Today's Tids Issue 3,037
Opening Stuff:
I like music of all
kinds. Mainly though, I like that which has a sense of authenticity. For
instance, classical, blue grass and country before Nashville were inherent
representations of the eras. The big band music was a product of musicians
still attached to the jazz eras and not promoters. Early rock and roll was root
music, often the product of blacks playing in back rooms and Ho-houses. R&R
lost it’s soul when merchandisers brought us the Pat Boones and even Elvis – if I’m
allowed to be a but sacrilegious. I like earthy rock bands that can move
souls without lights and lunacy. I like what reflects the purity of the musicians
mind. I like vanilla Ice Cream and Plain pizza for the same reason.
For me, it was
rolling on the floor in uncontrollable laughter when I heard that the Tax,
Fine for not getting ObamaCare was being officially called, “Shared
Responsibility Payment”. Yeah right, shared responsibility, so voluntary that they
are calling upon one of the 4 0r 5 most intimidating Government organizations
in the world, the IRS, to enforce it. Is that like it takes a village to share
responsibility – The 0-Man/Hill Doctrine. I think ACA is the next step towards a police state.
Shared responsibility, my foot. Forced slavery is more like it.
The Question:
Who are considered the Top Ten Athletes turned Actor? Hint:
Olympic swimmers Esther Williams is 31 and Johnny Weissmuller (Tarzan) is 26.
The Headlines:
--NYT/CBS 2016 Presidential Polling On Who Party Members Would
Like To Run: Dems – Hill 82%, National Plagiarist Laureate – 40%, Warren 22%;
Repubs - Jeb Bush 41%, Rand Paul 40%,
Christie 31%.
--Russia Gets Warnings From World About Incursions Into
Ukraine; Pro-Russia Armed Men Storm And Take Over Crimea Government HQ.
--Brewer Vetoes Business Protection Bill.
--Warren Buffet Annual Returns Edging Downward.
--NASA’s Kepler Telescope Discovers 715 New Planets.
New Polls Favor Repubs Out performing Dems In November.
--Obama To Urge More Stable Family Environment For Black
Community As Part Of New Initiative To Help Kids In Poorer Communities.
--Harry Reid Walks Back His Claims That ObamaCare Horror
Stories Are Untrue; Dem Attempts To Hide Truth About O/C Unraveling.
So Boehner and Obama
met for the first time in a year and a half. This in itself is kind of odd considering
that the two are listed as 1 and 3 on the Government depth charts. The pics
look good, both with green appearing ties going for an early connection with
the Irish vote. But, what are the chances for cooperation? On the surface it
appears that B could go to Nice to keep the House in November and O could go
anti to take the house away. As usual, it probably means nothing.
American Idol
singers are not looking too good so far. Last night, the first four couldn’t
hit the notes and some were out of sync with the bands. Compared to The Voice
AI is looking more like Amatuer Idol. It improved a bit as the night went on,
but they had bette r get a couple of storng performers up front or here will be
a lot of channel changing. Some of the best were Caleb Johnson, Jessica Meuse,
Alex Preston, Majesty Rose and Jena Irene. Not too bad were MK Nobilette, Emily
Piriz and Sam Woolf. Kristen O’Conner,
Malaya Wilson, Dexter Roberts and CJ Harris will vie for the bottom three.
Yesterday it was
everywhere as the TV press regaled and called in nutrition experts to
comment about the 43% drop in children’s obesity rates. Even if you only knew
that butter has fat and lettuce has none, you could have made a TV debut, the
demand for experts was so broad. In fact you may have known about as much as
experts who seemed to have trouble explaining the drop. But let’s look at what really
happened. The huge drop was for children 2-5. The malleable age, where parents
can still say no. Looking further, the enormity of the drop probably meant that
obesity was not a huge problem in that bracket in the first place. The rate fell
from only 13% to 8%. Looking even further, there was no discernible improvement
in ages of children and adults who could actually make their own decisions. So
basically, people still like to eat what they like to eat and sit around doing
nothing.
I watch these endless
interviews of people in the frozen areas of the country and come away with
the sense that some of these reporters and interviewees actually think the Government
can change the weather. This is how pervasive government intrusions have become
in the minds of some.
Tell the Truth; It’s
Easier to memorize, Department:
Number one: Yesterday, the Washington Post Fact Checkers
awarded the Admin the Three Pinocchio’s Award for it’s O-Care signup
reporting. Number two: Now Secretary
Sebelius is chipping in with some fancy tap-dancing of her own saying neither she,
nor anybody in the White House ever said that 7 million signups by March would
be a goal. Maybe she didn’t, but that woman in the interview on the tape
talking to NBC’s Nancy Snyderman on September 8th about 7 Mil sure
looked and sounded like her. God help America.
If you are a camera
company, and you’re not making cameras for phones, you’re probably going
out of business.
Oscar Lavant was
one of the all time great characters, and talents. And drunks, for that matter.
Oddly, the TV commercials
for the two latest shows playing at the big Providence Theater, “Man of La
Mancha” and “The Ten Tenors” both ended with “Impossible Dream”. There’s no truth
to the rumor that the theater has been redesigned to appear as a gigantic
elevator.
The Answer:
# 15 is Bubba Smith who is behind Burt Reynolds, Jim Brown, Chuck
Conners and Fred Williamson. #10 is Andre “The Giant” Rene Roussinoff, and the
moving towards number one we have Fred Dwyer, ed Marinaro, Bob Euker, Jason
Lee, #5 Mark Harman, Merlin Olsen, Carl Weathers, Dwayne Johnson and of course
at 31 – Arnold.
The link below from
a delightful reader will bring you to an amusing and powerful portrait of George
Gershwin: I enjoyed it:
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