Today's Tids Issue 2,758
Opening Stuff:
To make a little
sunshine for today, / I feel a poem coming my way./ Words that rhyme, a
simple verse. / Words that shine, what could be worse? / Sitting in
gray with a heavy heart? / Doing nothing til the clouds do part? / No
it's best to feel the warmth. / To take the day, this ugly morn / To
remember friends who are the sun. / That light each day, and darken
none.
I like small, quiet English movies. Does that make unpatriotic or just a liberal globalist?
President Obama continually removes the compromise place from the process -- Takes away a point where Dems and Repubs might have a chance to meet.
The Question:
In what movie did Katherine Ross first gain fame. Name three other of her films.
The Headlines:
--Dow Up 75; Cash Moving Back Into Market; Defensive Stocks Getting Bulk Of New Money.
--Economist Paul Krugman Says In Advance Of Fed Meeting: US Still Suffering Depression Conditions.
--Egypt Army Chief Warns Of Collapse Of State.
--Wall Street Tells Government To Cut Spending, Deficit Now.
--Prez, Senate Not exactly On Same Page With Immigration Discussion; Hispanics Fear Introduction Of O-Plan.
--700,000 Syrian Refugees Crowding Border Countries.
--US Beefing Up Presence In Africa; Niger Will Be Launch Site For Drones.
--Islamists Trash Significant Timbuktu Historic Sites As They Flee.
Ok, I give up. For over a hundred years the immigration laws of the country have functioned really well with all of those streaming to our shores. But now, to accommodate law breakers, those who sneaked in, jumped to the head of the line, grabbed freebies meant for American's who struggle, we need reform. The problem isn't with our immigration laws, it's with the Mexican government. Just as the problem isn't with the Gun, but the shooter. But, Politicians more and more don't go after the truth, do they?
Actually, the Immigration reform activity is mainly for US business owners looking for cheap labor. It appears many Americans are content living off of high paying government give-away programs, pretty good wages for doing nothing, which would decimate company bottom lines. Of course, once the path to legality is established, and the law breaking immigrants are working in the open, it won't be long before they become unaffordable too.
It was quite a surprise when I read the headline this morning leading into a column by the paper's main Political observer: "...Master Level Needs To Go". I thought thank God, someone finally recognizes that the Upper Echelon of the General Assembly is guiding this state into the depths of the ocean that surrounds us. I was elated that somebody finally had the guts to say what has been needed to be said for decades. But, after a few words I realized he was writing about single party "Lever" in voting booths! And, I know typos.
Well, I'll never again call my Spell-Check an alcoholic reprobate, A sot who's brain is rotting from the devil's evil gin. Yet a brain yesterday that fought through its morning-after haziness to find the resolve to get revenge. Without my knowledge, the little bastard changed the word Harbaugh, which I clearly typed correctly, into Harbinger just prior to my hitting the send button for yesterday's Tids. Unsettling. Is the SiFi channel listening?
Let's hope the Dem leadership doesn't trash Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), the brand new Senator who is not marching in lockstep with her fellow Lawmaker's spending addiction. She understands the need to get spending under control, or the aspirations of the President in his speech will be meaningless. I mean, she's still a Democrat and thinks mainly like a democrat, but for a change her brain is still capable of understanding common sense.
A certain loud and boisterous Wall Street pitchman says the best IPO's so far this year are Bright Horizons, LipoScience, CyrusOne and Norwegian Cruise Lines. The next solid IPO should be Zoetis, a spin off of Pfizer's animal health division. Check it out. Animals are king right now, and animal owners are manic buyers of expensive stuff.
Speaking of animal lovers, here in Newport we have an animal rescue group called the Potter league. It seems that nearly forty percent or more of all Obits have donations going to this influential group of pet lovers. Instead of, say, diabetes, cancer or Parkinson disease, to name a few. But, now I see an even greater natural tragedy in this world famous city of "Trees". Yes, trees, historic, mammoth, beautiful trees are failing, and falling without notice.. Most of these beauties were planted over a hundred years ago. They're tired. They need help or replanting, propagating relatives so to speak. I mean, an aging oak can't go out and hump a nearby beech! Let's have a Legion Of Tree Lovers. If Potter league can gather millions, I think the Tree Legions should do equally as well. The homeless sleep under them, and all God's unfortunates need our help. LTL forever..
Hispanics are asking the Prez not to disrupt the progress made on Immigration Reform with a speech planned for today introducing his own IR proposal. The White House said yesterday said that parties in the ongoing IR process should step back, to pause a little, and to remember that Obama gets the credit for making this happen. On top of that "Luanacy as usual" Washington report, I have heard word that Obama really wants to use IR to divide Repubs, pure and simple. And to that point, in his proposal, he is will to sacrifice IR by adding a poison pill like gay marriage which would stall or obliterate the bill immigrants, legal and illegal, are hoping for.
