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MAY WE REMEMBER OUR HEROES -- Just A Minute Radio for Monday120528

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Sun, 27 May 2012 18:52:22 PDT

Isn’t this a nervous kettle of pickerels. Last night’s Memorial Day broadcast had to be suspended in mid program because of threatening weather – and by the time you read this it may be even more stormy here.

‘Twas a beautiful afternoon on Sunday – and our 59^th Anniversary so we did something special. We snaked our way downtown through one way traffic to park near the Hyatt…expecting to have a nice extravagant luncheon only to find they were (are) remodeling the entrance to the hotel and had just disassembled the luncheon deal by the time we got there. Oh well… better luck on the 60^th Anniversary NEXT year.

That’s an optimistic thing to saddle a couple of old folks with isn’t it… There may not BE a next year (at least not here.) We’re in that group of ‘young elders’ who generally don’t buy green bananas lest they don’t live long enough to enjoy them. (J) Cheerfulness wins – right? Well – most of the time.

We feel this is an important day for the Nation. And we need to contribute to it. But I’m learning to type on a new keyboard where the spacing for the backspace is a *little* too far to reach so I’m hitting the wrong key too frequently (see I did it again and have had to come back to correct…) ah well… another obstacle to be honored in the observance rather than the breach….

Hope you have – or have had – a nice holiday weekend and didn’t get rained out on the beach. F’gooness sake the tropical storm season (aka hurricane season) isn’t officially supposed to start for five or six days yet. (L) Maybe the weather bad apples not getting in their shots for winter have saved a few for summer… think so?

Anyway… come again tomorrow we’ll be back at the same stand.

Cordially, IN HIM

Lady Barbara and Jack

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MAY WE REMEMMBER OUR HEROES

Just a Minute: Lt.Col. John McCrae, a Canadian poet -- professor of Medicine, , wrote a poem after burying one of his soldiers which has become possibly best known used to honor all veterans even though McCrae thought it insignificant and discarded it. Now widely used it commemorates all fallen heroes everywhere and the wearing of red poppies in remembrance…

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders’ Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders’ Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders’ Fields.

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UNIONS OPPOSE FIXING DC SCHOOLS -- Just A Minute Radio for Friday120525

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:58:47 PDT

Puzzling troubles with the Internet and computer transmission buzz around on a busy week’s end. We’re trying to wrap things up and the tally lights on the modem go screwy and two calls to tech support don’t bring answers – etc. etc. so I hope you’re getting this OK. I’m just unsure… do so forgive the erratic typing and things. The Gremlins will go away when I get repellant – which is PRAYER!

This issue of Union bosses getting Mr. Obama to hold off on fixing the public school problems is a really tough one. He has a LOT of constituents in Washington DC (and NYC) who are really hurting to get their school systems straightened out. And Charter schools (which are still public schools but operate under more freedom to get things done….fixed…repaired) are hamstrung because the Democrats particularly are almost all in charge of the educational unions and that’s an entire other story.

But what’s happening is the children’s educational needs are being pushed under because the Education Union Leaders are pledged to Mr. Obama’s party – and they want to be the ones in charge of who gets to call the shots in the school house. Meantime about half the kids in public schools get about 55% of an education and the kids who are lucky enough to get into the improved charter schools and the better things they are able to accomplish being free of union entanglement let’s them achieve at a 94% level. The ‘run of the mill’ school kids are struggling with a 54% level of schooling. It’s not fair and I don’t blame the parents for being angry about it.

I’m praying there will be a breakthrough for the children’s education soon. I hope and pray you will too! Things will change when enough parents sincerely and effectively complain to their school boards to quit this discriminating in favor of union domination. (Whew – OK I mop my brow.)

OK… have a great weekend – and I’ll be praying for better schools for the overcrowded and under achieving public school children. They deserve better! And the 94% school achievers know it can be done.

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack & Barbara

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UNIONS OPPOSE FIXING DC SCHOOLS

Just a Minute: Question: Why would union leadership oppose improving the situation in DC public schools? Could it be that Voucher Program students are outperforming their public school peers by 90% scores to 55% scores? Why would educators’ unions oppose such progress? Would it possibly be the program is hugely popular among parents and four pupils apply for every available slot?

Answer: You guessed it! I know that’s hard to believe but apparently the union organizers – as reported both in the Washington Post and the Wall St. Journal say the unions do NOT – repeat NOT – want any expansion of the current program whatsoever. That doesn’t sound very hopeful for the students and their parents does it?

The fly in the ointment is the demand far exceeding supply. Statistics from New York show 133,000 applications for the 14,600 seats they have available for next year. Only in public education do we see obstruction by union politics.

Mr. Romney is on the right side of this issue, Mr. Obama is not. Want to let your legislators know?

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PRO CHOICE SURVEY AT ALL TIME LOW -- Just A Minute Radio for Thursday 120524

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:38:14 PDT

On the downhill grade – headed for the weekend? You’d think we’d get tired of *always* aiming for the weekends – like we didn’t want to work! Well – sometimes we don’t – when the weather’s nice?

But here we are – good news sort of easing itself out from behind the scenery and we’re glad to see it – but have no set period to break out with rejoicing.

For my part – I’m not just trying to be an ideologician – arguing for the sake of argument. I really have a hard time thinking of a human being in its mother’s protective provision of a womb for safety and development etc. – being more vulnerable and lacking protection than anything else I can imagine. Even if it was not – I suppose it would be a very helpless being and worth being protected than… well what else? The Mental pictures of soldiers – Roman soldiers dressed in armour and fitted for war – dashing little ones against stones. It crushes the imagination.

The more I consider that the more I cannot twist my mind about the vulnerability and helplessness of a little baby in a wicker basket floating on the Nile amongst the weeds and grasses of the huge and mighty river. What chance does it (or he) have? That’s what I think of an abortion clinic. In one ward medical personnel striving and using all their talents and abilities to save lives – and just a few doors over other similarly equipped medical personnel effectively terminating with no thought of mercy another life. It’s … horrible.

Well… I cannot stay there. My imagination is not sufficiently acclimated to doing that. I have to leave the scene and pray for those who bear the responsibility. And I think right here is where I must stop for the day and commend you and other believers to the Lord’s tender and gracious mercies knowing HE will deliver us from these nightmares of … well I don’t know how to describe it any further without weeping or worse.

I’ll leave it for another day when we can marshal up the prayer for those who engage in such – and pray for the mother’s who are deprived of their motherhood. May the Lord bless us all.

IN HIM

Jack

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PRO CHOICE SURVEY AT ALL TIME LOW

Just a Minute: Americans identifying themselves as pro-choice have come to an all time low of 41 percent while the pro-life number is at 50 percent. According to the venerable Gallup poll, which in May of 2009 recorded 51 percent as pro-life while pro-choice was at 42 percent.

Gallup has polled the question since 1995, when 56 percent were pro-choice and 33 percent pro-life. The gap has narrowed over the years to a point where they are now relatively close. Amidst the close polling between Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney observers pay close attention to any key shifts.

Kristi Hamrick, of Americans United for Life recently said: "There is a growing uneasiness across America regarding the poorly regulated abortion industry … Americans value life, and this poll reflects that." Pro-life religious organizations and charities are welcoming the growing shift, especially in light of this an election year. Ms. Hamrick added: "Americans are even more pro-life than the growing gulf illustrates in the Gallup poll."

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HOW COME EVERYBODY'S SO QUITE? - Just a Minute Radio for Wednesday 120523

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:31:25 PDT

Mr. Booker – friend of Mr. Obama, apparently inadvertently got “off the reservation” so far as the Obama administration tallies it. Mr. Booker, without thinking praised some of the private equity moves made recently (including Mr. Romney and Bain) – and the Obama machine had a knee jerk reaction to the apparent friendship between Mr. Booker and some of the targets of Mr. Obama’s stump speech rhetoric given at a graduation ceremony.

Mr. Booker thought it “nauseating” and somewhat “boring” that such a big deal should be made over a faux pas – but found within 24 hours he was on the wrong side of the coin and should have taken the opposite stance.

