A look at weekend developments.

Today's Tids: 2/1/10

Opening Stuff:

Obama has just released his new economically onerous $3.8 Trillion budget. It looks like there will be generations of Americans paying for it til hell freezes over. Maybe that’s the “Freeze” he was talking about the other night.

For the past several years I have been planning for my Obit by joining lots of clubs like "The Wheel Watchers Club " and the "Stop & Shop Customer Appreciation Club" and the "Wal-Mart Happy Shopper Club". I expect by naptime I will have a list of publishable accomplishments that rival the world's achievers. But then I thought…the most important club is the one that will read "Beloved Husband/Father/Friend".

The Question:

Word oddities are always fun. What is the longest word with all of the letters in alphabetical order. Hint: It has eight letters. Ok, now name seven letter words and six letter words with the same oddity.

Today’s Headlines:

--0-Man Introduces $#.83 Trillion Budget With massive deficits; Economists see Dangerous Debt To Total Economy Ratio.
--Woman Suicide Bomber Kills 46 In Iraq Attack.
--Regulators Shut Down Banks In 5 States; New Shutdowns Bring YTD Total to 15.
--Scott Brown Tea Party Followers Disappointed With Sunday Morning Outing.
--Toyota Says Pedal Parts Are In the Mail; Dealers Must train Staff Before Corrections Van Start.
--Personal Income Up More Than expected In December; Consumer Spending Rose for 3rd Straight Month; Post Christmas Month Reports Will be Key.
--Stock Futures Higher.
--Exxon 4Q Profits Down 23%.
--Beyonce Makes Grammy History With Six trophies; Taylor Swift And “Kings Of Leon” Other Big Winners; Zac Brown Band Named Best New Artist.

More Stuff:

Wall Street is starting to behave like a classic criminal enterprise. They control the US Treasury though infiltration. Their hit men, lobbyists, control congress with legalized bribes. They do anything they want and nobody has the guts to stop the too big to fail gang. They are a product of a criminal style environment that says I’m entitled, so shove it. As recently as yesterday “Elliot Ness”, AKA Neil Barofski watchdog at the Treasury Department and Inspector General for TARP, warned that the “Bailouts” have made it more likely that the US will face a deeper crisis in the future. Treasury officials said, “Thanks but no thanks”.

This bailout thing for Wall Street losers who can’t see their faults because they have lots of “Things”, is a lot like giving “A’s” to students because their parents think they are just swell.

The most dominant sports team in America - men women or polo ponies - are the U of Connecticut Women’s Basketball team. And people in general barely know who they are, much less having seen them. Maybe the networks should give them that Notre Dame football contract!
The Tea Party Movement has a chance to be “that” third party many Americans have been crying for of several years as the big two self destruct. That is, if they can avoid becoming like the two monopolies. Like all societies, the tea party will undergo its own leadership and directional problems. The Republicans want to take ownership of the movement, and that is exactly what the Democrats want to happen. The true TP advocates want none of that. The media who generally have little clue about anything that isn’t on their personal agenda will be more a hindrance than a watchdog fourth estate helping all of the people make the Government honest representatives.

One of the toughest challenges in these post-NFL days is trying to get through the weekend while waiting for the start of “24”. KThunk. KThunk. KThunk.

The Superbowl is becoming a political football. You’ve heard of the Tim Tebo “abortion-is-bad-for-your-health” Commercial. Now there is word that warning notices have been sent to residents near the stadium to be on “Peter Townsend” Alert. Yes the “Who” principal has achieved sexual predator status, and neighbors to the Miami stadium know it. What we will probably hear about are groups smearing a guy who thinks the all babies should live, and stadium fans wildly cheering a guy who thinks babies are great subjects for pornography. The world gets weirder.

The Novel:
(Note: This novel is presented serially. It is nearing the end as the Tids Newsletter is into it's 2,055th issue. It will be made available. It is basically a love story about an enormously successful and gracious woman with a perfect loving family who be comes addicted to her quiet opposite, a serious bio-Research Scientist. They had originally met at a town meeting called because of series of petty crimes which maybe bigger than originally thought.)

Through the Same Eyes: Chapter 52 continues. –“Well, Professor, I have put some things in motion. I’ll be going over to meet with Isabelle and a couple of State Police Detectives later this afternoon. She didn’t seem real happy.” “You have to tell me more before I can nod along with you Henry”. Henry smiled. He was in control. “Ok, first you tell me what you and Paul Durham decided.” “You are tough, Henry. I thought I was that tough rock to crack!” I actually chuckled a little. Very un-Middleton I mused to myself. “Ok, from what Paul told me about the test measurements, my antenna say that Bromsky is working closer with human DNA than my group.” Henry’s eyes lit up. “That is what my unscientific mind was thinking. Ok. Laura. It took a while but I finally put her in a corner where she had to tell me that this vandalism spree by the teens had nothing to do with typical summertime teen boredom. She created the boredom idea so her malleable boyfriend Murph could get the kids involved in their spree. Murph is a disgruntled kid who really hates rich people. She knew he would be eager. The rest of kids she said are just ‘goofballs’ who went along for the ride.” Interesting” I replied. “Guess who gave her the idea?” “Bromsky, I said. “Right. Laura didn’t know why he was doing it, but she likes the idea of helping out her favorite uncle.”

More Stuff:

For many years now I have been advocating that we turn our Government up-side down and start focusing at the local levels. All tax money will flow upward from the villages towns and cities to the started for statewide stuff and finally to the feds for necessary evils like security and interstate commerce. In other words, the necessities are paid for first, with no costly “Flowback” after high admin costs. For instance, the smaller entities know the poor as opposed to having people statistically declared poor by the man behind the curtain. Regional needs can be satisfied through the pooling of town budgets. Of course the key to all of this is rational thinking by the elected. Let’s hope it is easier to control that too at the local levels.

Don't get too excited about that 5.7% growth in GDP. It was accompanied by a rise in unemployment and was more technical than reality. Of course the White House wants it to be a reality in their fantasy world, but in fact it is a cyclical reordering of inventories and occurred with very little help from spending. In fact, it was more representative of a false economy built upon the government dole.

"Barbie" at 50 is more proof that plastic surgery works!

The favorite line of the week from your beloved Tids was "The President probed every possible erogenous zone but never hit the GOP spot."

The Answer:

Aegolops is the longest word whose letters are arranged alphabetical. It is an ulcer or fistula in corner of eye; wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed; Hardgrass. . The seven letter words are Beefily and Billowy. Six letter words are Abhors, accent, access, almost, biopsy, bijoux, chintz, effort and ghostly.

The Closing Stuff:

If every person focused on the family unit first, there would be peace in the world.

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