Today's Tids Issue 2,720
Opening Stuff:
The Prez, regaled in all of his renown disingenuousness, is
telling the GOP to just go along with raising taxes on the nasty ole'
rich, and he promises that he'll reduce them later in the year when he
has time to think it through clearly. What a crock. Remember what
happened when Teddy said to GWB -- "Trust me." Can you say knife in
back?
Don't you think that the word "Wednesday" appears to be one of the truly earliest of typos?
I look out at the beautiful Winter's sun. I see friends smiling, doing day to day stuff, enjoying the little things in life - that are so dear. And I think, Washington is not real.
The news stories seem to imply that instead of doing what is right for the future of America, the inveterate politician Obama is more anxious to create a scenario where he can paint the Republicans black. Wait a minute, did I say Black?
The Question:
The list of the most corrupt nations of the year have been announced by Transparency International. Who are they?
The Headlines:
--Many Hundreds Washed Away In Philippine Typhoon.
--Citi To Lay Over 11,000; JC Penny Paring Down For Efficiency; Pfizer To Gut Drug Sales Force.
--Conn Trader Charged In $1 Billion Apple Trade; Apple Down 6% for Week.
--Goldman Slashed Gold Outlook.
--Manufacturing Orders Positive Surprise.
--Minimal 118,000 New Jobs Added In November.
--Obama Seems Content In Letting US Go Over Cliff: Chance To Criticize Republicans.
--Assad Regime Weakening.
--Hillary For 2016 Rumbling Begins.
--LA Port To Reopen Today After Settlement With Clerks Is Reached.
Here's a funny scene I imagined happening as I was reading a story about Iran's capturing a drone, and the US Navy denying it. Picture a split screen, where on the left we have rows of Iran dignitaries standing before Ahmadinejad at the podium, who is directly in front of the captured drone. On the right screen we see a computer control room aboard a US air craft carrier. One of the young sailors starts playing the joy sick. On the left screen we see the props of the drone turning over. Ahmadinejad continues talking while the audience begins looking at each other in bewilderment. The props turn faster and the drone moves lightly forward. The sailors hand is moving faster. The audience starts to hesitatingly disperse while the the alleged drone turns towards the runway' The drone from the Iran Prez continues on and on and on... The right screen shows the sailor working the stick while others laughing with tears in their eyes, give high fives as the drone takes off nearly beheading Ahmadinejad who continues to talk...before no one at all.
There's always a lot of pressure on the old Tids guy when adding a new reader to the list, like today. What if she tunes out because of a bad first day? Wait a minute...bad first day!
Several readers sent in their choices for Best All-Time TV Game Hosts including Merv Griffen (the guy started hosting only to become the owner of today's big ones -- Jeopardy and Wheel), Chuck Woolery and Peter Marshall. One reader said my list must have been made up by communists! See what I have to deal with. Me, a caring. understanding, fair-minded opiner of the world. Life is tough.
Have you seen the picture of the two girls talking where one says, "I love Obama because now I can get health care even though I'm unemployed." "Why are you unemployed?" asks the second. "I was laid off because my boss couldn't afford ObamaCare."
Almost everybody (Except the photographer association enablers) is wondering why the man who shot the photo of another man struggling for survival against an oncoming train after being pushed from a subway platform, didn't rush to help instead. To be fair, there may have been several reasons, one of which was that he was shooting the pic while rushing to help, but was too far away. But it brings to mind what people will do to get known on places like YouTube or on news sites like Yahoo. People put themselves and many times their children in danger to become famous, for a fleeting second. Ah technology.
And, I vow never to be sucked in again to one of those headlines that appear when I open Yahoo to reach my mail. Like "What was Hillary wearing that made the premier of India throw up". Or just what are Peter Townsend's Politics." Or "Where did the police find Lindsay Lohan's panties."
The Red Sox continue to sign journeymen. Tis a sad moment for the hearts of Fans who now face rooting for a team resembling that of the early sixties. Just think, If we, I mean Theo Epstein, had maintained status quo we could have a team with and infield of Youklis, Pedroia, Beltre, Scuterro, and outfielders Reddick, Elsbury and Jason Bay and they could have spent all of the money used trying to replace many of these guys on pitching! (Editors Note: While The RS are not a national issue of interest to all, I reserve the right to use the Tids as a blatant self serving psychologists couch.) I feel better now.
The TV news media does a dissevice to the Cliff debate by giving significant air time to one "average" person with a visceral opinon of the immediate effects of the options.
Dog lovers have become as overzealous as bicycle riders taking over highways.
The rush to judgement is certainly one of the new illnesses of our short attention span public. This is never more apparent than when a senior citizen is involved in an auto accident. The cries about taking away the keys, the sacrine interviews with "caring" children of oldsters and the pronouncements of Pols become deafening. Here are the facts. After a fifteen year study it was found the accident rate for 60 year olds is the same as those in their thirties. And the accident rate for those in their 70's and 80's is one half that of people in their twenties.
America has been so good for so many years, that most people just sincerely believe that nothing will ever happen to it -- despite all of the evidence before them. Like not opening that credit card bill, thinking that it will just go away.
Considering today's visit to the Oval Office, could it be Rachel Madow for Secy of Sate and Al Sharpton for Secy Defense!
The Answer:
Our Pal Karsei's Afghanistan is right up there on top along with North Korea and Somalia. Other corruptions standouts are those who fell seriously in the rankings -- one party China, Greece and several "Arab Spring" countries. The group ranked 176 countries and 2/3rds fell below 50% where 100 is a perception of openness and clean deals. The US went up a bit from 24th to 19th. The least corrupt were New Zealand, Denmark and Finland.
