Today's Tids Issue
3,858
For the Trapezes:
“The
Clown walked to the other side of the road to get his
rubber chicken.” –“Clown outfits are made out of poly-jester.” –“How do you get
down off an elephant? You don’t. You get down off a duck.” –“How do you know
when there’s an elephant in your refrigerator? The door won’t shut.”
–“Acro-bats can see in the dark.” …Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls of all
ages…please stand and get ready be amazed, to laugh and shout….wait a minute.
Oh, really…well, heh, heh…well folks. Like, forget all that. Forget the thrills
and the clowns and acrobats flying in the air. The circus is closing. It
arrived here in town this morning and leaves after the weekend for its final fling
in NYC. The Ringling Bothers and Barnum’s adventure is over. It’s ok if you
feel a little tear from memories gone by. “What happened to the elephant who
ran away with the circus? The police mad him bring it back.” We can only hope.
Have
we just lost a bit of our non-confrontational entertainment?
The times they are achangin’. Will we ever be innocent again?
You
know it is very hard to write these Tids these days.
It just isn’t that clear cut any longer. There are too many meaningless labels
that too many people try to make meaningful. I’m several light years away from
being a Trump supporter, but because I go after is critics with a vengeance,
people can make erroneous assumptions. I am, though, all for successful presidential
decisions for the good and safety of us all; for where I hope the country can
go. I’m a pretty average conservative, but not a standing on the ledge
conservative. I can see needs to ameliorate rigidity. I’m concerned about the
enthusiasm for the rise of socialist tendencies in larger and larger groups. I
don’t believe that is what American was to be or should be. It bothers me that critics
at this point in history, media and other, don’t ever seem to be able, or more likely
don’t want to report anything positive even where it is quite obvious. Tear the
country apart instead of attempting to show the avenues for unity. Too many
have money on other horses. Yesterday, I went after Colbert because his (And
many other’s) abusive rhetoric contributes to the acidity in the minds of many.
I don’t like caustic minds. Never have. And that is why I take these stands that
appear to be something they aren’t. I’m for America for everybody. I’m a real
Pollyanna who feels all differences should be minimized, as long as what I
believe in come out on top. Oops. See, I told you it was harder.
Last
Sunday’s ShowTime series, “Billions” was full of very
surprising twists. You don’t get that too often anymore. Next sunday is the
season finale. I’ll be there.
When
I watch stubborn, single-minded, humorless baseball
umpires, I feel certain they are all sons of meter maids.
A
smart young adult asked me yesterday, “What would be wrong
with eliminating the two parties. Why don’t we just vote for what we believe it
instead of being forced into boxes defined by liberal or conservative,
republican or democrat – all terms which (to me Too) have been bastardized by
political manipulators.” I’d be all for it. The party system leaves little room
for thinking persons. A conservative could achieve liberal ideals and vice
versa, and everybody would be better off for it, and perhaps the anger would
subside.
While
you weren’t looking, Adidas Passed Nike in North America and
China. The activewear biz is tough and very trendy. Under-armor is also said to
be losing ground after several years of surging. I think it’s because their
logos are much too big and bright. While some of their new designs are pretty
nice, the logo gets in the way for this quiet conservative with an inflexible
mind.
The
Question:
Who were the first two presidents to really define
plans for Universal health Care? Bonus:
What three player’s NFL jerseys have the most sales?
The
Headlines:
--Markets Losing Through Morning; US Oil Production
Lower; New Jobless Clans Drop; Tesla Declines As Losses Increase.
--US Jets Intercept Russian Bomber Approaching
Alaska; Sarah Palin Has Shotgun Ready.
--GOP Says New Healthcare Is Moving Along Nicely.
--Rhode Island’s Bishop Hendricken HS Takes National
Division II Academic Decathlon Championship; Garanada Hills (Ca) Charter HS
takes Div I and Overall. HS Takes Dib=v
I Title; Oakwood High Oh) Takes Division III Title.