Public criticism of the ‘boss’ is severely frowned upon and Mr. Booker was hard pressed to ‘walk back’ what had been directed at some of Mr. Obama’s friends and cohorts. I’m sure the hole in the wall will be papered over shortly – meantime there’s a LOT of confusion in the Booker – Obama camp – Which I’m sure will be corrected and the Republic will be righted -- but we shall have another experiment in learning how to erase from memory statements that were delivered in error. They should be able to repair the damage – although the faux-pas may well be indelible and impossible to erase.

A mistake “oh Heaven forfend!” The Obama administration does NOT make errors! Slight miscalculations or expressions perhaps – infrequently… but a gross error like this… no never!

Well, we shall just have to see just how many gallons of “White Out” it takes completely eradicate a (oh heavens—mistake?) – but we don’t make misteaks!? Do we? I know it’s not permitted in MY style book. See, it’s hard to explain what “White Out” is to greenhorns who’ve never seen a typewriter, much less carbon paper or means erasing an error.

We shall just have to wait and see how much damage may have been done. Meantime… “ONWARD” … or is it “Forward?”

Either shall do!

Cordially IN HIM

Jack & Barbara

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HOW COME EVERBODY’S SO QUITE?

Homer: Jist a minute: How come everbody’s so quite?

Jack: You mean in the political campaign Homer?

Homer: Thass hit.

Jack: Mr. Obama has some rocks bouncing back.

Mizp: Ah woun’t thank he’d keer fer tha-ut!

BB: Ah don’t thank he duz, Miz Pearl.

Homer: He prolly likes thangs ta be quite, Mr. Bill.

MizP: But everthang won’t allus be calm. Homer.

Jack: Miz Pearl’s right Homer.

Homer: But din’t sumbody on his side throw ‘em.

BB: Yeah tha-ut happined aw rite. Mr. Booker Ah…

MizP: But tha-ut was Mr. O’bama’s buddy…

BB: An he’s done got hissef clobbered.

Homer: When you plays ball in tha-ut league well…

BB: You better ‘member who’s th’ boss an don’t ….

MizP: An don’t ferget hit. Issat whut you gonna say?

Homer: Thass whut you better say I heer.

MizP: See th’ big thang is – an you better rmemb…

BB: Big thang ta member ifn’ you doant want yo

cranium handed to you on a platter ah say….

MizP: You’s rite theyuh… they don’t lough you ta

Go ‘round switchin’ sides.

Homer: You’s rite Miz Pearl – they gottum scared.

Jack: Scared of switching sides -- You say?

BB: Thass perzakcly whut Ah’m sayin. In Chicago…

Homer: He’s a sayin’ you don’t switch sides…

BB: Er ifn’ you do you don’t do hit but wonct!

Homer: Er they’ll have a knee cappin’ partyt.

MizP: Knee cappin’ party – whut’s tha-ut?

Homer: You don’t know Miz Pearl…

BB: An a lady like you don’t want ta know.

Jack: That’s a little strong Mr. Bill.

BB: Hit may be strong but hit’s th’ truf.

Jack: Then I think it’s about time we wrapped….

BB: Wrapped hit up soon is rite Mr. Jack… We

Homer: We don’t want ta hang around tawkin. …

BB: Tawkin’ bout hit.. Chicago’s a windy city.

Homer: You kin git blowed over reel easy.

Jack:I think we’d better say, see you next

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ANY LOBBYISTS BEEN SEEN AROUND HERE -- Just a Minute Radio for Tuesday 120522

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:47:18 PDT

Great day to be alive and trottin’ right along.

The race is picking up steam a little bit. Looks like Mr. Obama hasn’t laid in all the cash he figures he’ll need to beat Mr. Romney. Neither has Mr. Romney the number of greenbacks he’s going to need to win this race. But there’s close to six months left to do all that. And lots of steam on both sides to do it with..

Senator McCain didn’t spend nearly as much as Mr. Obama did in 2008. That’s one of the reasons for the big win. But I don’t think it would have been a great deal different even if they had the same amount of dollars. Mr. Obama was on a roll…and little could be done to stop him

This time it’s quite different. I don’t really think Mr. Obama and his confident crew from the DNC are going to be able to turn him aside from a good race. He’s saying he’s going to go big time. But the signs don’t look that way to experienced observers.

Predictions don’t do much but raise the air temperature. And we don’t really need that. The cheering crowds on both sides will supply the heat. And making predictions – I’ve found out – is not something I’m very good at. I’ll tell you something though that Mr. Romney is good at – raising $$$ and allocating them strategically. Beyond that he has several things going for him.

He already knows what it’s like to lose – but in his win in Massachusetts, he knows too, what it takes to win. In that way Romney has a BIG advantage but one he’ll have to work at.

So… It’s close to the witching hour here tonight in Greenville… so I’ve a lot to do yet this week. Stick with us and we’ll try to be both entertaining and informative. But we really need for you to be doing every day for yourself and for our country. We ALL need to be praying. In my view that is THE key… WE can do nothing more effective than to go into our prayer closet – empty our minds of all other concerns – and pray. That will do more GOOD for this campaign than ANYTHING else.

Well… good night – and as a talented newsman I respected even as a little kid listening to the radio – I can still hear him saying: GOOD NIGHT,, AND GOODLUCK!

You can leave the ‘GOOD LUCK’ part off… the Lord takes care of that – what God wants (and it is God’s son who’s talking to you) He wants YOU to be putting your trust in HIM and getting the best information from HIS word THE BIBLE. Do it – Friend!

Cordially, IN HIM,

Jack & Barbara

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ANY LOBBYISTS BEEN SEEN AROUND HERE?

Just a Minute: Are lobbyists real or imaginary?

Instructions enunciated by the President on the West Lawn of the White House in January 2009, recorded in White House visitors’ logs kept by White House Security detail assigned to the President’s quarters actually record lobbyists coming and going and are even published in the Washington Post.

Are lobbyists real or imaginary troll-like figures left over from Grimm Fairy tales? I cannot reconciled the police records with the orders issued, by the President or with the records that have come to light via legal action supplied to the Police Detail responsible for Presidential security.

Mr. Obama pledged to the whole world lobbyists would no longer darken the halls of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. I definitely recall President Obama on inauguration day pronouncing anathema upon such beings and promising a purge would be undertaken to remove them -- period.

What is to be done about these flagrant violations of Presidential pledges? Possibly you wish to communicate with the President about this. Up to now I have had no success whatsoever.

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WE NEED AN IMPENETRIBLE FIRE WALL-- Just a Minite Radio for Monday 120521

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:30:19 PDT

I don’t know if it’s a beautiful day in Chicago or not. My Internet has been blocked by somebody wavin’ a placard. But that’s the ‘Windy City’ – you don’t always get a wind that blows nobody good from out of the Pacific Garden Mission – because there’s a lot of dedicated people who work there and deserve to be remembered and thanked for what’s often a somewhat thankless job. But a very necessary job nonetheless.

Well – that’s intended to be a free ‘plug’ for “Unshackled” which is the longest running radio drama program in the history of this planet! At least I haven’t been to any other planets to find out if they are broadcasting there.

We went to a baccalaureate Sunday and it’s inspiring to see the folks that are trying to get their education wrapped up or at least kicked on down the road a little further. (That’s intended to be encouraging.) But sometimes things just go slow and you have to back up and regroup and make sure you’re pointed at the right target. I think we’re generally on the right target – but it takes a little fine tuning sometime. Can we all agree on that.

We also have suffered the loss of one of our pets since last week. Our orange tabby cat “Ollie” either left home for other parts or somebody ‘catnapped’ him. I hope that’s not the case. In any case – Ollie had his problems of scratching things that didn’t need scratching. But… that’s cats. I tried to discourage him – but without success. Ollie – boy I hope you’re happy wherever you are hiding or abiding, or just decided it was time to move on. That’s how you came. And I hope you didn’t get hurt in that’s how you went.

Well… it’s getting to the midnight hour before too long. And keep making the promise I’ll get more uninterrupted sleep. So… I better get to it.

Tha…tha…that’s all folks. Ooops … that’s Porky Pig’s sign off. Well at least it’s good humored.

See you tomorrow.

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

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WE NEED AN IMPENETRIBLE FIRE WALL

Just a Minute: Beyond the conclusion of the New Testament’s history book – The Acts of the Apostles, we come to the longest and most systematically reasoned of the epistles of the Apostle Paul. I look to it because as we struggle with the problems of government corruption and people doing the exact opposite of what they say they’re going to do. I keep looking for an ‘all purpose’ preventative.

