Today's Tids Issue 3,644
For people being people:
There’s
something extra relaxing about sitting in a country grove
amidst rolling farmlands with sturdy stone walls, listening to a casual music group
remembering the 60’s and 70’s. The evening is perfectly clear and the temps are
down to around a humidity free 70; the breezes feel cool against the skin. Kids
are dancing and people are laughing. There is no anger or hate. It’s the great
alternative to this confounding world and certainly a release from political
speeches.
Why
do I have the feeling we will see a lot of stories like this:
“Driver playing Pokemon Go smashes into Police car!” Yes that is a true incident
as seen on a Policeman body camera and reported last night from Baltimore. Beware
of cars moving weirdly.
CNN
has way too many commentators on the endless convention panel. Fox News has way
too many interruptions by its personalities.
The
Question:
What is your choice for worst trump political
blunder? Bonus: We hear a lot about
current Blunders, but what do Scholars think are the 10 worst presidential blunders
in history?
The
Headlines:
--Repubs Say Bring Back Glass-Steagall; Could
Cause Short Term Disruption, But Long Term Comfort For Average Person.
--8 Fishermen At Mexico Resort Mowed Down By
Gunman; Authorities Say Shootings Typically Rare In Vicinity Of Puerto Escondido.
--Trump Junior Shines At Repub Convention; Mike
Pence In Star Slot Tonight.
--KC Police Captain Shot While Responding To 911
Call.
--China To Close Off Part Of South China Sea For
Military Exercises.
--Halliburton Thinks US Oil Market Has Turned
Upward.
--Wall Street runnig Out Of Jobs To Cut; Pay Cuts
Next as Big Money Seeks Ways To Trim Expenses.
--Tiger Woods Drops Out Of PGA Tournament.
Bob
Dole
says Trump must mend his relations with McCain and Martinez, and also “sincerely”
reach out to a broader spectrum of people.
If
thieves want to rob your home, they will find a way.
I hear that one of the main reasons why the Republican leadership base is ignoring the Trump candidacy is because they see it as a threat to their own establishment superiority. Regardless of their postures, the Repub and Dem “Ins” alike love their power base. I’m not saying that a lot of decent Repub pols are not embarrassed by the way he acts and is running the campaign, but it is retention of business as usual that is the driver.,
Kids
never change, until some adult changes them.
With
the growth of body camera use in Baltimore, the words of
Francis Scott Key penned there have never been so relevant: O say can you see…”
One
of the great memories of my youth is dancing around a bandstand
on a summer’s night. It’s good to see that kids still feel exactly the same.
The
world goes around. Rains and snow, heat and cold come
and go. Life has successes and failures, elations and heartbreaks. People are
demographied, analyzed, neutralized, prejudiced subsidized and finally --
eulogized. But, people never cease being people no matter the language or the
skin or the heritage. The media report but the tips of the icebergs, but nary the
contented masses below.
The
Answer:
Personally, I feel Trump’s ego driven shunning of the
smart, popular, female, Hispanic, conservative NM Governor, Susana Martinez, ranks
high on the stupid list. Bonus: 1. James Buchanan’s inadequate efforts
in opposing the Southern states secession. 2. Andrew Johnson’s decision to side
with Southern whites after the CW and do nothing for blacks. 3. Lyndon Johnson
allowing the Viet Nam war to intensify (I had him for throwing us deeply into
the welfare quagmire) 4. Woodrow Wilson’s refusal to compromise on Treaty of
Versailles. 5. Nixon’s Watergate. 6. James Madison’s failure to keep US out of
War of 1812. 7. Thomas Jefferson’s Embargo Act of 1807. 8. JFK’s Bay of Pigs.
9. Ronald Reagan’s Iran Contra, 10. Clinton and Monica.
I
met some people from Samoa
Who were like those from Iowa
They laughed at their jokes
And worked hard to their hopes
It’s the same in a hut in Congo
Or a cold igloo north of Juneau.
We
are we. How great is that.
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