Of course. For doing such a great job!

Actually, I should not be so hard on the personnel when the chief problem is the chief.

Incidentally, for those outside the mid-south area and don’t know, Halbert has the primary prerequisite. She’s a avid democrat. She might not know a thing about running a county clerk office, she may not have any desire to do even an adequate job. However, she did know how to campaign for the job and she clearly knows how to ask for wages.

Well, I guess she does also know how to how to hold onto a job. Anyone else would have been fired already.

On the news, I noticed they are finally starting to arrest some of the demonstrators. I wonder, if they had started much sooner, it might have had more affect. Maybe they don’t have enough jail cells now. Moreover, it’s going to cost a bundle to feed them all.

And, by the way, some of those characters might welcome the room & board. They might not have had anything to eat for a while.

This time he is meeting with folks at and about Orange Mound. This time it might actually do some good. If it does or not, at least he’ll show he cares.

Regardless, it is possible someone in the meeting will say something intelligent. I wouldn’t count on that being the mayor. The real trick is, if some really good idea is presented, will the current mayor of Memphis be bright enough to recognize it?

Joe says he is for democracy while he also provides support for Palestinians. Palestinians actively fight against democracy while Israel is a working democracy.

Old Joe says the one thing while he supports those who fight against a democracy.

It is easy to see why. Old Joe figures he needs the Palestinian (anti democratic) vote.

Many of the problems we see today originate in families. Most, if not all social statisticians will agree that many of those who end up in prison started in problematic homes. This, of course, may take many different forms.

There might be one or more parents missing, sometimes leaving the parenting to grandparents. On or the other or both parents might lack parenting skills.

Mostly, the parents might fail to provide a home with love and direction.

In many cases, the problem might result from external forces. However, I believe, most of the time, it is internal. We’re talking such things as alcoholism, gambling, arguments or even violence.

With all the internal stresses, we do not need any external forces. I am not going to bullet point them. I seek only to express anger and ire at those who intentionally exert this force.

It is important to remember that the family is the one glue that holds any successful nation together. It is under attack by the devil, the communists and power hungry politicians.

I will not vote for any politician who is not family friendly and supporters of others who are as well. It should be obvious that there are foreign and domestic organizations that are doing all they can to destroy families. Such people and organizations should not be supported by any American.

Moreover, organizations that are truly family friendly should have our help.

Certainly, when I say true ideal families, I mean, 1 man (male), 1 woman (female) and children. This should always be what we seek. Anything else is settling for less, maybe even something that’s counterfeit. We all know what counterfeit is worth.

You never can tell…for sure. That young man just convicted of robbery or murder, just might have began his life in a counterfeit family. That family might have been counterfeited when two men were “married.”

Unless you plan on doing your advertising on the news, your messages will no longer reach me. After the news is over, my TV will be off.

It would seem that shows can no longer be made without homosexual content. It would seem this now even includes NCIS.

A few short years ago, all I heard was that what they do in their bedrooms is none of my business. Well, it is a long ways from their bedroom to my living room. They say my TV has an on-off switch. Well, I’m using mine. I’ll be listening to the radio and recordings a whole lot more.

As for, what will I do in my spare time? I will be encouraging others to follow after me. I am sure CBS won’t mind what I do on my computer. They have little to say what I say if and when I speak to others. Who knows? Maybe one day, I might be permitted to speak before others. Not likely, but maybe. With God in control, stranger miracles have happened.

Even should I die tomorrow, God does not need my feeble efforts. I am sure He can find others.

As the official Memphis observer, here is my latest report on the new mayor. So far, as much as I can tell, the new mayor is good at meetings.

I think he is now up to 3 major meetings. There was one with the gangs, the one with Black mayors (don’t know why he excluded white mayors). Sorry. Slipped up. I think the last one was with merchants. Maybe, possibly, I don’t know, but he conceivably begged them not to close or leave. He might have told them he would resolve this crime thing as soon as he could figure what group of people to meet with.

Meanwhile, percapita, Memphis is in a race to be the murder capital of the US for the year.

Meanwhile, I’m asking myself just who he is going to hold his next meeting with?

If I were able to have a short conversation with God, I would consider a suggestion that He might add an 11th Commandment; Thou shalt be thankful.

The fact is that the world is full of thankless people, even those of us who call ourselves Christians. We ask and we ask and seldom say thank you. Even when we do mouth the words, they are without true meaning.

For years, I have said that, if I were given manna daily, I’d never complain as the children of Israel did. As I aged, I became wiser. I suspect I would have been one of the worst complainers. We all like to think we wouldn’t make the mistakes recorded in the Bible.

I would suggest that of all the mistakes of those ahead of us made, being ungrateful is very likely one of the worst. Indeed, a person who is properly grateful would not do the things other things done.

I don’t know, but if my life depended on my guess, I’d say the reason God didn’t include such a Commandment is that He wants the gratitude to be genuine, not forced or coerced.

So, for a change, let’s thank God, not because we’re told to, but because we are grateful. I have not been told as much in so many words, but I really think He would like that. Also, I suspect it will benefit us as well. I always feel better after telling someone how thankful I am.