THE SCRAPPIN' STEPS TO CENTER STAGE -- Just A Minute Radio for Wednesday 120905

Sometimes it’s hard to keep the chin up. Last evening I saw one of the ladies who was a combat helicopter pilot severely wounded on the stage in Charlotte – and her speech both politically and patriotically was exemplary and a good example. It’s the kind of ‘coming together’ that IS important in America and I’m pleased to see it. What I don’t like is jabs and unthankful things said, not by this person but occasionally said by Democrats and Republicans. After all folks we *are* all Americans and there are people among us on both sides who are bad as well as good. Nobody’s got a lock on morals or certainty.  So we’re better off to get it tattooed inside our eyelids – neither side is perfect! Both sides can use improvement, honesty and understanding. So let’s pull in our “Better than Thou” horns and be thankful we’re in America.

 

There – I started and delivered my unintended sermon in the first paragraph. Now it’s over.

 

Now a personal word: I – we – greatly appreciate those who have prayed for us and particularly for our son KIM.  He’s had some improvements and some setbacks. We really have no strong evidence of weather or not he’s going to come through this injury normally.  He’s been through quite a lot – now and previously when he was attacked by skin-cancer – melanoma. He’s been through a lot of surgery –including brain surgery – and the Lord has blessed his recovery from that. We’re just taking this one day at a time with prayer and trusting the Lord for HIS will. Thank you so much for your prayers and concerns. We are truly thankful and wish for you to know that. God bless you – every one. Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ (who) strengthens me!”

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Barbara and Jack

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THE SCRAPPIN’ STEPS TO CENTER STAGE

Homer: Jist a Minute: Mr. Jack, Ah Cain’t b’leve

   th childish fussin’ goin’ on in Charlotte.

Jack: It is pretty ridiculous isn’t it. 

BB: I ain’t never seed grown ups tawk like

   ta-ut ta one another.

MizP: Me neither Mr. Beelie.lessen hit was

   on a kindergarten playground.

Jack: Well, Homer, Mr. Bill, Miz Pearl it is the

   Political season and silly, bordering on

   stupid things do happen.

MizP: Ah’d send a yeller bus after em an

   haul ‘em off to th’ nursery an make ‘em

   sit in a corner.

BB: Wif a Dunce cap on ah thank. Ah hafta

   ‘ figger they ain’t grown up enuf to be

   hardly in th’ nursery.

Homer: Sen. Durbin acted so stoopid  he

   ‘bout got punched in th’ nose.

Jack: Really it wasn’t that bad.

MizP: Oh hit was Mr. Jack – I woun’t have

  stood hit when Ah was dealin wif nursery

   chillun.

.Jack: You have to remember they only get

   tto do this every two or four years..

BB: But tha-ut ain’t no reason ta be so

   childish is hit?

Homer: If’n Ah wuz Mr. Obama – ah’d be

   shamed outta school ta have one of

   them on my team.

BB: Me too! Ah’d be totally – Ah mean

  tee-totally embarrassed ta have ‘em

  on my side.

 Jack: I understand what you’re sayin’

   but Politics is a strange sport or

   whatever it is. – And it’s been around

   a long time.

MizP: Speakin’ of time ain’t we ‘bout to

   run over our’n?

Jack: Right you are – next week we’ll try

  to do something else.  See you then.

<>I’m Jack Buttram.. (END)

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CAN THE DEMS SURVIVE THEIR OWN CONVENTION? -- Just A Minute Radio for Thursday 120906

I only got to see the last part of Ex-President Clinton’s speech last night – so I didn’t get the full blast. 

 

The first part – according to a report I got, was good – acknowledging the former President that went before and doing a good job of praising the “other side.”  I got about the last 2/3 of the speech which was still over 52 minutes total I’m told. Even at that I’m surprised at how much he put in there – and if I didn’t know better I’d be tempted to say it was a good speech. 

 

But it wasn’t. I’m reminded of the midway game of chance barker who invites the unsuspecting midway walkers to guess under which shell the peanut is hiding.  After a couple of correct guesses, he takes his ‘winnings’ and spends them all in trying to continue his string of luck. Of course he walks away having lost his ‘winnings’ and the shell-master entices someone else to try their luck.

 

I’ve never seen such a pile of “luck” lined up in 40+ minutes in such a believable way and to such uninterrupted cheering.  Experienced newsmen said they began to sense a certain ‘tiredness’ in the clapping and cheering as the end neared  but the master of the midway left a cheering crowd all happy and willing to follow their leader over the cliff if necessary. I even noticed the hardened Rahm Emmanuel cheering and clapping although I know he knew a lot of the stuff Mr. Clinton was saying wasn’t demonstrably true.

