Surprise!

Today's Tids Issue 2,706

Opening Stuff

So, I guess I'm just sitting around waiting for some big Obama November surprise. It won't matter at all if it's an disingenuous exaggeration, just so long as it is blasted loud enough to fill empty heads for two-three days. That's all it needs to be -- last minute noise.

Once again Mother Nature has proven that the destruction of homes built on outer sand bars is inevitable; It is just a matter of time. But who cares really, Government flood insurance always pays for rebuilding. Hey, it's free!

Think about how much better off the USA would have been today if LBJ had never been President. If some ad guy hadn't infected the voter's minds with that little girl in the fields picking petals off of a daisy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExjDzDsgbww

The Question:
When the power goes, a good portable radio is an absolute must. Name five of the best portable radios.

The Headlines:
--Jobless Rate Up To 7.9% After Economy Adds 171K Jobs; Number Indicative Of Sluggish Economy; Threat Of Recession Next year Looms..
--Dropping Temps Compound Mid-Atlantic States Post Storm Agony; Gas Lines Lengthen As Fuel Deliveries Are Disrupted By Storm.
--Well Funded Jihadists Assuming Leadership Roles Among Syria Rebels.
--UN Has Videos Showing Syrian Rebels Committing War Crimes.
--Most Of Today's Congress Expected To be Re-Hired Next Tuesday.
--Deaths Of Eleven Sailors In Two Separate San Fran Sailing Mishaps Deemed Due To Poor Seamanship.
--Putin's Russia Unstable.
--New York Marathon A Go; Some Think It Inadvisable In Light Of Crushing Disaster And Need For Focusing Of All Resources..

When the favorite team of the sports pub patrons lost, it became a whine bar.

It appears that the patience of the storm disadvantaged is already waning as might be expected in this new world of instant gratification.

What's with Boston professional teams and their apparent disregard for guys who hustle all of the time -- The Pat's, Sox and Celts are/were seemingly disinterested in guys other teams might consider foundation players: The multi-talented, never-give-up Jacoby Elsbury; The tougher than steel, courageous Wes Welker; The now discarded, man in perpetual motion, Ray Allen.

The other day, I was talking to a friend who told me how much she loved a Broadway show, slammed by the critics. I saw this morning a list of movie reviews that showed differing opinions from 7 newspaper's across the country. For a current, highly publicized film the number of "Stars" was 4,2,2,3,2,1,2. This basically means that your opinion is probably as good as any expert. If you read about a movie that sounds interesting to you, go.

A guy sued his wife for not disclosing that she was really "Ugly", and won! Yes, a man in China fascinated by his own handsome features was dismayed and disturbed when his wife delivered a wrinkled up looking baby who he, with his ego, thought could never be his. After asking if she had had sex with a homely man, she revealed that she had cosmetic surgery before marriage and that the baby looked like she had been before. Yikes!

The crux of the Democrat's campaign in RI has been about the Repubs eliminating Medicare and Social Security. Any person with a mind and a soul, and not blindly partisan, knew it was the big lie. So, this morning the Providence Journal, the states major newspaper, finally got around to telling the people that the Dem rhetoric is blatantly false, or as they said "The Big Lie of the Day" --4 days befroe the vote. They could have brought forth the truth months and months ago, before it became seated in the minds of the numb. The disingenuous leading the blind is the reason for our state's new motto -- "The Mediocrity State".

On an even more important note, I still hear the big "0" stomping upon already refuted Romney accusations. No media holds the Presidential feet to the fire. He just merrily transfuses misrepresentations into the blood streams of unthinking Americans. Some will say, "That's Politics!" I say, "Dishonesty sucks."

I saw where it was estimated that 28 Million rats are now homeless as a result to the flooding waters from sandy. I expect many of them have taken the form of scam artists preying on the victims of the storm. Where is PETA when you need it?

Have you ever wondered about who actually is sitting down there in the bowels of the city counting rats? Is it a new government Czar?

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--Flight starring the ever resourceful Denzel Washington as a commercial airline pilot who miraculously save the lives of his passengers after a mid air mishap and a crash landing. Washington is feted as the hero, until more details of the whole story leak out and what really happened on that plane. Oooooo-Weeee-Ooooo. Tense.

--The Man With the Iron Fists is a phantasmagorical tale of a man, a blacksmith in a small China village, who is asked to create elaborate tools of destruction. When the feuding clans escalate their hatred into war, the blacksmith calls upon an ancient energy to  transform himself into a human weapon. Probably exciting if you like that stuff.

--The animated feature of the week is Wreck-It Ralph. This is made for young gamers as Ralph is the bad guy character in a video game who after all of the years has become tired of the good guy always getting all of the glory. He starts moving around the arcade from game to game and accidentally unleashes a deadly enemy who could destroy the entire arcade. Can Ralph stop it?

The Answer:

There are a lot of radios around and I am not an expert at all. But here are some of the best, and most popular: Grundig Gs350dl, RCA HP Super Radio, Grundig (Eton) Traveler II, Sangean America SG 522 Am/Fm, Colby Cx-39, Sony Fm Stereo Multi Band, eton Multilink with crank and Eton Solarlink Self-powered.

So, is Oprah going to announce a car give-away for very "O" voter? Will Harry Reid promise resigning for an Obama vote? A lot of people on both sides will be entering this weekend with knots in their stomachs wondering which country they should move to if the other guy wins. This is not a casera sera election.

The mighty Japanese corporations, Sharpe and Sony and others, are whispering their concerns about having the ability to stay in buisness. Think abotu that. Less and less is permanent. But, to the entrepreneur, the person with a good idea and a lot of perseverance, it means that any person, any entity can rise to the top. The mighty fall every day and are always replaced by bright new heroes.

Speaking if Fall, enjoy the crisp cooling air this weekend.