What springs to my mind is Romans 3 verses 9 & 10: (quote) …” for we have before proved [both Jews and Gentiles] that they are all under sin … There is none righteous, no, not one:”

This in turn calls to mind British Scholar Lord John Acton’s dictum: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Coupled with Edmund Burke’s observation: “The greater the power the more dangerous the abuse. “ We turn again to the central point uttered by Lord Acton that: “There is no worse heresy then, that the office sanctifies the holder of it.”

We risk our Republic if we grant unrestricted power into anyone’s hands.

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THE VERY ASTUTE WILL SMITH! -- Just A Minute Radio for Friday 120518

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:12:41 PDT

Interesting news that comes today via a short cut through the Movie/TV world in Paris.

Will Smith – native of Philadelphia, one who has garnered double handfuls of movie and TV roles that have given him HI FIVES in the entertainment world was over in the ‘City of Lights’ this week and appearing on French TV -- (with English translation I presume) – he seemed somewhat taken aback to find that were he living in France and paying French Income tax his tab would be something on the order of 75 percent of his take-home pay.

From the short note taken in the editorial pages of the WSJ I gathered Mr. Smith was rather startled to learn he would have to fork over 75% of his earnings rather than the 30% or so he had come to expect.

Well it’s a long road that “has no turning” as my dear Aunt Lucy was often heard repeating.

I recall watching my Dad suffering over figuring income tax at the dining room table with papers spread far and wide. Innocent me wandered into the milieu and innocently asked what he was doing.

Filling out an the income tax he said… and I asked why. “Because I have to.” He replied

What’s it for? I wanted to know.

It’s “income tax!” – he said with some agitation.

But what for – why?

Because I make income!

You mean they charge you tax just for making money?

Exactly!

Well… I could hardly believe it… take money because you make money --- seemed unfair to me. -- Well, honestly – it still does. I also couldn’t see how it was \, or why it was they taxed open land…. But when you build something on it a house and/or a barn – then you had to pay more! How does that work out.

I guess in those days I was smarter. (J)

I hope you have a great weekend. See you Monday.

Cordially, IN HIM!

Jack Buttram

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THE VERY ASTUTE -- WILL SMITH

Just a Minute: Leading Actor Will Smith -- has charmed himself into a new Hall of Fame niche in the French entertainment world.

He’s a product of northwest Philadelphia, winner of much admiration and many film awards, and gave an interview within the past week on French TV. He expressed with vigor his appreciation for America saying: “I have no issue with paying taxes and whatever needs to be done for my country to grow. … I’m a black man who didn’t go to college, yet I get to travel around the world and sell my movies, and I believe very firmly that America is the only place on Earth that I could exist so I will pay anything that I need to pay to keep my country growing….”

Asked by an Interviewer: Do you know how much in France you would have to pay on earnings above one million euros? Not 30 %. 75%.

Smith:”75%? Yeah, that’s different that’s different. Yeah 75. Well…you know, God bless America.”

To which we add: Indeed, indeed, May God continue to bless America.

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MR. OBAMA DEDICATED TO 'INVESTMENTS'! -- WATCH! -- Just A Minute Radio for Thursday 120517

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:30:45 PDT

Spring is coming on apace… as they used to say in Shakespeare’s place.

However, all is not calm in Washington town. Mr. O continues to rub Mr. B (the House Leader) the wrong way and we may as well look for stormy weather coming in the Summertime.

I watched a “storm chaser’s’’ program Monday, I think it was and it’s not a job I want. I used to fly airplanes *around* those clouds – or ‘over them’ if I was riding commercial. But nowadays between TSA and the continual alerts and other threats for airplane riding – not to mention some of the outlandish extra fees that have been tacked on to commercial air travel…. Well there’s no such thing as THE FRIENDLY SKIES as there used to be.

The underwear bombers have spoiled the scenery and pleasure of flying. Add to that the extra fees for ice water or a blanket or a pillow and you wonder if there’s not a “Scrooge” airline in the hangar awaiting it’s launching soon.

It’s the middle of the week and I’ve got to get busy with some new contacts that got messed up because of the connection problems of the last two weeks. So… Have to sign off early.

Drop me a note when you have the time and the urge and I’ll note you right back. (J)

All the best… IN HIM

Cordially,

Jack

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MR. OBAMA DEDICATED TO “INVESTMENTS!” – WATCH IT.

Just a Minute: Mr. Obama calls government spending: ‘INVESTMENTS’. The Wall St. Journal says he is so eager to make this point his rhetoric takes him beyond his capability and expertise as it did recently in Seattle.

Do you recall Al Gore taking credit for ‘inventing the internet?’ Well observe carefully because Mr. Obama takes credit for DARPA [Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency] – as something he’s responsible for and that wouldn’t be around had he not pushed it.

Listen to this quote: “There’s no Facebook, there’s no Microsoft, there’s no Google if we had not made the common investment in our future.”

Darpa is not engaged in commercializing products – its job is funding basic research -- not sliding that into developing the business side of the effort. That’s how billions of dollars were lost in the Solyndra commercialization. Failing to recognize the difference – ignorance – is how the American taxpayers lost billions of tax revenue which should never have happened.

This is why we need a President who is wise not one saturated in ignorance.

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NOBODY SAID IT WOULD BE EASY -- DIG IN! -- Just a Minute Radio.blogspot.com for Wednesday 120516

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:59:24 PDT

Great to have you on board this week.

Like I said earlier it’s like getting your car out of the shop when it’s been in for two weeks. I never have had the same amount of recalcitrant response from a couple of the ‘recalcitrant ISP’ crowd… and hope not to have it again. But it may happen and I’m finding out that though I’ve been buying and using (or stumbling around with) computers for more than thirty years now – there are still things I have no idea why they work (or more likely why they *don’t* work) and so I must depend upon my grandsons who are not always available to pull me out of the computer morass.

Well…I’ll learn someday. I want to get good enough to write sensibly and so people will want to read it – but right now I’m at the bottom of the pit of accomplishment and will have to cut new steps in the cave wall to get out I suppose. In any case… griping about it does not get the job done! That much I know… and getting back in the groove somehow is not beyond capability if I can just reign in my exasperation at the failures I experience. (I couldn’t have safely piloted a plane like this… computers ARE CONQUERABLE! – I think!)

But we’re in the middle of a presidential campaign and I think it’s important to be able to communicate well in these troublous times. So bear with me if you can.

I’ve mentioned it before – but for your interest I’ll say again that I do think a source of information that’s pretty accurate and doesn’t cost you an arm or leg (or anything so far) is the Rasmussen Reports – that are posted daily around 9:30 AM and turn out to be pretty accurate for a couple of reasons. [www.rasmussenreports.com]

First they are surveying (in most instances or questions) *likely* voters. Rather than just picking out a randomized sample by age gender and I would guess location. In checking the results predicted with the actual results themselves… they come closer than the news organizations etc. because biases creep in there and distort the outcome. They also vary day by day – but don’t seem to take the wild sweeps that happen to other polling businesses…and I can’t always figure those out either. I think it has something to do with who is paying for the poll and what for.

Well. Better get ready for the rest of the week. And we still have the conventions ahead of us – which I don’t see as swinging wildly from left to right etc. They are more like streams that continue to flow in line with rainfall and gradients etc. So… be patient and don’t do what I have often done – let my enthusiasm get in the way of seeing what’s really happening.

OK… almost the witching hour… got to get on with life as it is not as I might wish it to be.

Best to you all…Remember HE has said “I will never leave you nor forsake you!” That is predicated on trusting in HIM. If you want that unpacked or examined I’ll be glad to discuss it with you as you wish.

All the best… IN HIM

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

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NOBODY SAID IT WOULD BE EASY – DIG IN

Homer: Jist a Minit: Mr. Jack – Hit’s ‘bout time we

tooken a break ain’t hit?

Mizp: Homer, Ah ain’t heered you make ‘smany

Mistakes at one time.

Homer: Oh – sorry Miz Pearl… I shunt have said

tooken shood I have?

MizP: Well I’s glad you kerrected hit.