I was trying like hell to get this Tids out early, but had to go to the dentist, and get a haircut. So basically I'm smiling and looking a little better than usual while I type. can you feel it?
Why some states don't have a chance, Department:
I'm sure most of you have thrown the newspaper across the room after reading insane proposals by your State lawmakers. I felt that impulse not once but twice this morn. It woke me up before the first sip of coffee. 1. There is a movement afoot to pass a bill that would have Companies pay for product and food packaging picked up along the ocean. They want big business to pay for the irresponsibility of lunkhead litterers. I prefer the electric chair for litterers. Maybe we can meet in the middle somewhere. 2. A group whose name escapes me wants to pass a new tax, a new soak the rich law that moves the $250K crowd rate up two percentage points, which in reality is a 35% increase in taxes. A spokes person screams, "...end tax breaks for the wealthy that got us into this mess." Excuse me? You mean the wealthy who create and nurture businesses and jobs who left and are are leaving the state because of high taxes and high costs of doing business. Forced to move, to decide against the urging of the RI soul in their hearts, because the Legislature refuses to hear the real truth. Of course with even a larger tax burden they will move again, this time in larger and larger groups, until, until the entrepreneurial spirit is dead, completely. Who will create the jobs, contribute to groups and charities? The bloated Federal government? Now even weaker because of dependency states across the fruited plain? I mean... I just don't get it anymore.
The Novel will return tomorrow! Zowie!
The Answer:
Personally, I liked Katherine Ross, and how could you not in The Graduate, where she a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. She was also in Butch Cassidy...et.al., one of my favorites -- Stepford Wives, and she won another GG for Village of the Damned. Her first major role was in "Games" just before TG and BC&SK. She is a great horseback rider. But in Hollywood, she always rode under the radar. Right, Lindsey?
Give me my provincialism. My Regional pride. Give me the comfort of my traditional New England womb. Let me be nurtured, and let me nurture the community around me. I don't want to be global. I don't even want to be national. For local is where America starts. Neighborhoods, villages, towns and cities are the roots that bind. The greatness of any entity is the sum of strong parts. Undiluted by the urine from a bloated, hovering, distant and often ignorant Federal monster.
And in closing, These from a Washington DC Tarvel agent:
1. An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 A.M. and got to Chicago at 8:33 A.M.
I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went really fast and she bought that.
2. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando . He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state.
He replied, 'Don't lie to me! I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!.
I like small, quiet English movies. Does that make unpatriotic or just a liberal globalist?
President Obama continually removes the compromise place from the process -- Takes away a point where Dems and Repubs might have a chance to meet.
The Question:
In what movie did Katherine Ross first gain fame. Name three other of her films.
The Headlines:
--Dow Up 75; Cash Moving Back Into Market; Defensive Stocks Getting Bulk Of New Money.
--Economist Paul Krugman Says In Advance Of Fed Meeting: US Still Suffering Depression Conditions.
--Egypt Army Chief Warns Of Collapse Of State.
--Wall Street Tells Government To Cut Spending, Deficit Now.
--Prez, Senate Not exactly On Same Page With Immigration Discussion; Hispanics Fear Introduction Of O-Plan.
--700,000 Syrian Refugees Crowding Border Countries.
--US Beefing Up Presence In Africa; Niger Will Be Launch Site For Drones.
--Islamists Trash Significant Timbuktu Historic Sites As They Flee.
Ok, I give up. For over a hundred years the immigration laws of the country have functioned really well with all of those streaming to our shores. But now, to accommodate law breakers, those who sneaked in, jumped to the head of the line, grabbed freebies meant for American's who struggle, we need reform. The problem isn't with our immigration laws, it's with the Mexican government. Just as the problem isn't with the Gun, but the shooter. But, Politicians more and more don't go after the truth, do they?
Actually, the Immigration reform activity is mainly for US business owners looking for cheap labor. It appears many Americans are content living off of high paying government give-away programs, pretty good wages for doing nothing, which would decimate company bottom lines. Of course, once the path to legality is established, and the law breaking immigrants are working in the open, it won't be long before they become unaffordable too.
It was quite a surprise when I read the headline this morning leading into a column by the paper's main Political observer: "...Master Level Needs To Go". I thought thank God, someone finally recognizes that the Upper Echelon of the General Assembly is guiding this state into the depths of the ocean that surrounds us. I was elated that somebody finally had the guts to say what has been needed to be said for decades. But, after a few words I realized he was writing about single party "Lever" in voting booths! And, I know typos.
