THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS -- SAYING IT DOESN'T MAKE IT SO -- For Just A Minute Radio on Monday 1101011

Howdy, howdy – Friends and neighbors –

 

Start of a new week – still have that unsettled weather band right across the middle of the country. If it isn’t rain it’s snow – and folks getting worried about some of the old-timey dams that used to hold water for generating water power to run looms… or later electric gen-sets --- and lots of little towns had their own water, electric and sewer systems… Gradually – most of those have been retired or in the case of one of the dams down in Georgia – when the dam broke it took a lot of lives with it. 

 

So – these days there’s a good bit of concern about old textile age dams – and regulations and inspections that have to be carried out too. Speaking of water hazards and such – yesterday, I didn’t have a look at the final round of the Augusta National but apparently it was really a mixed bag depending on who various fans were rooting for. The winner, it turns out is a 26 year old from South Africa. Hmmm I wonder if they get to practice more in the winter than the US guys do since the seasons are turned upside down.  Just a thought.

 

Tiger Woods was doing well up to the last round then in the words of the New York Times he ‘went flat.” He was tied for the third rung of the ladder with a couple of others. The real heartbreaker – from what I gather was a young lad from Scotland, I think… anyway his name is Irv McIlroy. (I think it’s spelled wrong in the clip I got) anyway… he was riding high entered the 4^th round with a 4 stroke lead under the leader group – and his game just came apart. He hit one ball about 70 yards off the course… responding to a reporter’s question he said he didn’t know exactly where it was…. He didn’t think *anyone* had ever been over there. Getting out of that fix he hit a tree two or three times... the reports were uncertain – and a splash in a creek… I think it was seven strokes on the 10^th hole… the creek finished him off… He wound up the 4^th round being 10 strokes off the lead… But he’ll get over it --  the other players said… he’s only 21.

 

Well – so much for sports… now it’s back to the grist mill where the mills grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small.  (I’ve seen the operating grist mill over in Cades Cove Tennessee – the other side of the Smokies) [I can’t remember how it’s spelled] – anyway it’s about the only one running that has (or at least had when I saw it quite a while ago) an all-wooden water-wheel.  No doubt that’s hard to keep in repair. The one I’ve seen in WV and another along the Blue Ridge Parkway… they both have larger, but steel water wheels.

 

However, none of this gets us any closer to getting the argufiers from the People’s House (where the Democrats are the minority) to get along with the Republicans who claim the minority in the Senate. It makes little difference – which is why I’m not so tied up in knots I guess – because unless the legislation comes to the President’s desk with his permission it’s going to get vetoed anyway… which puts us right back at the “Continuing Resolution” line… where we can’t afford to pay the bills and have to run the printing presses at night. (Actually I think they do that already.) (J)

 

I just like to salt these little JAM’s (Just a Minute Gems) with a little levity so we can all go home without ulcers – and perhaps take ourselves a little less seriously. There will come a time… if we handle things with aplomb and courtesy  -- when all will come right. *That* is what is making the Democrat leadership sweat even before the sweating season has gotten here.  The conflict isn’t over yet… at least one party is acting as if they can’t take it – and it isn’t the GOP.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

 

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THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS SAYING DOESN’T MAKE IT SO

            Just a Minute: Today I thought we’d look at Mr. Obama’s bogeys on budgeting – but golf got in the way.

          Actually the frazzled finish at Augusta stole attention from the national political contest – but the tangled finish let the Democrats wipe their collective brow while re-grouping to see what kind of goulash can be cooked up out of the present mess.

          The AP described Tiger Wood’s game, up to the last round -- ‘fist pumping’ – then  the red-shirt followers began to crow. But by the end of the game Tiger shared the third step down with three others. On top was a 26 year old South African – Charl Schwartzel – besting the rest of the field with two strokes under at 141 for all four rounds.

          I’m not a particularly avid golf fan but even from the distant sidelines you can feel the pit-of-the-stomach agony, Irv McElroy, 21, felt when he hit a tree for the third time. He had been 4 strokes in the lead – he ended up the last nine and putting out the 18^th 10 strokes back.  Well – tomorrow’s a new day.