Jack: Miz Pearl… it might be better if you talked

to Homer about that privately.

MizP: Oh yes …you’s rite Mr. Jack – Ah’m sorry

fer speakin’ out Homer. Hit jist grates on me…

Homer: At’s awl rite Miz Pearl… I wants ta do better

An maybe you kin teach me sum more.

Jack: I’m glad you’re being courteous Homer.

BB: At’s th’ gemun in you Homer. Very good.

MizP: An now if’n we cud git th whole crowd…

BB: Ta speak better – at’d be grate.

Jack: It would Mr. Bill…politeness is never …

MizP: Never outta style Ah always says…

Jack: And that’s good for the politicos too.

Homer: Ah shore thank so too Mr. Jack.

Jack: You don’t have to be mean or cranky to …

MizP: …to gitcher pint acrost Ah say…

Homer: And that’s sumpin you cud teach th’…

MizP: Thuh TV peepul Ah say… you’s rite.

BB: Homer’s allus rite on those thangs Miz P…

Jack: I’ll agree with you there.

BB: Ah cain’t stand hit when they’s three er

fouwah fowks tawkin all at once…

Homer: Right Mr. Beelie….jist irriatatin as awl

git out Ah thank.

MizP: An a bad eggzample ta’ th’ chirrin’ too…

Jack: Excellent and we can take the Road Less

Traveled , right?

BB: Whut awl does at mean.

Jack: Well we’ll talk about it next week. OK?

MizP: OK By me…Ah’ll expeck hit then.

Jack: And I’ll try to remember it then – so

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noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:12:47 PDT

It’s sort of like getting your car back after it’s been in the shop for two weeks.

PROMOLINE for Wednesday 120516: We’ve had some magnificent rains since Sunday and more on the way I hear. But the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing… and I’m trying to get back in the saddle on this typing – but I’ve not mastered changing it to speech yet – and my right ‘little pinky’ is sore. I’ve got a new keyboard and it’s a stretch. But no stretch for you to be with us at 94.5 on WMUU-FM… in fact it will be getting more comfortable. We like to have you here and there are folks who want to have you visit.

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

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NOBODY SAID IT WOULD BE EASY – DIG IN

Homer: Jist a Minit: Mr. Jack – Hit’s ‘bout time we

tooken a break ain’t hit?

Mizp: Homer, Ah ain’t heered you make ‘smany

Mistakes at one time.

Homer: Oh – sorry Miz Pearl… I shunt have said

tooken shood I have?

MizP: Well I’s glad you kerrected hit.

Jack: Miz Pearl… it might be better if you talked

to Homer about that privately.

MizP: Oh yes …you’s rite Mr. Jack – Ah’m sorry

fer speakin’ out Homer. Hit jist grates on me…

Homer: At’s awl rite Miz Pearl… I wants ta do better

An maybe you kin teach me sum more.

Jack: I’m glad you’re being courteous Homer.

BB: At’s th’ gemun in you Homer. Very good.

MizP: An now if’n we cud git th whole crowd…

BB: Ta speak better – at’d be grate.

Jack: It would Mr. Bill…politeness is never …

MizP: Never outta style Ah always says…

Jack: And that’s good for the politicos too.

Homer: Ah shore thank so too Mr. Jack.

Jack: You don’t have to be mean or cranky to …

MizP: …to gitcher pint acrost Ah say…

Homer: And that’s sumpin you cud teach th’…

MizP: Thuh TV peepul Ah say… you’s rite.

BB: Homer’s allus rite on those thangs Miz P…

Jack: I’ll agree with you there.

BB: Ah cain’t stand hit when they’s three er

fouwah fowks tawkin all at once…

Homer: Right Mr. Beelie….jist irriatatin as awl

git out Ah thank.

MizP: An a bad eggzample ta’ th’ chirrin’ too…

Jack: Excellent and we can take the Road Less

Traveled , right?

BB: Whut awl does at mean.

Jack: Well we’ll talk about it next week. OK?

MizP: OK By me…Ah’ll expeck hit then.

Jack: And I’ll try to remember it then – so

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:24:30 PDT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the best… IN HIM

Jack

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

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

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

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

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WANT FREE COLD WATER -- ORDER ICE -- LET IT MELT -- Just A Minute Radio - for Monday 120514

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:51:11 PDT

Finally! After about a two week hiatus and messin’ around with the programs: I’m back in the electronic saddle again.

Sorry for the air holes in getting back to you. Perhaps you don’t know how frustrating computers can be – but ‘tis so. It’s not JUST the computers – it’s *some* of the people who try to run them. They are not +all+ equally trained or experienced. So here I am feeling like a second grade in elementary school being dumped into the ranks of graduating seniors.

Really – I’ve seldom experienced such problems, or people who said they would “without fail” do something specific [who may have tried but failed – but I never knew about it] thus leaving me high and dry and computer stupid. I bought my first computer in about 1968 [paid about $13,000 for 68K of RAK – you’d think I”d be smarter and able to work the things. Not so! I think my electronic devices education QUIT when the vacuum tube was replaced by transistors – and it’s been downhill for me (and frustrating) ever since. Now that I’ve passed age 80 – I’m beginning to wonder if I’ll EVER catch up.

Can anyone share with me their experience with voice-recognition replacing typing?

I’ve done a lot of radio and electronics substitution and working with audio/radio equipment – but apparently I’m falling farther and farther behind. Any suggestions for an old geezer?

Here’s some homely wisdom [I think]:

Those who do not read – are no better off than those who cannot… or don’t!

A true friend laughs at your jokes, even when they’re not funny.

And sympathizes with your troubles even when they’re not so bad.

Remember – every path has it’s puddles;

A heart that truly loves never forgets;

It’s prosperity that gives us friends –

But it’s adversity that shows us their true mettle.

That’s about all for today. Have a great Monday.

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack Buttram

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WANT FREE COLD WATER – ORDER ICE – LET IT MELT

Just a Minute: If you want a free drink of water on some airlines you’ll order ice and let it melt. I learned that from the weekend Wall St. Journal. “Spirit” airlines holds the championship “pinch–penny” rank among domestic airlines, charging for everything but breathing their air. But overall they’re cheaper. Also their stock has gone up. .

Here are profits ‘per-plane’ last year as published in the “Journal” which ranged from Spirit Airlines $2.06 million to American which Lost $2.32 million in 2011.

On fares Chicago to New York Spirit charged $79: American $ 125; Southwest $115 –

For the first checked bag Spirit charged $28-38; American $25; Southwest – free.

For overhead bin Spirit charged $30-45: For water or soda: Spirit $3 American and Southwest – free: For peanuts: Spirit charges $4; American $5 – bag size varies. So to discover these things check for one way fares, boarding pass fees, discounts at inconvenient times, size of the peanut bags and flight on-time averages. Often bargains come at a price.

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OOPS! WE READ THE DATA WRONG -- Just a Minute Radio for Thursday120510

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:46:09 PDT

Some days are exciting – some satisfying! I was satisfied to see I had not misjudged our neighboring state – and they came through with flying colors for the straight and narrow! Hoo-Ray!!!

Of course the battle is not over by along shot – we have but to continue on our way – trusting the Lord because it’s HIS victory we’re seeking, not our own.

And I’m more and more confident no matter how difficult the path seems – or what obstacles are put in the way… we shall overcome!

Eventually the battle will be won and the victory ours. Now those of you who are Bible readers… or believers.. know what I’m writing about. If you want an example.. well try looking in the Old Testament and read the book of Jonah. It’s not very long – can be consumed (maybe consummated is a better word) in less than 20 minutes or so. At the end it sort of leaves you hanging… But you can flip over to the end of the New Testament and read the last three chapters or so of that… and you will see what I mean.

Oft times we leave the theater before the curtain goes down… or at least until it reaches the stage floor and the staff and actors all come and take their bows… not for themselves, but for their King who is the designer and ultimate director of the entertainment. The biggest victory of all is when you can look behind the curtain and get a real glance at what’s going on back there… or up there.

The theater is ‘make believe’ – but the Bible *isn’t*… it’s real(er) than real. We have the record… and it’s true and … well I could go on and on… but the dinner bell (actually for you southerners like me it’s the supper bell) is ringing .. time to come in from the fields and enjoy the dinner (or supper –whatever you prefer.).

