Today's Tids Issue
4,208
For easing up, sitting back:
Well,
it’s time to remember our beautiful September. We memorialize
Twin Towers, with tears like rain showers. We never forget the brave the
deceased, nor, too, the inhuman beasts. The tragedy that signifies how like
folks unify. But September is more, it is about life, slowing down without
strife. When shadows grow longer; loves hope seems stronger. When kids go to
school to prevent growing the fool. When grass turns to lush, and hearts often
become mush. The moderate month number nine, is really quite fine; without Summer/Winter
extremes, a softer month of most pleasant dreams. Sit back and relax, September
is back.
One
thing that seems to unite all Americans is an ambulance,
firetruck or police car siren. You see everybody regardless of race, gender or
social status -- moving to the right and stopping. This kind of says people
tend to do things correctly when correct is well defined. In this case, moving
to the left would cause obvious problems.
A
lot of opinion surveys want you to rate stuff from 1 to
10 -- from utterly lousy to perfect. Well, actually nothing is quite perfect,
so 9 is a very excellent number. Sometimes I feel bad when I give people who
work hard a 7, but a seven isn’t awful unless you are going for Valedictorian.
Some days, The Tids are below seven.
Here’s
a good Woody Allen line I grabbed from an excellent local
sports columnist: “Life doesn’t imitate art; it imitates bad television”.
The
Question:
--What was the significance of the Treaty of Paris?
The
Headlines:
--Americans Celebrate A Day Off.
--Kavanaugh Count Down To Begin Tomorrow AM.
--Trump Asking Labor Department And Treasury To Look
Into Easing “Required Minimum Distributions” For Retirement Plans.
--Colorado River Boat Accident Leaves 4 Missing And
13 Injured.
--Tourism Down In Town Where Red Gen Refused Sarah
Sanders.
--Surprise Movie Of The Year, Crazy rich Asians
Continues To Rake In the Dough.
A
classic test of media bias could have been found in the way
they reported the Obama McCain eulogy versus that of Bush. But, the press
seemed to be pretty down the middle on this one. Their discretion here was
especially significant since Obama is a very good speaker, and good old George
is still good old George.
Bo
Derek wasn’t a Ten if you like brunettes.
As
crass as President Trump can be, I thought it was a
disgrace that celebs used a memorial tribute to a good person, Aretha Franklin,
to jump on the hate parade. There are times, even when opportunities seem to
present themselves, when it is ok just to be quiet and reverent. Honor by being
above the dirt. As Aretha said – R-e-s-p-e-c-t.
I
never knew there a was a 1923 earthquake in Japan
that killed 140,000 in Tokyo and Yokohama. I guess islands formed by volcano
and earth upheavals could always be in constant danger
Corn
meal, “Vegetable” Oil, Cheddar Cheese, Whey, Milk. Health
food. Cheeto’s.
Is
it the new trend in college football to use neutral stadiums?
It just happened this week where on Saturday Auburn played Washington in
Atlanta, LSU played Miami in Dallas and West Virginia played Tennessee in
Charlotte to name three. Isn’t college education expensive enough without adding
to the student’s cost of attending games?
Joe
Lieberman told a joke at his McCain eulogy that always made
his friend John Mc laugh: Two prisoners were standing in the food line when one
said, “The food here is not very good.” The other turned to him and said, “I
agree, it was much better when I was Governor”.
I
wonder if part of the reason for the huge turnout to
honor John McCain in Washington was to show the President that America believed
he was a great hero.
I
wonder occasionally how many I have insulted out there in
Tids land with some shoot from the hip overly generalized comments. It bothers
me…a little…sometimes.
Red
Sox fans got nervous when the Ya, Ya ,Ya…oh well…that
baseball team down there added a very fine player Andrew McCutchen to their
lineup. But there is a faction that is saying that it may be because slugger
Aaron Judge may not be healing as fast as thought earlier, and that he may not
come back as strong as he had been in the past. So, McCutchen may be good news.
Maybe
the singing of “My Country Tis of Thee” at the McCain service
will catch on for other USA events.
I’m
wondering if Americans, as they look at the America around
them, are thinking it’s about time we returned the government to the moderates.
People
on the streets really get ugly after midnight. That
is, if you can still consider them people after ingesting assorted substances
and liquids.
Some
of the most beautiful hymns ever written are rarely sung.
Lately,
we seem to be hearing about more accidents in the wilderness.
This is probably because there are many more people going out into the wilderness,
many totally unprepared; there are more commercial ventures there to fulfill
the whims. So basically, wilderness has become just one more area for gridlock
and human error. Remember when you could go places without seeing discarded
Dunkin Donuts coffee cups?
The
Answer:
The Treaty of Paris is probably one of the most
significant pacts in American history. When signed on September 3, 1783, it
ended the Revolutionary War – the US the victors.
Coming
away from the McCain memorial, many good Americans
probably felt good about knowing that opposing sides can still gather together
in respectful unison. It reminded my of one of my favorite songs – These
Dreams:
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