Layng quietly in fields

Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

I can’t get the kite to fly, but I’m having fun trying.

Today's Tids Issue 3,266
Opening stuff:

It’s really hard to determine exactly where the State of the Union lies today. It is just so hard to believe the Politicians, and our watchdog media spend most of their efforts chasing their own agendas. The dreams I had don’t seem to be there anymore. Lines of truth are continually blurred, and I can’t leave my screen door open, blowing in the winds. Everybody knows too much about everybody else, and the government has too many people with nothing to do but tell the rest of us how to run our lives. Maybe I just want to be a kid again, walking on a dusty ball field, kicking a pebble or too. Yelling, “Hey batta, batta.” Playing with the kids in the neighborhood on teams we built ourselves.  Maybe though, I just want to be in that world we had. Where people built ways to help each other, where almost everybody worked to get ahead, yet the truly needy were taken care of.  When almost everybody went to church on Sunday, the day when almost everybody got to stay home and enjoy family. The State of the Union has really become a meaningless hour to me. Because, nothing is really going to change for the good of all people. Maybe it’s because too many have forgotten what good really is.
We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public
If Obama is really serious about what he is going to say tonight about more taxes et. al., he would have said it back when he had Democrat congressional majorities who could pass it. This is just the latest example of how he manipulates the poor and yearning.
I‘m thinking that we could save the coal industry with “Coal Fired Pizza” restaurants. There seems to be a little trend for coal induced heat growing here, and maybe with further penetration onto college campuses, a good pizza could break down the barriers and gather in a little love from global waming naysayers. I’ll have a broccoli pizza, please.
The movie, American Sniper, shattered the January weekend sales record established by Oscar winner Avatar -- $90.2 Million vs. $68 Million. The left side of Hollywood will probably get back at the conservative side by filming the story about a murderous member of al-Qaida who was mistreated at Gitmo. It will have tender flash backs of the terrorist musing about the days when he strapped bombs on his kids.
The Question:
Coach “K”. Mike Krzyzewski of Duke , won his 999th game last night. Who do you think are the top all time winning college basketball coaches? Bonus: The Byrds hit it big in 1965 with Mr. Tambourine Man. Who wrote, composed and sang it first? Double Bonus Extra: Who do you think are the Top Ten all Time American Idol money earners?
The Headlines:
--The President Delivers SOTU Tonight Between NCIS and Justified.
--European Stocks Zooming To Near Highs; Morgan Stanley Earnings Disappoint; Bellwether Bank Joins Others On Downside; Dow Opens Lower..
--Islamic Militants In Video Threaten To Kill Japanese Hostages.
--Colorado Holmes Theater Massacre Trial Joins Hernandez and In Jury selection Derbies.
--Pope Planning September Trip To Philly And White House.
--Ohio Overpass Collapses Killing One.
--Research Evidence For NY State ban On Fracking Considered Questionable At best;  Was Developed And Delivered By Pro Ban Groups. 
This deflation of footballs story is a classic example of how the intense bias of journalists misses the real stories.
Does a wandering mind count as exercise?
By the way, the media and the TV celebs, including several weenies on “The Five”, are rapidly climbing upon the Seattle bandwagon. I guess things would be different if Bill Belichick was a cute and lovable as Pete Carroll…or if Tom Brady cried as tenderly as Russ Wilson. Bob Kraft could tip the emotional scales his way if he permitted pot smoking at Gillette Stadium.
Grady Judd is my new hero.
Speaking of justice the old fashioned way before PC, the great TV show “Justified begins its final season tonight at 10:00 on Fx. If you have never watched Justified, you have missed a lot. My only problem tonight is what to watch between  NCIS at 8:00 and Raylan Givens scheming against Boyd Crowder at 10:00. Maybe I’ll read a book.
Maybe anti-Fracking people have also gotten the term banned in Spell-Check because fracking doesn’t show up there as an acceptable word! The Cuomo’s will do anything to get their way..
Is there a tougher name to spell and pronounce that K-r-z-y-z-e-w-s-k-i?  I got the “Ski part right.
The Answer:
The top five winningest Div1 College Basketball coaches are Mike Krzyzewski (999), Jim Boeheim (963), Bob Knight (899), Dean Smith (879) and Jim Calhoun (877). Some of the others are Adolph Rupp, Jim Phelan (St. Mary’s), Eddie Sutton, Lefty Dreisel, Lute Olsen, Lew Henson, Henry Iba, Ed Diddle, Phog Allen, John Chaney, Jerry Tarkanian, Norm Stewart, Ray Meyer, Don Haskins and Denny Crum. Bonus: Mr. Tambourine man was first heard through the nasal sounds of the great Bob Dylan. Double Bonus: Number one is Kelly Clarkson! The rest are Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry, Kellie Pickler, David Cook, Jennifer Hudson, Jordan Sparks, David Archuleta, Clay Aiken and Kris Allen.
So, Mr. Tambourine Man will hop on the big stage of the US Capital tonight to do a little tap dance while strumming the tune of wealth redistributions. Of course, it is a masquerade, because he is always out of tune with America.
Frankly I love that song,. Here are the Byrds and Bob Dylan. Pick your favorite:

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