Nice to be with you .. let’s look forward to tomorrow together!

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack & Barbara

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OOPS – WE READ THE DATA WRONG

Just a Minute: North Carolina’s presently has a 16-year-old law banning same-sex marriage. President Obama, I think, miscalculated picking Charlotte for the Democrats’ nominating convention because he narrowly won it in 2008.

Two other states will now vote on gay marriage in November, Minnesota with a constitutional amendment and Maine with a referendum. Voters in Maryland and Washington state may be asked to allow new same-sex marriage laws, otherwise New York approved it most recently.

There were 14 full page newspaper ads favoring the amendment placed in North Carolina. The prediction was the affirmation would win by a 55% margin but approval actually achieved 61.8 percent.

The AP quotes Tami Fitzgerald, of the Vote for Marriage chair, thanking churches, political groups and others, for sending an unmistakable message to “protect marriage in our State and Nation.” The North Carolina GOP State Senate leader had previously said there’s some miscalculation by the Democrats in thinking “North Carolina was a place where they have a chance.” So while the issue may be up in the air politically – North Carolina is straightforward Biblically.

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NC VOTES ON AMENDMENT + CHINESE ACTIVIST -- Just a Minute Radio for Wednesday 120509

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:40:30 PDT

What do they call it – Murphy’s Law – “If anything *can* go wrong it *will* go wrong – and at the worst possible moment!

How many times do I *think* I’m experiencing it again. It’s like a BBC program that’s written a little joke into the lines of one of their main characters in a series – It’s called “Lark Rise at Candleford” (I think – my sieve-se-ford memory again.) The writer(s) on this series has the main lead character excuse herself from banality by saying: “That’s’ my one weakness.” Except every time she says it – it’s a different ‘weakness.’ Very cute – always gets a laugh -- from us at least.

Another striking difference between British and American actors that I’ve picked up (at least I think I have) as a former actor – I know I have a terrible time remembering lines -- British theater etiquette (I guess) *requires* all actors to know their lines at the first rehearsal. Wow… in trying to memorize stage production lines I’m terrible. I am given to hiding little notes to myself in the wings on if we’re doing a film .. on the set somewhere – so I can sneak a peek at them between takes and refresh my sieve-se-ford model memory. That’s one reason I love radio so much. You *always* (in radio drama anyway) have a script in hand and don’t have to worry about memory blank spots. It must have formed a permanent weakness in my brain because throughout my whole experience of radio etc. I’ve depended upon scripts… Teleprompters are *wonderful* in my book. I’m envious of the soap opera characters who have to – and can – memorize great gobs of dialogue and perform it on cue. Ah well… thank the Lord for writers – and scripts!

We are trying to repair or reconstruct or whatever my writing/editing bench where I work on scripts and stuff. It’s fun when it goes well… and terrible when it doesn’t. This week has been an *it doesn’t* do right. So I have to stop and try to fix it. In the student days…. I’d just xxx it out and go on… and punctuation? Do it to communicate… don’t worry about the reading. Oh well… we all take short cuts.

Gotta quit – rambling here takes (make that “robs”) lots of time to go back and make the stuff readable… still at my age…I’m not sure I have that much time. (L)

Look for you tomorrow and we’ll examine some of the results – please (I’m fussing at the keyboard) you’d be surprised or amused at the time it takes me to straighten out the stuff. See you tomorrow.

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

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NC VOTES ON AMENDMENT + CHINESE ACTIVIST

Homer: Jist a Minit: Mr. Jack – They’s a-votin’ on a

marriage amendment in North Carolina.

Jack: Right Homer, and we don’t have news yet.

BB: The polls don’t close till late do they?

Jack: When we lived there it was seven I think.

Homer: But they can come up with exit polls –rite?

MizP: Thass rite, but we won’t know fer a while.

BB: Well we do know Billy Graham an Bill Clinton

Come out on different sides – Mr Clinton again

MizP: An Rev. Graham fer hit – rite?

BB: At’s rite – enny news ‘bout th’ Chinese feller?

Jack: Well he still doesn’t have a passport.

MizP: Is him an his fambly gitting ta come heah?

Jack: Complications Miz Pearlie. Didn’t know yet.

BB: Do they thank he’s gittin’ out?

Jack: These cases involve a lot of government

People and move slowly.

MizP: But they’s a beatin’ up on his relatives rite.

Jack: Well we think it likely and his leg is in a cast.

BB: Did they break his leg?

Jack: I understand he was hurt when making his

MizP: … his escapt – Oh, Me – tha-ut souns bad.

Jack: We have to go slow and trust the truth Miz…

BB: An th’ truf is hard ta git to sum time.

Jack: Quite right Mr. Billy. So let’s don’t speculate.

BB: They needs ta treat they people better.

Homer: Ah second tha-ut motion.

Jack: We try to help but sometimes it’s easy…

MizP: … easy to push th’ wrong button.

Jack: Right Miz Pearl… best intentions but …

Easy to rush in where fools are quick …

Homer: Quick on th’ draw.

BB: … an sometime hit th wrong target.

MizP: Ah jist hope North Carolina don’t mistake…

Jack: That’s right and we’re at a distance so let’s

Mainly pray. That’ll do the most Good.

MizP: You’s sho rite ther-uh.

Jack: Let’s continue to pray and come back next week.

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MISCALCULATION RIDES ON THE WIND - Just A Minute Radio -- 120508

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:26:38 PDT

Some days – as I said yesterday – then there are other days… and sometime I’ll hit the mother lode… but that’s a long way off!

Right now it’s important to know The Lord IS in charge. And there’s nothing like a BAD day. “Every day is a new day – every day is the soul set free – to enjoy the Lord from beginning to ending and that’s the song that keeps me free.

I really can’t figure where those lines come from. It’s like the lost chord on the organ song… hard to find again… but always enjoyable and always gives one an uplift when thought upon thoroughly. Even when the storm clouds are blackest – and the lightning the brightest and most powerful – still it is worth contemplating it’s the Lord’s creation. He made it all – and it all comes from and through HIM. What a blessing to be in HIS throne room and partaking of HIS presence.

Really – that’s what “Communion” is all about. I used to wonder about such a big word when I was such a little boy – and could hardly fathom what was going on. But as I recall… I knew it was good and so it is today.

Unfortunately people forget or lose track of the fact the Lord God is the creator and sustainer of the Universe. What do we have to fear – Here is a magnificent thought from Ps. 8:

”When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained, What is man that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou has put all things under his feet: The fowl of the airs, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas, O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!”

There are no words more beautiful for the earth made by God. How we need to PRAISE HIM!

So that’s all for today dear friends, I hope and pray you know my Saviour too!

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

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MISCALCULATION RIDES ON THE WIND

Just a Minute: We’ll come back to our China news concerning activist Chen Guangcheng, who is blind and trying to find freedom in China. But today in our neighboring state of North Carolina a huge question faces voters – many of whom live within our radio signal’s range.

Vice President Joe Biden declares himself totally “comfortable” with legalizing same-sex marriage even though it is presently proscribed in North Carolina law. In a rare public newspaper statement, elderly evangelist and North Carolina native, Billy Graham, has called for passage of the proposed amendment and even a Democrat leaning poll says it seems likely to fail by a margin of 55 to 41 percent. Mr. Obama maintains stoic silence though the State narrowly voted for him in 2008.

The national Democrat Convention will be held in the “Old North State,” but the current governor, Bev Perdue, decided not to run. The Republican State Senate leader says there’s beginning to be some miscalculation by the Democrats in thinking “North Carolina was a place where they have a chance.”

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CHINESE PUZZLE AT STATE DEPARTMENT -- Just A Minute Radio for Monday 120507

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Sun, 06 May 2012 18:45:06 PDT

Here we are on a Monday again. Awfully dry here in SC. But we reckon the Lord knows how much moisture we really need. (J)

This Chinese Puzzle that has occupied the news calendar for last week and I’m sure you’ve heard about it over the weekend too. Well… we have a little Chinese background and it’s a bit of a bother when we see other ‘causes’ (like maintaining Chinese aloofness on the mainland) scrabbling at the edges of politeness and in general just mucking things up. Now they’ve decided to mess up the election process or gripe about it a lot.

