Today's Tids Issue 3,110
Opening Stuff:
Yikes! The Repubs
continually eat their young. Cantor is out! How will they ever get behind a
Presidential candidate? You gotta figure that all of a sudden the Dems may be
feeling a little better about retaining the Senate. The Dems may be bumbling,
but the conservatives are committing suicide.
I was about to begin
today with a softer message. A message of feeling, tasting the beauty of
the world so sumptuous in its morning offering. Enjoying the fruits of God and
the love of humans. That is until I read of the tragedy in Richmond Va. But,
then the beauty of nature and the energy of the seas around us can bring you
back fast. After all, politics is fleeting, but love is forever.
As far as I’m concerned
the best all time comedy duo is Rocky and Bullwinkle.
The Question:
Who was Jay Ward and what did he do?
The Headlines:
--Repubs Nationally Stunned At Cantor Upset; College
Professor David Brat Sends Him Home With Continuing Attacks About Majority
Leader Support Of Immigration reform; Brat had Support Of Laura Ingraham.
--Moldova And Georgia Sign Contracts With EU Despite
Warnings From Moscow; Ukraine Nixes Russia Gas Discounts.
--White House Now Blaming Bergdahl Deal On Hagel; President Shultz
Moves Back Into denial.
--Key Iraq City Of Mosel Falls To al Qaida Troops.
--Negotiations Between BoA And DOJ On Fraud Charges Break
Down.
--San Antonio Womps Heat.
--Markets falter As Dollar Slips Against Yen.
Hillary has within
nano-seconds backtracked on her “Dead Broke” characterization of she and
Bill’s financial situation at the end of his Presidency. Hillary Clinton – “The
Backtracker”. Too bad she can’t back track to decisions that could have saved
Ambassador Stevens; Smith, Woods and Doherty. How come she is capable of
repairing her own deficiencies so quickly but didn’t appear to have time to
hear the urgent pleas of Americans in danger.
Maybe the biggest
news of the day is the California court declaring Teacher Tenure unconstitutional.
Maybe all Union contracts that protect groups arbitrarily over the freedom of
people to earn based on accomplishments are unconstitutional. Maybe this court
decision is as big as the US Constitution. But then, 0-Man will probably issue
an exec order to dump it. These days, everything is weird.
This is the 375th
anniversary of our town here. It has more 18th century homes
than any city in America. But, as I look around I rue the mid Sixties and that
awful federal government program known as Urban redevelopment, which did
nothing but line the pockets of builders and developers while decimating the
historic core of cities. I’ve seen it in my home town and little villages where
I have lived along the way. And I see it out my window this morning.
Actually Eric Cantor
is pretty much like every guy who goes to DC with principles…and then finds
that survival demands bending… as big money takes over.
Crossing the Pacific
in a kayak seems like a dumb idea. It is also a costly idea for taxpayers now
that the inevitable distress call has gone out and the Coast Guard came to the
rescue.
Open the Piggy bank,
Department:
It’s beginning to appear difficult to determine where to
invest now that the Dow is looking more and more to be overbought. Actually,
only 26.8% of stocks are overvalued compared to a historic average of 21.1 %.
However, only 13.4% are undervalued compared to the histioric28.9%. So,
investors are gobbling up what’s available at a faster pace than ever. The good
news though is that 42.9% of stocks are still within The “Rising Trend”
category meaning they are out of undervalued but still short of overvalued. The
top ten “Undervalued” B+ to A+ stocks with strong dividends as a bonus are CVS
Caremark, Occidental, Chevron, Exxon, Coca-Cola, Baxter International, Abbot
Labs, Apache Corp, AT&T and TJX. Kaching.
Developers and
contractors should have as part of their license sensible architectural or
some level of aesthetic training before being allowed to gouge out a piece of
precious landscape. When replacing what God grew, it should be worthy of what
has gone before.
The Conscience: Chapter 5 continues.
Jason just
stood looking at me, slowly shaking his head from side to side as I crossed the
room. I was now between a wonderful woman whose mother I had just killed and my
friend whom I had betrayed so many years ago. I wanted to confront my past, but
I knew I could mend the tear.
“What were you
thinking?” I stepped back. That voice of Jason’s was always so intimidating. He
had a way of controlling people, maybe because he was of a society that was
feared.
“I…”
“He was only
thinking what many thought of the tyranny of 1950’s Mobile. That truth was determined by people with no souls. No heart.” James had moved forward and now
held Jason’s eyes, in his. “Jeffery Morgan felt what every person not of the
chosen felt,” He said that with a small sneer in his lips. "He knew he would not
get justice especially from an incident that arose out of the character in that
man’s heart." he pointed at me. "A man who lashed out against the ugly inherent in your society.”
My chest pumped up a bit, but then who am I fooling.
Jason hadn’t
uttered a word, but I could see his face reddening as he heard the truth from a
black man. “I own you now, Jason.” James just appeared content. He was calm. “You
will have to live now with knowledge of every black man you spat upon, every black
family you and your society ruined; every life that went astray because fo your
persecution. “ He paused. “You have no idea about how ugly you are.” James took
a step forward, “And now if you’ll just move away from behind my desk.”
Jason did move and
took a step towards me with grotesque anger possessing his face and heart. I
took a step towards him, but before anything occurred, Milton Washington stepped
between us.
“It’s time for you
to leave Mr. Montgomery”.
The Answer:
Of course Jay Ward was the creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle. To
me, Ward was an incredibly creative humorist, satirist who also gave us Dudley
Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman, Crusader rabbit, George of the Jungle and all of
tose great supprtin characters like Boris and Natasha, and Sweet Nell. Ward was
great with Puns like his titles for episodes, “Mine eyes have seen the gory” or
“When a felon needs a friend”. Yup, I just laugh when thinking of all that he
gave the world. He’d like that.
Have a great day!
If you have nothing
to do today, you can binge on Bullwinkle!
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