Find the Broken Tooth.

Today's Tids Issue 2,068
Opening Stuff

In case you are wondering, I’ve been in class learning how to write. So…there is hope for Tids readers.

Tune in tomorrow for the biggest, high stakes shell game in the history of the bamboozlement industry. A small nation of handlers will manage Tiger Woods first public appearance since all of the porn stars came out of the forest. He will be surrounded buy friends, the friendly and Mom. He will read a spit polished script to a most likely handpicked audience of media fawners. Nobody will learn anything new. But the promoters are hoping that this will be the start of the next generation of Brand Tiger.

The Question:

Many of the so called “Greatest Authors” really only make on one good book. J.D. Salinger comes to mind. Salmon Rushdie has made a career out of one book too. What was the name of it. What other books has he written? What is his basic philosophy?

The Headlines:

--Over 75,000 Computer Systems In Over 2,500 Companies In Health And Technology Hacked!; The Largest, most Sophisticated Cyber Attack Ever, Begun in 2008 And Discovered Last Month, Centered on Proprietary Corporate Data, eMails, Credit Card Transaction Data and Login Credentials.
--Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly; Wholesale Inflation Surges.
--NATO Controls Marjah’s Key Roads, Government Centers.
--UN Head Of Climate Change To Step Down.
--Vonn And White Win Golds Impressively.
--Dalai Lama Happy About Talks With 0-Man; Chinese Government Isn’t.
--Authorities Saying That Plane That Crashed Into Texas IRS Building May have Been Intentional.
--Stock Market Hanging In There.

Back To Stuff:

Mike Peters tells us that they are remaking Lawrence Welk’s old polka music into “Hip-Hop”. It’s called bubble rap.

I think the Swiss have been on to something for a long time. It’s just that nobody looked. This country of 26 cantons (like our states) has a government with three branches like us with a huge difference. The house and senate are chosen by the people who in turn name the President…for one year! The federal government only has responsibility for three things in addition to ceremonial appearances – the borders, the military and some general taxation. Everything else is canton driven, including the majority of taxes. I think they got the idea from out founding fathers.

In this continuous stream of newspaper and TV news stories we seem seeing lately about Marijuana, you would have to believe it is the new miracle drug.

Lindsey Vonn is intense.

This Greek economic disaster is very interesting at many levels. First, most of the EWU nations don’t feel sorry for Greece one bit. The country lied not once but twice on successive applications for membership into the EU. The EU charter does not allow the organization to give any member nation the boot. Greece can only pull out if they resign. So, they are stuck with Greece and the worry of a defaulting Greece weakening the Euro. Germany and France are indicating they would bail out the country if it lived up to demanding cuts in government. The powerful Unions say no way, and in fact went on strike. German, and to a lesser extent French, citizens are protesting vociferously the use of their tax dollars to bail out the corrupt laggards in Greece. The big problem is that standing in line are with their hands out ready for a grab if Greece gets greased are Portugal, Spain, Ireland and Italy. So, the gist of it is that nobody really cares about Greece but they are truly worried about Italy.

Lets see...unions destroying an economy. There is no money left but unions strike for more money. Can you say Rhode Island; California; Michigan waiting for Obamadough? Or as Laura Ingraham says – Obamulous.

As I read the White House comments on jobs saved by the stimulus, I can only say that it appears they are saying that the stimulus was all about paying back the NEA.

It looks to me like we are rounding up a lot of al-Qaida.

I was walking through the super markets a little while ago and saw a carton of Edy’s Caramel Delight ice cream which, after 3-4 seconds weighing the pros and cons, I bought..

Did you know that you can’t just move to Switzerland to retire or live unless you have net assets of $1.9 million or more?

The Answer:

“Satanic Verses” helped make Rushdie an International household name. His best publicity came from the protests of the Islam religion (You have to wonder if Dan Brown’s DaVinci Code wasn’t created precisely to anger a major religion. It wouldn’t surprise me.) Rushdie’s second novel “Midnight’s Children” actually gave him his first fame. His first book “Grimus” went nowhere, barely noticed. After Verses he wrote the well received Shame about poetical turmoil in Pakistan. It was in his favorite style of History combined with magical realism. He also wrote The Moors last Sigh, Fury, The Ground Beneath her feet. The Jaquar Smile and Shalimar the Clown. He is an atheist who believes that extreme religion is very dangerous. Although, he reconverted back to Muslim a few years ago to get the Islam assassin off his back. So, basically he is a hypocrite trying to have it his way so he can make lots of money and enjoy the limelight.

The End:
Some days just don’t go the way you planned them.