I really am not a Chinese expert and it’s the government with whom I’m bone picking – and not even all of that.

Here in South Carolina we graduated some 35 or 40 students from a nursing preparation school on the upper (ie. 4 year college level) and I’m not seeking to stir up trouble. BUT we have very good relations with some educators in one of the major cities on the mainland (maybe more than one for all I know) but the exchange of nursing instructors and medical staff I suppose, has gone a long way toward improving things on both sides of the Pacific.

I say a long way because there was hardly any progress in that direction up to say ten years ago. Now there are Chinese students being trained by Americans in China and Chinese students being trained by Americans in America – and we don’t need nobody messing around with the mix (especially from the Mainland) to muddy up the waters.

Now come people who are attempting to inject politics into the picture. Bug out! Your ‘help’ (make that read interference) is neither wanted or needed. People are getting improvement in training and in medicine and in getting along with one another between major nations. And no help needed either from the Chinese Govt. or the U.S. Govt. other than just to stay out of the way. This is a win – win situation in which both sides profit from governments on sides just removing interference from the scene. The doctors and nurses themselves are the authorities on what is good and effective medicine and injecting more government into the process merely clouds it up and slows it down.

So… read it as good news folks. I’m not identifying anyone anyplace because everything is going smoothly – and government only clouds things.

I say just pray for the effort because good is happening – not political good just *good* -- so leave it alone and let the training benefit both sides – there’s no downside to it.

Well… ‘nuff said through my small megaphone. It will go unnoticed anyway, except for those who wish to do it harm. Just pray for the Lord’s will to be realized and for the long arm of government to just be ignored.

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

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CHINESE PUZZLE AT STATE DEPARTMENT

Just a Minute: THE HILL newspaper correspondent, Meghashyam Mali, cites Obama strategist, David Axelrod, for hammering Mitt Romney trying to help protect Chinese dissident, Chen Guangcheng, from government intimidation. He attempted to reunite his family last week to protect his wife and children. Axelrod criticized Romney for interfering and seeking help for the blind activist in getting his family untangled from Chinese oppression.

Chen, a blind human rights activist who is essentially under house arrest now in hospital, first sought refuge in the U.S. embassy; but a deal to allow Chen to live with his family and receive regular contact with U.S. diplomats unraveled last week when Chen’s family was threatened by Chinese officials. He’d now rather leave the country.

This fosters a delicate dance for the diplomats on both sides. The U.S. doesn’t want to dampen growing commercial interests between the U.S. and China; and Chinese officials want to wave off natives who won’t toe government regulations and so give others ideas about freedom differences between China and America.

Main-stream media want to drop this hot potato. --- We’ll have more to say about it tomorrow.

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noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:35:31 PDT

Sorry for the ‘air holes’ in the schedule. We changed Internet providers and its made a few problems. So first let me NOTE that if you want to check in with us – our new address is (for e-mail) e-mail address is ( I THINK) www.justaminuteradio.blogspot.com Our regular e-mail address has changed slightly: www.justaminuteradio.blogspot.com

So I think if you want to visit Earl ‘n’ Lester’s Bait Shop and Sushi Bar

Personal e-mail comes to: www.jebco1311@Charter.net

So we may see some unfamiliar faces or voices for a while. But we’re still in business on the Caroliner line as before… I think I”ve got it right – but it takes me forever to type it out.

I’m sleepy & not worth shootin’, so we’ll sign off for now but come callin’ any time but too long after sundown. Glad to have you on board!

Cordially IN HIM,

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EVER BODY GOTTA THINK THEY KNOW

Just a Minute: Michael Barone, sorting through the pages of The Washington Examiner, and Neil Munro of The Daily Caller have been trying to step back from nightly stargazing to find the “meaning behind the meaning” of what’s happening?

One thing they counted was the 130 appearances by the President or his family, friends and staffers before this last flurry of overseas campaigning. It shows the White House strategists worry he cannot replicate the 66 % to 32% margin he had among young voters back in 2008. In fact another Gallup poll shows only 56% of voters under 30 say they definitely will vote.

If you look at the other side of the coin, among older Americans it’s 80 % who plan to vote while interest among young people is down to about 45 % or less.

Frankly all the “bits and pieces” of voting ideas among the youngsters and older voters is just confusing, unless you assign Scott Rasmussen to watch the ballot box. His surveys are always among likely voters. Conventional wisdom generally says the older folks are more serious about going to the polls than the noisy beaters of pots and pans.

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NATIONAL PRAYER DAY IS MAY 3RD -- Just a Minute Radio for Wednesday 120502

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:25:46 PDT

This has been one of the most brain wracking days (evening) of my life.

Today I’ve wrestled in the ‘wee’ hours of the morning when my usual problematic typing begins to give me trouble anyway – and then comes a complication because of a program mal- function or some distraction and the normal evening journalistic effort begins to stretch toward the 2-3-4-AM hours to get a problem worked out. (I started to write the word ‘solved’ but I never seem to get them ‘solved… just ‘postponed’ until another unsatisfactory problem solving positions itself across my pathway.

Well.. enough about bellyaching. It doesn’t do anyone any good. Fortunately there are no ‘other’ ones around to witness my exasperating moments.

What’s the problem – you ask? Well… I was a radio major at BJU which meant writing and duplicating radio scripts. Now radio writers don’t care much for punctuation or spelling… and in this day of computers – well it’s a dream – (Yeah – a nightmare!) as the spell checker automatically corrects misspellings and calls your attention to gross grammatical errors. EXCEPT for the problem that I never learned how to type in the first place. It was better than hunt-and-peck but it was my own ‘touch’ system which made for atrocious spelling so tangled up the ‘corrector’ in it’s little two cell electronic brain couldn’t figure out what I was trying to convey.

Well at two in the morning – mistake after mistake gets VERY frustrating causing fist banging on the desk and other teeth grinding episodes. I just took a glance at the clock… it says 1:22 AM – and it took so long for me to type that that the digital clock on the computer screen decided it could wait no longer and added a minute for good measure….ARRRghhh. Quit trying to HELP me…making it worse. (J) but the gremlins are cheerful hosts – they keep telling me.

Anyway, I’m done for the day…. Just one more posting and I’m off to the pillow and bed clothes…. I hope you’ve had a good day so far… and that others will follow. I’m certain… they will… IF --- and I say this with all four fingers (excluding the thumb) pointed at ME as the culprit. Why didn’t I learn how to type AND play the piano when I was 12 … what an opportunity wasted.

Hey… have a good day or whatever time you read this (you must have read it or you wouldn’t have gotten this far.) Praise the Lord for HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER. There – I typed it without an error. See I can do it if I put my mind and fingers to the task. I love you all…

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack Buttram

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NATIONAL PRAYER DAY MAY 3^RD

MizP: Jist a Minit: Mr. Jack did you ‘member Prayer Day?

Jack: Indeed Miz Pearl National Day of Prayer!

Homer: Thass a wonnerful Idee Miz Pearl.

BB: Ah’d say AMEN ta tha-ut!

MizP: Hit’s whut we need more’n ennythang else.

BB:

Whut’s got you s’tuned up Miz Pearl?

MizP: Ah’m glad I reckon tha-ut Mr. Obama done…

BB: Done ‘tooken th’ credit fer gittin Mr. Binladen?

MizP: No!! Ah din’t mean tha-ut an Ah don’t thank

he shoudda drug Mr. Romeney into hit.

Homer: you’re shore rite theier Miz Pearlie…

MizP: On toppa tha-ut he’s got a bunch of them

Navy Seals upset… an Ah don blame them.

BB: Hit shore wasn’t a thoughtful thang ta say.

MizP: Jist plain lackin’ in common sense Ah thank.

Homer: Kinder caught him off’n guard Ah reckon…

MizP: Well he din’t leave Warshington till middle of

th’ nite – looks like he’d a thot of hit ‘er sumpin.

Homer: Well we awl make mistakes sum time…

BB: But looks like common sense woudda tole

MizP: Shoudd tole him that won’t’ the thang ta…

Homer: Wouodda, shoudda, coudda…hits not

MizP: Not one a his strong pints…

Homer: Well nigh totally missin’ Ah’d say.