--Susan Rice Says Nay To Senate Committee; Chief Dem
Member Whitehouse Says Yay.
--Colbert Says He Is Not Sorry For Crude, Unfunny
Bombast.
Someday
companies like Facebook are going to have to catch up with
their multiples. Then we’ll see what kind of new economy we really have.
You
would hope that the paragons of our culture could
soften the rhetoric.
A
good reader asked me yesterday to try to define
all of the news outlets by their bias. It’s a good challenge. I expect even
some liberal deniers would agree that media is a little left leaning, considering
that for every Bush supporting journalist there were 93 for Kerry (U Missouri).
Of course, the left likes to deny bias because they want it to be assumed by
the unwashed masses that all of the attention in favor of them is fair and non-prejudicial.
Most people will point to Drudge, Newsmax, Washington Times and Fox News as being
right biased and NY Times, Washington Post, MSNBC or CBS News as far left. But,
there are matter of degrees, and the Wash Post says Fox is nowhere near as far
right as Breitbart, Rush or Hannity and even the less extreme Drudge. WP also
places Slate and New Yorker as furthest left, with Huff Post between them and
NYT. There’s something out there called the “Groseclose and Miyo’s Slant
Scale”. With 100 being most liberal and 0 being most conservative. On their
scale the most liberal are CBS Nightly News and NY Times tied at 73.7. O, wait,
they also have the Wall Street Journal as number one with a score of 85. Yikes,
how can that be. But then another study says PBS “is definitely to the right of
mainstream media. Note: There are some analysts who are critical of the G-M
Slant Scale as being derived from Congressional opinions. Turning to other sources,
I still found CBS Nightly news and NYT (Plus sister Boston Globe) followed by
LA Times as most liberal and Fox as most rightish, despite their fair and
balanced theme. Forbes magazine is a good solid conservative magazine, but not
crazy extremist at all. There is a difference, you know. Political News reporting
organizations like Politico are tougher to read, because they sometimes play to
people in power. But on the whole Politico is pretty much reliable for less
biased news. As a judge once said, “I know pornography when I see it.”
Yikes!,
Department. Or, Am I another planet?
Yesterday in a man in Sardinia Italy was arrested
for killing a woman, his 61-year-old neighbor, because he accused her of
training his parrot to insult him! Do you understand that. I’m glad we don’t
have delusional people like that in the USA.
Yesterday
the central theme of the Tids, if you could find it,
was about the casual disregarding or changing of sacred cows. (Yes, sometimes
central themes are only in my mind, and you are frustrated looking for them)
This morning I read of another perplexing popular movement which I have yet to
adjust to. It’s called “Early Voting”. Does this mean that “Election day” is dead
and gone, meaningless? My first reaction is that if politicians are involved in
it and they tell us it is good for us, it probably is better for them and the
power of the two parties.
I’d
be awful as a “Supply Chain manager”. Just thinking,
in case anybody has a job offer in mind.
My
town here seems to be changing too. There seems to be a trend
where the good old owners of retail and restaurants here who built the
character of the town are leaving, retiring and selling to faceless groups who
may bring with them too much formula, generic based operations. And, primarily,
not enough rich creamy gravy on menus!
The
media is currently hammering Trumperino for his “Broken
Promises”, obviously trying to recruit some of his base for the 2018
Congressional elections. Lemme see, he has 1457 days left in office. How can those
promises be broken?
Most
political battles are more about how to get there, rather
than the results, which often get lost in the conflict.
Have
all colleges become totalitarian preserves, or is that a
perception created by the media hungry for good footage?
The
Answer:
Harry Truman first mulled it over, and then Richard
Nixon took it and ran with it as major art of his two campaigns. See we used to
do without the “either/or” stubbornness. Bonus:
Ezekiel Elliot. Zak Prescott, Tom Brady,
Do
you know where I can get some good cotton candy and
smell the sawdust in the ring?
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