Today's Tids Issue 5,376
There's something about paper:
“I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” -- Will Rogers
Repubs need to find a Ron Reagan kind of likable candidate who can ride in on a horse and rout Joe B the way Ronnie R did it to Jimmy C.
Sebelius 5th Symphony is really quite the emotional piece of music.
Give away politics has pretty much undercut the foundation of what great nations are built upon.
The Question:
Who was Martha Rountree?
The Headlines:
--Stocks Slid in PM after Opening Higher; Exchange Halts Trading of “We Work” on Rumors of Bankruptcy.
--Big Tech Revenue Growth Projections Concerns WS.
--Trump Testifying; Judge Says No Speeches or Else.
I suspect that love notes written in emails just disappear over time, but those handwritten, sealed in an envelope and mailed are tucked away forever.
Nobody should ever be surprised by what government is doing to them.
The perfect wife is probably one who prefers lobster claws over lobster tails.
I had to laugh at a Letter to the Editor where the writer, a presumed leftist, was complaining about the election of Speaker Mike Johnson by saying “He only had 4 terms of experience.” Most rational Americans are beginning to realize that most politicians should be stepping aside after four house terms or two senate terms.
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Two TV commercials I would prefer be never ever having to watch again are for Sotyktu and Garden of Life. I don’t care if somebody thinks they are culturally provocative or a noble experiment explaining the reality of life.
“Roughing the Passer” calls against D linemen are out of control. They basically penalize large men making a perfectly legal tackle for the simple reason that he is too heavy. Lawyers must be writing the rules disregarding the randomness of honest human behavior in a spontaneous game situation. Lawyers should never write football penally rules or love letters.
Around 5:27 pm on November 9 in 1965, I was following the glow of a cigarette while interviewing for a job in the red-hot computer industry. The smoking Interviewer and I never missed a beat when the lights went out that nogh, for 13 and half hours. It was the big Northeast Blackout. It was brighter in LA where the city was burning because of race riots and looting. 600 buildings were seriously damaged, 200 completely destroyed; 38 people were dead and 1032 injured including police, Fire department personnel and innocent citizens. Martin Luther King launched the march to Selma. The voting rights law was signed by LBJ. The ugliness of the Viet Nam war heightened dramatically. But the other side of the culture continued along with Mary Quant designs and the introduction of the Mini Skirt in London, That, was not always pretty. And maybe not men's hair either which got longer. Warnings began to appear on Cigarette packs. Veal cutlet was 68 cents pound and a frozen Chicken Pot Pie cost 28 Cents. A very creative and difficult Constuction project, the Saint Louis Arch, was Opened. Jerry Garcia and the Dead played their first concert and America fell in love with the movie. “The Sound of Music.” For the first time we heard the Moody Blues and The Kinks. The Seekers and The Searchers were making hits and Donovan was mellow. The top TV programs were Bewitched, Hogans Heroes, Green Acres and Get Smart joining the long-time top TV programs like Bonanza, Red Skelton and Lucy. Top Songs were Wolly Bully, I Got You Babe, Help, You’ve lost that Lovin' Feeling, I cant get no Satisfaction, I can’t help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) and Downtown with Petula. The year had me running around the country as a spokesperson for a major producer of Plastic for industry and home décor. I was getting ready ot expand my vistas.
I joined Ancestry so I could find relatives and record a tree. But lately because of technology for technology sake they are glitzing up the site like a Celebrity version of a TV game show. And crowding out the good stuff on the site. Yes, technology can beget waste.
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -- Mark Twain
The Answer:
Martha Rountree was a visionary and pioneering woman in broad cast -- the creator of “Meet the Press? That was the first TV Public affairs programing whcih started under Martha on radio as The American Mercury. Some claim Lawrence Spivak, the owner at the time of HL Menkin’s popular magazine, began the radio version that led to Meet the Press. But it was Martha’s broadcasting idea completely. By the way the story of The American Mercury Magazine is a good one in itself.
I was going to play the surprise hit of 1965, Downtown, but this one always makes me smile for some reason:
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