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JAM elements for Monday 110411

Howdy on a Monday.  We missed some thunderbumpers Saturday and yesterday I think…. More are on the docket for later this afternoon.

 

PROMOLINE FOR Monday 110411: Mr. Obama’s record for predicting what’s he’s going to do – Guantanamo is an example. And his forecasts of unemployment figures and so forth haven’t exactly hit the mark. Today he’s supposed to unveil his deficit reduction plan which seems to have the same dead-on-arrival situation facing it and as much trouble as the issues they’ve been wrestling for the past seven months. Today’s JUST A MINUTE ignores all that in place of getting a take away on what happened at Augusta National yesterday. So keep it here at 94.5 WMUU-FM at (time).

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Jack

 

“JUST A MINUTE”

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS SAYING DOESN’T MAKE IT SO

            Just a Minute: Today I thought we’d look at Mr. Obama’s bogeys on budgeting – but golf got in the way.

          Actually the frazzled finish at Augusta stole attention from the national political contest – but the tangled finish let the Democrats wipe their collective brow while re-grouping to see what kind of goulash can be cooked up out of the present mess.

          The AP described Tiger Wood’s game, up to the last round -- ‘fist pumping’ – then  the red-shirt followers began to crow. But by the end of the game Tiger shared the third step down with three others. On top was a 26 year old South African – Charl Schwartzel – besting the rest of the field with two strokes under at 141 for all four rounds.

          I’m not a particularly avid golf fan but even from the distant sidelines you can feel the pit-of-the-stomach agony, Irv McElroy, 21, felt when he hit a tree for the third time. He had been 4 strokes in the lead – he ended up the last nine and putting out the 18^th 10 strokes back.  Well – tomorrow’s a new day.

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WILL ROGERS READS THE FUNNIES - for Just A Minute Radio - Friday 110408

Tis the end of the week once again ---

 

And I’m devoutly wishing we’d get over these things. We seem to stop all the wars (three of them – ‘count ‘em) while we see people do silly things in Wisconsin, and filing cabinets keel over again in Japan – Iran fires up it’s centrifuges – Germany and the rest of Europe including the British Isles pull in their horns a good bit and Portugal’s pleas for a ‘bailout’ fall on ears that don’t support hearing much more for fear they are losing their own mojo.

 

I’m glad it’s Spring. The flowers blooming here in the upstate already – and even the dandelions look cheerful even if I know they are pesky weeds. (I did read a New Englander’s recipe this week suggesting fresh green dandelion leaves go well in the spring making delicious salad.  Hmmm…OK I’ll take your word for it – at least it’s better than getting more bad news from around the world.)

 

Watching the ground shake in Japan yesterday was discomfiting. We had spent the evening before with a missionary’s son – who’s been serving in Japan as a minister and teacher for several decades – speaks Japanese fluently – and we mined a few stories out of him while he was here visiting his parents – but has to be back in Tokyo by the weekend returning to his preaching duties. Showing care for parents half a world away sometimes gets complicated.

 

It’s winding down – the school year -- now. And exams to be given and taken – plans made for the coming year.  Budgets figured and re-figured because of our changing economic circumstances – and we seem to be attending another friend’s funeral from one day to the next. Sickness and death play a very common theme – being inconvenient!

 

While there is an immediate pang and pain from the separation which ensues from illness and the end of life – at the same time, for those who have placed their trust in Christ it is a triumphant time – even though for a relatively short time (they say) we will be rejoined with loved ones who’ve gone on before. The sadness that hangs over us sometimes comes out of the unfulfilled expectations when we had hoped to speak more winsomely to friends who had spurned the invitations to trust in the Lord for salvation. We saw a real rejoicing in a part of Africa – Liberia to be specific – where there have been wars and hardship and very difficult times resulting from mis-administration by government and people entrusted with responsibilities – who have responded to the lures of personal gain, or wealth or other temporal attractions to their own detriment – but more sadly to those for whom they held responsibility.