BB: Ah’d say hit too if it won’t jist speakin’

Silly, er jist a-wastin’ time.

MizP: Well Miz Noonan said he looks like sum

Time he’s a havin’ a deebate in his head.

Homer: Sorry ta say hit but some time – lotta

time – he don’t win th’ deebate.

Jack: Folks we’re being a bit jumpy on our

Commander-in-Chief – d’ya think?

MizP: Ah shore thank so. When you bin

Sleepin’ on Air Fowruce One awl nite --

you ought ta have hit thot out by th

time you lands. But ah’ll thank on hit.

Jack: I think you’ll have to think on it till

next time because time is up!

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noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:25:18 PDT

Good Morning Breakfast Clubbers! – That used to be Philco’s call to breakfast. Apparently it sold a lot of radios.

Nowadays hardly anyone remembers the “Breakfast Club with Don McNiel” – which originated in Chicago with many listeners and I think it was put on the air out there because having a coast to coast network – by the old “BLUE” network as I recall, was probably more economical and worked – because in those days telephone signals done along copper wires had to be ‘boosted’ and re-worked with equalizers to sound pretty good.

Well, it’s all over now. Chicago according to the poet in Chicago who wrote “The Fog Comes In On Cat’s Feet” – remember who? Carl Sandburg, who called Chicago the butcher of the world because so many ‘packing houses’ were packed into the stock yards areas…. I never saw any of it… just pictures. Carl Sandburg’s last home was up in the Blue Ridge town of Flat Rock…maybe East Flat Rock… I’m not sure. Anyway – you can visit there… his typewriter in his studio is still a place tourists visit.

I better get on with business.

Is Spring and joyousness coming to your house? – or has this super mild winter just whetted your appetite for Florida? Lots of cities I see by the news reports – have a lot of left over salt and sand which they usually use in the winter for deicing bridges and roads. My guess is – because I’m rather suspicious of the “Global Warming” science crowd – is we’ll have our share again before too many years go by – but we’ll see.

Anyway… it has been a flowery Spring not just in Charleston by the sea – but also up this way. I’m always kinda sad to see the Azaleas go sad so quickly – but there are new breeds (right words?) of flowers – and some that bloomed only once a year now put forth two and three times they say. My wife thinks she’s ready to see a couple of purchases do that this year. But we’re not ahead of the game nor spreading the mulch yet.

BUT WE DID have the garage & yard sale last Saturday from which my wife says she’s not sure she’ll recover. But I think she will;…I kid her saying “She’s a ‘tough old bird.’ And she is a real trooper.

Well… be with us tomorrow if you can we’ll enjoy having you around the home place.

Oh we had a change of electronic equipment in the middle of the week… caused a bit of a glitch with the Bait shop and Sushi Bar crowd… but things will settle back in… we think. ((J)’

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack & Barbara

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Just a Minute: Today is appointed as a national day of prayer for the United States. Unfortunately, as Shakespeare said: “Tis more honored in the breach than in the observance.”

President Obama took his victory lap yesterday. I’m sure there’s a minority of are clergy who issue a call to prayer for our nation; but I doubt it is highly observed. President Carter was unnaturally famous for his use of this word mostly thought of as “A general sense of depression or unease.” I don’t have a certified ‘malaise’ meter either – but I’m not impressed as we come out of winter into Spring that we are registering a very high number.

What is evident, even with the ersatz puffing by the Administration is not all dread – but it’s not all joy either. Too many people out of work too long. Too many houses in foreclosure. Gas prices that go up like a rocket and come down like a feather. It’s not a fourth of July spirit that’s pressing forward. Maybe we can do better talking about it more tomorrow. <I’m Jack Buttram.> (END)

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noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:16:07 PDT

It’s a long road that has no turning – and that’s about how we’re feeling when we know we’re still too many months in this ‘race’ that seems like a herd of turtles.

Ah – a longing for the good old days when the lack of air conditioning meant you just could stand it in the ‘hot and sticky’ of campaigning only so long. Now…it’s a year ‘round sport… starts sometime in the cold weather and goes for nearly two years. Arggghhh…

Ah well… only thing to do is enjoy the scenery.

Time’s a-wastin’ as ‘Snuffy Smith’ used to opine in the funnies and the black and white comics. Trouble is it’s hardly any entertainment except in the very early days of the state fairs like out in the Midwest – Iowa in particular. Those folks are already fixin’ up for the campaign in 2014 and 2016 – and here we are bogged down in 2012.

Well, you can’t crank up the calendar – you can just wish your way through it, or take off a week and go to the beach or the lake or the mountains. It’s going to be a long hot summer to get through and not a lot of fun doing it. It’s rather like sitting through a marathon of ‘watching the pot’ – which in the wisdom of the “Old Farmer” never boils if you’re looking dead at it.

We’re just going to have to invent some kind of political tiddledee winks that’ll get us through these long dry spells when there’s not much going on and everybody’s bemoaning it.

So to relieve the pressure on this Monday we’ll just quietly fold our banner for the time being and hope to see you shortly when there’s something more interesting happening than working a jig-saw puzzle or getting sunburned at the beach… it’s that time again.

Thanks for sticking with us this long.

All the best – Cordially IN HIM

Jack Buttram

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Just a Minute: Over the weekend Peggy Noonan – columnist for the Wall Street Journal -- asked the question under the headline of ‘A Bush League President:

“Did you like the past four years? Good, you can get four more.

“Do the President and his people strike you as competent? If so, you can renew his contract, and he will renew theirs.

“If you don’t want to re-hire him you will look to the other guy. Does he look credible, a possible president? Then you can hire him.

Republicans should cheer up.”

Hmmm. – Some times Ms. Noonan simply relishes being blunt. Here’s how she describes Obama’s style: “… he seems like a man distracted as if he’s holding a private conversation in his head “or is “constantly dribbling away the punch line.” Perhaps he’s noticing the size of the crowd and wishing the front row would start fainting again like they used to.” But she’s polite, not wishing to be rude.

Well, I’m with her – just so we don’t have to go through another four years with Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton.

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noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:37:47 PDT

It’s hard to believe the weekend’s here. Seems like this week was made to stretch and stretch… but now…

Seems like we’ve been caught in this dream… er… nightmare forever….and we’ve got at least five and a half months to go… lesse… no… it’s six months and a couple of days. Lots of water to go over the dam between now and then. But perhaps it will be a pleasant summer crowned with victory and joy – at least that’s my outlook… (It is Friday isn’t it?) Yeah! Well …

Maybe this year is the time to sharpen up your fishin’ or golf or hikin’… now that would help you learn to see your shoelaces again.

I’ve been strertchin’ and stretchin’ this taffey – Did you ever get caught in a something like that. I thought it was fun…. But it just got longer and longer and ….well maybe I dipped into it too much also.

I am at least glad that we are up to the Convention as the next thing for each party… at least that means we’re making progress.

This will be a welcome Spring weekend – thank you Lord for the beautiful flowers and trees and birds… what if we didn’t have these things to cheer us on in this land of -- well….fill in the blank of whatever you’d dislike. It’s just been a loooooong week with lots of low pressure.

Take care dear friends… Read the word – pray and the Lord will surely come and lift you up. I know he does me.

May the Lord bless each one and each family and we know He will.

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack & Barbara

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NEW YORK SLAMS THE DOOR FOR MITT

Just a Minute: Yesterday I said the news hardly moved the needle – but today the door slam you heard – reluctantly by the New York media – either ‘slammed the door’ or ‘rung down the curtain’ on the GOP nomination. Clearing the deck of all the contenders in Tuesday’s primaries pretty much does the job as far as selecting who will be the GOP’s nominee.

Since Rick Santorum has withdrawn from the Republican race Mr. Romney has closed the gap with the President in the battleground state of Virginia. The two men are now essentially tied with Romney holding a 45% to 44% of the Old Dominion finds 6% preferring another candidate and 5% un-decided.

Delaware did not go for Gingrich as he dreamed it might. A Gingrich spokesman told the Atlanta Constitution: "Newt Gingrich has spent his entire career proving pundits wrong. I'm sure he'll be happy to do so again." He says he’ll hang on for a week so they can have a party in Atlanta. Obviously hoping something else will turn up.

