The Flyer Wish List for the Year 2000 1. We wish that people would stop calling Target Tar-ghet. 2. We wish that Congress would pass a law that would establish Journalist’s Day — a day just like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, when everybody is expected to give us presents. 3. We wish that Mayor Herenton would slip up and call Jim Rout a “honky,” just once. 4. We wish that if Tic Price does get sued, it’s by a woman lawyer with an attitude problem. 5. We wish for no more movies about a retired cop/private eye/circus performer who gets dragged back into the biz just one more time. 6. We wish there were an island where we could send Cher and Cybill Shepherd so they wouldn’t bother us anymore. 7. We wish that Elvis Presley Enterprises would lighten up. 8. We wish that there were no need for Affirmative Action. 9. We wish cars could fly so we could make a left turn on Union whenever we wanted. 10. We wish that all conspiracy theorists find proof, or at least a friendly jury. 11. We wish there were fewer guns. And fewer gun nuts. 12. We wish that Jerry Lawler’s girlfriend would keep her clothes on in public. 13. We wish that doctors would find cures for all the diseases. 14. We wish never again to hear Marc Coen’s “Walking in Memphis.” 15. We wish citizens would quit complaining about Memphis being a second-class city and become first-class citizens. 16. We wish success for the new baseball stadium (though we’re a little worried about foul balls raining down on Union Avenue). 17. We wish that just for one day all animals could talk, even though they’d probably just talk about themselves. 18. We wish that Senator John Ford would find a conscience. 19. We wish people would clean up after themselves. 20. We wish for world peace.