Today's Tids Issue 2,945
Opening Stuff:

With the arrival of ObamaCare we will have to go back and add an amendment to the Constitution requiring the election the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, the newest most powerful person in America.

The older you get the more coincidences you encounter.

It's conceivable that we may have a national health care system with no doctors. But, everybody will be covered. Yikes.

The Question:
Who are considered the Top Female Musical Broadway and Film performers?

The Headlines:
--Senate Closing In On New Deals For Budget And Debt.
--Potential Deal Has WS Cranking Up For Positive Day.
--Major Quake Rattles Central Philippines; Typhoon In viet Nam Causes Evac Of 122,000..
--NSA Inside People's Smartphones; Millions Of Contact Lists Captured So Far by Secret US Gov Organization.
--Series Of Dry Ice Explosions Causing Jitters At LA Airport.
--George W. Bush Heart Condition Said To have Had 95% Blockage.
--Snowden Leaks: The Worst Is Yet To Come According To London's Guardian.

People can write and people can opine, but nothing really matters until people out of your control engage their brains. And lately, I'm seeing more and more evidence that that may not even be possible.

If you are trying to solve all 1,000,000 games of Freecell, then you must have no life. Hey, wait a minute...

In response to yesterday's "Question", more people were amazed that South Pacific, an iconic Rogers and Hammerstein musical of the era, was left out of the top ten. It was, for some loony reason, 56th.
It's time to get out the flannel shirts.

If these Tids today feel a little underwhelming it's because I'm having trouble matching the excitement of the Sox and Pats Sunday comeback victories.

Ironically, the highlight of the Columbus Day parade yesterday was the Royal and Ancient Order of Hibernian's Bag Pipe band.

Even for people who don't believe in God, the USA was better when the most of the country lived lives according to the basic precepts of God as written in the bible.

Speaking of new lows in America, Senator Barbara Boxer yesterday called Republicans "Domestic Abusers".

Now they tell me. I could have gone to NYC yesterday and bought for $60 a work of art by street artist Banksy that may be worth $1000's and more!.

Success as an artist these days is more about publicity than technique.

The Answer:
Number one is Judy Garland followed by Julie Andrews and then Lisa Minnelli, Ethel Merman (Who I would put at 1 or 2), Barbara Streisand, Carol Channing, Rita Moreno, Angela Lansbury, Shirley Jones, Chita Rivera, Gwenn Verdon, Patti Lapone, Bernadette Peters, Judy Holliday, Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Vera Lynn, Doris Day and Betty Hutton.

You know your employer is changing to Obamacare when you're getting your breast exam at hooters, your primary care physician is wearing pants from Goodwill Industries and Viagra has been replaced by a Popsicle stick and duct tape!

Enjoy this perfect day!