Today's Tids Issue 3,676
For Alternatives:
Ok,
I’m all Gary Johnson all the time! I have had it with the
others and the incessant noise from their handlers. Wait a minute, Trump
doesn’t have any handlers. He couldn’t, and still say what he does. Could he?
So I am taking the pledge to get Gary elected. “GJ for a better day!” Gary
Johnson was a terrific Repub governor for New Mexico if you like lower taxes.
He knows immigrant illegal crossings better than anyone. Other than traditional
libertarian positions of hands off government on everything under the sun, he
seems particularly focused on the National Debt which is just about at that enormous
$20 Trillion threshold, and climbing rapidly. I expect on that alone he could
scare the bejesus out of anybody, or at least those that know what the word
debt means – like paying it back. In addition to deep tax cuts, he is for
school vouchers, privately run prisons and lean budgets. He has opinions on
everything from no government or health care funding of abortion, to
legalization of prostitution. And he needs to gather somehow 15% of voters in
polls during next two weeks to get to the debate stage against the “most unfavorable
in history” duo to show the country what he has to offer. If he can get out a
message that is appealing to enough people, he could be the next President with
34% of the vote, as long as that includes the big electoral states! So, right
now it is all about getting to fifteen per cent. Can you say libertarian?
You
got to figure that smart phone addiction is some kind of
disease. Why else would people be willing to accept loss of life or limb to
read a text?
As
one wag suggests, with NK’s Kim continuing to fire
missiles into the sea it becomes obvious that he doesn’t like fish.
What
I have noticed lately is that sarcasm is getting closer and
closer to reality.
The
Question:
Yikes
– Triple “Q” Day: 1. Mort Walker is well known for his comic
strip, Beetle Bailey. He has also has had success with a second strip where one
of the charters is related to Baily. What is it? 2. It’s always good to have a handle on the top NASCAR drivers
especially if you’re planning to attend a country music concert. And lately, the
old guard is being replaced. Name the Top five in the NASCAR Sprint Championship.
3. As kids go back to or enter
college for the first time, you have to wonder how many are planning a road
trip to one of the best “Party Schools”. Name the top five college party
Schools in the USA.
The
Headlines:
--Obama Leaves G20 Without Russia Deal; Philippine
Prez Duterte Tells (“Son of a Bitch”) Obama To Lay Off; Obama Makes Nice With
Erdogan In Effort to Patch relations.
--World Catholics And All Good People Of Conscience
And Warm Hearts Reflect On The New Saint Teresa.
--Richmond (Va) Times-Dispatch Endorses Gary
Johnson.
--Trump Chipping Away At Hill Lead In Key States;
Hillary Looks Weak, Confused In Newly Released FBI Notes.
--North Korea Fires Three More Missiles Into Sea.
--Pandas In China No Longer Considered Endangered.
--Hermine Expected to Keep new England Wet And Windy
for Next Several days.
Have
they ever accomplished anything at G-20 meetings, except agreeing
on positions for group photographs?
The
Howard Johnson in Bangor Maine served it’s last of 28
ice cream flavors and clam roll yesterday. Yes, the giant food service company
that began as a waterfront clam shack in Quincy Mass to become the largest family
restaurant chain in the world, has but one store left in Lake George NY. How
many food chains of today did this innovator spawn, and now, alas, it is gone?
Interestingly,
Arkansas’ Governor Faubus used National Guardsmen to bar 9 blacks
from entering Little Rock’s Central High School on the same day Ford began marketing
the Edsel.
Hey
man…we’re Rich, Department:
Just in case you want to latch on to America’s next
great cash crop, a new report on Marijuana, pot, weed, is out and it shows that
in Colorado, Washington, Alaska and DC $6.7 Billion in New Wealth has been created.
BoA and Merrill Lynch expect that to grow to $30 Billion in 2020 and eventually
to a $150-200 Billion industry. The rest of the future is a bit hazy.
The
way I see it, one of the big new pushes from alternative
energy advocates is to add cost to traditional power sources to compensate for
the extraordinary high costs of wind solar et. al. The liberal Congress people
and supporters will be pushing for taxes to compensate for imagined harm to the
earth. The loser is the homeowner who will see budget busting cost increases while
progressives smile at their success in equalizing the cost of inefficient energy.
Hey, I like the idea of alternative energy sources, but the word “alternative” should
be comparable to “existing”, meaning including the phrase “cost effective”. You
could put 10,000 refugees on a giant treadmill and keep the lights running
without coal. That’s an alternative, but stupid.
What
would the Pope Do, Department:
How about that EU seeking to force Switzerland to tighten
gun ownership rules? Hell, the Swiss don’t even like wars, and except for the occasional
out of control Hungarian, they consider their country crime free, whether or
not it is true. And, of course this could eliminate the only training ground
for Vatican guards. See what could happen with a global government thinking it
has control over all humans. Could “Swexit” be next? Beware of “Harmless” bureaucrats.
People
build some big, damn ugly houses to get views of the water.
Speaking
of cost effective, it was reported that the Providence RI
fire department with a budgeted $2,000,000 for overtime for the new fiscal year
had already spent $1.5 Million of that in just 2 months! While firemen are
brave, they have also perfected the art of featherbedding to the point where railroad
unions look like amateurs.
Progressives
should like Trump since what they allege against him are
exactly the qualities they see for their America – increasing power in the Executive
Branch coupled by diminishing counterbalance from Congress.
You
have to wonder if Pols like Gary Johnson favor legal prostitution
so their fellow elected hacks won’t be so embarrassed when caught with their
pants down.
If
Hillary manages to deceive honest people and get elected, the Wild
Ring tailed Lemur could become the new symbol for America. The tree climbing
animal only found in Madagascar lives in groups called Loops led by the dominant
female! Yikes! Call me Lemur, and hold your nose.
The
Answer:
Mort had many strips but the second one of most note
was Hi and Lois, Lois being Beetle’s sister. Some others are The Evermores,
Boner’s Ark, Gamin and Patches, Mrs Fitz’s Flats and Sam and Silo. 2. As I type
the Top Ten are Keven Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Kurt Busch, Joey Logano,
Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Marc Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth. Names
from the past, Earnhardt Jr. and Danika Patrick are 22 and 24. 3. The Princeton
Review List has Syracuse at #1 followed by Iowa, U cal Santa Barbara, West
Virginia, Illinois, Lehigh U, Penn State, Wisconsin, Bucknell and Florida.
(Note on Lehigh: I just received a letter saying that my Fraternity, Chi Phi,
is in danger of being thrown of campus for excessive abuse of school rules.)
On
the party school results, according to PayScale, Lehigh is
number One on the ROI (Return on Investment) List, meaning it’s possible to
have fun and be successful too.
I
think I partied too much in college and it is catching up
with me. It’s time for a nap. See you tomorrow. Oh, BTW, Happy Labor Day.
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