 

I dare not think on that too much or I will tend to lose the *joy* of belonging to my Heavenly Father – and rejoicing in the family the Lord has given me both my own and for many acquaintances. Here in our country we are blessed beyond measure – and we really cannot easily put ourselves in the difficulties of many many millions who live in circumstances of hardship and difficulty. Nonetheless – may I say the Lord is MY shepherd – and go on to recount mentally ALL the blessings that are manifold IN HIM.  Praise the Lord.

 

Well… better quit for this week. God bless you and your family and friends. He is willing if you are!

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Jack and Barbara

 

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WILL ROGERS READS THE FUNNIES

            Just a Minute: The forecasts are mixed on the legislative wrestling match – But Will Rogers’ had a few timely observations -- he said:  

          “Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they’d be Republicans.” – Also noting, -- "The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit each party is worse than the other."  Adding: “Politics has become so expensive it takes a lot of money just to get defeated.” – See, "…A fool and his money are soon elected."

          Last week he’d say: "Congress is awful strange; a man gets up to speak, says nothing, nobody listens, then everybody disagrees."

          The President could take comfort in: "The Senate just sits and waits till they find out what the president wants, so they know how to vote against him." Probably Sen. McConnell, figured got that figured out handling health care – it’s called ‘sandbox politics.’

          Finally, the Oklahoma cowboy/humorist’s prophetic take on handling multiple wars -- "I have a scheme for stopping war. … No nation is allowed to enter a war till they pay for the last one."

                    <> I’m Jack Buttram (END)

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GET PENCIL & PAPER READY - TEN FOOD ENTRIES - JUST A MINUTE Radio for Thursday 110407

It became more apparent as the evening wore on that nothing was going to happen.

 

MAYBE something would happen before the Friday night deadline… but the cantankerous mule juice was being frequently passed around to the point it became pretty obvious WE DID have time for games contrary to the President’s assessment.

 

The longer it drags on the more tedious it gets both for the originators AND all the observers. Fortunately most of the nation just sleeps through it – but it seems to drag on forever.

 

So rather than stick to it here at 3AM… I’m abandoning my post – and will (Lord willing) be back at it tomorrow.  But I have several other things to do – as I’m sure  you do also. 

 

I heard network people dull in their expression reading off what might be closed and what might not… who might be paid and who would have to re-fry those beans again… and I sort of lost my appetite.

 

Hope you have a good day… perhaps by Friday evening there will be conclusive news… it’s too late to call it good.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

 

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GET PENCIL & PAPER READY – TEN FOOD ENTRIES

            Just a Minute: With everybody worried about running out of money – here’s what you can do while Congress is Yackin’. – This list I carefully gathered from the Internet when I realized Congress is bound to play-out the clock and won’t find a compromise until midnight on or after Friday.

          So to help reduce worry ...[get your pen or pencil ready]: Here’s a list of the ten best foods to cut down worry about your budget – not from me but from doctors and dieticians.

          #1 Oatmeal – especially with some berries – later in the list. #2 Salmon – or mackerel or tuna – even sardines. #3 Avocado – awesome – make a shrimp & grapefruit salad . #4 Olive oil – you know how – recommended virgin or extra virgin. #5 – Nuts… make your own selections. #6 Berries – blackberries, blueberries, cranberries. #7 legumes, lentils, beans – be creative. #8 Spinach. #9 Flaxseeds – they go well on oatmeal too. And #10Soy beans …green ones OK but watch out for the salt.

          OK—no more worry now.  I’m out of time. <> Jack Buttram  (END)

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THE LIGHTS IS ABOUT TO GO OUT OUT NOW,, MR. JACK: - for JUST A MINUTE radio Wednesday 110406

The sqawkin’ and tawkin’ goin’ on in the Capitol’s conference rooms is apoplectic – or something akin to it.

 

Each side has its ‘sacred’ points which need to be properly distributed for the ‘folks back in Buncombe.’  And especially the Freshmen – having come to D.C. promising to ‘save the world’ they now must make a mighty show of it or risk being a one-term tea-partier – and they all know it.

 

While it may seem petty to those outside the conflict – I doubt we feel less emotion watching a master’s tennis match than these folks do who have contributed – some times from scanty funds – but who want to be rid of the pettiness and earmarkings – back scratchings – log rollings – whatever they have been called down through the years. And there can be a great deal of principle at stake here – and at the same time a few (or more than a few) who are feathering their nests at the expense of their students.

