Between yesterday and this morning, I must have hit myself on the head numerous times in an effort to return to reality, for certainly what was occurring was from a bizzarro world invading our planet. Uh, no, nope, no such luck. All the weird beyond imagination, outrageous talk and deeds are belonging to us; no doubt about that. None at all. The only conclusion possible is that there has been a massive and obviously successful effort to contaminate the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the sights our eyes perceive.
No, I have not gone nuts, but am desperately seeking anything to hold on to, to know that we will return to national sanity - and soon. That it is possible that once again we will recognize truth and distinguish it from lies. We will accept that Trump is what he accuses others of being. We will accept that perhaps he is absolutely correct in one of his statements, albeit in a different understanding than the one he had meant. So, sorry to disappoint, but nope, not gone nuts, only despairing and almost hopeless, as our ship of state has incredibly found a mammoth powerful eddy that has the ship in a stranglehold, the crew contemplating the obvious fate awaiting them and the nation.
Yes, folks, the situation is dire. We have a Senator ranting about "abortion even after birth", so perhaps we need to reeducate Graham as well as Trump. Probably a Sisyphean task, but what else can we do. but try?! Truly a topsy turvy day yesterday and this morning as the events of yesterday are examined and dissected.
" ... they could theoretically be used to seize Disney’s property." as the Mouse roars back - " "One question: Does the state want us to invest more, employ more people, and pay more taxes — or not?"
"I’m not going to ask you to fact check everything he said that was false, because we only have a couple more hours." More lies than I can count." (re Trump's crazed Town Hall.)
The panel of GOP Trump supporters twisting themselves into knots so as to avoid admitting that Trump lies and lies and lies. ( Getting old, folks, so old. )
Continuing revelations re corruption and ethics violations in the Court. As we merrily skate along, excusing it all.
“ ... unless you’re a very stupid person,” you can “see” the election was rigged: (Yet more pearls of wisdom from a demented and corrupted soul.)
" ... our country is dying," said Trump. "Our country is being destroyed by stupid people, very stupid people." (Uh, mirror check?)
The question with an obvious answer - “It’s simple, folks. Do you want four more years of that?”
That indeed is the day that was and is. However, the one that struck terror into my heart and confusion into my soul was this: Representative Tlaib and her vow to sponsor a grossly antisemitic 'celebration' of "Nakba" Day, the day that Israel was declared a state. The day that Arab foes of Jews - not merely Israelis - invaded with six armies on all sides, the tiny state of Israel, the only Jewish state which also welcomed all other religions. The only place of sure welcome and refuge from a world which has persistently tried to wipe out the memory of Jewish existence. Sponsored by organizations who openly, brazenly justify their goal of destroying that very same state, of repopulating the state "from the river to the sea" as they chase the Jewish population into the same waters. Will those waters split a second time to rescue the besieged people of G-d? Toss the coin.
Tlaib belongs to the party which has long been a supporter of Israel, recognized the vital need to keep our only sure ally in the Middle East safe, intact, strong. The party which recognized the amazing products which Israel and its citizens have given to the world, from tech to medicine, to the arts, to aid in moments of crisis. And yet, she is brazen, emboldened enough to defy McCarthy's damned correct cancellation of its place, stating:
“It’s wrong for members of Congress to traffic in anti-Semitic tropes about Israel,” McCarthy said. “As long as I’m speaker, we are going to support Israel’s right to self-determination and self-defense, unequivocally and in a bipartisan fashion.”
McCarthy will instead lead a bipartisan briefing celebrating the 75th anniversary of the U.S.-Israel relationship."
That, as opposed to Tlaib who wishes to twist the empirical truths of history, its imperatives, its realities, the errors which must be corrected, amends made and cooperation the only way to go. It is when I must support McCarthy here -anathema, but there it is. Note who shows up or doesn't and where. Who supports this antisemitic Nazi affirming gathering of Tlaib. Any and all politicians who show up at her farce, any who do not support Israel on her Diamond Birthday.
Agin or fer. Line drawn. To do otherwise when Israel is under attack yet again, rockets shot indiscriminately, emulating Putin's attempts to destroy a nation, to fracture its infrastructure, to wipe out the population - is to be complicit with it. A criminal is as a criminal does.
It is only if we stand together, those who wish for justice and peace. Those who understand historical truths. Those who study and learn lessons for life. Those who wish to combat hatreds and biases. Those who understand that there are four categories in cases such as these.
Perpetrators. Collaborators. Bystanders. Victims.
We will not be victims ever again. We will defend ourselves. We will insist on historical truths. We will insist on justice. We will demand and defend the idea of peace, mutual cooperation, and a good life for all. We will insist on the national integrity of Israel, on its right to be the one tiny Jewish state among myriad Islamic states. It can be no other way.
When the world accepts those truths, there can be peace. When the world understands the righteousness of historical lessons, there will indeed be a time when swords are beaten into plowshares and the world will know war no longer. It is when we all can focus on the human needs we share and repair our world, an imperative assigned to us all. It is when we can do good, rather than evil. It is a time when together
we can right the wrongs of the world.
Together we can achieve it all.
Together we can
HEAL THE WORLD.
HEAL YITZY!
Yitzchak Elimelech ben Chana Sarah
May he be granted refuah shelaymah bimheyrah beyameinu.
May he be granted a timely and complete healing.
May Hashem hear all our voices raised in prayer.
Amen. Amen.
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