Today's Tids Issue 2,225
Opening Stuff:
Today is the day. A day that is important to every American. A day when the couch potatoes can anticipate a return to ignorant apathy without interruption. When all loving people live in harmony with their hands in a potato chip bag without programmed political phone messages. It’s the day the noise stops and muddling leaves the brain. It’s Tranquil Tuesday. Aaaaaaaah!
Regardless of the results from today, of this you can be sure. On November 3rd a plan will be launched to demonize the Republicans and anything associated with Republicans in preparation for the 2012 campaign of “House Mom”.
If Will Rogers were alive today he’d be saying “I only know what I see on YouTube.”.
The greatest thing that a new congress could to would be to interpret and read to the public all of the hastily passed budget clobbering bills of the last session. Like maybe helping the people understand what they are paying for. So that the public fully understands the extent of the inflictions they are to experience. If they can regulate the small print on credit card loans, why not that in House and Senate Bills?
The Question: I have a strange mix of Q’s today. 1. Who coined the word “Axis” as in WWII Germany, Italy, Japan? 2. What was the popular political slogan throughout the 50’s? 3. What were the first two words of Ted Sorenson’s most memorable line of his most important speech? What was the name of the first Hydrogen bomb and where was it detonated?
The Headlines:
--People Out Early to Vote.
--Wall Street Rises Early In Anticipation Of Republican Gains.
--Security Officials Says September Shipment Of Packages Of Books And Papers To Chi May have Been Dry Run For Recent Yemen Chi Shipment Of Bomb Material.
--“Wheel Of Fortune’s” Charlie O’Donnell Dead At 79; he Had been Opening Voice For Decades.
--Greek Mail Bombers Attack Five Embassies.
--BP Profits Sink As Spill Costs Rise.
--Dell Expected o Announce Several New Windows based Smart I-Pad Type Tablets By End Of Year; Company Also To Invest In “Cloud Computing” As Next Big Trend In PC Sector.
Back to More Stuff:
What more appropriate nut to lead the largest state on the edge of bankruptcy and urgently trying to pass a legalization of marijuana law, than Jerry brown. God what a mess. Pray for Californians.
Or how about the former largest state, New York The Empire State, the home of one-time gigantic and prosperous manufacturing base in vibrant cities like Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Schenectady; A countryside filled with productive farm lands from NYC to Canada, from Connecticut and Massachusetts to Ohio. And now we see as the face of this state -- Charles Schumer. Talk about “Decline and Fall…”!
When advocates for weed whine about not having their substance legal like alcohol, aren’t they saying we want to help add to more deaths on highways, more broken homes, more abused women, more lost work hours.
Paranoia is fun, but it takes up too much time.
You have to wonder these days if a single guy with his best pal the dog, looks at a prospective bride and wonders not if she can cook in this Take-out world, but if she is averse to picking up poop in the park.
If as they say Government outsourcing is up, how come the Feds are adding employees at a faster pace than any industry in America? Is it to hire people to read reports from contractors?
The stimulus package may have added jobs, but can an economy grow upon the type of jobs that it created? That is the real question isn’t it? The only net gainer of jobs since the start of the recession was the federal Gov. at 198,000 (Not including Census Jobs). State gov’s were down 0.1%, Local gov’s 0.9% and private sector minus 6.8%.
Which reminds me of a recommendation for a new constitutional amendment. “People whose salary and wages are paid by the governemtn can’t vote.” Makes sense to me.
Three witches in a hot tub is a self cleaning coven.
And, from the land of Cheese Steaks, my favorite Philadelphia area reporter reminds us of why a Republican romp may be in the cards. HR 4646, a nasty little piece of legislation attached to the Debt Free America Act, Harkin and DeFazio sneak in a 1% Fed tax on credit card and bank transactions. It may never happen, but it is the way this gang thinks, and it isn’t pretty.
The evidence is in and it says that fans of Jon Stuart are not nearly as bight as they think they are. “2nd City”, in case you missed it, showed up with a sign that read “Obama is a Keynesian”. This sent Stuart sycophants into apoplexy shouting “He was Born in Hawaii” “It‘s been proven.” And on and on thinking it was a conservative slam about their Man’s birth. I think I saw frothing at the mouth. It was funny and sad at the same time.