 

Frankly, It’s not my game. I don’t know how you take such a mound of half-truths even empty non-truths to which people crowed and cheered and clapped into the night.  It’s a losing game for the inexperienced and that’s what we have here in this election.  I remember four years ago on election night seeing some visibly poor people dancing into the night believing their debts were paid and now they would be able to get a shiny new car in a more desirable neighborhood.  How sorrowful those people must be now (or they might be ready to be taken to the cleaners again) when they find there’s no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

 

Is the Romney/Ryan team up to the task of straightening out the ‘yellow-brick-road’ and its deceptive promises of lots of lucre and riotous living when you just ‘hit it rich’ as promised by the shell game masters. In a way it’s sort of sad – indeed sorrowful – seeing the same type of crowd being taken in again and again by the same speeches and promises. I just hope and pray the ‘spell’ may be broken – and by God’s grace possibly this time it will be and we can begin to see light at the end of the tunnel.  Last night it was discouraging.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Goodnight everyone!

Jack

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CAN THE DEMS SURVIVE THEIR OWN CONVENTION?

            Just a Minute: Yesterday’s DNC Convention in Charlotte was a sight worth attending, not because of historical significance but as a lesson in human relations.

            On Tuesday, I had witnessed a conversation between Sen. Dick Durbin and Fox New’s Correspondent Bret Baier. The conflict came when Bret asked the Senator ‘Why was the language describing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel left out of the Democrat platform;  also the name of “God” was removed from the same document after it had been in previous editions of the platform in 2008 and before. Durbin took umbrage at the suggestion Baier voiced about it being a change made for no apparent reason. 

            Doing further research on the Internet I found there’s a raft of people playing in the comic drama: “Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?”  There are at least two dozen TV comics stacking up cordwood on that phrase… so I decided to ignore it. Pay attention to news media if you will -- but you’ll be far better off answering the question yourself with your Bible rather than David Letterman. <> I’m Jack Buttram.         (END)

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WILL WE GO DOWN THE WRONG ROAD AGAIN -- Just A Minute Radio.blogspot.com120904

Monday was a rather rugged day with things that didn’t go right and some involving deeper difficulties.

 

Today is an indication there is going to be difficulties in the air so we’ll just take it as it comes and commit it to the Lord. I’m hoping the convention will go reasonably smoothly… but that’s up to the Lord. It just depends on what He’s trying to show us in these tumultuous times.  ‘

 

I *know* it will come out all correctly because HE is in control of *everything*.  I really don’t doubt that for a second.  The difficulties are because we –as the Apostle Paul says in I Corinthians 13 – “We see through the glass (probably a mirror) darkly…(indistinctly) …”  We – as God’s children are objects of HIS love, and HE will at the proper and opportune time, will reveal to us just what it is (or was) He is teaching us or providing for us  so we shall know even as we are known by HIM. So it’s just our job to keep our attention fixed on HIM and HIS love.

 

Well, that all sounds strange to those who are not ‘in the fold’ so to speak. Jesus says: “My sheep hear my voice and are known of me.” So things are going to come out all right  we need not worry.  He IS Lord!

 

Time to turn in  the witching hour is past --  time for rest.

 

God bless you and yours and keep you safe.

 

IN HIM

 

Jack and Barbara

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WILL WE GO DOWN THE WRONG ROAD AGAIN?

            Just a Minute: British historian Paul Johnson describes a significant turning-point in American history in his best-selling book, "Modern Times."

            Until the 1960’s, he writes in a chapter called “America’s Suicide Attempt” – public finance had been run along conventional lines – budgets essentially in balance except in exceptional circumstances. The big change came under Kennedy when the Administration began creating budget deficits even when there was no emergency. 

            Big government you see had become the ‘problem eliminator’. Almost thirty years ago, “Modern Times” introduced that possibility of Trillion-dollar deficits. Today they surpass 16 Trillion. Is Mr. Johnson worried about America’s future?

            “Of course I worry about America”-- he says, “The whole world depends on America ultimately, particularly Britain. And also, I love America—a marvelous country. But in a sense I don't worry about America because I think America has such huge strengths -- particularly its freedom of thought and expression -- that it's going to survive as a top nation for the foreseeable future. And therefore take care of the world."