 

This week I read of some of the salaries of those in charge of “elite” colleges particularly in the NE and SW. But as far as I could tell avarice apparently exists as fruitfully in the halls of ‘higher education’ as it does on Wall Street or Bankers Row or various sport-halls of fame.  Money, it seems is an awful temptation and through some eyes a suitable reward. All I can do is express surprise.  I don’t think I have *ever* run into a teacher or administrator who was in it for the money – although I may have.  I suspect at the levels some university presidents are being paid these days it is more like seeing if you can make it – dollarwise – in the BIG LEAGUES rather than on the home fields. 

 

It’s not my intention to paint educators, businessmen or politicians with the broad brush of mercantilism or intimate they are just in business for the $$$.  I know many educators and even family businessmen and women who are ‘sacrificing’ to be where they are.  Then there are others who have climbed the ladder of success or fame or fortune – who discover – mostly too late, that the ladder was propped against the wrong building or mountain or whatever obstacle was in the way.  We see and read about these people as often as we may wish – yet the lingering mist of education reminds us of the words of Scripture…

 

            What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul.  Mark 8:36

 

Since I worked in Washington for a while (and I suspect New York or London or wherever has a similar magnetism of the soul) I look back on people I’ve known and realized that has exactly been their fate. I’m not judging – just reporting – and thanking the Lord He caused me to take the ‘wrong’ turns or not jump at the ‘right’ time or whatever – and I’m winding up just where God wants me to be – doing what He wants of me – at least that *IS* my goal. May I finish the race strongly and truly -- is my prayer.

 

Well – may the Lord bless you till we meet again.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

Barbara and Jack Buttram

 

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THE LIGHTS IS ABOUT TO GO OUT NOW, MR. JACK

HOMER: JIST A MINUTE: – Mr. Jack has you ever seen thangs more cornfused tha-un this arggiment?

Jack: I guess I have, Homer.  Something similar happened in 1994 when Gingrich was the Speaker. 

BB: They actchul shut th’ place plumb down?

Jack: Plumb down Billy … twice! T’was first time the GOP had the majority in the House for about 20 years.

MizP: An whut happened?

Jack: The Republicans had taken over and swelled up so - they were just not going to do what…

MizP: Whut the tother side wanted them ta do.  I member hit like tha-ut in the 3^rd grade – on th playgroun…

Jack: Embarrassing to think back on isn’t it?

MizP: Hit shore is…

Jack: Well Mr. Boehner remembers bein’ in the House when it came to an impasse in ’94..,

BB: An he din’t want ta go thu hit again.

Homer: They’s hevvy ketchin’ up ta do when you do sumpin’ like tha-ut.

BB: I member wonct when a mule kicked me inna barn yard…

Jack: Made you mad?

BB: Hit shore did… I picked up a stick an was a-gonna beat tha-ut mult ‘till the cows come home.

MizP: Whut stopped you Mr. Beelie?

BB: Ah begin ta thank… if’n I beat th’ mule much … Daddy woudda beat me good…

Homer: You’da  got th’ beatin’ -- not th’ mule.

BB: At’s about rite. --  Ennyway …  Ah’m glad I growed up a little.

MizP: But Ah know in this corntest… If’n ah’d come to Congers a- promisin’ ta git sumpin done…

BB: Ah know ah’d got ta do hit.

Homer: Rite… then you better die a-atryin’ ta’ git hit done.

Jack: In this case there’s been so many years when the’ve taken th’ easy way out.

MizP: An got thangs got worser an worser…

Jack: Exactly Miss Pearl… well… maybe we learned something today.

Homer: Yeah… don’t give up th’ ship….

MizP: ‘Cep if’n you’re ready ta take a beatin fer it.

Jack: I never heard it wind up that way… but we’ll let it stand because we’ve gotta  go now… I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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WHERE ARE ALL THE CELOPHANE BAGS? - JUST A MINUTE RADIO for Tuesday 110405

Hard to believe the bright day today after the dunking we got late last night.