Well, I'll never again call my Spell-Check an alcoholic reprobate, A sot who's brain is rotting from the devil's evil gin. Yet a brain yesterday that fought through its morning-after haziness to find the resolve to get revenge. Without my knowledge, the little bastard changed the word Harbaugh, which I clearly typed correctly, into Harbinger just prior to my hitting the send button for yesterday's Tids. Unsettling. Is the SiFi channel listening?
Let's hope the Dem leadership doesn't trash Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), the brand new Senator who is not marching in lockstep with her fellow Lawmaker's spending addiction. She understands the need to get spending under control, or the aspirations of the President in his speech will be meaningless. I mean, she's still a Democrat and thinks mainly like a democrat, but for a change her brain is still capable of understanding common sense.
A certain loud and boisterous Wall Street pitchman says the best IPO's so far this year are Bright Horizons, LipoScience, CyrusOne and Norwegian Cruise Lines. The next solid IPO should be Zoetis, a spin off of Pfizer's animal health division. Check it out. Animals are king right now, and animal owners are manic buyers of expensive stuff.
Speaking of animal lovers, here in Newport we have an animal rescue group called the Potter league. It seems that nearly forty percent or more of all Obits have donations going to this influential group of pet lovers. Instead of, say, diabetes, cancer or Parkinson disease, to name a few. But, now I see an even greater natural tragedy in this world famous city of "Trees". Yes, trees, historic, mammoth, beautiful trees are failing, and falling without notice.. Most of these beauties were planted over a hundred years ago. They're tired. They need help or replanting, propagating relatives so to speak. I mean, an aging oak can't go out and hump a nearby beech! Let's have a Legion Of Tree Lovers. If Potter league can gather millions, I think the Tree Legions should do equally as well. The homeless sleep under them, and all God's unfortunates need our help. LTL forever..
Hispanics are asking the Prez not to disrupt the progress made on Immigration Reform with a speech planned for today introducing his own IR proposal. The White House said yesterday said that parties in the ongoing IR process should step back, to pause a little, and to remember that Obama gets the credit for making this happen. On top of that "Luanacy as usual" Washington report, I have heard word that Obama really wants to use IR to divide Repubs, pure and simple. And to that point, in his proposal, he is will to sacrifice IR by adding a poison pill like gay marriage which would stall or obliterate the bill immigrants, legal and illegal, are hoping for.
I was trying like hell to get this Tids out early, but had to go to the dentist, and get a haircut. So basically I'm smiling and looking a little better than usual while I type. can you feel it?
Why some states don't have a chance, Department:
I'm sure most of you have thrown the newspaper across the room after reading insane proposals by your State lawmakers. I felt that impulse not once but twice this morn. It woke me up before the first sip of coffee. 1. There is a movement afoot to pass a bill that would have Companies pay for product and food packaging picked up along the ocean. They want big business to pay for the irresponsibility of lunkhead litterers. I prefer the electric chair for litterers. Maybe we can meet in the middle somewhere. 2. A group whose name escapes me wants to pass a new tax, a new soak the rich law that moves the $250K crowd rate up two percentage points, which in reality is a 35% increase in taxes. A spokes person screams, "...end tax breaks for the wealthy that got us into this mess." Excuse me? You mean the wealthy who create and nurture businesses and jobs who left and are are leaving the state because of high taxes and high costs of doing business. Forced to move, to decide against the urging of the RI soul in their hearts, because the Legislature refuses to hear the real truth. Of course with even a larger tax burden they will move again, this time in larger and larger groups, until, until the entrepreneurial spirit is dead, completely. Who will create the jobs, contribute to groups and charities? The bloated Federal government? Now even weaker because of dependency states across the fruited plain? I mean... I just don't get it anymore.
The Novel will return tomorrow! Zowie!
The Answer:
Personally, I liked Katherine Ross, and how could you not in The Graduate, where she a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. She was also in Butch Cassidy...et.al., one of my favorites -- Stepford Wives, and she won another GG for Village of the Damned. Her first major role was in "Games" just before TG and BC&SK. She is a great horseback rider. But in Hollywood, she always rode under the radar. Right, Lindsey?
Give me my provincialism. My Regional pride. Give me the comfort of my traditional New England womb. Let me be nurtured, and let me nurture the community around me. I don't want to be global. I don't even want to be national. For local is where America starts. Neighborhoods, villages, towns and cities are the roots that bind. The greatness of any entity is the sum of strong parts. Undiluted by the urine from a bloated, hovering, distant and often ignorant Federal monster.
And in closing, These from a Washington DC Tarvel agent:
1. An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 A.M. and got to Chicago at 8:33 A.M.
I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went really fast and she bought that.
2. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando . He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state.
He replied, 'Don't lie to me! I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!.
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