            Let us pray Mr. Johnson is correct <> I’m Jack Buttram.       (END)

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WISE WORDS ACROSS THE TRANSOM -- Just a Minute Radio for Monday 120903

Hey! It’s Labor Day!  On toppa that I just wrote a pome. (I know it’s spelled wrong – it’s just one of the tricks I garnered to give me more time for *other* things.

 

Well what’s the news – what are some of the *other* things you’re spoutin’ about (I ask Humbly – notice I capitalized “Humbly” and made it ‘bold’ because I’m entering on a new program of saving time and being more efficient. 

 

Now I realize looking at an old guy like me you’d say something like: “Your time’s about up anyway – old codger!” and I would agree with you – but I’m undertaking a new project which even though it may be unsuccessful, it at least puts me in the category of trying to learn at least one new thing every so often – as often as I can muster – and it’s supposed to give me a shot at extending the time when I don’t have to put up with my own “Can’t remember what I just said.”- experience…. I think it’s called by the medical name of  “Alzheimer’s”.

 

See I’m entering a new world. *I* didn’t remember that … or recall how to properly set it off in the type face so you would notice it. No!  I tricked the typewriter hidden inside this computer into doing it. [Of course it took me nearly five minutes of experimenting and rearranging the commands etc. to get it to do what I wanted. And that’s NOT efficient – nor the goal I had set in my mind. BUT…

 

I’m giving a chance to the “Dragon” Naturally Speaking program to *teach* me how to do it and with some practice to become an expert.  That may be far off over the not- so-nearby horizon – but once again remember I’m fighting two things here… my typing (which is abominable since college days) and time – of which I am running out. (L) – You can see the ‘smiley-face’ isn’t smiling. [Would you believe I had 5 wrong keystrokes embedded in getting that smiley-face to frown?]  That see is the key to my problem … I never took the time to learn -  which probably would have added 20 years to my lifespan and reduced blood pressure if I had.

 

Somebody must have written a short two-line poem to take care of making my point here… but I can’t remember it or who.?

 

Anyway don’t expect miracles – just know that I’m chipping away at the Alzheimer’s ogre staring over my shoulder and making errors for me.  BTW…I did have to go back on this paragraph and *copy* Alzheimer’s from the earlier copy. It’s one of those words I seem to *continuously* get wrong --  (I didn’t have to look up continuously but I did have to correct [electronically] the typos… I think it’s if not a losing battle at least a difficult one. 

 

And with that I close out today’s experiment and wish you all a HAPPY LABOR DAY!

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Jack

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WISE WORDS ACROSS THE TRANSOM

 

    

                        Just a Minute: In reading the reactions and commentary in between the GOP and Democrat Conventions, I ran across this from Thomas Sowell, who was born in North Carolina, grew up in Harlem, attended Harvard as a former Marine photographer and is one of America’s best short form news commentators. He is currently the Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

            He recently wrote: (quote) “Barack Obama is one of those people who is often wrong but never in doubt. When he burst upon the national political scene as a presidential candidate in 2008, even some conservatives were impressed by his confidence.

            “But confident ignorance is one of the most dangerous qualities in a leader of a nation.

            “If he has the rhetorical skills to inspire the same confidence in himself by others, then you have the ingredients for national disaster.” (Unquote)

                Dr. Sowell put it more succinctly and to the point than I could have done. It’s a fitting background to the next four days. <> I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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GRAND OLD PARTY BNEGINS IT'S OFFICIAL RUN UP -- Just a Minute Radio for120831

To use an old FDR era punch line: “The cat has been let out of the cellophane bag!”.  That sort of describes what happened at the GOP ‘reducto’ version of the National Convention.

 

There really wasn’t anything to be decided. By the time everyone got to – or looked in on – the GOP National convention the only thing to be decided was how many days would be occupied by the massive and expensive gathering in Tampa.  Everybody knew Mitt Romney would be the nominee and Paul Ryan the nominee for VP… Nothing much else was accomplished except an 82 year old ‘former’ movie star did a rambling and a bit distorted stretch of comedy that some saw as a short ‘derailment’ of what the meeting was all about.

 

However the children had a great time watching 100,000 balloons float down from the arena’s heights – and hearing some acts that pass in certain circles as music (although *I*  can’t really understand why --- but then I don’t even come close to the age group they are trying to attract! I know I don’t have the $$$ they need to make these huge campaigns totter around the country.)  And there’s a huge amount of money and effort that goes into the “entertainment” – but at the end of the day it really doesn’t decide much. Plus even Mr. Eastwood’s ‘comedy’ was a somewhat off-color around the edges.  But then my viewpoint is that of an old curmudgeon. I guess I would be a poor substitute for the grouchiness of dear old “Andy”.