 

But here we are again on the first day of the NEW AND IMPROVED “I WANT TO BE PRESIDENT FOR FOUR MORE YEARS!” CAMPAIGN OF Mr. Barack Hussein Obama!  Shades of Bro. Jimmy Carter. Do we really have to be drug through that knothole again? Will we never learn?

 

The speculation is – probably with a reasonable foundation – that he *will* be able to raise one billion for his campaign for the first time in History.  Whew – what a relief.  I thought he might need to enlist the help of ACORN to accomplish that – but it appears it will only need the AFL-CIO group – a skillion other special interest groups including all the unions and left-leaning cohesions that are able to rub two nickels together after they pay their leaders salaries that rival those ot the President and a BIG chunk of the executive salaries in the land.

 

I too have been involved in raising money for a Presidential run… The year was 1964 and a somewhat unknown western Senator from Arizona decided he might as well run. That year the rules that were in place prevented such organizations from raising and spending more than ‘one million dollars’ for the campaign – so keepers of the rules were “forced” to create a ‘new’ campaign committee each time the contribution plate’s pile approached one million.  My understanding is they had to create 13 of those committees to “obey the rules.”

 

My goodness… that would hardly pay the expenses of just getting your group’s feet on the ground in Iowa now. I don’t think it’s that campaigns cost more… it’s just they have people who are more efficient at spending (they’ve taken a *crash* course called “How to Succeed in Government Without Really Trying.”  It’s a marvelous stimulus for unemployed bureaucrats which has caused a real shortening of the unemployment lines – you’ll notice the drop in numbers already. What you don’t notice is how much those fortunate people are who are just shouting hallelujah’s to the heavens because they’ve found a job!  Fortunately the American public has become inured to such things and BIG TIME government jobs rarely turn on who raises the most money. (shuuush - not) So we have very little to worry about.  (Indeed we have very little to worry with.)

 

Well – no need to be in a big hurry. It will take us only about 18 months until the next presidential election – which – if the creeks don’t rise, will bring us out on election day of 2012 with many, many organizations claiming the credit for salvaging the Republic from an inglorious end – no matter whose name is in the final winners’ bracket. I can hardly wait… but right now I think I’ll take a nap.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Jack

 

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WHERE ARE ALL THE CELOPHANE BAGS?

            Just a Minute: When President Franklin Roosevelt announced he was running for an unprecedented fourth term – one of the Washington dailies could not resist running this lead:  “Today President Roosevelt let the cat out of the cellophane bag.

          Candidate Obama’s standard stump speech” is built around “hope and change” – his autobiography carries the title “The Audacity of Hope.” However it’s not as if the word has simply gathered dust -- President Clinton in his first climb toward the White House presented himself to the electorate as “the man from Hope.”

          Still there are others uses for the terms in campaigns like: “I sure hope we won’t have to put up with his golf playing or climbing aboard Air Force One hoping someone will look after things while he’s away.”

          Perhaps we could hope one of the new House members would craft an “anti-balderdash law” making it a punishable offense to use the same word more than three times a minute while running for elective office.

          I sure hope so! <> I’m Jack Buttram

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LET'S YOU AND ME *NOT* FIGHT! - Just A Minute Radio for Monday 110404

Here it is a bee-yout-a-full Spring Day and whut air we a-doin’ out chere? – Waitin’ fer th’ rain ts begin after midnite t’nite. ---

 

Well let’s get started. The fighting continues to go on in Libya, Afghanistan, Ivory Coast and several other places – altogether it’s a very unpleasant thing to happen. I noted some of the American Embassies were closing simply because they needed a fairly *large* group to hold back demonstrators – and they weren’t up to that yet.

 

That’s all well and good but the world keeps turning. You have to remove some of the thousands on a small Mediterranean island that somewhat to the north and slightly to the east of the western border of Libya. (Boy that’s gonna be a rough road to follow.) – No – don’t say it again.  I”ve heard it already.

 

There are just too many trouble spots out there – and protecting all the security protectors just doesn’t work out practically. If the army won’t – or can’t protect itself… things are going from bad to worst.  But a big fat nation like Britain or America or Canada – well they wouldn’t miss a few people or a bag or two of money. Those are the kinds of conversations going on day and night around here.

