Opinion

The one-percenters are that portion of the US population that have an inordinate amount of wealth. Whether by inheritance, hard work or plain old luck perhaps by winning the lottery or hitting the “big one” at a Las Vegas slot, they have more money, a lot more money, than the rest of us.

Last night, I watched “Wise Blood” (1979 film production) as derived from the Flannery O’Conner novel of the same name. I say derived because the time of the story has been changed and, after watching the film, I suspect other changes and omissions, enough that Flannery, were she still alive, might want to distance herself from this production.

On the one hand there are those who, given the opportunity, would kill us without any thought of our individuality. “American” or “United States” or “Christian” is sufficient reason for them. I know. I’ve seen their stares and overheard their not-so-softly-spoken threats walking the streets of my world travels.

Protesters are invariably in the first category. They demand action. So while, yes, they are out there “doing something”, what they are doing is demanding that someone else do.

So, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen, not to mention Rudolf and his red nose, were all empty baggers?

Memphis, the city of my youth, is now lost. The attack at a Krogers grocery a few days ago a little over a mile from where I lived has now been followed by a street attack in my wife’s old neighborhood.

Our rights, whether considering the US Constitution or those adopted by the United Nations, have a common origin.

No matter how many times I chase this around the bush, I come back to the same conclusions:

But after careful review in which I sometimes borrow and adapt ideas for my own purposes, I’ve never found any overall process or organization better than this.

Number one in my list is this series from HBO.