Today's Tids Issue 3,255
Opening Stuff:
A local sports commentator
named Chuck Wilson is devoting his next life into putting character and fun
into youth sports. He noted that the mantra “do anything to win” used to mean
do your best, dig deep, never give up. Now it seems to mean “break the rules:, be
unsportsmanlike, injure somebody. His contention is that while learning to win is
important, perfecting skills is is the essence of youth sports, and building
character is the true prized objective. He suggests that too may kids get burned
out, when they should be loving the sport. But most of all, this win at all costs
thing is being carried over into real life, producing incivility and bitterness
– in the workplace, marriages and social relationships. I think he has a good
point here. His group is called “Even Field”.
And for sure, sports
fans need to readjust their priorities. Did you read where when returning from
their Sugar Bowl Massacre, the Florida State players and team staff members
found their car tires slashed and car paint keyed? Am I out of the loop of contemporary
society, or has contemporary society lost its way?
The other day
somebody looked at me and said the words “Good Lettuce”. I didn’t understand
it.
Among the five things
economists are looking at for 2015 (as reported here Friday) is a strong 3%
GDP gain. All of a sudden news emerged saying the factory order scorecard is
slowing rapidly, and has been since August. B+Compnaies are making less I anticipation
of a slowing in buying. Yet against that negativity, the financial analysts
generally are seeing a positive 2015 for stocks with 2016 being the new
destination date foe recession, But then, tomorrow something unexpected will
happed. So what am I saying here? Nobody knows.
The Shoe comic strip
describes today’s teen girl as “All skin and phones”. I like it.
The Question:
The Oldest cast member of the Grand Ole’ Opry died Saturday.
Who was he? Name 5 of the original members of the GOO.
The Headlines:
--Obama And GOP Congress Watchers Take Sides In Anticipation
Of New DC Era.
--Greek Jitters Sends Euro To 9 Year Low; US Dow Opens 200
Points Lower On EuroNews..
--Trial Starts For Alleged (Have To Say That For Accurate
Journalistic Reporting) Boston Bomber.
--Tea Party US Rep Louis Gohmert To Challenge Boehner For
Speaker; Conservatives Lining Up For The Challenge.
--Afghan President Asks US To Stay Longer.
--RI Tops all states in percentage of Drug Use with Alask, Co,
Mont, Wash, Oreg, NH, VT. Me,, Mass Following.
--Boko Harom Tales Over Military Base.
Every once in while
everybody could use a good dose of Richard Wagner.
As oil prices dip
lower and lower, how desperate will Russia, Iran and Venezuela become? As
we gleefully drive away from low cost fill-ups, these countries not friendly to
US are burning inside and could resort to weirdness. Oh yeah, and that includes
Texas.
If people of the
Islamic religion are often named Muhammad, how come more Christians aren’t
named God?
Tyler Sygun and Phil
Kessel are among the top 8 scorers in the NHL. How come the Bruins can’t
get players like that?
One way to control
illegal immigration at home is to be sure your state or city or town has
lower freebies that the national average.
Did ISIS stop
fighting for the holidays so the US news gathering groups would miss
anything. Or is ISIS just in “O’s” Pile #6. (If this doesn’t mean anything to
you, then you probably missed reading Tids 1/2/2015. http://worldviewetc.blogspot.com/2015/01/up-up-and-away.html
“Grew at a slower
pace”, is a favorite phrase of economists. But growing at slower pace is a phenomena
that necessarily must occur, as new growth will typically occur above a higher
base.
One of the great
things about Mattapoisett Massachusetts is that is still is what it always
has been, a perfect New England, unencumbered seaside town. There are a few left.
Standing “O’s” ain’t what
they used to be, Department:
I noticed that he local Sunday ProJo said that the new
Governor Gina walked into a room of her hand selected business advisers to the
roar of a “Standing Ovation!”. A transvestite walking onto the Dr. Oz stage receives
a standing “O”. We live in the trophies for everybody world and nothing much
counts anymore.
Legislators don’t
have problems lying to each other or constituents because there isn’t a law
that says “don’t lie to each other or constituents”. At least, that’s the way
works here in RI. If there’s no law, it’s legal.
The Answer:
Little Jimmy Dickens was 92. He was as funny as the “you-know-what”
and brought a live performance everything. George Hay began the radio broadcast
in 1925 as The WSM Barn Dance, and the first performer to sit down and play was
Fiddler Jimmy Thompson. Some of the legends who brought the Opry to the top of then
rating’s charts were Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Roy Acuff, The Carter Family,
Bill Monroe, Earnest TubbKitty Wells. Webb Pierce, Faron Young, Martha Carson, Left Frizzell and
of course the incomparable Minnie Pearl. Some of the old regulars on the first 1920’s, ‘30’s shows were The
Possum Hunters, The Fruit Jar Drinkers, The Crook Brothers, The Binkley Brothers
Dixie Clodhoppers, Uncle Dave Macon, Sid Harkreader, Deford Baily, Fiddlin’
Arthur Smith and the Gully Jumpers. George Hay’s favorite was The Fruit Jar
Drinkers.
Every once in a while
it’s probably good to sit back and ponder what a spec you are in a universe
where it would take 5.6 million years in a Jet plane traveling at 500 mph just
to reach the nearest star! Gadzooks.
Here’s some
Little Jimmy Dickens:
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