Today's Tids Issue 3,243
Opening Stuff:
I still believe in Santa
Claus. Everybody knows that Santa is much more than a white beard, a red
suit and a sack full of gifts.
“Today is a gift.
That’s why we call it the Present.” – Stolen from Rabbi Leslie Gutterman.
Do you know what I
really hate? I hate reaching down into my bag of popcorn only to find that the
last kernel is long gone.
I don’t care what
anybody else says, rubber bands are essential to an orderly life.
The Question:
What 10 Countries would Women not want to live in? Bonus: What three NFL teams have had
the most quarterbacks since 1999?
The Headlines:
--Band Of Men Under Islamic Fall Take Over Lindt Chocolate
Shop In Sidney Australia; Five Hostages Escaped; Unknown Number of Hostages Remain
As 100’s Of Police Move In.
--Oil shows Signs Of rebound; Stocks Point Higher; Energy
stocks May be New Bargain.
--As Obama’s New Government College rating System Is ready To
Roll, College Administrators Tell Feds To Butt Out; What feds Think is
Important Is Not What Colleges Think Is Significant; This Effort Is Another Of
Example Of How Taking Money From US Treasury Makes You Beholden To the Whims Of
Bureaucrats..
--17 Year Old High School Kids Makes %72 Million Playing
Stocks.
--Cheney Blasts EIT Naysayers.
--Sony Warns Media To Stop Publicizing Content Of Hacked
Emails; Juan Williams Says Emails Show White Liberal Hypocrisy.
--Smart Phone App Has California Drivers Clogging Formerly
Quiet Neighborhoods To Avoid Rush Hour Freeways; Neighbors Are Mad As Hell And
Fighting Back.
--BC Partners But=ys Pet Smart Foir $8.2 Billion.
One of the more annoying
new terms now being promoted in modern society which I heard recently, is “Free
Range Kids”. It just happens to define exactly what kids always were before the
advent of Nanny Nation and companies trying
to sell child safety stuff by scaring parents s---less. I love the idea
that a lot of parents who grew up learning and making decisions on their own are
having their kids doing the same, but why does it have to be some kind of
defined movement when it is so natural. Falling out of tree is good for your
soul.
Here’s just one
example of how protected children have become: A mother still cuts the meat
for her 10 year old son because she doesn’t want him playing with knives, nor does
she trust him to cut pieces to the right size for digestion. Talk about new
business for psychologists! God help us.
While we’re on giving
up the natural goodness of the past, how about the dilution of the word
Martini”. I was at an affair last week where the sign on the bar said “Martini’s $10.00”. The guy next to me
ordered a martini. Thn bartender said “What kind.” “What kind?”, said my
friend. “It’s a Martini, with gin and vermouth.” “Vermouth?”, asked the
bartender. “We don’t have any vermouth!” Yikes.
But, things are
changing much too much these days. For instance, in the NFL it’s tough to
know whether they’re signaling a touchdown or don’t shoot. I’m confused.
Police go to places
where crimes are being committed.
A Harvard business school
professor asked a graduating Marxist Economist from China what about America
stood out to him. He replied without hesitation “how critical religion was to
the functioning of democracy. As opposed to those countries that oversee the
actions of citizens, in a democracy citizens choose to voluntarily obey the law.
He noted that churches have always nourished people’s ability understand right from
wrong. He noticed that the decline in church going diminishes that basic moral
fabric.
The biggest new films
are opening on Christmas day. Stores are opening on Thanksgiving day. Does
somebody out there have something against families and groups of people relaxing,
loving and laughing quietly together?
Do you get the
feeling that the government would like to slowly turn us all into mindless robots
so we won’t notice when we are replaced in the year 2050.
Since they aren’t
teaching cursive in schools any more, how are the pharmacists of the future
going to recognize doctor prescriptions?
Regardless of the
sanctimonious editorializing, the wringing oif hands, the gasps of horror
and indignation, the fury of the UN, the arrogance of the cultural elite and
all the rest of the hypocritical gnashing of teeth, I think we should keep
stuff that the CIA or what any other US group does to defend us now and in the further
to ourselves. What is tis new fascination about telling enemies how we operate
at any level? That’s what is criminal bordering on treason.
You know, Santa is a feeling that takes over your
body on that first Christmas of your life that you understand, and never goes
away. It’s about magic and believing and giving, and being nice instead of
naughty. Santa is like Jiminy Cricket, or a guardian angel who makes you think
before you act.
The “Don’t You Know Who
I Am” Award for the power mad public official of the year goes to ex-High ranking
NYC Police Official, ex-Providence RI Police Chief and Current New Haven CT
Police Chief Dean Esserman. Esserman went to the Yale-Army Football game and
when asked for tickets by an usher he said,” I don’t need tickets, I’m Chief of
Police”. He asked to have the usher fired and then said he was going to shut
down the Yale Bowl and stop the game from being played.
I see where “Frosty”
is fallen on hard times and is selling body parts at a snow cone stand on
42nd street.
One of the big problems
these days in the USA is that the Senate calls the CIA liars, and you don’t
know who to believe.
And lawyers who
think we should believe them instead of insurance companies.
The Answer:
#10 on the list iof bad countries for Women is Morocco. Next
is Jordan followed by Lebanon, Cote d’Ivoire, Iran, Mali, Syria, Chad, Pakistan and Number 1
– Yemen. Beware of Travel Zoo offers to exotic lands. Bonus:
Johnny Football was be the 21st QB to start for The Cleveland Browns
since 1999 (And now, they may be looking fro 22!). Miami Dolphins are tied with
the Oakland raiders for Second with 18 each. Good drafting, guys. The Pats got
lucky with the Brady draft
Let’s hear it for Mac
Steeves, MVP in The NCAA College Cup won by Virginia (Soccer).
I spend a lot of time
during NFL games yelling at the TV over these new touchy feely penalties.
Let them play.
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