Opening Stuff:
There are beautiful places everywhere across these great lands of the good ole' U.S. of A.. But few match the understated majesty of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. The Blue Ridge Mountains peering down upon lush valleys. Rolling hills like the endless seas. Skies as big as a child's eyes in Christmas morning. Sausage Gravy dibbling over fresh homemade biscuits. It brings a tear to your eye. In fact I was so moved that put on Lee Greenwood's Patriotic Music CD..."I'm proud to be an American..."
Mob rule is not Democracy Department:
I hope some of these Middle East countries don't believe that assembling huge majorities and shouting down leadership from the streets is US democracy. Yesterday in Tunesia, for instance, the crowds assembled again this time to oust the interim government who, I guess, wasn't turning around 30 years of dictatorial government fast enough. Mob rule isn't democracy. And most often leads to chaos even when the intentions are noble. Just as in the US our factions are represented by legislatures who are elected to reflect fully the majority moods. It has worked well for 335 years. There are some, misunderstanding the definition of our democracy, who believe that we should vote by cell phone or within say FaceBook. They believe that you can just mount power and bully the voted-in majorities. The US is not a pure democracy but a Republic. I wonder if anybody told that to the Tunisians.
A man thinks a romantic gesture is looking up from the TV.
The Question:
What are the religions of Congresspeople by %?
The Headlines:
--Bullish Comments From Fed have Stocks Higher.--US Economists List Budget As #1 Concern For Country.
--Madoff Says US Government A Ponzi Scheme.
--Walker Holding Firm In Drive To Fix Wisconsin.
--Kings Speech Stars At Hollywood's Big Night Of Self Congratulation.
--Oil Prices Beginning To Eat Into Recovery.
--Libya On Brink Of Civil War.
Back to More Stuff:
"Most people work hard enough not to get fired and get paid enough not to quit". --George Carlin. I miss George Carlin. I think he would have been a great Supreme Court Justice.
The Oscars went young and hip last night and got more of the same...nothing. When you consider that the reported highlight of the evening was the utterance of Melissa Leo of the "F" word, than you know it was yet another step down the culture ladder. Which is about par for Hollywood. --Hey, I love movies. It's just the people in the industry that are annoying. --Hey Kirk, it's time to get off the stage. Just ask RI's ex-Gov Sundlund. --Robin Roberts is much too tall for the actors on the red Carpet. --Separated at birth - Stephen Tyler and Malissa Rivers. --Billy Chrystal should never have left. --I'm really happy that King's Speech beat Social Network. And that Portman got the actress nod. --Halle Berry always looks best dressed at this affair.
This is true. Really! Department:
So did you hear about the restaurateur in England who has had success serving ice cream made from mother's milk? In fact he's making good money too as a serving there of the most popular flavor "Baby gaga" cost $22.95. Now he is packaging it for retail with the description on each package "Pure Free Range Mother's Milk Ice Cream". Now I'm thinking...free range mothers! Green fields with hundreds of moms romping through the alfalfa. Little collies rounding them up each day. A happy scene. It brings a tear to your eye.
So is this, Department:
A building in Brooklyn NY burned down last week because a Voodoo doctor, while performing a rite that entailed him having sex with a patient on a bed surrounded by lighted candles, accidentally knocked a couple off whi;e in ten throws of performing his operation. He thought he could put out the fire himself so he didn't call the fire department. But he isn't that dumb. Women pay him $300 to have sex with them. It is supposed to give them "Good Luck".
Did someone ship me to a new planet while I was sleeping?
I actually heard a journalist reporting from Bahrain say gravely that the protesters were in danger of facing execution or worse! Or worse?
This is also true. I was late for a meeting the other day because a car with an Obama sticker was driving right down the middle of a two lane road and didn't know whether to turn right or left. Honest. that's exactly what happened.
I knew I wasn't in Rhode Island any more when I read the Roanoke (Va) Times and saw that they actually wrote stories about Republicans. Nice ones. Not satire, and without sarcasm. It was as if the editors liked Republicans. Have you ever seen that before?
Ironically, those four Amish youths tragically washed away and killed when their buggy rolled into a roaring, bloated creek were going to town to used a telephone.
Could it be that George Bush had something to do with the uprisings by the populace of many Middle East countries? That the impetus for the courage and the basis for the hope may have begun that day when US forces hauled Sadaam Hussein out of that hole? The dictator with no clothes. Unmasked for the Arab world to see.
The move for changes in Wisconsin public unions was voted yes in the November 2010 elections. That's the way US Democracy works.
No President has been owned like Obama is owned by the Unions. At least that's the way it appears from here.
The Answer:
Protestant 304%; Catholic 156%; Jewish 39%;Mormon 15%;All others 15%; Not specified 6%. remember when Catholics and Jews were pretty much rarities? things change in America.
The End:
This is not your full blooded, all American Tids this morning. But you got it. On time. So stop complaining.
Most of the country's professional protesters have lived in madison WI for years.
I know I'm in the South. It smells funny.
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