think that’s probably not a real close examination of what’s gone on before.  That is to say if you really want to get into some knock down-drag outs… the politics leading up to the Constitutional convention … even the debates surrounding the “Articles of Confederation” – there were ‘mean’ talkers with not a lot of timidity in those days.

 

            Possibly the factor that makes it even more distasteful is the amount of money spent on campaigns… and the kind of petty angers that grow up in the briar patches each wants to throw the other side into.  We are seeing what happens when partisanship outruns leadership over in the UK in the election they’ve just gone through.  It looks as if they have a hard road ahead because of the divisions that run deep and under the Parliamentary system, the difficulty of forming a workable government unless one party gets a working majority that can sustain a government.

 

            In any case those are problems we don’t have right now… but we may well be headed for something similar.  Greece, because of a lack of clear, sustainable policy regarding how many people can be on the government payroll are dragging down the E.U. even though they said they were trying to avoid it. 

 

            There’s one clear thing coming out of all this… JUST SAYING IT DOESN’T MAKE IT SO.   Actions have to follow words, if there’s going to be progress… otherwise the nation becomes a ship without a sail or a rudder… and there are LOTS of shoals out there were the ship of state can and will run aground.  Let us pray more earnestly we may avoid such a plight.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

            Jack

 

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CIVILITY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IS IN SHORT SUPPLY

            Just a Minute: -- Karl Rove, has called the President ‘Moralizer in Chief´  and suggested he just tone it down a bit.

            Apparently his questioning of personal motives started with Florida Representative Alan Grayson, accusing Republicans of having just a ‘die quickly” policy for the sick people.  So far there’s not been a peep from the White House asking Democrats to dial back the criticism – which might bring reality to the President’s call for a (quote) “basic level of civility.”

            Last Friday evening, Mr. Rove suggested if Mr. Obama really wants to restore civility, it would be nice if he advised his Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, to take  the “Administration’s boot off the oil company’s throat.” That phrase is hardly designed to maintain peace and civility in the public arena.  

            Even major news outlets have picked up on the White House’s knee-jerk reaction, questioning motives and demonizing those with whom they disagree.  Some Democrats also need to quit pouring gas on the fire.

            <> I’m Jack Buttram (END)

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THE PRESIDENT'S SALACIOUS EXAMPLE -- Just A Minute Radio for Friday 100507

            Goodness there have been some nice days this week…. But sometime a bit wet.

 

            On the political and economic front it’s been positively rowdy.   Well, we shouldn’t treat lightly those things that are very weighty to someone else. No question but this has been a hard week for people in some places on the Globe.  Greece, Thailand, Ireland and the volcanic ash drifting overhead… and people who had money in the stock Market yesterday when it took a 1000 point roller coaster dip.

 

            Not that I’m in that league… but it’s giving everybody the jitters. 

 

            We just got our car out of the collision shop for the second time in less than a year.  Fortunately – and we’re very thankful for all that—no one was hurt.  But we’re out a bunch of cash while we wait for the insurance industry to sift us through its sieve.  I appreciate the people who try to help… and I remember those who don’t.  I guess in the long run it all comes out in the “Wash” as I used to hear it said.  Anyway… I’ve heard folks who are strong in their predestination beliefs say – “Boy… I’m glad *that’s* over.  And I echo the sentiment.

 

            However… we are better off looking deeply into the Scriptures and seeing what God has for us.  The Bible is a most important – and interesting book.  It is indeed like no other.  I remember my mother getting the two of us together,  my brother and I, and reading us stories from Hurlbert’s Bible stories for the young and old… I really enjoy thinking back on those days.

 

            These days are full of activities and blessings… and we’re seeing some old friends as they return to Greenville and places of remembrance to celebrate weddings…and graduations and even birthdays…

 

            We also remember those who have sick folks to care for and pray for them too – and wish them well.  We’re all pilgrims on this path and of looking to the Lord Jesus… and we recall the phrases in the old hymns… there is no night there.

 

            Nice to be with you today… Lord willing we’ll be back Monday.

