The New Normal.

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,136 

 

Ship of Fools:  

 

 

Happy showers that produce Flowers month E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y! April is the great hopeful month around here when every dresses down while temps don’t go along. But April always has feeling of fun and liveliness and dancing, dreams of all the buds to come; planting gardens and clearing the drab. Baseball season this year finally gets under way. Of course, we have Easter Baskets full of bunnies and chicks and brightly colored eggs, and lots of luscious chocolate. And of course, the big glowing light in the sky that signals once again the resurrection of life itself, April is basically a wonderful; month in which to be alive. 

 

April fool’s jokes have become irrelevant in this new era of deception. (Borrowed from this morning's Frazz comic strip. I thought that was pretty good.) 

 

There’s a lot of focus on wars and nukes and inflation but not much on a serious growing national crisis -- the shortage of Crunchy Cheetos.  

 

Today, every little problem becomes a national emergency. And Congress rushes to pass a law for something that reasoned people could solve without government.  

 

My lawn as impeccable. It’s chicken proof. 

 

The Question: 

Which US President was known for paying off the National Debt? 

 

The Headlines: 

--Stock Markets Pick Up In Afternoon Trading  

--As The Shortage Crunch Escalates, President Biden Releases 2 million Pounds From The National Crunchy Cheetos Reserve. 

--SEC Proposes New Rules To Stop Crypto Hacking. 

--NEA Orders High Schools To In Install Litter Boxes In Class Rooms For Students Who Identify As Cats, 

--Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Helicopter Strikes On Fuel Tanks In Russia. 

--Chinese Chopstick Factory Burns To The Ground. Communist Officials Looking For Fork In the Road. 

--USSRI House Passes Marijuana Bill; Legislator Says “It’s HIgh Time”. 

 

The biggest April Fool’s joke of all time was probably Y2K. Multi billions were spent to prepare for something that was primarily the result if hysterical and news starved media. imagination.   

 

The opposite of irony is wrinkly. 

 

I’ve reacquired my taste for puffy Cheetos. Adaptability is the key to life. 

 

Did you know that before 1960, Education was always run at the local level. Now we have a bloated NEA spending billions to create broad brushed programs that are local insensitive. Or the Feds ay, we’re sending you a pile of dough so you can localize education, but because you are using our money, you have to do it our way. What a mess. 

 

I really love snow, but I really hate snow, said the bi- polar bear. 

 

I see where the NYC Amazon Distribution center will now have a union. Amazon is under attack. Ther goes “Free Shipping”.  

 

I see where Jan Psaki is leaving the White House to join MSNBC. That will certainly tone sown the hateful rhetoric. Sure. 

 

By the way, the ne controversial Florida law doesn’t mention the word, Gay. It is basically a parent’s rights law. 

 

They aren't just funny mountains, they’re hill areas.  

 

I believe that drugs are one of the really big problems, yet state houses keep on passing laws that enable drug use.  

 

The Answer: 

Andrew Jackson was fanatical about keeping the US out of debt. He was a staunch opponent of the existing banking system. He also wanted to get rid of the national debt. In fact, his administration paid off all the interest-bearing debt on January 1, 1835. He did it tariffs, selling massive amounts of government land and by vetoing any an every spending bill. Two years after we had a really, really bad recession.  

 

Progressive groups want to replace Jackson on the $20 bill with a liberal woman, so the country won't be reminded of a frugal government. 

 

Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!