Today's Tids Issue 2,718
Opening Stuff:
Tis the month that has Christmas
And all through our land
Not a Pol's heart is beating
Including Prez Obam.
Folks flocked to store sales.
While others wondered why,
They all weren't following
That big star in the sky.
So, nestled abed in my winter cap
Dreaming of gifts, that I would like:
Then in a flash, I knew what it was:
Understanding! Instead
of a bike.Why are humans so damn far apart,
When we all have, a feeling heart?
Shouldn't we all think as one?
Especially now, awaiting The Son.
So while Santa chuckles, downstairs below,
Bringing us gifts with a cheery HO-HO!
And Reindeer clomp on the roof above.
I dream of December, a month for love.
We also celebrate Pearl Harbor Day on December. Not much love there. But also a day, we should never forget.
If I took all of the pills
consumed by Bonds, Clements and Sosa I still couldn't hit a 95 mph
fastball...or throw one. That's my take on the looming national
controversy, and I'm stickin' to it.
The Question:
I
saw that Letterman was among the new Kennedy Center award winners.
Being a suspicious paranoid ideologue, I immediately thought It must
have been because he was so nice to have "O" on during the election. I
found though, that the nature personal beliefs of the Presidents
"O", GWB and Monica's Boyfriend seemed to have little effect on the for
award winners during their reigns. In my investigation I learned that
many of the great all time comedians never made the list. Name one. Name
three married couples who are ensconced.
The Headlines:
The Headlines:
--SC Takes No Action On Same Sex Marriage Cases.
--West Coast Gets Break from Drenching Rains.
--US Manufacturing Falls Below Contraction/Expansion Line;
--West Coast Port Strike Draining US Economy By Billions Per Day.
- Woman Who's face Was Lost To Chimp Attack To get $4 Million.
--Japan Investigating Tunnel Collapse That Killed Hundreds.
--Syria denies Plans To use Chemical Weapons.
--Egypt Judges Seem Confused Over Referendum To Approve New Constitution.
--West Coast Gets Break from Drenching Rains.
--US Manufacturing Falls Below Contraction/Expansion Line;
--West Coast Port Strike Draining US Economy By Billions Per Day.
- Woman Who's face Was Lost To Chimp Attack To get $4 Million.
--Japan Investigating Tunnel Collapse That Killed Hundreds.
--Syria denies Plans To use Chemical Weapons.
--Egypt Judges Seem Confused Over Referendum To Approve New Constitution.
Yesterday it was Tim Geithner
who made the rounds of the Sunday news programs delivering the unified
message of the admin: "Republicans want to tax the rich." Hmm...the last
time an admin representative toured the Sunday shows it was Susan Rice.
How did that work out for the truth.
Some say that the work of Mozart was noteable.
The Alabama-Georgia game lived up ot the Hype. The National Championship Game between Alabama and Notre dame, two of the all time most successful programs, will be quite refreshing after a humdrum run of the usual suspects.
Some say that the work of Mozart was noteable.
The Alabama-Georgia game lived up ot the Hype. The National Championship Game between Alabama and Notre dame, two of the all time most successful programs, will be quite refreshing after a humdrum run of the usual suspects.
Now I know
why Peurto Ricans voted for the first time to move towards statehood --
They are as destitute as Greece and in need of a hand-out. My country
Tis of Thee, what will you give to me.
Before enabling became so fashionable, a person's conscience used to be a powerful thing.
You have to wonder why when they are one of the biggest, most aggressive, often most heartless, bring-em'-in-chew-em'-up-spit-em'-out, industries in the world, movie makers continually paint the capitalist as the bad guy in films ranging from comedy to romance to action. I guess in the socialist world they seem to be enamored with, they are hoping to become the National Propaganda Office.
Before enabling became so fashionable, a person's conscience used to be a powerful thing.
You have to wonder why when they are one of the biggest, most aggressive, often most heartless, bring-em'-in-chew-em'-up-spit-em'-out, industries in the world, movie makers continually paint the capitalist as the bad guy in films ranging from comedy to romance to action. I guess in the socialist world they seem to be enamored with, they are hoping to become the National Propaganda Office.
Did you hear about
the stereo speaker manufacturer who was doing quite well bcaue he had high volume?
Did you notice that yesterday's sports broadcast experts spent most of the time feeling sorry for the suicide death of the sports hero, forgetting entirely that a woman lost her life at his hand.
