Bulletin 7/23/2010 by Clayton Smith
It was like a flash from the past to see Jack Roberts presiding over the meeting. Fortunately for him Bill Banks was not well enough to be in attendance or to steal a bell. Jack, showing an unusual amount of courage for someone in the corrections field asked Clayton Smith, the club’s oldest living member of the legal profession, who has suffered the slings and arrows of thirty-two years of attorney jokes to offer the invocation. While the crowd was small there was still the potential for quite a lot of damage from a lightning strike during the course of a lawyer praying. Even though the general membership may believe lawyers are appropriately the butt of some pretty good jokes you should know that as a profession we have among our members none other than Jesus himself. While on earth he was a carpenter and teacher. Now while in heaven he is an attorney or advocate. 1 John 2:1 “... And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” Take that L.A. Law.
Guests:
Gene Faison was accompanied by his grand-son Cole, a good looking 8 year old who no doubt takes after his grandmother. Nobody else could drag in a friend or maybe some just couldn’t afford to pay someone to pretend to be their friend.
Prayer Needs:
Both Joe Brown and Doyt Brown had visited Bridges Simmons in the last few days and both reported that he was doing very well. He invites any of the club member to help themselves to the figs on his trees but get there early or someone else will already have the low hanging fruit.
Bill Banks is doing a lot better and is starting to get some more energy back. Mel Allen continues to recover from his back surgery. George Sellers, Lynn Carswell, Ron Rowe, Sr., Eugene Edmunds, and Tommy Carter are all continuing to make some progress for their various ailments. Dot Hautman continues to need our prayers for D.S., as he continues to suffer from something we all hope to get to try someday and that means advanced age. We all hope to get there someday. Lets keep all of our members in our prayers every day.
Program Notes:
Michael Meyer VonBremen was our speaker as he provided an encore presentation of his recent involvement with the Nalman Foundation. Which was originally a German source for the purpose promoting nationalism and better communications among the nation neighbors on the planet. Michael was again invited another series of meetings and represent Southwest Georgia, even though he no longer enjoys the title of State Senator. Being a private citizen can be somewhat freeing.
The organization is privy to lots of political and polling numbers. Michael shared some obvious polling results that found that 49% of voters are less likely to vote for a member of congress who already voted to support the bailout program, TARP. The Troubled Asset Recovery Program struck a proper chord with 14% of voters who will likely vote in favor of someone who has already drawn a line in the sand on that issue. Only 32 % said it didn’t matter and big surprise, Republicans view the bailout as a worse idea than the Democrats.
The same thought process has been employed by voters as to the members of Congress who voted in favor of the Health Care reform bill. Only 39% of those polled would likely vote for a health care reformer and only 35% of the voters are more likely to vote against a health care reformer. Voters do view members of Congress who are willing to elicit some compromises in order to obtain some of what they want for their constituents rather than nothing as a good thing and 42% of them would vote for a compromisor rather than someone who will waste his vote in an unpopular show of support for an issue which is a good thing but will not deceive. Michael was his usual interesting self and shared a lot of good stuff with us.
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