Vanishing priorities.

Today's Tids Issue 4,218

For real people:

When the flooding recedes, everything will seem to appear normal again, except for the homes that will be unlivable, the jobs that will be lost from closed businesses, the sicknesses that will be bred from ill waters. Yes, the cameras will move on, and the anchors in raincoats will travel to the next urgent moment of the day. Everybody gets excited by news bits and tragic photos, but too often too many move on too fast.

It’s like when soldiers return from wars and fights for freedom too quickly forgotten, and too many people ask, “What exactly were you doing for us?

You have to wonder how many people turned off the TV last night after one of the first Emmy jokes by Co-Host Michael Che which pretty much denigrated religious people and white conservatives. So much for the left’s cries for unity. By the way, the Ratings tumbled last night- an all time low. Another “Middle Finger” to fly over America last night will probably not be having people eager to tune in for the other award shows.

Thesaurus readers prefer synonym buns.

A lot of people these days are tying themselves into knots, fretting over so-called hot issues of the day. But frankly, my concern right now is about whether the New England Patriots can find enough bodies to improve their talent level and compete for a championship.

Have you noticed all of those Carolina “deplorables” out there in their small boats, slogging through swollen rivers, helping out fellow citizens in trouble?

The Question:

We read a lot about the development of the all-electric car. But can you name five of them.

The Headlines:

--China Retaliates By Imposing New Tariffs on $60 billion Of US goods; Stocks Open Higher And Continue Strong Through Day; Retiring Alibaba CEO/Chairman Jack Ma Says Trade War Could Last decades – And It Will be Messy: Other Analysts Say Tariffs A Slap On the  Wrist.

--Senate To Hear Kavanaugh And Accuser On Monday; Vote Expected Next day.

--Senator Rubio Calls For DoJ Investigation Of Kerry’s Unsanctioned Visit With Terror Regime Iran,

--Looters Being Arrested Throughout Carolina.

--HBO And Netflix Big Winners At Emmy’s.

--Saudi fund Invests $1 Billion In Tesla Rival Lucid Motors; Audi Intros First Electric Car, Audi etron.

Word in the underground is that Coke is fooling around with a cannabis infused drink. To bad the trade mark Hi-C is taken.

H-Wood just plain loves 1st (Fill in your favorite ethnic, race, gender group) award choices. But last night the first ever Asian best actress Sandra Oh lost out to The Crown’s Clare Foy. Actually, I was mildly upset with that choice too, because my heart was out there for all to see for Kerri Russell.

There is no doubt that I could become a vegetarian if all vegetables were smothered in rich, creamy meat gravy.

Fervor Attack Department:

A Dem women Barbara L’Italian of Massachusetts running on the sexual accusation ticket has as a centerpiece of her platform – Impeach Clarence Thomas. God save us.

Isn’t odd how Dems who seem to like pushing for underdogs and giving them second chances in life, will completely ignore that when their priority becomes furthering their own power base structure, trumping their intolerant hearts.

NFL super receiver Josh Gordon is the poster child for throwing away enormous talent. But in this case, it appears it will be a Repub who will undertake the challenge of rehabbing him. But, not necessarily altruistically.

Speaking of declining integrity, Senator Feinstein when announcing her hidden letter, said we must stop the Repubs from getting more power on the court. Do you think she was thinking about balance in the court when Obama was appointing some serious unabashed liberals to the SC? Probably not. Actually, I don’t like bashing Feinstein, because I think she can be a pretty good Senator. I use this as an example of why the integrity of congress crumbles with each succeeding ideology-based pronouncement. The senators used to be pretty good at maintaining some semblance of unbiased truthfulness. Senators used to appear more mature, with an ability listen to each other.

The uncontrolled hysteria of the left is telling me that Kavanaugh is exactly the man for the job.

Did you know that in the past the wealthy always built their homes on a high point away from the water?  It seems like a great lesson we should learn from big storms like Flo is that while homes in flood plains have great views, they are timebombs waiting for disaster. You’d think that with all of the scientific data at hand about all types of natural disasters, that there would be a way to develop maps about where not to build. Unfortunately, some developers prefer the cheap land in areas that could be ravaged.

So, whatever happened to the idea of rebuilding the infrastructure?

The recent development of synthetic meat is silly. Why re-invent the veal.

Could Amazon eventually become the biggest bank in history?

The Answer:

Well, reading above we know that Audi just unveiled their own called Audi etron. Tesla with 3 models is certainly another. There 2 from BMW -- BMW i3 and their “BMW Brilliance” Zinoro 1E. A company called Boliore has the “Bluecar”, while the BYD company makes the e6. There’s a Chery (Not Chevy) QQ3 EV, and the Chevy Bolt EV. Citron has C-Zero, COURB the C-Zen and Electricmannica the Solo. Fiat is charged up about their 500e and Ford is Focused the Focus Electric. There are 34 more companies an cars including relatively unknown companies like Venturi Fetish, MW’s Luka EV, Molores Limpos - Zacua, Ventos ZCar, Sono Motors Sion, Rayttle i0n, ECIMove QBeak, Micro Mobility Systems Microlino, Mahindra e-Vento and e2o plus, Lightening GT, Kyburz Race, Kewet Buddy, JAC’s Jac J3 EV and Girfaico Azkarra. In additon there are many well-known brands with EC’s like Honda Fit EV, 2 from Hyundai, Kia Soul EV, Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive, Mitsubishi I-MiEV, Nissan Leaf, Peugeot i0n, 3 models from Renault, Smart Electric and at last two from Volkswagen – the e-UP and e-Golf. Shocking! Everybody wants to get into the act. Take your pick.

On Priorities:

“We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed and the important things will not change if we keep priorities in proper order.” S. Truett Cathy (Founder Chic-fil-A)