 

Actually the London “Telegraph” – although a surviving newspaper – really survives because it dabbles in the electronic world-wide media that really doesn’t touch the people I think it’s aiming at – but is a bit like a billboard poster stuck on a wooden fence. It’s still there but is not really up to the minute news that’s required in this 21^st Century World but it kind of quaint.

 

Well, enough of the critical view. It’s time to read a good book or something that challenges and informs the brain and heart though it’s sold as entertainment.  So you’ve heard enough from me this week. I’ll look for you next week and hope you have a good and healthy and loving weekend. Here’s a lovely thought that comes into my mind at this moment. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Ps 27:1

 

Cordially In HIM,

 

Jack & Barbara

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GRAND OLD PARTY BEGINS ITS OFFICIAL RUN UP

 

    

                        Just a Minute: “Once more into the breach dear friends, once more…” The battle cry of Henry the Fifth that echoed across the fields of Agincourt – at least according to Wm. Shakespeare – echoed across the rain-soaked landscapes of Tampa, Florida as the Republican Party closed out its National Convention at precisely 11:30 last evening after releasing 100,000 balloons and 500 pounds of confetti. The ceremony, prayer and banging gavel climaxed the GOP’s nominating convention and set free the official race between the two major political parties in the US.

 

            Now November 6^th will reveal the winners and losers of the Congressional and Governmental contests – and say, without firing a shot, which party’s candidates will be installed as legislators and government officers in the month of January 2013. Since January 20^th falls on a Sunday the actual ceremony and celebration of the President and Vice President taking office will occur on January twenty first.

           

            The speeches were all made, the music all played on the Thursday of convention week, so next week in Charlotte, it becomes the Democrats’ turn. Look us up Monday.  <> I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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PAUL RYAN IS A GOOD SALESMAN -- Just A Minute Radio for Thursday 120830

Things seem to be moving faster and faster – or I’m just getting slower and slower.

 

In any case I can’t seem to get what needs doin’ in the time I can find to do it. But I’ll keep trying and see where we get.

 

Paul Ryan’s speech (the introductory one to the Nation it seems from all the promotion) was on last evening and very enjoyable.

 

I had not realized that he set out on this project – not to become the Vice President, no – to see what could be done to ‘right’ the terrible wrongs that were being created at the beginning of Mr. Obama’s term as President.  A Major gathering of government talent was appointed, the President thought it good that they had been appointed (Mr. Ryan was among them because he was ranking member  I think of the House Budget Committee.) and they set about their business of building or re-building the budget mess inherited from the previous administration. The President thanked them for their work – sent them on their way  -- and never spoke to them as a group since then. No advice, nothing.

 

Well… that was just the precursor to things going from bad to worse – and the pattern hasn’t changed in the 3.5 years + of the (hopefully) President’s final (DV) term.

I begin to get nauseated when I think about how he has tried to initiate all the 5 TRILLION in additional debt – and stuff like that… and done nothing that even a mentally handicapped President would have tried to do. But maybe he did with secret executive orders – what do we know.

 

I just know we’re in terribly bad shape financially and every other way when it comes to government. I just breathe a prayer that we will be able to recover governmental equilibrium and come out of this somehow.

 

The only solution I can think of is committing it fully to the Lord and trusting HIM to bring us out of this spin.

 

So… being of that mind this late at night when typing and praying… I bid you adieu.

 

Good night  sleep tight.

 

Cordially, IN HIM,

 

Jack & Barbara (she decided to come back home (J)

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PAUL RYAN IS A GOOD SALESMAN

 

    

                        Just a Minute: Republican Paul Ryan of Wisconsin had a sales job to do in his own party before convinced his fellow Republicans. Before he won the opportunity to join the Romney team and convince America there is a way out of the fiscal forest, he had to make a sale among members of his own party that it can be done. Last night he hammered away convincing the previously un-convinced that Mitt and Paul could make a good team to convince American voters.

 

            Initially he got together a version of his “Roadmap for America’s” future as early as the summer of 2008.  He was only able to convince eight GOP House members to sign on for his ambitious “wish list”.  Some were not only taken aback but openly hostile to the idea for it included such ‘sacred cows’ as: rewrite the tax code, kill employer based health care, rewrite Medicare and Social Security. But nowadays you’re hard pressed to find any Republicans who’ll admit to being skeptical. They’re believers on the road to reclaiming the White House. 

