News media dance from afar

Recently, VistaIIIMedia added several channels to their line up. Thank you! One channel of note is WMCT-TV, Channel 5, out of Memphis, TN. This is one of the oldest NBC affiliates in the South. I would like to thank the news department of this channel for helping with a decision. Their constant ranting and raving about all the crime in the Memphis area has impact. There will be no Saltillo Beach House Christmas shopping in Memphis. As a matter of fact, I hope to never go to Memphis again. They won't miss me.

One of the dismal feature stories on WMCT-TV early this morning aside from the normal mayhem and murder mumbo-jumbo was about people stealing Christmas decorations out of yards. This is pathetic. If they would enforce laws and empower authorities to do their jobs such idiocy would stop. Also, the 911 people of this urban area would not respond to a Nashville ambulance stranded on the side of the road. They had a patient dependent on oxygen for life support and the supply was low. The local 911 lady said she couldn't respond because her job description said they couldn't help someone not in an emergency situation. What the hell do you call this lady? A stroll in the park? DON'T, I say again, DON'T take me to Memphis in an ambulance under ANY circumstances! This is beyond ridiculous, it's absurd. On Tuesday the muckity mucks of Mayor Willie Herrington's backwards sliding crew decided that paddlings in schools should cease. Instead of spending money on such stupid ideas, buy handguns for all the teachers! A Glock in every classroom might not make the lazy study, but it could help a teacher walk (or run) safely to their car.

So, while I am loyal to the local NBC affiliate for what little programming that interests me, occasionally the Memphis NBC news will be watched. I said occasionally; no one can stand that much depression.

"All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth."
-Aristotle