Blind Opinons.

Today's Tids Issue 2,097
Opening Stuff:

You know the old saying which we as kids often cite when making a speech error, “My tongue wrapped around my eyeteeth and couldn’t see what I was saying”? Well, I’m in a hotel room and forgotten my glasses and have no idea what I’m writing! Beware.

I had the chance to drive by Malvern Pa. yesterday. This is a town, belive it or not, that was known for humongous moons and endless skies. The natives there are saying it isn’t as bright at it used to be. Nature can be odd.

Symphonic Musings Department:
Antonin Dvorak to me is one of the great underrated romantic classical composers. –Maurice Ravel is good for insomnia, although with an occasional whiff of pleasant dreams. –People either live or hate minimalism. I tend towards the love side. Phillip Glass is one of the better known and more popular in the category. And, if you are looking for something new, his String Quartet #5 (1991) is excellent to this tin ear.

The Question:
Each year “Talkers Magazine” puts out its list of the Top ten Most Important Talkers. Name them.

The Headlines:
--0-Man Pops Into Afghanistan; Surprise Fly-in Designed To Put International Feather in Legend Nest.
--Doctor Shortage Could Send HC Into Emergency room.
--Duke Joins Butler, Michigan State and West “By God” Virginia In Final Four; Burning Discarded Brackets Considered As New Alternative Energy Source.
--Suicide Bombers Kill 35 On Moscow Subways.
--FBI Raids Midwest Christian Malitia Groups.

Back to More Stuff:

If you wondering why the title of “Wall Street Darling” is so fleeting these days, It is interesting to look at three stocks on the cusp of being Kicked off NASDAQ – XM-Sirius, Netflix and Whole Foods. Maybe fleeting is the new term that most apply applies to our current willow tree economy. Looks good fast, but tender roots for the long haul. Whole foods became just too expensive for too many elite foodies. Netflix is extremely well run (Frankly, amazingly efficient to me), but very susceptible to the rise of fast changing new technology. In this case, Video on Demand. Personally I never thought paid for radio was a winning idea. But many I know love it a lot, especially for the infinite availability of broad array of music – on demand. Management is wrestling with a dilemma, how to pay the disgraceful schmuck Howard Stern. Is say get rid of him and play to your strength – “Programming on Demand”.

The fact that 0-Man originally wanted to put the census under the administration of political assassin Rahm Emanual, places all of this feel good promotion about the count under a gigantic gray cloud, Chicago style. This admin is more and more about income redistribution. Even Max Baucus, the man in charge of the Senate HC mess said it yesterday – “The true purpose of Health Care reform, which is apparently to fix mal-distribution of wealth. I think my interpretation of O.B.A.M.A. – Opportunistic Bolsheviks Against Majority of Americans – is more on target than I ever realized.

Warning Due to the temporary blindness of the Author, the continuation of everybody’s favorite novel. “Through The Same Eyes”: will be postponed til tomorrow.

What kind of world can we possibly hope for now that the kids have stopped reading the Sunday comics?

Obama should sell the White House he never uses to pay for all of these trips around the country and world taht are costing our debt ridden example a fortune?

I think that Sean Penn has lost is mind. Or else his ego is so large that he actually believes everything he says is intelligent.

A local columnist Saturday said – “Welcome to the new America where everyone hates anyone who disagrees with them.” Frankly I think the new America is “Will somebody listen to me, Please!” And the cries become even louder when people like Sean Penn with easy access to a mike with which to insult and degrade hard working, honest every day people is given credence by fawning entertainment gossip mongers.

Allawi won power in Iraq basically because he is the “Separation of Church and State” candidate. Citizens there showed the fear of clerical influence in government by electing a guy who reached out to all of the sects. Most look over at the mullah run Iran and say “Not for me”. The shakeout of this will be interesting.

I’m beginning to get the sense that 0-Man really dislikes Israel. Oh, he’d like peace but only for his scorecard. Maybe Netanyahu form now on will go to China for his dough. After all, that’s where the US of A goes.

Fingers Down Throats Department:
Please shoot me if you ever hear me say what I heard a man say on a ABC news report about his complaint about his not as promised eco-friendly appliance: “I spent $2,500 on a refrigerator to improve my carbon footprint in the world…”

In a post HC Passage evaluation, the CBO says that at the rate 0-Man is spending that the National Debt would rise to 90% of the total U S economic output by 2020. I wonder what else hasn’t been released by our watchdog media.

Now for the first time that Opening day in Boston will be a night game for TV purposes, loyal fans are screaming. But none louder than public employee unions who always counted on this as another day off. Apparently they will be asking for double time for having to watch the game at night.

The Answer:
 Number One is Rush Limbaugh who is followed by Sean Hannity. The others in the Top ten are Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Laura Ingraham, Dave Ramsey, Mark Levin, Lou Dobbs and Thom Hartman. 7 of the Top ten are rated Conservative Political talkers. Schlessinger is personal advice, but she comes for the Conservative end. Ramsey is Personal Finance and Hartman is Progressive (Liberal). Number 11 Ed Schultz is also on the Progressive side. For the Top 100 check this out: http://talkers.com/online/?p=3774

The light Dins:

“See” you tomorrow, I hope! I have a headache.*

*For you who are wondering why no novel when all of this other crap has been written, 99% was written Saturday.