POWER!!!

  We all know that old, but still relevant adage: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Power goes to the head and applies itself directly onto ancient genes still alive and vibrant which speak to the lust for Power, the more the better. Its lure is seemingly unconquerable, irresistible and has the power to corrupt those formerly thought to be resistant, unsusceptible to its attraction. 

Once upon a time America thought it had mostly overcome the problem of the corruption of the halls of power. We thought we had basically eliminated it, and went after it, prosecuted it whenever it appeared and raised its ugly head. Sure, there continued to be events and instances, but never to such an egregious degree that one worried re the future and the soul of America.

 Unfortunately, it is not the present case. Not at all. Today Corruption is rampant within this country. Money flows from whence it should not to whence it should not go. Barely disguised bribes in the form of gifts, outright cash or the paying of bills, acceptances to various schools, appointments to corrupted positions in government- all front and center, unavoidable. Incompetent judges, ill-informed and educated, partisan to an extreme, corrupt and degrade our system of justice until that idea is a bitter joke. Anomie gains strength and our country suffers. The ideas of grace, impartiality, all gone, out the door, apparently never to be welcomed to return, replaced with the lowest dregs of humanity, fueled by greed and fear. Outright bending of the knees, the exaggerated behavior as the "toads" of the King and I, as they prostrate themselves before those who wield the scepture of power. Deep shame upon you as you desert the ideals of democracy, proving your own overwhelming impotence in matters which count the most. The conscience of America is bent, withering, almost gone.   

  "Et tu", Joseph Biden. You have succumbed to the lure of power. You have declared yourself the boss of Israel, a cruel self-appointed papa, ready to toss out the babe for defying your commands, wrong and demoralizing and life threatening as they are.   You have assumed for yourself the governing and decision maker, the chief general, of an independent nation - Israel. You have arrogantly assumed this was a one-way alliance, downplaying contributions of Israel: In science research, medical advancements, philosophy, mathematics, literature, artistic endeavors, cutting edge fields of knowledge, gathered intelligence. And so much more. The only always loyal friend of America in an area of the globe most obviously anti America, anti-democracy, replete with a plethora of terrorists slavering to destroy Americans wherever they are.

You, Joseph Biden, will not be the destroyer of Israel, the enabler of a second Holocaust. You are not that important. Your inadequacies and disloyal attitudes and actions regarding Israel will be as chaff in the wind. Israelis have been defending the   nation and its survival from before the date of statehood. Without American assistance. It will do so again if necessary. 

She will fight where the enemy is, even ensconced within their own population centers, in repurposed schools, mosques and hospitals to sites of murder and mayhem, sites from which to wage war and purposely harm their own citizens. Israels soldiers are brave and talented, boys and girls, men and women fighting for the land, for their families, for their very lives. Israel can and will stand up for herself. Meet the demands. Even under difficult circumstances. Will do what must be done. With or without the aid of a false America.  For however long it takes, how many sacrifices must be endured.  

No more Oct7s. No more shelling constantly from the north and the south. No more terror emanating from Arab villagers. No more are they to ululate in happiness at the deaths of Jews, distribute celebratory candy to cheering children, or celebrate the horrible death of their own child who died in a terror attack of their own. 

No More. ENOUGH.       

  This is a mess of your own creation resulting in the definite loss of the 2024 election and the awful result of a reelection of Trump. a mentally defective. morally impaired person There will ensue a brain drain of this nation, of those who cannot and will not tolerate the thought of living under the authoritarianism of Trump. All this will be laid at your feet. However, at this point you are equally as repugnant a choice as your egregious moral failure has taken on enormous consequences unable to be overlooked or discounted. You have set the tenor of your record for posterity, a quite ugly one at that.  

Hang down your head, Joe Biden. Hang down your head in disgrace and shame. Try to lift it up. Use the right words. The right thoughts. Find the right path. Time is short. The need is great. The consequences greater. Hang down your head or raise it up high. The choice is yours, even as we bear the brunt of the resultant fallout.

Be brave, Joe Biden. Joseph Biden, swallow your pride and fess up. Make amends.

Tick tock. Tick tock.

-------------------------------------------------------------Yitzy, tell us, send us a message. Are there any doubts up there as to what is happening down here? Is there any discussion? Is G-d even a bit disturbed at the severity of the peril? Is God even a bit disturbed, a tad disturbed re ad the situation of his people? Yitzy, talk to him -for all of us.          

   I miss you so and cried in the doctor's office as we spoke of you.  Love you - 

Always and forever.  Always and forever.