 

            Before last night he was told it can’t be done, but he got signed up to do it! <> I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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STAGE IS SET FOR A BLOWOUT -- Just A Minute Radio Wednesday 120829

Great to have you with us today.

 

Seems like there’s more excitement down South than is easily managed. The GOP National Nominating Convention has actually been in session in Tampa (but cut short by a day) by hurricane “Isis” that’s decided to sit over New Orleans and dump 50 inches of water plus a very strong storm surge on that city that suffered so much during Katrina’s visit seven years ago.

 

Personally,  we are still trying to get our son Kim out of a coma occasioned by a pedestrian/auto accident that happened on July 4^th – and complications have arisen due to restrictions on hospital availability and other treatment conflicts so it’s like juggling more ‘balls in the air’ than a non juggler can readily handle. So we’d greatly appreciate your continued prayers in that regard.

 

Mrs. Romney did an excellent job – for which she is not professionally trained as a speaker – last evening. I think I’m correct in saying Mr. Paul Ryan is in the on-deck circle for tonight and Mr. Romney himself on Thursday – which will conclude the GOP’s turn.  I would also guess this means from now on the conventions will go with a three night convention rather than the more usual 4 night stand. Probably something the networks can handle more readily. (They used to go for at least a week – but expenses being what they are?)

 

I’ve only been personally involved in a San Francisco Convention in 1964 – all the rest since that landmark one have been from afar. I guess one was enough. (J)

But it’s something that ‘convention’ says must be done – someway – Maybe we’ll come up with something like automatic “Smartphone polling” that will eliminate conventions or whatever altogether.  I think Russia, Libya or Egypt have done that already.  Would you really prefer it?  [Just kidding.] I think all this excitement has probably affected my judgment somehow. (L) Anyway it’ll be the Democrat’s turn in Charlotte next week – I know you must be looking forward to four days of that. (J). I better sign off before I dig the hole deeper.

 

Cordially, In Him ,

 

Jack

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STAGE  IS SET FOR A BLOWOUT

MizP: Jist a Minute: Thanks fer settin’ up the TV.

 

Homer: Hit was a real blowout, Mr. Jack.

Jack: Maybe it’s getting to be a blowout Homer.  

BB: You thank so Mr. Jack? I ain’t never seed…

MizP: Me neither Mr. Beelie.

Jack: Mine was just a regular TV.

MizP: Oh we know tha-ut – but th’ eemotions.

Jack: They were setting the stage I think.

MizP: Does tha-ut mean you thank he’ll win?

Jack: Oh way too early to drive that nail.

Homer: Well, th’ stage in and th’ back drop!

MizP: Oh Yeah – at wuz most impressive.

BB: Tha-ut an th’ way hit moved.

   Whut didja thank of Sou. Calina governer?     

Jack: One of the best and on-target short

   speeches given, I thought.

MizP: Perzaklly – and purty too.

BB: Indeed… she is a looker.

MizP: At’s a rude crude thang ta say.

BB: Ah’m sorry MizP… I polly-gize. Hit jist

   popped.

MizP: Well you jist pop hit back fer me.

BB: Yes’m  Ah do.. Ah will.

Homer: But Ah thought this is th firs time Ahs

   Ah’s reelized I read yestiddy how charmin’

   An motherly Miz Romany is.

BB: An hit’s th firs time Ah realized how

    weighty Gov. Christy is.

Homer: Man…he tells hit like hit is.

Jack: Good for him. He’s got things

   Crackin’’ up on the Jersey shore.

BB: He shore does… got that state 

   turned around and goin’ th rite way.  

Jack: Well, for three years anyway.

   Considering how many problems he

   had with the teachers and all.

MizP: Ah thank hit was mosly the techers

   Union won’t it.

BB: Ah thank you hit hit on th head Miz

   Pearly – they hols th whip han.

Jack: I think you’ve probably got it rite

   Miz Pearlie  - -But speaking of right

   We’ve got to get right out of here be –

MizP:Be cuz our time’s up – rite?

Jack:: Right Miz Pearl – so until

  Next week –<> I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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WHAT WAS THE VIEW FROM THE MOON? -- Just a Minute Radio for Tuesday 120828

Lots of fuzzballs… stories in the making… floating around.

 

But with the Hurricane off the coast of Florida and all the buzz songs in the air – we’re having trouble sorting the news from the noise.