In an editorial about Greece that relies on contradictions itself and agonizes to stretch premises to support the idea of increasing tax revenue, the local big newspaper ends with the line "The purpose of taxation is simply to pay for Government. Paying taxes should be simply regarded as a civic obligation." How condescending is that! Almost everybody realizes the civic necessity to supply some revenue to a government. At least the 60% who regularly pay taxes do. (Recession pushed that number down to the lower fifties.) The taxpayers are just concerned that they are paying for way too much Government, a government that feeds upon itself; with insatiable spending addictions. So let's suspend the haughtiness editorial writers, because if you were capable of seeing the truth you would see that your are supporting a government that has lost touch with the taxpayer.
Has it become the US Giverment?
Have you read where China is now considered the top trading partner for 124 countries to only 76 for the USA! That compares to five years ago when the USA was the main trading partner for 127 countries versus 70 for China! Yikes. I can see some logicians saying that the USA's future is making parts for China industries. How would US Labor Unions React to outside competitiveness influencing wage structures? Promote Obama as President of the world?
If you want to see lobbyists in action, you have to look no further than the Bicyclist Organizations who are taking over city streets for a precious few. On these streets designed for cars, they are actually not only usurping the shoulder for the fancy tight pants riders, but are making the centers of the actual travel lanes bike "friendly", which can only lead to even more irresponsibility from the pedalers. What would be the outcry if they decided to build a golf course for a few within a city that required traffic stoppage while golfers in colored shorts hit across city streets?
I used to think that warning US public employee groups that we are in danger of becoming like Greese was a detriment to those with pride. But now I am seeing that the bosses of PE unions don't care about looking like Greese. In fact they like the idea of being like Platos's country, and having others wallets fund their unceasing demands.
Plato: Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
The Big Novel Returns!
A plaintive plea by one of our delightfully intitive readers as induced then novel side of my brain to awaken from a slumber.
Quick synopsis for newcomers and those who forgot The Conscience: A college student from the North is awakened by what he sees during a vacation in Alabama with southern friends in the 1957 prejudiced south. At a Mobile Alabama concert featuring Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Fats Domino he meets a girl, a friend of his friend. He is smitten. Walking to a quieter place, a 13 yo black boy walks across their path. The :Belle" turns evil and the northerner steps in as a peacemaker. She ridicules him and pushes. He pushes back and she falls, hitting her head on a rock; She is killed. The next day when he and friends return there, the body is missing. The story then goes 30 years forward where we find our hero as a washed up, alcoholic marine Lawyer drinking in a bar. One of those friends from 57' is now President of a major yacht building company calls him for advice and then hires him. When we last left this story, our conscience stricken hero is in Italy negotiating with a women who heads a company wanting to merge with his pals company.
Below is the last episode published of "The Conscience":
--She was now looking at me with a serious grin. A gotcha moment. A "this is my turf, and I am running the show", grin. What she didn't know is that alcoholics are very good at not flinching or acting surprised. First because their reflexes are shot. Second because they are so adept at lying.
"Good opening," I answered straight-faced, and without a pause. I continued to turn around the advantage position. "You know as well as I that the International Maritime Legal institutions look at mergers between too major boat builders very closely We also know, you and I and my client, that your great company and mine have unique strategies for softening the letter of the law. I am a marine lawyer..."
"Very good, Mr. Morgan! Did your clients also tell you that I hate their guts. That's an American term. In Italian we would say Odio le loro viscere." She smiled like a cat playing. "Viscere is an intriguing word, no?"
"Especially to a man." She chuckled briefly. "I think we are going to have a lot of fun, Ms. Angelica." Now I smiled the smile of the contented lion who was nibbling at the kitten, "And, was that you I saw following me yesterday?"
Her face reddened a little, and I actually felt guilty -- a little. "So, let's get down to business and find out if you are who you say you are." She pulled out a large leather portfolio and flipped open to pull out a couple of pages.
Are you excited yet?
Plato also said, "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
The Answer:
Jack Benny! Say it ain't so Rochester. "It ain't so, Boss." George Burns made it, and he was never funny. So maybe Milton Berle stole his jokes, but he was Mr. Television! Fanny Brice, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason and many others never got to laugh on that august stage. I think they need an old timer's committee. The husband and wife teams were, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Hume and Jessica Tandy and Ossie Davis And Ruby Dee.
Plato again, "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; The real tragedy of life is men who are afraid of the light."
Did you notice that yesterday's sports broadcast experts spent most of the time feeling sorry for the suicide death of the sports hero, forgetting entirely that a woman lost her life at his hand.
