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Today's Tids Issue 2,567

Opening Stuff:


Well, today is the last weekday in March. It was quite the March, with the kind of temperatures and sunny days people generally seek in Florida around this time. Golf courses opened, petals opened and more Republicans opened their minds to the fact that Romney may be the best candidate.

I'm expecting grave attention deficit disorder this morn among Tids readers as they dream of winning $540,000,000. March 30 is a glassy eyed world.

My faith is renewed in the American Idol voters. Keeping Holly will provide more melodic and diverse nights of entertainment. However compared to the cool professionalism of 16 year old Jessica, 17 year old Holly descends at times into that deer in the headlights uncertainty. Skylar needs to break away from her formula. According to me! -- after this week the top four men are Phillip, Colton, Joshua and Deandre. The top four women -- Elise, Jessica, Skylar and Holly.

0-Man always touted himself as the bipartisan President. Well, he has to be real happy after seeing the House yesterday vote down his Budget 414-0. It must have been really baaaad. Apparently, the Repubs attached the President budget to their own to see if the total package would gain some Dem support. Obviously the Pres plan, full of tax increases and whopping deficits, didn't even sit well with the Dems in an election year. But, that's politics.

The Question:

I buy clothes I like regardless of labels. But many people follow the designers. Who are considered the top ten "Men's" fashion designers?

The Headlines:

--Paul Ryan Endorses Romney.
--Wall Street Could Enter April On Up Swing.
--Midwest Business Barometer Drops In March.
--Consumer Spending Growth Outpacing Income Growth; Saving's Accounts Declining.
--Islamists Rising In Post Daffy Libya; Experts Consider Country A Mess.
--Scientists Say There Could Be Billions Of Planets That Can Support Life Like Earth; Heaven May be Getting Over Crowded.
--China And Apple Agree To New Work Conditions.

Jan Brewer for President.

With the scorched earth campaign effectively killing the perfectly healthy filler inappropriately named "Pink Slime", 1,500,000 additional cows will have to be killed. Wait till PETA hears that? It will also increase the cost of hamburger for those on a budget. Wait til anti poverty groups hear that? Nobody ever died. Nobody ever got sick. But ABC news got a shot at a Pulitzer. isn't that about it!

To fill the enormous amounts of news air time, the press often looks to the sensationalism like the above Tid to rationalize the mundane. Think of the poor Moms they are scaring with their unexplained reporting on the increased incidence of Autism, from 1 in 110 five years ago to 1 in 88 in a new report. They showed worried frowns on mothers wondering when this gray wave of a serious disease was going to strike their household. Yet, knowledgeable doctors report that the increase is due to two rational premises. One -- they widened the definition of Autism. Second -- They increased the screening for many population segments where before there was no screening at all. In other words there has been no scary rapid increase in this terrible affliction, disease. They are just reporting better numbers about something that has always been there. And a broader definition that is truly apples and oranges. I'm not trying to minimize the seriousness and angst of Autism, but trying to take the dear out of bland numbers.

Blatant Biased Bastions Of The Press Department.
Of course ABC (Abetting Barack's Campaign) has become notorious in its tinnily disguised Obama campaign support puffery. So last night I'm holding my stomach watching CBS. The always suspect Scott Pelley brings on Bob Schieffer to discuss the meaning of the George Bush support for Romney. Schieffer immediately switches the subject by saying I'm not sure what Bush for Romney means, but here's an endorsement that probably isn't good for Mitt Romney. Then he proceeds to show a one minute video of National Plagiarist Laureate Joe Biden bashing Mitt, a clear piece of Obama presidential advertising. These guys are criminal. Why do we have protection of the press any more, anyhow?

A reader sends this note: "A friend of mine just started a new business in Afghanistan. He's making land mines that look like prayer mats. He's doing well. he says prophets are going through the roof."

I see where there is a federal law against bothering Canada Geese during "nesting season". What better time to reduce this menace to golf shoes.

Since the beginning of time, health care has been an irrational entity for two basic reasons; 1. People use it with no sense of personal responsibility for the costs. 2. Bottomless pockets of gold always produces runaway spending.

Reading between the Lines Movie reviews:
--The best film of the week is Salmon Fishing In Yemen. This is a wonderful romantic comedy, a pleasant film about a wealthy Yemen Sheikh who wants to bring Scottish fly fishing to the dessert. A great cast has Ewan McGregor as the Scottish trout expert, Emily Blount as the Sheikh's PR person in charge of the idea and Amr Waked as the Sheikh and Kristen Scott Thomas great as a journalist. I don't think you can go wrong with this one.
--Mirror, Mirror is a real live person version of Snow White. Kind of silly.
--The Titans is an adventure film sequel with zillions of special effects. If you want action, you won't be disappointed.

Note to Almost Near lovers: Next week is grand finale week. This afternoon I'm reading part of the ending to a group of writers. Hopefully I won't be battered and bruised too much. You will love next week.

The Answer:

Giorgio Armani tops the list. He is followed by Hugo Boss, Gucci, Prada, Michael Bastian, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, Ralpf Loren, Tom Ford and Calvin Klein. Interestingly, the guy advising American Idols on dress, Tommy Hilfiger, is 28th. What's the matter, couldn't they get Nike!

While people across America await their $540 Mil, we learn that the largest gambling operation in the world, the Foxwoods Indian casino, is $2 Billion in the red. The 540 Tribal members who had been receiving $100, 000 per year are now receiving nothing. Money from the casino operations is funding food banks and training for outside jobs. As more states approve casino gambling to fund their mismanagement and over spending it is becoming obvious that there are just so many dollar around. Gambling is not the panacea.