Newsletter, December 2, 2025
World Events:
I never thought I would see the day when our military would make a preemptive strike on a fishing boat. (Venezuelan) And then our Defense Sectary would give the order to kill the two survivors in the water clinging to their boat.
This is a war crime.
You can yell all you want that they were trafficking drugs, but you don't know that. And even if they were, you do not go around shooting at little fishing boats or survivors in the water. They were contained.
Please tell me how we can bring the country together again.
Hey, it’s right, good and desirable to have different opinions—my opinion is, a good leader would bring the people together, would uplift them, would to listen to their complaints or suggestions, and not tear them apart.
I thought we had negotiators among us. Where are they?
Why is our present administration still in control?
And why are we suddenly attacking Valenzuela? I though our present administration was buddy buddy with the dictator.
Remember the Nuremberg trials after WWII? They sentenced individuals for War Crimes--for invading other countries, and for abusing its citizens. And that was during a war.
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Joseph McClendon III writes, "The best thing a leader can do for his organization is to create a culture that laughs."
The following is not a belly laugh, but it's the closest I could get:
After reading Robert Fulghum's book What in the World Have I Done? I was inspired to find something funny. So, as I set out for the grocery store with the intention of finding something funny.
First, I asked the solemn-faced kid at the checkout if anything funny had happened that day.
Nope. Nothing funny.
Next, I walked down to the lady managing the self-check-out line, a live-wire lady with white hair and a limp, who was nearly always laughing. I asked her if anything funny had happened that day.
"Not today," she said, thinking, "but something happened yesterday."
"What?" I asked.
"A lady came into the store with no pants on."
"Really?" We both laughed. "Was she completely naked, or did she have underwear on?"
"I don't know. We scanned the store but couldn't find her. Does that story suffice?"
"Great. Thanks. You saved my day."
Thumbs up, I exited the store.
P.S. I’m attempting to
get Jo’s Newsletter off the ground.
In the future Jo’s Newsletter will have material for only you and me to chew on, it will not be repeated on any other site. (Hint: I’m investigating, How to be Happy in Trying Times.)
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