The Answer:
This is a set of Q’s that will force some to remember and maybe inspire other’s to learn. 1. Benito Mussolini coined axis as in “The German-Italy alliance is an axis running through Europe:" Bad decision Ben. 2. “I Like Ike” was all it took to keep the popular President firmly entrenched as a lovable leader. But, Ike was before attack advertising, a time when people tried to look for the good in people. Of course his Veep helped coin the slogan “Dick is Ick”. 3. The first two words of great speech writer Sorenson’s most well know line was “Don’t ask…” found in JFK’s Inaugural speech. That would be treasonous in the Obama admin. Today it’s, “Wanna TV, I’ll give you a TV.”. 4. The H-Bomb was exploded at Eniwetok Atoll and was named “Ivy Mike”. Sounds kind of cuddly, doesn’t it.
The New Beginning?
A local mister writes to the Projo: “The Journal has had commentary by people complaining about such ‘cruelty to animals’ as the pain felt by a fish caught on a hook and the abuse of a dog left in cars in 100 degree weather. I shudder to think of the pain brought on children in the womb who are being aborted. They most certainly feel excessive pain; they fight the agony as their lives are being gruesomely ended. Is this less worthy that the pain felt by fish and dogs?” – Rev. Gerald Bierne.
If the Republican party wins and goes back to its mid 2000’s persona, the Tea Party will just get stronger. As will Sarah Palin who would probably love running against the GOP establishment.
I can hardly wait ‘til this election over so I can stop being angry and get back to my cuddly self again.
Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
John Matson for Congress.
Today's Tids Issue 2,209)
There’s no Truth to the rumor that as the NY State nanny government passes more and more laws banning foods, drinks and activities, gangland leaders are knocking off each other to gain control of black markets for sweet soda and transfats. If successful with these products, Gang and organized crime leaders are expected to use the profits to open a chain of smoking huts on beaches…disguised as Ticketron booths for the Eliot Spitzer show.
Which leads me to my main topic of the day…turning our government back over to citizen leaders instead of career politicians. Neighbors who enter the fray without the big money backing; People who see the need to change a declining system; Who have the guts to sweat out raising money from real people; Who want to restore a sensible, limited government. Independent thinkers without cluttered minds being pulled astray from the people by special interests. I’m talking about a guy like John Matson, a hard working carpenter from the rural South County in RI. A good man who is just tired like many of his neighbors of watching Party Puppets elected to Congress year after year. Lifetime politicians joining in with other members of an out of control congress who just don’t get it any more. Whom somehow think that Government built this outstanding country of ours. A congress that has seemed to stop listening to those who really built the country. The people. Matson, and I know many other new candidates like him around the country, have the brains and the courage to question, and then stop, the accepted antics of these apologists for agendized parasites.
My body seems to loose its edge when the Patriots are in Bye Week.
The Question:
Since a lot of people enjoy celebrating the Discovery of America and have some leisurely time, here’s an anagram Q to test your minds. Rearrange the letters in the following phrases or words to make new phrases. 1. “Dormitory”. 2. “The Eyes”. 3. “George Bush”. 4. “Election results”. 5. “Eleven plus two”
--No Cost Of Living Increase For Social Security Recipients For Second Consecutive Year.
--Chinese Arrest Wife Of Jailed Dissident Who Won Nobel Peace Prize.
--Microsoft Expected To Enter Phone Biz With Partner AT&T; New Competitor To Google And Apple Will Use Windows.
--Stocks Rise As benanke Utters “S” Word.
--Chinese Buy 1/3 Control Of 600,000 Acre Huge Chesapeake South Texas Oil Field.
--Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides Win Nobel Economics Prize For Theories On Unemployment/Available Jobs Dichotomy; Some Note They May Have developed Prize Winning Theory While Reading The Tids.
Back to More Stuff:
Over the weekend I was in a group of people who were talking about how well the “Recovery Act” was repairing local roads. I guess I’m not that smart, because I always thought that one major reason for our state and local taxes was the maintenance of roads, streets and country lanes. I guess I have been living under a misconception. Silly me. I must be from another planet.
If Whitman and Firorino win in California, you can bet that somebody will ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to place an injunction on the results. And the court will do it.
Our Nobel Peace Prize dissident is living in the White House.
Tonight’s NFL pre-game will be dominated by sex, Moss and video phone photos. But in reality, it should be an exciting games by two good teams. The Je-Je-Je (WYKWIM) are unfortunately a formidable team, but the Vikings have more urgency. That said, I’m looking forward to the fans signs.
You know the country Is in trouble when you realize that RI Senator Whitehouse is on the “Intelligence“ committee.
When an athlete says, “I got to get me some of that Bling”, he is by definition saying “I got to become showy and tasteless.”