Is Hillary wearing that severe pulled back hair style to look more Presidential?
The deafening cheers you hear are for the return of one of the all time great Tids readers of the past. Makes my heart swell!
Don't you think that the word "Wednesday" appears to be one of the truly earliest of typos?
I look out at the beautiful Winter's sun. I see friends smiling, doing day to day stuff, enjoying the little things in life - that are so dear. And I think, Washington is not real.
The news stories seem to imply that instead of doing what is right for the future of America, the inveterate politician Obama is more anxious to create a scenario where he can paint the Republicans black. Wait a minute, did I say Black?
The Question:
The list of the most corrupt nations of the year have been announced by Transparency International. Who are they?
The Headlines:
--Many Hundreds Washed Away In Philippine Typhoon.
--Citi To Lay Over 11,000; JC Penny Paring Down For Efficiency; Pfizer To Gut Drug Sales Force.
--Conn Trader Charged In $1 Billion Apple Trade; Apple Down 6% for Week.
--Goldman Slashed Gold Outlook.
--Manufacturing Orders Positive Surprise.
--Minimal 118,000 New Jobs Added In November.
--Obama Seems Content In Letting US Go Over Cliff: Chance To Criticize Republicans.
--Assad Regime Weakening.
--Hillary For 2016 Rumbling Begins.
--LA Port To Reopen Today After Settlement With Clerks Is Reached.
Here's a funny scene I imagined happening as I was reading a story about Iran's capturing a drone, and the US Navy denying it. Picture a split screen, where on the left we have rows of Iran dignitaries standing before Ahmadinejad at the podium, who is directly in front of the captured drone. On the right screen we see a computer control room aboard a US air craft carrier. One of the young sailors starts playing the joy sick. On the left screen we see the props of the drone turning over. Ahmadinejad continues talking while the audience begins looking at each other in bewilderment. The props turn faster and the drone moves lightly forward. The sailors hand is moving faster. The audience starts to hesitatingly disperse while the the alleged drone turns towards the runway' The drone from the Iran Prez continues on and on and on... The right screen shows the sailor working the stick while others laughing with tears in their eyes, give high fives as the drone takes off nearly beheading Ahmadinejad who continues to talk...before no one at all.
There's always a lot of pressure on the old Tids guy when adding a new reader to the list, like today. What if she tunes out because of a bad first day? Wait a minute...bad first day!
Several readers sent in their choices for Best All-Time TV Game Hosts including Merv Griffen (the guy started hosting only to become the owner of today's big ones -- Jeopardy and Wheel), Chuck Woolery and Peter Marshall. One reader said my list must have been made up by communists! See what I have to deal with. Me, a caring. understanding, fair-minded opiner of the world. Life is tough.
Have you seen the picture of the two girls talking where one says, "I love Obama because now I can get health care even though I'm unemployed." "Why are you unemployed?" asks the second. "I was laid off because my boss couldn't afford ObamaCare."
Almost everybody (Except the photographer association enablers) is wondering why the man who shot the photo of another man struggling for survival against an oncoming train after being pushed from a subway platform, didn't rush to help instead. To be fair, there may have been several reasons, one of which was that he was shooting the pic while rushing to help, but was too far away. But it brings to mind what people will do to get known on places like YouTube or on news sites like Yahoo. People put themselves and many times their children in danger to become famous, for a fleeting second. Ah technology.
And, I vow never to be sucked in again to one of those headlines that appear when I open Yahoo to reach my mail. Like "What was Hillary wearing that made the premier of India throw up". Or just what are Peter Townsend's Politics." Or "Where did the police find Lindsay Lohan's panties."
The Red Sox continue to sign journeymen. Tis a sad moment for the hearts of Fans who now face rooting for a team resembling that of the early sixties. Just think, If we, I mean Theo Epstein, had maintained status quo we could have a team with and infield of Youklis, Pedroia, Beltre, Scuterro, and outfielders Reddick, Elsbury and Jason Bay and they could have spent all of the money used trying to replace many of these guys on pitching! (Editors Note: While The RS are not a national issue of interest to all, I reserve the right to use the Tids as a blatant self serving psychologists couch.) I feel better now.
The TV news media does a dissevice to the Cliff debate by giving significant air time to one "average" person with a visceral opinon of the immediate effects of the options.
Dog lovers have become as overzealous as bicycle riders taking over highways.
The rush to judgement is certainly one of the new illnesses of our short attention span public. This is never more apparent than when a senior citizen is involved in an auto accident. The cries about taking away the keys, the sacrine interviews with "caring" children of oldsters and the pronouncements of Pols become deafening. Here are the facts. After a fifteen year study it was found the accident rate for 60 year olds is the same as those in their thirties. And the accident rate for those in their 70's and 80's is one half that of people in their twenties.
America has been so good for so many years, that most people just sincerely believe that nothing will ever happen to it -- despite all of the evidence before them. Like not opening that credit card bill, thinking that it will just go away.
Considering today's visit to the Oval Office, could it be Rachel Madow for Secy of Sate and Al Sharpton for Secy Defense!
The Answer:
Our Pal Karsei's Afghanistan is right up there on top along with North Korea and Somalia. Other corruptions standouts are those who fell seriously in the rankings -- one party China, Greece and several "Arab Spring" countries. The group ranked 176 countries and 2/3rds fell below 50% where 100 is a perception of openness and clean deals. The US went up a bit from 24th to 19th. The least corrupt were New Zealand, Denmark and Finland.
Is Hillary wearing that severe pulled back hair style to look more Presidential?
The deafening cheers you hear are for the return of one of the all time great Tids readers of the past. Makes my heart swell!
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