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Today's Tids Issue 3,036

Opening Stuff:

 

 

Did you see where the Dalai Lama joined a group of Capitalists at a forum run by the Conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute to further happiness and human flourishing in free enterprise, to  understand where morality and hedge funds may merge. Say what? It started out well though, when Dalai opened his remarks with the question: “A happy world, from where does it start? From Government? No.” People in the audience perked up. He pointed to his chest and said, “From in here”. Sounding like Ayn Rand he added, “Change of construction work must come from the individual.” The few hour session ended well too when this avowed Marxist and disparager of Capitalism, said, “Today, I developed more respect for Capitalism. It had been my impression, that in capitalism you only take the money, then exploitation.” A common theme arose during the discussion between conservative business leaders and the Dalai Lama: That they believe Capitalism could be a force for good, but it required a morality.” Bernie Madoff and Jordan Belfort did not attend.

 

In the future when some President calls for Sanctions over war, they will point to the success in Iran.

 

The Question:

A new poll list the 10 most popular surnames in America. What do you think they may be. Don’t confuse this with the top ten Most Common surnames. List them too!

 

The Headlines:

--Obama Tells Karsei To Shape Up Or We’re Shipping Out.

--Dow Up 50; New Home Construction Sales Impressing Street.

--Pressure Mounting On Ariz Gov Jan Brewer To Veto Religious Rights Law; Repubs Urge Gov To Nix Bill.

--Rising Gold Prices May Signal Turmoil In Your Portfolio Future..

--Putin Puts Russian Troops On High Alert As Ukraine Government Falls; Crimean Pennisula Black Sea Fleet Concern Of Bare Chest Boy.

--GM Doubles Ignition Switch Recall.

--0-Man Announces With Pride That Mere 4 Million Have Signed Up For 0-Care.

--BitCoin Takes A Hit After Failure Of Big Exchange.

--California Couple Finds Over $10 Million In Antique Gold Coins Buried In Backyard.

 

Middle East Stuff, Department:
--Those who know, say that Iran is and has been the most stable country in the Middle East for many decades,  along with Israel and, up to recent events, Turkey. --Some other knowledgeable observers of the area suggest that the best solution for the Syria mess is to have Assad reemerge; the apparent alternative is questionable, and will be more dangerous in the long run. --Without question, Syria is a "Lose, Lose" situation for the USA. --Yesterday I made a comment that when comparing the US today versus the founding Father days, we must understand that the differences of opinion then were among people holding the same beliefs. The differences in the Middle East are among people with diametrically opposed views. --If anybody should be involved in solving the Middle East problems, it should be the British and French, who in their days of colonization and Empire building carved up the sands of the area which eventually have led to the conflicts of today.

 

The Voice had another hour of first rounders, and Blake Shelton is still loosing out on many of the better candidates. Just five picks last night and the best of the bunch appeared to be country gal Cary Laine. A lot of people liked 16 year old Deja Hall, but I wasn’t that impressed – cute but limited. Delvin Choice, Noah Lis, Madilyn Paige, and even the guy with the mustache who didn’t get picked, were entertaining. Maybe that’s why I like The Voice now over AI, almost all of the acts are enjoyable.

 

In the DC rumor mill: Building on the success of his previous and continued assaults on State’s Rights and 10^th amendment, it appears that the President is now pushing for weather equivalency. He Says “It is only fair that Arizonans and Mainers experience the same weather”. To move his theory and objectives forward in this new pledge, he has paid out $100,000,000 to ex executives of Solyndra to study the feasibility of moving one states weather to another.

 

I'm seeing two sides to this Arizona law that seems to bar gays from some places. I also see it as a law that protects people from persecution for having a mind of their own. Let's see if I got this straight, "Choice" is Ok for people who want to abort children, but not for people who want to run their own business they way they would like. If people don't like the business, they won't go. That's the way the free market works. We have way too many new laws superseding free thinking, even though this one is to protect it, whether people like it or not. Brewer will probably veto the law to eliminate the hysterical reaction it would create against Republicans.

Frontline painted a pretty ugly picture of the Vatican last night. It wasn’t just the horrendous sex scandals, which were deplorable in themselves and handled incredibly poorly by the higher ups that were depicted, but also some severe nefarious banking activities. The highlight of the piece shows Pope Benedict offering up himself “as the sacrificial lamb to purge the Church of what he called the ‘Filth’ (The highest level of Vatican internal bureaucracy, The Curia, which must step down when a Pope Does). Pope Benedict’s enduring legacy will be “Courage”, especially if Francis with anew Curio can pull off significant and revolutionary changes for the old Vatican.

 

Because of the sanctions against Iran, the normally super right wing Ayatollah is seeing the benefits of the middle of the road. For instance, he saw the people wanting the softer Rhouani to deal with the economic problem fostered by the oil stoppage, and allowed him to emerge.  Make no mistake, the people there are still firmly under his rule, and frankly, believe in his stern religious system, but long periods of hunger tend to weaken resolve. Boehner is no Ayatollah, but he knows that winning ugly battles now, would diminish the chance of surviving the big one in November, the one that really counts for the future. Then really important victories take time, no matter who you are.

 

Eating healthy seems to come down to leeks, beets and nuts. I would gag to death.

 

I’ve heard that a book called “Lawrence In Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the making of the Modern Middle East”” is a great read, as it follows the exploits of four spies – Lawrence, and one each from The USA – an East Coast aristocrat with big oil connections; a Zionist agronomist; a German conspiring with the Ottomans to bring down the British Empire. It’s not Bridges of Madison County.

 

The Answer:

The most common US surnames are Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones, Miller, Davis, Garcia, Rodriquez and Wilson. The next ten are Martinez, Anderson, Taylor, Thomas, Hernandez (before Aaron), Moore, Jackson, Thompson and White. Well, number one in the ranking poll is Hunter! (Hunt or Hunter are not on the list of top 100 most common)And that is followed by Martinez, Parker Diamond, Black, Smith, Starr, Faye, Johnson and Rose.

 

Inane agitation creates higher walls to overcome, that must be scaled to assure the truth be known and accepted.

 

I have to write a short story now for my writing class. Yeah, I’m trying to improve this mess. Unfortunately, they don’t teach typo Management.