 

            Cordially – IN HIM

 

            Barb and Jack Buttram

 

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THE PRESIDENT’S SALACIOUS EXAMPLE

            Just a Minute: -- In the middle of an op-ed page, in a newspaper with America’s largest circulation, stands a stark suggestion: Barack Obama should lead by example. – What a simple, straightforward piece of advice.

            The writer described President Obama’s weekend talk to the University of Michigan’s graduating class which was aimed squarely at his political targets, saying he wanted to deal with the “basic level of civility in our public debate.” The President’s words were supposed to call a halt to “vilification and over-the-top rhetoric” but in a presidentially authorized fund-raising letter, he excoriates conservatives as “reptiles” and “fire-breathing tea-party nut jobs.”

            That’s language attempting to foster compromise and mutual understanding?  What about calling Minority Leader, Senator Mitch McConnell “cynical and deceptive”; that’s supposed to make your opponent easier to chat with?

            Mr. Obama knows better.  He needs a bar of soap and a brush – he’s already got the mouth.

            <>I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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HOW WE GONNA FIX IT DOWN ON TH' FARM? -- Just a Minute Radio for Wednesday 100505

Hello there over in the middle of the week….

 

Have enough rain to fill your bucket for a spell?  Seems that way… You know the old saying that used to show the little girl carrying home a round box of salt with the top spilling out its contents in the pouring rain. As a kid, helping carry the groceries home from the neighborhood store in my little red wagon… I often wondered if the mother was mad with her for spilling out all the salt on the way home.

 

Guess that just goes to show we need not worry about the things that don’t concern us – and for Christians…well… worry is the last thing we *ought* to worry about.  Obviously, somewhere you ran into the phrase…:”Why pray when you can worry.”

 

As a pilot in mostly light planes – I recall the story of a farmer’s son who learned how to fly a Piper Cub – which indeed was a cut above the Wright Brothers… but to the farmer, who didn’t trust new-fangled things anyway… he wasn’t impressed.  But his son pleaded and finally prevailed to get the Dad in the back seat and took him for a short ‘hop’ around the cowpasture…saw the town church steeple and the school house… the court house… and came back to an uneventful grass strip landing where the family was gathered ‘round to celebrate Dad’s first flight.

 

Of course they asked him how he liked it… he said “fine.” – But the children wanting to hear more kept pestering him to describe the roads and the rivers and the little houses… and finally the old man said… well…Yes…he had enjoyed it – but he never trusted it… in fact he said: “I never really let my weight down.”

 

Maybe that’s our condition too – today – with coal mine disasters, volcanoes halting air traffic today in Ireland – and distresses all over the world… including a Newly Minted American Citizen trying to blow up a car bomb in Times Square – Manhattan.   But it didn’t go off… Why? … we don’t know the mechanical reason yet… the young Muslim had been to Afghanistan for training… but apparently didn’t have time to test and put it to use… He picked up the wrong kind of fertilizer, and apparently mis-wired his two alarm-clock timing device, 

His lethal device didn’t go off…

And now we go through the tedium of the media having to plough through all aspects of his malformed crime… which lead to his unintended consequence of being caught and grilled. 

 

Are we going to get to the end of this?  How many more peace treaties must the President agree to before the scruffy faced ‘king’ of Iran by his own hand gets toppled?  Well… it will be interesting to watch… and watch we must.  Eternal vigilance – says one of our founders – is the price of liberty.  We’ve surely got to ask the Lord to show us where to look – and what steps to take that we may continue to worship HIM.

 

May the Lord bless us all – we praise HIM for HIS wonderful works to the children of men.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Jack

 

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HOW WE GONNA FIX IT DOWN ON TH’ FARM?

 

MizP:  Jist A Minute – Mr. Jack, Ah hate ta be so dumb – but whut is a unintended consequent?

Jack: Why are you asking Miz Pearlie.?

BB: Ah’m wif her.  We keeps a hearin’ ‘bout these unintended consequints --?

Jack: Generally it means you took action, expecting one thing to happen – but ….

Homer: But sumpin’ else happened you wasn’t a-thankin’ a’bout.

BB: Izzat rite, Mr. Jack…

Jack: Sure… Homer’s got it pegged pretty well.

MizP: Well could you give us a eggzample?

Homer: Ah thank I kin…

Jack: Go ahead.

