There is no one on the back porch tonight just me. So I guess I get to ponder on my own. I start that I have noticed after this terrible event in Utah this morning the nation is in the state of shock that has reached into all segments of our society. This was a man who had a significant following who spoke his mind, but he had one trait that many people of that nature don’t have… he was interested in and encouraged others to share their viewpoint with him and together they try to understand each other better. I took note of the fact that given his notoriety, and given the fact that he could be controversial in his views because of the political climate in our country today and I looked around and I saw something really amazing. Sometimes evil brings to the forefront the obvious that we really don’t want to talk about. 

I think I will break the rules here on the porch by simply telling you that I have an opinion, it is not a ponder. I have noticed in the past few years controversies that involved companies, of course our government and many organizations always have one thing in common. They are usually the result of poor leadership or I could really just truthfully say bad leadership. Now I leave you to recall some of the controversies that we faced in the past few years within organizations and government things of that nature just pick the one that might be your example of poor leadership. We live in a time of great means of communication, there’s all kinds of ways to communicate with people to get our message across to share something whatever it is. So the point here is that you just can’t throw words around or attitudes or lack of responsibility and expect anything good to come of it. The majority of our people in this country are hard-working decent honest people who I believe are simply frustrated by how hard it is to be good, decent, honest people. So I’m going to leave you with this opinion… again not a ponder… I believe the leadership of the Democratic Party is responsible for this attitude of violence and hate that is prevalent in our country. The instances that I could include here are numerous and really there’s not enough time or space to do it. But ponder this. There’s something a little bit different in this situation. We find ourselves in this morning after the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk that people are lighting candles instead of starting fires, people are kneeling, not everyone for prayer but for just respect instead of trying to pull somebody else down. I apologize realizing that this session on the back porch isn’t all that great but like many of you I’m frustrated. I don’t know what else could possibly happen as far as people and opinions and a culture that lacks decent honest working leadership. I’ve written this before, but I’m going to write it again because I think it’s appropriate. It’s stuck with me for a number of years. The man’s name is not important but what he said is I believe the Ponder Of The Century… “Can’t We All Just Get Along?”

Kurt