Today's Tids Issue
4,070
For Doing unto others...":
Actually,
I do care about you. That’s why I write this mess every day, looking to keep it
fresh and innovative, at least to the limits of my generationally challenged
mind. No, I’m just talking about what I see from too many people out there who
just seem oblivious to caring…about the little things of life.
Enabling
is certainly one of the big unfortunate dilemmas of our new,
so-called advanced society. The people who do things right are the victims of
laws that are enacted to curb the irresponsibility of the mindless. How can we
get people to think of others without fining them to do so? Maybe more people should
be going to church to relearn some basic principles about living with each other
in a society.
How
about that Monica L joining the crowd and thanking #metoo
for being there for so many while she was left so alone succumbing to the most powerful
man in the world. You have to think that hubby enabler Hillary would be banned
from that new women’s organization. But, I doubt it. Hypocrisy still reigns
when politics get involved.
After
observing the antics of passengers on social media videos,
cash strapped airlines are going to begin charging for emotional baggage.
The
Question:
Kids with smart phones probably wonder what’s with the
Expression: “Greatest thing since sliced bread.” Well there was a time when machine
sliced bread at bakeries was one hellava invention, almost unbelievable at the time
to many. Where was the first bread sliced mechanically.
The
Headlines:
--Parkland Kids Return To School.
--US Q4 Growth Lowered to 2.5%; Markets Look Healthy
Mid Morning After Investors Absorb Fed Meeting.
--Gas Prices Could Reach $3.00 By Summer.
--Kelly A Target For Trump Family After He Lowers Kushner’s
Security Status.
--Rome Expected To Follow Germany In Banning Diesel
Cars.
--Indonesian Christians Publicly Flogged For Violations
Of Shariah Law.
--New Data Shows That Dangerous Gang MS-13 Now Strong
In 22 States; New Report Cites Daca As Contributing Factor To The Growth of
gang.
The
story about Kushner’s vulnerability to manipulation by
foreign powers has some credibility to it, especially the part about his
company’s debt and his need to find investment partners. BTW, what’s a guy with
a company with alleged problems doing representing the government anyhow. But
then, The Washington Post has been known to exaggerate stories in the past.
A
couple of readers wonder exactly what President Obama will have
in his library, considering the sketchy or essentially non-existent info about
his past domiciles and schooling.
One
of the sad things about RI is that the citizens of the state
can’t get on their beaches in the summer. I know that many other places across
the land have also attempted to boost a failing economy by opening the doors
wide to hospitality. While tourism may seem like a nice way out of the economic
doldrums to politicians and hangers on, there is one major difference between
today’s solution and big manufacturing economies of the past. With a
manufacturing-based economy, customers sent money to the state or city. In a
hospitality-based economy, customers must get into their cars, trains and
aeroplanes to personally bring the cash to the state. I have heard towns fathers
and mothers across the country wondering now out loud, what are we going to do
with all of these people, and their cars?
Charging
for emotional baggage is probably not such a bad idea.
I
have to tell you that the border “Wall” just makes no sense to
me. Waste of money, white elephant are some terms that come to mind. A better wall
would be the elimination benefits or all who unlawfully enter the country. And
we’d save money too. There ain’t no dough, why should we go, amigo.
In
preparing this mess every morning, I read trough many
news stories from varied sources. What I find is little real news, but many anecdotal
incidents and lots of quirky crimes and escapades. The fact that quirkiness can
gain headline status in our new world is bothersome, disconcerting. In fact. Politicians
and lawyers are always looking for incidents of “one” to use as a basis for
creating new foolish laws, with most of the time the only real beneficiary being
the politician’s brother-in-law’s law firm. Or, a new ideological sub sector to
further disrupt society.
Did
you hear about the guy who made his Christmas wreath out
of Franklyn fir? He really liked a wreath of Franklin.
Yes,
with puns like that you may thing I don’t care about other
people either.
MLBPA,
the baseball players association, is going to sue four teams
– Pittsburgh, Florida, Tampa Bay, Oakland -- for not spending enough on
players. My first reaction to that was BS! – companies can do what they think is
reasonable for the management of their business and the good of the shareholders.
Although not putting good team on the field may result in fewer fans and lower
income. But then I realized that the reason for the suit is that the MLB/Players
negotiated contract calls for all teams receiving monies as part of the “Revenue
Sharing Plan be required to be spent for improving the MLB performance of recipient
clubs”. So…the reason I wrote this thing is that we should all wait for all the
facts before erupting with false opinions. It is just one more way to care for others,
by actually understanding the opinions you offer.
The
Answer:
The first sliced bread sold to customers occurred on
July 6, 1928 in Chillicothe Missouri at Marion “Frank” Bench’s Bakery. Previously
to that, bakers across the country said it was not possible to cut bread repeatedly
by machine.
Any
way you slice it, we got a lot of problems and not enough
broad cohesion to solve them all.
