We are we.

Today's Tids Issue 4,478

The simple efficiency of being us:

There is no reason to travel hither and yon to find beauty and adventure and love. We just have to open our eyes and encourage our mind to work a little harder. It is truly amazing what we will see if we stop looking beyond what we already have. Why do people find more in places where they aren’t, or in people they will never know? Why do many tend to compare themselves to others when each and every one has distinctive talents which are generally quite amazing, and enviable themselves. I guess people just have too much time on their hands and think they have to fill it up but going elsewhere instead of maximizing what is already there, what’s inside, what is loved.

The henhouse thieves enjoyed their poached eggs.

Sometimes when I look at Joe Biden, I am thinking that he asked his plastic surgeon to make him look like Anderson Cooper.

I thought I was getting a good deal on Heath Bars, but when I got home, I found I had a hundred-pack of Health bars. Somehow, that seems criminal to me.

Of course, the real problem today isn’t health bars, Joe Biden‘s looks or whether we are living up to our own potential. It’s Iran. I have one of those feelings that is telling me, we are on the edge of a big potential disaster at several levels. You know, the old gut thing. Interestingly, while the world hates the idea of $100 Plus/barrel prices, Iran needs $100/Barrel Oil just to fuel their basic enemy. So, we have an anxiety inducing economic problem. We also have a huge diplomacy problem following warlike aggression… and additional threats of nuclear proliferation from a an out-of-the-mainstream country. I don’t believe many Americans (Or regular Iran citizens) are in favor of an all-out war, but this is a country that is hungry figuratively and literally. Extreme hunger can make people really crazy. I’m keeping Tids eagle eye on this one.

The Question:

For what is John “Bowser” Bauman known? Bonus: What do you think are the worst Oscar winning Films?

The Headlines:

--Potential For Soaring Oil Prices Has Stocks Falling; Some Experts Say In Worst Case Oil Prices Could Hit $150; Iran/US War Would Global Economic Disaster; US Readying Release Of Oil From Own “Strategic Petroleum Reserve”.

--OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy To Wipe Out 2,000 Lawsuits.

--Most Likely Culprit In Saudi Attack Is Iran Backed Houthis Firing Ten Drones For Yemen.

--Prez Trump Says US “Locked And Loaded”.

--Iran Snags Vessel In Gulf Allegedly Smuggling Diesel Oil Into Saudi Arabia.

--UAW Workers Strike Against GM; Teasers Refuse To Deliver Cars In Solidarity Move; UAW President Gary Junes Identified As Co-Conspirator In Criminal Complaint Of Embezzlement, Fraud, And Filing False reports; GM Says They Made Strong Offer In Wages And Benefits.

--Humberto Now A Hurricane To Miss US But Could Bear Down On Bermuda.

--Star NFL QB’s Brees And Roethlisberger Knocked Out Of Action For Several Weeks.

A lot of people should stop spending so much time comparing themselves to others, and look inside their own wonderous self. This is especially true of younger people wooed by cultural extravagance, or what has been designated as cool by the enlightened elite.

Actually, I have to admit that millennials are pretty smart about everything, except parallel parking.

As I reread Friday’s effort, it seems that I forgot to go back over one of my paragraphs for reediting, and it was, well, entirely a mess. It was as embarrassing to me as it must have been hard to read for you. I also notice that my finger must have slipped on the “period” key several times. Woe is me. The Tids have become unreadable. Deplorable.

A reader, a hardened VN Veteran and well versed in the “Peace” agreement with North Viet Nam sees similarities between that fiasco and what is going on negotiating with the Taliban. Like the NVA/VC promising to peacefully co-exist with Saigon, Taliban is promising the same with the Afghan government. The Taliban peacefully co-existing is somewhat of an oxymoron. And the reader says, we lost 58 K Americans sin VN, and way too many in Afghan, to bring democracy to lands that don’t understand the concept; we lost lives for nothing. He adds. I’m thinking too many Americans don’t seem to understand democracy either.

Why we have an electoral college: More people live in NYC than in 40 of 50 states.

The great dancer Isadora Duncan died in 1927, in what may have been the strangest and perhaps most exasperating death. She was riding in an automobile when her scarf got entangled in the steering wheel and she was strangled to death. Don’t wear scarfs.

There is something for everything, and some people figure it out and make money doing it. Popular today are “White collar prison training consultants”. The Feds are here, call my lawyer and personal prison training consultant. You know just in case I forgot to claim a million dollars in income.

What could I be an expert consultant in? Typos?

Why would an environmentalist ever use a plastic surgeon?

One more thing I noticed about last Thursday’s Dem debate was that they all seemed to be tripping over each other about who would release the most criminals from prison.

We are legalizing marijuana at a time when one if the biggest problems in America is people dying form OD’s. They say pot isn’t addictive, but it certainly gets people used to being high.

Monowi Nebraska is the only officially incorporated US municipality with a population of one. She is 83 years old and is the Mayor, Librarian and bartender. She probably gives herself a lot of good advice.

I thought a big aspect of the college bribery scandal was about the celebs sending their bribes to a fake non-profit to make it a Tax-free bribe. I hear often one defense of the college bribers is that they are just like somebody who builds a new engineering lab. But they were seduced by the promise of basically tax evasion. At least that’s what I heard in the beginning.

Meat eaters can get married, but cantaloupe.

TV shows that used to be decent mysteries or whodunnits are now more about domestic problems and social ills, or making big business look really bad. The mystery side of plots these days plays second fiddle to silly little side stories, serving mainly as a sahllow vehicle within which to discuss personal ills and ideologies. And Big Business people all look dishonest and inhuman. Ironically, Movie and TV show making and distribution is one of the biggest, most ruthless industries in the country, world. Bring back McMillan and Wife.

This is price-gouging weekend around here as th cost of many basics shot up as the Big Boat Show arrived and lured thousands with money in their wallets.

The big Democrat lie – calling people who are against the chaos of illegal immigrants, “Racists”. In fact, Dems are in the process of making the term racist meaningless.

The Answer:

John Bowser Bauman was the most famous member of the group Sha Na Na. He was known for his baritone voice and Greaser clothes and hair. His most famous Line, “Grease for Peace”. He was the feature of the comedy variety TV Show Sha Na Na, and later was an emcee of several game shows like Match Game and Password Plus. He is somewhat of a Hollywood activist going to bat for older group singers who are upset that newer cover groups latch onto their names for revival shows. His nephew Eric is Chairman of the California Democrat Party. Yikes, so he is the problem. Bonus: #10 Worst Oscar film is Slumdog Millionaire. #9 is Shakespeare in Love (It was dreadful) followed by Out of Africa, The English Patient (A total snoozer), Around the World in 80 Days, Driving Miss Daisy (Even snoozier than English Patient), Cavalcade (1933), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Crash (I think I liked that one, but critics were upset because it beat out Brokeback Mountain) and Worst of all time – The Broadway Melody (1929). Another list has some of the above and adds The Hurt Locker, Chicago (I agree), The Birdman (Dreadfully incoherent), The Artist (The best of a poor roster in 2011) I have found many a ballyhooed movie lately is tedious to watch.

Moby Dick didn’t have funeral, but he did have a huge wake.

Nonsense is good for our temperament