Today's All-American Tids Issue
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My country tis of thee:
My country tis of thee:
Well,
here we are this morning basking in the glory of our USA heroes of the past. Those who fought, those
who thought; those who said, “Enough.” We salute all those who envisioned a better
way for all; every single one of those who took action to achieve it. As always,
throughout our history, there have been those don’t seem to like who we are or
who we were. But somehow, we have overcome little grievances, major conflicts
and great divides; we have always looked back within and rediscovered who we
are. Why who we are is so important. We have always been able to look up through
the fog and find the light. Yet, for all of these years those differences have been
one of our greatest strengths. We have learned always to eventually see other sides, to
take the good from all arguments even though at times seemingly an impasse.
Today we salute our flag and our indomitable national spirit. We look for those
who will be the new imagineers, the healers; those will carry forward the
values that are America. Smile, we are still going strong.
The
Question:
What two great Americans died on the 4th of
July, 50 years to the day that the Declaration of Independence was signed, 192
years ago today?
The
Headlines:
--Over 200,000 Appreciative Americans Standing,
Sitting, Napping On Hope Street Bristol Rhode Island Awaiting The Start Of The
Oldest 4th of July Parade In The Nation.
--Thai Authorities And Advisors Scurrying To Find
Shortcut To Rescuing Trapped Soccer Team.
--Harvard’s Alan Dershowitz Says He Will Fight
Socialist Wing To Bring Dems Back to Center.
--Trump Changes Obama Affirmative Action Rules.
--China’s Powerful HNA Chairman Wang Jian Dies
Unexpectantly In France; Wang Turned HNA Into Global Giant.
--England And Sweden Join World Cup Quarterfinals; England
Nips Columbia While Sweden Sneaks Past Swiss. Rest of Field: France-Uruguay, Brazil-Belgium,
Russia-Croatia.
--Court Tosses Law Suit Claiming Trump Campaign
Conspired With Russia In Hacking Of Dems.
The
latest media darling, Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said,
“This is not an end, this is the beginning.” It reminds me of Khrushchev
saying, “We will bury you”.
In
the big three cable news ratings race, Fox (1,490M) Stays on
Top while MSNBC (930K) replaces CNN (658) in Number 2 slot. The Top prime time
shows for the three networks are Hannity (3,368M), Maddow ((2,752), Tucker (2,697M),
Ingraham ((2,654M) and The Five (2,233).
Interestingly,
all of the cable news networks are down. Could it be that Americans
are tired of the bitterness? I think so.
A
lot of people are always concerned about the smell of dampness
on a hot summer day. I always thought that was one of the pleasurable qualities
of living near the sea.
I
love this place, The USA.
And I honor this special day.
A day when founders stood tall.
When tyranny began to fall.
This fine day when freedom rings.
When we chose people over kings.
The
Answer:
Everybody knows that it was Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams, the second and third presidents of the United States. No, it was not George
M. Cohan.
We
sing lots of patriotic songs in this great United States
of ours. At any given time one of them may become more popular than another. But,
I have to tell you that when I was kid watching newsreels of American troops
win in the pacific and in Italy and in Germany, my favorite Patriotic song of
all was “My Country Tis of Thee”. But, I don’t hear that song much anymore. I
have always wondered why. Had it become politically incorrect? Does "Tis" sound too much like "Tids"? So here it is.
Enjoy a burger or a dog. Or a salad. (Actually, the only reason I wrote this
Holiday Tids is so I could send out to you this song.)
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