Through the Same Eyes: Epilogue. –The days following the slaughter at HR&L were hectic and confusing…and heart wrenching for me. My heart went out the door with the stretcher carrying Kent’s body. I don’t remember how long I sat on the floor with blood pooled around my thighs; clutching the cooling body that will always be warm to me. I only remember arms lifting me as other arms took Kent and laid him flat on the floor. I felt arms encircling me from behind and realized it was Paul. Paul tying to give me strength as I stared transfixed into Kent’s now lifeless eyes. But filled with the life of memories past. An EMT walked over and placed a sheet over Jack Wiley and then Kent. I slowly expanded my arms to gently break the grasp of Paul. I took a step, bent to a knee and pulled back the sheet to take one last look at that face. I then pulled the sheet back up knowing that Kent’s image will never leave my mind, and will always affect my body. I stood, turned and looked at Paul, who showed me loving concern. I reached my arms behind him and laid my head on his chest. I felt my friend Henry’s hand warmly touch my back and give it an anxious rub. Now for the first time I wondered what Paul was thinking. Knew.
Hours later I was still there talking to police. Dan, was not hurt badly and joined me filling in the blanks as law enforcement people tried to put together the events. Dan said that Kent was the hero of the day and probably saved the lives of many in addition to mine.
The people in the office were all sent home for the rest of the day. It was obvious I realized even as sat there rattled trying to remember details of a tragedy, that was going to be up to me to put everything back together. I was going to have to be Maggie the Magnificent again. But then as I thought about Jack using me as well as Isabelle and maybe even Kent, I wasn’t so sure I could ever be again what I thought I was.
Finally, I was able to leave, worn but still living on memories of my deceased lover. Paul was sitting by the elevator. He looked tired. His eyes rose up. He smiled. A loving smile. “Ready to go home to Fosterville?”
There is no truth to the rumor that Will Travers, shocked by the in ability to stop the Houston Harbor terrorist attack, will spend the next year in the series looking for Jack Bauer.
It would be nice if on my computer there was also a little thermometer reading down near the time. To warn me that I’ve been sitting in the cold too long.
I get it, our taxes pay for brainy people who set up the circumstances that cause recessions so that our tax federal money can be returned to local governments to fix roads. I knew there was a plan in there somewhere.
The Tids goes to great lengths to bring opinions and facts about just about everything that is going on in the world. But, I’m sorry to say that I just don’t have the stomach to tune into the Eliot Spitzer show. You’ll have to figure it out yourself. Sorry.
The Answer:
I think these are pretty clever and kind of amazing: 1. “Dirty Room”. 2. “They See”. 3. “He Bugs Gore”. 4. “Lies – Let’s Recount. 5. And Truly amazing…”Twelve plus One”. And, you have to wonder if the original Presbyterians knew the anagram of the name was “Best In Prayer”!
The End:
Remember, there is a John Matson in your Congressional district too. Don’t let a good candidate, who will work for you, get lost in the morass of party bosses and biased media politics as usual.
Hey, I’m a little late. So what. It’s a holiday.
Opening Stuff:
Which leads me to my main topic of the day…turning our government back over to citizen leaders instead of career politicians. Neighbors who enter the fray without the big money backing; People who see the need to change a declining system; Who have the guts to sweat out raising money from real people; Who want to restore a sensible, limited government. Independent thinkers without cluttered minds being pulled astray from the people by special interests. I’m talking about a guy like John Matson, a hard working carpenter from the rural South County in RI. A good man who is just tired like many of his neighbors of watching Party Puppets elected to Congress year after year. Lifetime politicians joining in with other members of an out of control congress who just don’t get it any more. Whom somehow think that Government built this outstanding country of ours. A congress that has seemed to stop listening to those who really built the country. The people. Matson, and I know many other new candidates like him around the country, have the brains and the courage to question, and then stop, the accepted antics of these apologists for agendized parasites.
My body seems to loose its edge when the Patriots are in Bye Week.
The Question:
Since a lot of people enjoy celebrating the Discovery of America and have some leisurely time, here’s an anagram Q to test your minds. Rearrange the letters in the following phrases or words to make new phrases. 1. “Dormitory”. 2. “The Eyes”. 3. “George Bush”. 4. “Election results”. 5. “Eleven plus two”
The Headlines:
--World Applauds As Chile Rescue Breaks Through To Trapped Minors; Steel Reinforcing Tube Installed. First Minor Expected To See Daylight Tomorrow.--No Cost Of Living Increase For Social Security Recipients For Second Consecutive Year.