 

Still and all it is an exciting time to be at the GOP Convention… even if they did decide to scrub the first day due to the Hurricane’s uncertainty.  Seems like things on that order always happen. Here we’ve been being good ‘little people’ coming all the way down to Florida to get a glimpse of ‘history in the making’ and what do we get? Another day of yammering around and hoping something newsworthy will come out of it.

 

[It seldom does – or if it does it comes by accident rather than planning.]  This displaced keyboard is simmering my sauce. I take 60 some years to teach my right hand little pinky where the backspace key is… and then the keyboard mfg. moves it a half a key away and messes up my 40 years of learning how to hunt- and- peck at a reasonable speed. With my little flat top grey Corona (or something like that) I was pretty good at cranking out copy on the run… now comes this extra half key space… and fouls me up again. But it gives us something to count on – and rid ourselves of idleness otherwise.

 

I don’t know if I’ll ever have it mastered again. But I guess it’s *my bad* since I never put aside the time to learn touch-typing.  Nowadays I’m not too bad about it if I have the right size keyboard… but I spent good money for this keyboard… and it contributes to my slowness not my speed.

 

Well, the witching hour is here and I’m off to never, never land where the typos play and the carbon copies have flown away.  I think I’ll hit the hay. Look, look I shudda bin a poet…  Na…I dropped too many mistakes – made the speech-totype people nervous.

 

G’nite… Don’t forget to say your prayers!

 

Cordially, In HIM

 

Barbara and Jack

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WHAT WAS THE VIEW FROM THE MOON?

            Just a Minute: Astronaut Neil Armstrong died Saturday, age 82, the first man to walk on the moon. During the Oral History project at the NASA Space Center he described some aspects of the 1969 Apollo II Mission to the moon.       “I certainly was aware of the fact this was the culmination of the work of three to four hundred thousand people over a decade …and that the nation’s hopes and outward appearance largely rested on how those hopes came out.  … It seemed to me the most important thing we could do was to focus on our job and … and try to allow nothing to distract us from doing the very best we could.”

            Astronaut Armstrong added: “You could stand across the street from the Manned Spacecraft Center; you could not tell when quitting time was because people didn’t leave at quitting time… They just worked and worked until the job was done… they just did it. … Whenever you have those ingredients you’re going to win.”  That was July 20^th 1969.

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NEW OWNER OF BJU RADIO STATION -- Just a Minute Radio for Monday 120827

This is a surprise package. I guess I had an idea something like this might be coming down the pike – but it caught me flatfooted.

 

I’m no great detective, but I did know that Bob Jones University had been looking for some time for a way to sell their radio station in Greenville.

Since I was first employed as an announcer in the fall of 1949 when the original 1 KW AM station went on the air in September – the opening days of the school year. I jumped at the chance to work for the station. [So I was such a poor announcer I got fired twice the first year…but eventually convinced them I *could* read and got hired on as an engineer (J).]

 

It’s a long story and I’m already beyond deadline time.  So I’ll tell you about it sometime when we have time to chat. But the WMUU Facility will (or perhaps has) become the property of Salem Radio Network.  They go by SRN news… and are currently the news broadcasters on WMUU-FM.

 

It’s a lot of detail to go into and I don’t know much about it – really! – so don’t let me waste your time. But we’ll all probably know a good deal more before too long when we get more details. Both the University and SRN indicate it will not be making radical changes and it will still harbor good music and Gospel programs. Beyond that… SRN will be telling you more – and more than I know.

 

All the best… (typing at night so … ) Good night – and Good luck. [I borrowed that from Edward R. Murrow.}

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Jack Buttram

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“JUST A MINUTE”

NEW OWNER OF BJU RADIO STATION

 

    

                        Just a Minute: Friday afternoon BJU-Radio listeners found they would soon be listening to Salem Radio Network the new owner of WMUU-FM in Greenville. At 5:05 PM Friday afternoon a special program hosted by Station Manager Paul Wright announced the change to listeners alerted to be tuned in for a “special” program on August 24^th.

            The news was a surprise to most of the staff and audience of the 100 kilowatt FM station known as – WMUU which originally stood for “World’s Most Unusual University. It had begun its radio life September 15^th 1949 on the University campus eventually adding FM to the original one kilowatt AM station and then adding a mountain-top transmitter upping its antenna height giving coverage in states adjacent to South Carolina.

            The University Chancellor Dr. Bob Jones III, CEO of the Gospel Fellowship Association the station’s current owner; Participated with Stuart Epperson, CEO of Salem Radio Network – also a BJU graduate. They indicated the station will continue to be a strong Gospel and good music facility in upper South Carolina.

                      <> I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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