Everything starts somewhere.

Today's Tids Issue 2,471

Opening Stuff:

Happy Birthday Providence Rhode island! That's the Providence known for 375 years of creative contributions to society that started on this day in 1636. Providence and the Great rationalist Roger Williams gave the nation the very principles that make our USA the most admired. This is where (Along with John Clarke and the people of sister enlightened sister city -- Newport RI) developed the principles of freedom in religion and speech...and general all around understanding. Providence along with Newport encouraged all races, all religions to migrate to the shores of the beautiful colony by the sea. Providence also set the highest of economic standards rising to the #2 most wealthy city in the land in the early 1900's. The downtown at that turn of the century filled with the leading manufacturing companies and industries in the world. Now today, a most beautiful city that has restored it's past architectural masterpieces and remains vibrant as a center of education and culinary opportunities. Legal, medical and yes...a financial center. And still a place that religiously espouses freedoms for all.

The problem in the US is Spending! Spending! Not declines in revenue.

The Question:
Name five movies made enjoyable by the delightful Goldie Hawn!

The Headlines:

--SuperCommittee Folds; 0-Man Pontificates.
--HP Delivers; Campbell Soup Q1 Boiling; US Market Futures Up.
--Rioting In Egypt Puts US Policy In The Middle.
--MF Global Missing Money Doubles To $1.2 Billion; Corzine Rumored To Be In Legal Trouble.
--Former Maddoff Employee Says Scam Had been Running Since Mid-q1970's.
--Surfer-Dude In Australia Leaves Suit case Full Of $1 Million In Italian Restaurant!

The Prez must love the failure of the SuperCommittee. It gives him a new pincushion now that people are smirking over his increasingly ludicrous Bush blame game. If he didn't want it to fail he would have stayed home and beat up on Congress  in the oval office. Everything, and I mean everything is about 2012 now. Period.

Isn't it ironic that the most liberal and one of the richest cities in the country -- San Francisco -- was built upon pure greed. The fabled "Forty-Niners" would walk upon their grey haired Grammy to get a nugget.

Personally it bothers me that the unthinking press continually vilifies hard working police mainly with their excessive emotional reactions to a vscieral appearing event, casting rational, measured investigation of an event aside.

Actually I'm kind of glad the Cubs got Sveum. I'd never be able to pronounce his name.

"Fair Share" is the most misused word in modern US political history.

Small business job creation is bandied about as the engine that drives job creation. In fact it is the engine that multiplies job creation. Large corporations in regions create small feeder businesses from manufacturing job shops to hairdressers to restaurants. It's just the way it works despite what the Politicans tell you.


This entire "tax the rich thing" is nothing more than the creation of a populist cause for the next election. The money generated from added taxation would be a drop in the bucket compared to the immensity of the task. Nothing will improve until spending (Which has become basically bribery to the voter) is seriously abated.

The headline read: "Is Newt ready For His first debate As A frontrunner?"Newt is always ready for a debate.

No matter how bad the country appears to be going, the demographics will always favor the 0-Man.

Almost Near: Chapter 50 continues. --"Is there anybody in his office I can talk to?"
"Sure."
"Comon. I need more than that."
"Ok, there's woman named Mary, his assistant, who seems to be pretty sharp, and I hear from my pals at the police knows a lot about what may be going on. The police tell me they suspect, that she may have had something to do with helping this woman, who might be named Samantha, get away from the hospital. And...!"
"And...what...
"I have her phone number right here. Yup, I'm holding this piece of paper right here in my fingers."
"What ma darlin' do you want?"
"Ah, I like that southern sugar. I don't want anything. I just thought you should work a little harder. That's the the old New England protestant work ethic." Audrey could now tell he was smiling, having fun with her.
"You know I'm gettin' tired of New England, but I'll tell you what. if you ver need information from Little Rock you got me."
"Does that include inside info on the Clintons?" he paused for a reaction, but Audrey had tried of the game. "Ok its 603 555 1212"
"Thanks, I really do appreciate your help. Really!"
"No problem. I'll keep Little Rock in mind."
Audrey quickly dialed the number. "Hello, the Legal offices of Dante Wallowitz."

The Answer:
As we all remember, Goldie was that vivacious little dancer/comedian on Laugh-In. She went on to have quite the formidable career in h-Wood. Some of her best know Flicks were Private Benjamin, Foul Play, Overboard, Bird on a Wire, Death becomes her, the First Wives Club, Butterflies are Free, There's a Girl in My Soup and her Oscar Winning performance in Cactus flower. She's one of those special personalities who genuinely lights up the screen or room when she walks in.

The key to mental stability in the next 12 months is to take every outrageous statement and or accusation by candidates as just one more unfounded utterance of those greedy for power. I just hate it when my stomach does flip-flops for no reason at all.