I read something in the paper this morning that literally made me walk away and come back and read it again. Have you ever heard or read something that leads to such profound thoughts, such sense of wonder that you have to walk away pondering and simply digest the information? And after meditating even further on this information you finally conclude after looking at it at all angles that the information is so profound your only possible intelligent summation is "Well Duh!"?

So as I'm showering this morning, contemplating nothing deeper than this article, I've decided to create a new category. The "Duh! Awards". I'm the first to admit there are many things that I "just don't get". Many "get it". They try to explain "it" to me and "it" sails right over my head. So I've decided I'm going to start sharing my "its" go back in time, reponder (is that a word?) my "it's" and see if I ever get "it". Sometimes if I think about "it" too much "it" can boggle my mind.

Anyway my award today goes to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox who announced yesterday three new programs that possibly could help stem the escalating violence in Detroit.

This is their plan and I'll save the best for last:

Cox will assign five assistant attorneys general to the 1st (Downtown) and 3rd (Vernor) police precincts to work side-by-side with Detroit officers in investigating and prosecuting all non-fatal shootings in those areas. Former Wayne County Prosecutor Michael Duggan had assigned assistants to precincts, but the program was axed by his successor, Kym Worthy.

Ok this is very nice, right away this left me wondering if they failed to prosecute all non-fatal shootings in the past...surely they did prosecute? Right? But leaves you wondering, right?

Wayne County sheriff’s deputies will escort probation officers to check on their charges after dark, when the felons might be tempted to be on the streets getting into trouble.

Oh, that's an original idea.

Police will target the worst gun offenders and their associates and keep the heat on them constantly for any wrongdoing — such as nonpayment of child support, driving unregistered cars, domestic violence and other unlawful behavior that authorities may have overlooked in the past.

Whoa! Ok, the worst gun offenders are still out there? We know who they are and we are now going to go after them for breaking the law in other ways? We overlooked this before?

Then we have this beaut my Mike Cox...watch this guy will rise to new heights in politics:

"...We are going to try some old tactics that have worked well; we are excited to try something that has worked elsewhere and hopefully it will work here and spread citywide,”

Who would of thought that arresting the criminals and getting them off the street would help resolve the crime wave?

I really can't say anymore on this but ...Duh!