 

So… I hate to say it – but speaking of night… I’m sleepy… and ah know all this case of caracters’ are see – If I can – himmmm I’m confused.

 

Not a good place to be when flying. --- NO sirree… lets get going before I collapse.

 

We got things more or less presentable – but that’s a sliding scale that someone better be careful with…. We don’t want to hurt somebody’s faith.

 

We also don’t want to lose someone’s life.  Ah thank I’d better stretch out on the couch… I just don’t care much for the creepy crawly things…. And I can’t start a story this late in the early morning…

 

We’s been doing a good bit of movin… and that one… see ya nex time.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

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LET’S YOU AND ME NOT FIGHT

            Just a Minute: James Taranto – a writer/editor for the Dow Jones electronic Opinion Journal – coined the term “Palinoia” – being applied to verbal exchanges voiced looking toward 2012. The most recent incident was a ‘lame-stream’ media look-askance at Michelle Bachmann tuning up her campaign which could make a right turn toward the presidency.

          But Mr. Taranto was not sorting out politicians – he was trying to figure out just why and from whom are the grape-shot-across-the-bow fusillades originating? His eagle eye has settled on other women who are liberal and probably resent her conservatism. One of the most recent artillery exchanges came rather innocently as Ms. Palin responded to Sean Hannity saying she (quote) “wouldn’t call (former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum) a knuckle-dragging Neanderthal – she’d leave that for his wife.” Ms. Palin was answering a question about not attending January’s CEPAC convention.

          However, Republicans and all would-be candidates will have to learn political primary campaigning must be done more with water-pistols or paint balls, not 45’s and revolvers. Otherwise all the candidates will be mortally wounded before 2012.

          <> I’m Jack Buttram

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LET'S YOU AND ME *NOT* FIGHT! - Just A Minute Radio for Monday 110404

Here it is a bee-yout-a-full Spring Day and whut air we a-doin’ out chere? – Waitin’ fer th’ rain ts begin after midnite t’nite. ---

 

Well let’s get started. The fighting continues to go on in Libya, Afghanistan, Ivory Coast and several other places – altogether it’s a very unpleasant thing to happen. I noted some of the American Embassies were closing simply because they needed a fairly *large* group to hold back demonstrators – and they weren’t up to that yet.

 

That’s all well and good but the world keeps turning. You have to remove some of the thousands on a small Mediterranean island that somewhat to the north and slightly to the east of the western border of Libya. (Boy that’s gonna be a rough road to follow.) – No – don’t say it again.  I”ve heard it already.

 

There are just too many trouble spots out there – and protecting all the security protectors just doesn’t work out practically. If the army won’t – or can’t protect itself… things are going from bad to worst.  But a big fat nation like Britain or America or Canada – well they wouldn’t miss a few people or a bag or two of money. Those are the kinds of conversations going on day and night around here.

 

So… I hate to say it – but speaking of night… I’m sleepy… and ah know all this case of caracters’ are see – If I can – himmmm I’m confused.

 

Not a good place to be when flying. --- NO sirree… lets get going before I collapse.

 

We got things more or less presentable – but that’s a sliding scale that someone better be careful with…. We don’t want to hurt somebody’s faith.

 

We also don’t want to lose someone’s life.  Ah thank I’d better stretch out on the couch… I just don’t care much for the creepy crawly things…. And I can’t start a story this late in the early morning…

 

We’s been doing a good bit of movin… and that one… see ya nex time.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

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“JUST A MINUTE”

LET’S YOU AND ME NOT FIGHT

            Just a Minute: James Taranto – a writer/editor for the Dow Jones electronic Opinion Journal – coined the term “Palinoia” – being applied to verbal exchanges voiced looking toward 2012. The most recent incident was a ‘lame-stream’ media look-askance at Michelle Bachmann tuning up her campaign which could make a right turn toward the presidency.

          But Mr. Taranto was not sorting out politicians – he was trying to figure out just why and from whom are the grape-shot-across-the-bow fusillades originating? His eagle eye has settled on other women who are liberal and probably resent her conservatism. One of the most recent artillery exchanges came rather innocently as Ms. Palin responded to Sean Hannity saying she (quote) “wouldn’t call (former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum) a knuckle-dragging Neanderthal – she’d leave that for his wife.” Ms. Palin was answering a question about not attending January’s CEPAC convention.