Homer:  Well…when tha-ut new nachurl made citizen lef hiz cash-bought car in Time Square ---

BB: At was an unintended consequent!  You betcha…

MizP: An when they caught him a-tryin’ ta fly back to the Immeratese an made ‘em turn around th plane…

Homer: That was a unintended consequent too…

Jack: I guess it was – but the whole thing…

BB: Ah say th’ we’s lucky they got such unexperts a tryin ta mek bombs.

MizP: You you kin say tha’ut agin…First a feller tried ta blow up his shoes on a airplane…

BB: An  then at Christmas anothern tried ta set far ta his unnerwear…

Homer: An both of ‘em cunt do hit… an there was th’ guys tryin’ ta blow up th subways…

MizP: An tha-ut din’t work neither… we’s sho bin luck…

Jack:  Oh … excuse me Miz Pearlie… it’s not luck we’re talking about…

MizP: You’re rite Mr. Jack…hit’s them angels…

Jack: I believe you’re getting the idea right now Miz Pearlie… God has been looking out for us so far.

Homer: An we needs ta keep on a-prayin’ fer these thangs ta pass us by…

MizP:  An we needs ta be thankin’ th Loard fer pertectin’ s’many of us so fah…

Jack:  And that’s a good way to wind up today’s program – participate in the day of prayer that’s coming up… Lord willing, we’ll be back next week.  I’m Jack Buttram . (END)

 

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HOW TO WEAR OUT YOUR WELCOME (being a jerk) for Monday 100503

            How—deeee! As Miz Minnie-pearl used to greet everyone ---

 

            Strange things are a-happening on the political scene.  Looks like we’ve been in it up to our wader tops for too long a time.   Everybody’s going to be tired of this mid-term race even before we get started..

 

            I’ve heard some people in favor of term limits – because they see what’s going on now – wish for say a seven year term for the President  and something in the way of corrals that would improve behavior in the House and Senate.  But think about it… if we had a seven year Presidential term  now… (Oh I don’t even want to practice thinking about it!)

 

            Well, folks you can tell the natives are getting restless when the griping about the political season starts before the last one ended. I used to live in Virginia and because statewide gubernatorial races came on the off year – as well as legislative races – it seemed like we were *forever* going into or getting out of an election cycle… Well… as a matter of fact we were.

 

            But I think there’s more of a feeling for change in the wind now… just hoping we can catch it in time before too much damage to the structure of the political landscape gets critical.  Having worked in other states where they elect judges by popular vote – and stuff like that… I don’t know that we want to *greatly * increase the number of times we go to the polls.  It’s hard enough to get a clean result now… much less with competition from ourselves.

 

            Well … It’s something to mull over – except I do mullin’ over better in the cold of winter rather than the business of spring and summer… but we’ll take whatever we get I suppose.  Elections are kinda like the weather… sometimes you just can’t help getting’ dumped on – that’s why they have ‘flash flood watches.’

 

            Look forward to being with you Wednesday.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack and Barb

 

 

PS – Here’s a delayed audio track link…Usually hooks up late afternoon.

 

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

 

 

“JUST A MINUTE”

HOW TO WEAR OUT YOUR WELCOME

            Just a Minute: -- Back in 1936 a book eventually selling five million copies, making the author rich -- ” How to Win Friends and Influence People”— was published. The  Author -- Dale Carnegie, who started out as a poor farm boy in Missouri, up every morning at four to milk the family’s cows.

            Why the interest in an old motivational speaker?  A Wall St. Journal  headline pegged President Obama the national “Smart Aleck in Chief.”  A Dan Henniger audio track said within the past month or so, Obama bad-mouthed Mitch McConnell, John Boehner (BAY- ner), Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Bankers, Mine Operators, Glenn Beck, Tea Party-ites and the Supreme Court.  Henniger said it’s Mr. Obama just mobilizing his base.

            Mobilizing is an odd way to describe it since most poll numbers put The President’s approval ratings down in the low 40’s  -- but Dan went on to say it follows Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals – which is DEFINE, DEMONIZE AND MOCK --- what Barack Obama taught ACORN followers in Community Agitator classes in Chicago.

            Since it caught my eye –I thought you’d want to know about it.

            <>I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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