--Chinese Arrest Wife Of Jailed Dissident Who Won Nobel Peace Prize.
--Microsoft Expected To Enter Phone Biz With Partner AT&T; New Competitor To Google And Apple Will Use Windows.
--Stocks Rise As benanke Utters “S” Word.
--Chinese Buy 1/3 Control Of 600,000 Acre Huge Chesapeake South Texas Oil Field.
--Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides Win Nobel Economics Prize For Theories On Unemployment/Available Jobs Dichotomy; Some Note They May Have developed Prize Winning Theory While Reading The Tids.
Back to More Stuff:
Over the weekend I was in a group of people who were talking about how well the “Recovery Act” was repairing local roads. I guess I’m not that smart, because I always thought that one major reason for our state and local taxes was the maintenance of roads, streets and country lanes. I guess I have been living under a misconception. Silly me. I must be from another planet.
If Whitman and Firorino win in California, you can bet that somebody will ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to place an injunction on the results. And the court will do it.
Our Nobel Peace Prize dissident is living in the White House.
Tonight’s NFL pre-game will be dominated by sex, Moss and video phone photos. But in reality, it should be an exciting games by two good teams. The Je-Je-Je (WYKWIM) are unfortunately a formidable team, but the Vikings have more urgency. That said, I’m looking forward to the fans signs.
You know the country Is in trouble when you realize that RI Senator Whitehouse is on the “Intelligence“ committee.
When an athlete says, “I got to get me some of that Bling”, he is by definition saying “I got to become showy and tasteless.”
Through the Same Eyes: Epilogue. –The days following the slaughter at HR&L were hectic and confusing…and heart wrenching for me. My heart went out the door with the stretcher carrying Kent’s body. I don’t remember how long I sat on the floor with blood pooled around my thighs; clutching the cooling body that will always be warm to me. I only remember arms lifting me as other arms took Kent and laid him flat on the floor. I felt arms encircling me from behind and realized it was Paul. Paul tying to give me strength as I stared transfixed into Kent’s now lifeless eyes. But filled with the life of memories past. An EMT walked over and placed a sheet over Jack Wiley and then Kent. I slowly expanded my arms to gently break the grasp of Paul. I took a step, bent to a knee and pulled back the sheet to take one last look at that face. I then pulled the sheet back up knowing that Kent’s image will never leave my mind, and will always affect my body. I stood, turned and looked at Paul, who showed me loving concern. I reached my arms behind him and laid my head on his chest. I felt my friend Henry’s hand warmly touch my back and give it an anxious rub. Now for the first time I wondered what Paul was thinking. Knew.
Hours later I was still there talking to police. Dan, was not hurt badly and joined me filling in the blanks as law enforcement people tried to put together the events. Dan said that Kent was the hero of the day and probably saved the lives of many in addition to mine.
The people in the office were all sent home for the rest of the day. It was obvious I realized even as sat there rattled trying to remember details of a tragedy, that was going to be up to me to put everything back together. I was going to have to be Maggie the Magnificent again. But then as I thought about Jack using me as well as Isabelle and maybe even Kent, I wasn’t so sure I could ever be again what I thought I was.
Finally, I was able to leave, worn but still living on memories of my deceased lover. Paul was sitting by the elevator. He looked tired. His eyes rose up. He smiled. A loving smile. “Ready to go home to Fosterville?”
There is no truth to the rumor that Will Travers, shocked by the in ability to stop the Houston Harbor terrorist attack, will spend the next year in the series looking for Jack Bauer.
It would be nice if on my computer there was also a little thermometer reading down near the time. To warn me that I’ve been sitting in the cold too long.
I get it, our taxes pay for brainy people who set up the circumstances that cause recessions so that our tax federal money can be returned to local governments to fix roads. I knew there was a plan in there somewhere.
The Tids goes to great lengths to bring opinions and facts about just about everything that is going on in the world. But, I’m sorry to say that I just don’t have the stomach to tune into the Eliot Spitzer show. You’ll have to figure it out yourself. Sorry.
The Answer:
I think these are pretty clever and kind of amazing: 1. “Dirty Room”. 2. “They See”. 3. “He Bugs Gore”. 4. “Lies – Let’s Recount. 5. And Truly amazing…”Twelve plus One”. And, you have to wonder if the original Presbyterians knew the anagram of the name was “Best In Prayer”!
The End:
Remember, there is a John Matson in your Congressional district too. Don’t let a good candidate, who will work for you, get lost in the morass of party bosses and biased media politics as usual.
Hey, I’m a little late. So what. It’s a holiday.
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