In an editorial about Greece that relies on contradictions itself and agonizes to stretch premises to support the idea of increasing tax revenue, the local big newspaper ends with the line "The purpose of taxation is simply to pay for Government. Paying taxes should be simply regarded as a civic obligation." How condescending is that! Almost everybody realizes the civic necessity to supply some revenue to a government. At least the 60% who regularly pay taxes do. (Recession pushed that number down to the lower fifties.) The taxpayers are just concerned that they are paying for way too much Government, a government that feeds upon itself; with insatiable spending addictions. So let's suspend the haughtiness editorial writers, because if you were capable of seeing the truth you would see that your are supporting a government that has lost touch with the taxpayer.
Has it become the US Giverment?
Have you read where China is now considered the top trading partner for 124 countries to only 76 for the USA! That compares to five years ago when the USA was the main trading partner for 127 countries versus 70 for China! Yikes. I can see some logicians saying that the USA's future is making parts for China industries. How would US Labor Unions React to outside competitiveness influencing wage structures? Promote Obama as President of the world?
If you want to see lobbyists in action, you have to look no further than the Bicyclist Organizations who are taking over city streets for a precious few. On these streets designed for cars, they are actually not only usurping the shoulder for the fancy tight pants riders, but are making the centers of the actual travel lanes bike "friendly", which can only lead to even more irresponsibility from the pedalers. What would be the outcry if they decided to build a golf course for a few within a city that required traffic stoppage while golfers in colored shorts hit across city streets?
I used to think that warning US public employee groups that we are in danger of becoming like Greese was a detriment to those with pride. But now I am seeing that the bosses of PE unions don't care about looking like Greese. In fact they like the idea of being like Platos's country, and having others wallets fund their unceasing demands.
Plato: Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
The Big Novel Returns!
A plaintive plea by one of our delightfully intitive readers as induced then novel side of my brain to awaken from a slumber.
Quick synopsis for newcomers and those who forgot The Conscience: A college student from the North is awakened by what he sees during a vacation in Alabama with southern friends in the 1957 prejudiced south. At a Mobile Alabama concert featuring Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Fats Domino he meets a girl, a friend of his friend. He is smitten. Walking to a quieter place, a 13 yo black boy walks across their path. The :Belle" turns evil and the northerner steps in as a peacemaker. She ridicules him and pushes. He pushes back and she falls, hitting her head on a rock; She is killed. The next day when he and friends return there, the body is missing. The story then goes 30 years forward where we find our hero as a washed up, alcoholic marine Lawyer drinking in a bar. One of those friends from 57' is now President of a major yacht building company calls him for advice and then hires him. When we last left this story, our conscience stricken hero is in Italy negotiating with a women who heads a company wanting to merge with his pals company.
Below is the last episode published of "The Conscience":
--She was now looking at me with a serious grin. A gotcha moment. A "this is my turf, and I am running the show", grin. What she didn't know is that alcoholics are very good at not flinching or acting surprised. First because their reflexes are shot. Second because they are so adept at lying.
"Good opening," I answered straight-faced, and without a pause. I continued to turn around the advantage position. "You know as well as I that the International Maritime Legal institutions look at mergers between too major boat builders very closely We also know, you and I and my client, that your great company and mine have unique strategies for softening the letter of the law. I am a marine lawyer..."
"Very good, Mr. Morgan! Did your clients also tell you that I hate their guts. That's an American term. In Italian we would say Odio le loro viscere." She smiled like a cat playing. "Viscere is an intriguing word, no?"
"Especially to a man." She chuckled briefly. "I think we are going to have a lot of fun, Ms. Angelica." Now I smiled the smile of the contented lion who was nibbling at the kitten, "And, was that you I saw following me yesterday?"
Her face reddened a little, and I actually felt guilty -- a little. "So, let's get down to business and find out if you are who you say you are." She pulled out a large leather portfolio and flipped open to pull out a couple of pages.
Are you excited yet?
Plato also said, "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
The Answer:
Jack Benny! Say it ain't so Rochester. "It ain't so, Boss." George Burns made it, and he was never funny. So maybe Milton Berle stole his jokes, but he was Mr. Television! Fanny Brice, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason and many others never got to laugh on that august stage. I think they need an old timer's committee. The husband and wife teams were, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Hume and Jessica Tandy and Ossie Davis And Ruby Dee.
Plato again, "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; The real tragedy of life is men who are afraid of the light."
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