          However, Republicans and all would-be candidates will have to learn political primary campaigning must be done more with water-pistols or paint balls, not 45’s and revolvers. Otherwise all the candidates will be mortally wounded before 2012.

          <> I’m Jack Buttram

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WHERE HAVE ALL THE WORKERS GONE? -- Friday February 110401

Praise the Lord – I’m just happy to be through that week and hope we don’t have to experience it again.

 

But actually we have more difficult ones coming up.  Our son Kevin and his family will be returning from their mission assignment to Hawaii for the last three years or so.  I know, I know – “tough job” people say… but somebody’s got to do it.

 

I’ve visited there several times… and find it really a beautiful place as is Samoa and Fiji, New Zealand and other places out in the South Pacific…

 

But also I recall when we were visiting Kevin and they were installing those Tsunami warning sirens probably 20+ years ago.  I think you can feel awfully lonely out there when one of those ‘biggies’ roll in and stack up the boats in the Marina and wash whole amadas of Toyotas in the drink.  And Hawaii is there – why? Because that’s where God wants it to be – is the first answer – but the volcanologist will say… It’s where twotechtonic plates some together – pieces of the earth’s crust… and when there’s disturbances there – the molten lava wants to come up and show itself.

 

One of the most spectacular film shot’s I’ve ever seen is when a river of fire comes writhing its way down the slopes of the 11 thousand foot peak to the ocean… making steam and shoving things out of the way when it comes. Talk about something ‘unstoppable’ – that’s it.  They’ve tried… it wipes out roads villages, landmarks and reaches the ocean with a giant cloud of water turned back into vapor.

 

I sure am glad the Lord God is in charge of all this. Otherwise I’d be scared!

 

Well, we’re seeing more of the beauties of Spring – and are hoping perhaps beginning this fall if the weather is nice and no sudden emptying of the bank account… we can utilize some savings and finally get around to doing some landscaping here… or getting it done. 

 

We’ve got a yard sale in prospect in May.  Why so long wait.. you may ask?  It takes TIME to collect and accumulate all this ‘stuff’ – but in May we’re going to ‘unload’ – at least that’s what we say.  Plus… I *need* to get my ham rig back on the air in some fashion. I can still remember the Morse Code… but I’m our of practice…I’ve taken some of the early steps… but that’s not getting there… perhaps later in the summer.  Then I haven’t seen my brother in over two years now…and I’d like to see those folks as well as the Virginia mountains where I grew up… Tis in me blood! 

 

With the pinch-penny mode I’m in… they all say “Scots’ – [not Scotch…that’s a dog or a drink] Just keep on reading there’s bound to be something educational here.  But I must move on – it’s 12:31AM says my midnight oil little clock cube… I’ve already been sleepy all the day.

 

So… Thanks for coming by – enjoy the weekend – Till Monday….

 

Cordially, IN HIM

Barbara &Jack Buttram

 

 

“JUST A MINUTE”

WHERE HAVE ALL THE WORKERS GONE?

            Just a Minute: Yesterday we woke with TWO front-page Wall Street Journal stories telling us two multi-billionaires left their top-of-the-heap jobs and no longer hold keys to the executive washrooms.

          Warren Buffett’s nearly certain successor at Berkshire Hathaway had stepped down after having bought $10 million or so shares of Lubrizol realizing about a $3 million profit.    

          While Paul Allen, co-founder, and thought-to-be successor to Bill Gates at Microsoft, also had departed his slot as designated leader at Redmond, – He departed with his 37 percent of the company saying he wanted to spend more time with his family – and investments.

          Buffet, and Mr. Paul Sokol, did not feel the purchases “were in any way unlawful.”  Buffet is CEO and Berkshire Chairman.  The Security and Exchange Commission said nothing.

          Allan’s book – due out mid April – called -- “Idea Man: Memoir by the CoFounder of Microsoft.” He’ been treated for cancer. – I guess even billionaires can’t get good help these days. <> I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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