What do you really mean by that?

Today's Tids Issue 3,149

Opening Stuff:

The spotlight has become so bright in American culture, that it’s blinding us to reality.

 

Has there ever been a better invention than an outdoor shower by the sea? Where salt is in the air and cool breezes blow while hot water pounds against your skin. Where the steady gush joins in a chorus with soaring, shrieking gulls and snorting horns of boats in the stillharbor. And as the shower stops and coolness embraces your skin, you hear the chugging of a launch moving slowly, creating soft ripples that spread to your shore.

 

I have mixed emotions about this bringing Ebola to the USA thing. I fully understand the desirability to have the brave doctors and Ebola workers brought home for superior treatment. What bothers me are the assurances that we have nothing to worry about because CDC is nearby and watchful. Isn’t that the same CDC that a week or so ago discovered misplaced killer viruses? Guarantees from the US government ain’t what they used to be.

 

By the way, how come Ebola, according to my Spell-Check, has to be spelled with a capital “E”? I don’t spell hitler with a capital “H”.

 

Have you ever wondered about why all of a sudden this trend towards Flatbread is dominating Newspaper food columns, TV Chef shows and magazine stories. The pretense of course is that it is a dietary thing, but in reality it’s to get Americans used to eating Muslim foods. Who said that?

 

The first reader who ever wrote to say he was reading Tids in South Africa, writes again to thank our Editorial staff for keeping him amused and informed and while bored in many places – like the beach, chairlifts and airports. So, how about if you write to say where you are reading the Tids at this moment. Maybe we can personalize this mess to churches, in-laws homes, ball fields and restrooms!

 

The Question:

What are considered to be the Top Ten TV shows to watch this summer? Bonus: What NFL Team in its wisdom chose QB’s Tee Martins and Spergon Wynn before NE’s Tom Brady in the 2000 NFL Draft?

 

The Headlines:

--400,000 Along lake Erie In Ohio And Mich Lose Water.

--Corporations See Buying Uptick From Consumers.

--Southern Cal Storm Strands Thousands.

--The Kennedy’s Are Pushing For Warren To Stop Hillary Express.

--Turkey’s Erdogan Joins Anti-Israel Chorus.

--Iraq Militants Take Two Kurdish Towns.

--Israel Removes Troops; New Air Attacks Kill; One Militant Leader Dead.

--Rubio Slams Obama On Immigration.

 

To understand celebrity in America you have to look no further than the NFl Hall of Fame Ceremonies Friday in Canton O. While the new members were all pretty much equal in accomplishment, the spot light was squarely on Michael Strahan, surely a nice guy, but also with TV props and a darling of the glitterari. Often in newspapers and TV blips the other greats were just not noticed. So, in case you missed it, the Tids comes through once again! The others were Linebacker Derrick Brooks, Claude Humphries and Aeneus Williams – three who’s acceptance speeches mesmerized the audience; The great receiver Andre Reed, brilliant lineman Walter Jones and the first ever punter, the incomparable Ray Guy. But then, America has always grown upon the srong backs ans sound minds of the people you’ll never know.

 

Is the spotlight at Hall of Fame ceremony called a sportlight?

 

There’s no truth to the rumor that automakers who offer air conditioned seats are being directed by ex-Mayor Bloomberg to place Preparation H in glove compartments. Ouch!

 

Irene Sendler who in the 1940’s smuggled hundreds of children out of the Warsaw ghetto under the eyes of Nazis, was eventually caught and beaten and had both of her legs broken, but not before saving over 2,500 children. She spent the rest of her life trying to reunite the children with parents, or find homes for those whose parents were gassed. Irene Sendler was up for the Nobel Piece Award eventually won by a slide show on warm summer days from Al Gore. Maybe we should all write to the Nobel committee and ask them to pick somebody like Irene who really did more than attain celebrity status -- perhaps like Barack Obama.

 

I worry that Emory U is taking on the Ebola project to improve their “Tweet” standings.

 

You have to wonder how many germs are creating colonies in people’s elbows.

 

I have decided to improve my diet and concentrate on fish and chicken. Just last night I had pure white tender chicken baked in a rich, tangy, buttery pie crust, with no vegetables added, and topped by a half pint of rich creamy chicken gravy. I feel so much healthier, that tomorrow I’m going for the seafood pie sans veggies, with shrimp, lobster, crab and haddock topped by several healthy ladles of thick, creamy sherry enriched seafood gravy. I think I’m on my way to a long healthy life.

 

One reason why Cape Cod retains its seaside allure while RI diminishes – Cedar Shakes.

 

When the Koch brothers give millions to good charities, the Libs proclaim that there must be something wrong. It’s too bad for Democrats that this most intolerant and hypocritical liberal group of elitists have hooked themselves onto the party that once represented the hard working contributors to a real America.

 

As I wander around, I see that men are now surviving excursions to cute tourist towns by reading sports news on their smart phones.

 

A new formula for yeast led the bakery company to rising profits.

 

There’s a pretty large supermarket chain around here called “Marketbasket”. The employees are on a work stoppage and are willing to give up their jobs, not for higher wages or work rules, but because these  people from warehousemen to clerks to baggers to butchers are non-union, formerly very happy employees who only want their CEO back on top. Apparently some members of the Demoulis family, which owns the store chain, want cash out of it, and the former Demoulis CEO was blocking it. The employees are irate, and will not work for a group that overthrows a good boss. Many companies over the years have done very well without unions for one simple reason. They treat the people who make and do things for the company like…well…people.

 

If you think that good products and a leadership competitive position will assure unfettered longevity, think about Kodak. Complacency kills.

 

The Answer:

The top ten for the summer are in descending order to #1 Girl meets World, Legends, Outlander, Crossbones, Under the Dome, Tyrant, Halt and Catch Fire, Extant, Mistresses and Orange is the New Black.  I have seen Extant and Tyrant (I’m big into one word shows) and like them. Bonus. The Cleveland Browns passed by Tom Brady for two guys I still have never heard of. Maybe it was a Ohio State-Michigan thing.

 

I notice a lot of “For Sale” signs in upscale summer places around New England. You have to wonder if the Stock mavens are liquidating property before the crash.  Who me, skitterish?

 

It was great to see football back again last night. Life does get better, every time.