TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES
Tidbits and Outrages How Soon They Forget Two political scientists recently surveyed the staffs of United States senators to find out if those who had been undergraduate political science...
...Apparently no one else used it...
...A recent editorial in The Washington Post explained why: “The Risenhoover campaign committee has bought television time to air . . . a half-hour version of the official Air Force film of this year’s Flag Day observance in the House...
...As edited by Rep...
...Ted Risenhoover...
...Tidbits and Outrages How Soon They Forget Two political scientists recently surveyed the staffs of United States senators to find out if those who had been undergraduate political science majors are more likely than those less fortunate 1) to recognize the applications of political science to their Senate jobs, 2) to have greater professional and social contact with political scientists, and 3) to read political science books and journals...
...Instead, it has become routine over the years for the services to supplya band and a camera crew for the House’s annual Flag Day show...
...Well, not exactly...
...Risenhoover thinks highly of this service...
...Their findings: “The data collected failed to confirm any of these hypotheses...
...Risenhoover at his ownexpense (a modest $650, compared with the $5,000-or-so the Air Force spent to produce the film), this epic documentary includes an inspirational address by evangelist Oral Roberts, whose headquarters is in Tulsa...
...After wondering how it came to pass that the Air Force had filmed thb minor House event, the Post continued: “When you poke into that, you learn that it was not a one-time favor to a two-term congressman...
...Risehhoover is from Oklahoma.] But the dramatic climax 1s a reading of “I Am an American” by the chairman of the House Flag Day Committee backed up by the Air Force’s Singing Sergeants and band...
...Do we have to tell you who is this year’s chairman of the House Flag Day Committee...
...Buster Daniels, the assessor of Newton County, Texas, as reported in The Texas Observer: “The timber companies own 85 per cent of the land in this county...
...The Air Force simply got the call this year...
...Flag Day Follies June 14 is Flag Day, and while that may not mean much to most of us, it is a very special day for Rep...
...Does this mean there’s an intense nationwide demand for-and use of-Flag Day movies as inspirational programs...
...Quote of the Month Dept...
...The film is quietly handed over to the Flag Day chairman, and his office distributes it...
...he shared last year’s movie-in which he was shown making a patriotic speech-with some 200 groups in his district...
...They tell us what they’re going to pay...
Vol. 10 • October 1978 • No. 7
