Today's Tids Issue 5,839
One Nation:
Well, it's the last day of June. How fast was this month. Time just seems to disappear lately, and I know I have so little left. It must be the naps. It certainly isn’t the intensity of my day.
Went shopping for cherries and a microphone stand. Bought a Bing. Bought a boom. (TPL)
I played Dvorak’s New World Symphony, and I couldn't stop humming the opening theme all Sunday morning.
I think “High Fives” are ready to jump the shark.
The Question:
Who said: “The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it,”
The Headlines:
--Hopes for Trade Deals spur Markets Upward.
--“BBB” has Grown by $1 Trillion Since Senate Got involved; Bill Foe Tillis Will Not Seek Reelection; Congressman Bacon Says the same in Protest; New Changes to Bill Stun Musk and Clean Energy Advocates.
--Israel Bombs Gaza Seaside Cafe; At Least twenty killed.
--Bessent warns Global Economies to Make Deals because July 9 Deadline will not be Extended; Most Tariffs could Revert to “Liberation Day” Levels.
--SC Refuses to Support Coinbase in their Request to Block Gov Access to 14,0000 Crypto Customers.
--Diddy Case Handed to Jury.
There has been a rash of motorcycle accidents deaths around the state in the past couple of weeks. They are so vulnerable and the slightest miscalculation at high speeds generally leaves no room for recovery.
Government witch hunts have always been bad for this country. And often misguided. Ask Just ask Hester Prynne.
Oboe concerti are good for oboists, but not my cup of afternoon tea.
JFK was on the cover of People mag this week. It was about new info on one of his affairs. Isn't that sad, dead 62 years and his legacy is tabloid gossip. People is probably looking forward to continuing fulfilling national voyeuristic tendencies with tales of Clinton’s presidential romantic proclivities over accomplishments in the toughest job on earth. No wonder voters astound us at times with uniformed choices.
“...one nation under God, indivisible...” Indivisible”? Huh?
Are the extremes so far apart that we as a great nation will never get past the divide? How do we become indivisible again? Or do we just rewrite the Pledge of Allegiance. Yeah that's American way, rewrite it all.
How would you like a friend who prides himself in always making deals. So, you're sitting there one day with him and your thinking, how am I going to to get screwed today.
Have you noticed the grocery cart slouch. Yeah, people with feet moving and their bodies motionless hunched over the handle gliding slowly though aisles.
One of the of great feelings in life is when the breezes start moving again on a hot heavy day.
Today I met a nice young man who is assistant AD for a major upscale University. One of his major responsibilities is sorting out NIL. seemed awfully calm about it. It must be youth.
Speaking of big business college sports, i just read that the storied PAC 12 just added Texas Tech after losing most of the prestigious, legendary members. The rest of that conference that used to be USC, UCLA, Stanford and more is TT, Wash State, Oreg St, Fresno State, Colorado State Bosie State, San Diego State, Utah State and for Basketball only, Gonzaga. Those that left are in one of the big Mega football driven conferences.
Remember one thing, big mega conferences have bottom dwellers too. Nothing has improved. The only thing that has changed ist hat ADs have bigger budgets ave to manage nomadic players..
The Answer:
As far back as I can remember I was a big fan of George Washington. Maybe it was the cherry tree thing. But whatever it was, all of I have learned about him since has not swayed me a minutia. In the quote he was speaking of political parties which he called “Baneful”. Think about the word indivisible and think about how much closer we would be to that if parties didn't rely on division to keep them relevant.
Regardless of all the assurances and the hyperbole, I have no idea where this will all end. Things just don't feel right. So I'll just go my own way. I know I'll find what I need to find.
Here’s and old Scottish folk song. This is Burl Ives but it has been a favorite of Julie Andress, Judy Collins and many more. There are a lot of songs about I don't know where I'm going, I don’t know where I've been. I think I’ll write a song, I know I've been somewhere.