Mr. Romney has already accepted the mantle in New Hampshire.

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noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:26:28 PDT

Beautiful night on Tuesday. (I forgot to mention it yesterday.) I’ve *never* seen such a beautiful blue sky after sundown – and a crescent moon plus Jupiter as bright as I’ve *ever* id’d it. Made me thankful all over that I know the Lord that made this whole universe.

But now… back to earth – where we have a war of words going on – but take no never mind to that. The old kids couplet – “Sticks and stones will break my bones; But words will never hurt me.” Well, guess what – THEY WILL!

Now I don’t have the remedy for what happened here… but Mr. Romney’s dual campaigning in 1998 – when he lost out to John McCain – and in 2012, when he’s won the nomination for GOP candidate (at least I’m treating it like a full fledged accomplishment) means we’re on the way to doing a rescue operation for the good ole USA.

You can’t be everywhere at once, or have everything done as you would have it done (unless of course you were the creator of the Universe in the first place).—and the damage done to egos and feelings and hurtness etc. etc. can’t be naturally recovered or restored. But we know the creator of all things and HE is able to bring things to the conclusion HE wants.

I don’t claim (as one of my industrial instructors told me out in Colorado I think it was) to have a “Pipeline to God.” But I do know about someone who did – when he had illegally been sold into slavery by 11 wicked brothers. What a tangle and mess that turned out to be. But the Lord knew all about it – and if I’ve challenged your imagination I want you to pull out the old Family Bible – wipe the dust off – control your coughing and look up the 37^th Chapter of Genesis.

There you will find the *beginning* the saga of Joseph being sold into slavery – and flowing through to Chapter 50 – (which is the conclusion of the story of Joseph and his brothers) it’s 13 chapters [pick any version you want… I like the old King James but I also prefer a more modern version that explains a few more odd words to us these days. It’s call the English Standard Version (ESV) – and you’ll take about three evenings to read it – you can hardly put it down – it’s an adventure story. You’ll like it!

That’s a blue print of what God is going to have to do for America to keep this country great.

Now I’m not one to tell God what he HAS to do. Nobody in his right mind does that. God is sovereign – supernaturally SOVEREIGN – You will enjoy this book. Read it asking in prayer to God for HIM to reveal to you what you (and I) will have to do to save this Republic. And you are just as well equipped as anyone if you claim to be owned by HIM. I’m just getting you set up for a real adventure of taking part in a miracle of saving the United States of America if the Lord wants it saved.

So I’ll stop there – and let you cool off… We’ve got a LOT of praying and understanding what the Lord wants if we want to see victory. I’m not trying to put together a huge army. I’m just asking you and me to join together – with others whom God leads to join us – in a prayer effort to rescue our Nation… if God wants it saved. I’m serious.

I’ll be glad to hear from you the Lord moves on your heart to write and join me. I’m going to start to do it anyway. And together we can band together to do HIS will.

God bless you. IN HIM

Jack

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Just a Minute: OK, things are pretty much on even keel. Lots of talk about what’s happening; but not much that moves the needle. For instance: The President’s Job Approval rating it’s usually one of the best indicators for assessing his re-election chances? So far – not so good -- not changing much.

Currently, forty six percent of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's job performance. Fifty-three percent say they at least somewhat disapprove. Of the president's job performance. It’s totally simplistic to pick the snapshot of polling for one day and say “that’s what’s going to happen.” You’d almost surely be wrong. “The pro’s ”think these numbers summarize Obama’s chance for reelection. But that leaves out a lot of things. Whatever happened to all those other people? Just go up in smoke?

If you add 46 and 53 together it’s 99 % -- what happens to everybody else? Might just as well wave the magic wand and pull the rabbit out of the hat… or cram everyone else into that crowded one percent.

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noreply@blogger.com (Jack Buttram) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:10:31 PDT

Things are scattered all over the map.

You want to be listening to the news bulletins as they are being broadcast because it will be the little snippets of returns that have to carry the subject in such crowded weather. It’s the radio news that has to carry the burden of flash bulletin news.

At the time we had to put this story in the chute to make it on the air – all the information wasn’t in place. We didn’t know if Mr. Gingrich was gonna throw in the towel or not. (Bets were he would but at the time we put this together it was a guess.)

Meantime Mr. Romney apparently carried Ohio easily – but the Scott Rasmussen poll had him eight points down in the tracking of just that state – so who can untangle such a mess – the calendar I think… (assuming we don’t have any Florida ‘Hanging chads’ – That’s what throws things awry. (L))

With all the uncertainty over certain races and which seats are going to be filled by which party and all the other ‘goodies’ yet to come I breathe a huge sigh and even though I think things will come out on an even keel – I’m loath to rock the boat – [Even I don’t know what that means.]

So hold tight and rock on as the young’uns are want to say [and my clues are scanty as to what they mean by it] and be assured by this time next Spring you will have forgotten all about it and be concerned with whatever else is happening under the NEW ADMINISTRATION! That’s a cast-iron reliable prediction no matter who wins. (J) Ain’t it fun?

We’ll think and talk more tomorrow. Glad to have you with us, we praise the Lord for your willingness to join in. Frankly I don’t know just how the word spreads… I do think it’s by the little birds at the window sill. (J)

See you tomorrow (DV) IN HIM

Jack & Barbara

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THIS SHOULD BE THE WIND UP

MizP: Jist a Minit: You said this week we’d have some

Answers not jist questions.

Jack: Right – what answers do you have Miz Pearl?.

MizP: Wait a minit… Ah figgered you’d be giving th’

Answers an Ah’d be asking the questions. ‘

BB: Souns like a good Idee Miz Pearl – whut is

Your questions?

MizP: Now don’t you start Mr. Beelie…

Homer: Hit’s OK Miz Pearlie… Mr. Bill is jist a-

-pullin you-wah straing.

MizP: Oh…OK

BB: We jist a joshin’ MizP:

MizP: But we don’e have no time an Beelie is a-

BB: Waistin’ hit – ah’m sorry – Ah jist like ta see

You showin’ sum spunk.

Jack: You haven’t learned Mr. Mr. Bill that Miz Pearli

Does have a temper…

Homer: Of course you’s rite Mr. Jack – Do you have

A question Miz Pearlie.

MizP: Ah shore do… I wanna know who’s ahead in

This thang we calls a ‘lection.

Jack: Hard to tell Mmiz Pearl… we won’t know for

Sure until November.

MizP: Ah know tha-ut much…. But whuts’ a happnin?

Jack: Right now Miz Pearl it looks pretty sure that

Mr. Obama will be the nominee and tomorrow will

Almost surely tell who will be running against him.

MizP: Fer shure Mr. Jack.

Jack: No, not “for sure” – but looks most likely.

Miz: An who you’ll thank will win? Mr. Jack?

Jack: Well, I’ve been praying it won’t be Mr. Obama.

Homer: Me too… Ah thank mos of usn’s don’t.

Homer: Ah thank a majoritity thanks th’ same.

MizP: But jist th’ same you ain’t shore!

BB: Naw…nothin’s fer shore MizP ‘ceptin’ death

MizP: An TAXES – Ah’ve done heered that afore.

Jack: So politics is a hard ride MizPearl …

MizP: Youi Kin mark ‘at down fer shore, lotsa weep…

BB: Weepin’ an disappointmints Ah guess – but th

Main thang is ta keep th’ main thang th’ main thang ….

MizP: Keep th’ main thang th’ main thang an at’s afac!

Jack: Join us next week. <I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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Just a Minute: Today I’m sorting through the opinions of the Wall St. Journal, New York Times, and the Washington Post is a nightmare. Nobody knows – everybody’s guessing. So I’m dealing with data but admittedly it’s not ALL the data – and it’s always shifting.

However here’s the summary of all trend lines from January to thus far in April, for the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows twenty four (24%) of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval

Index rating of a negative -19 points. There are LOTS of polls – but I look at two things, the methodology of the pollsters and the longer term trend lines.

The final numbers aggregated DO NOT take into account the various states and their heft in the electoral college. So this is the context to which I refer for an overall view -- it does not predict a final result or take into account the vagaries of the electoral college.

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Index rating of a negative -19 points. There are LOTS of polls – but I look at two things, the methodology of the pollsters and the longer term trend lines.

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