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Politics

International politics is a focal point of interest of mine. This may well be because of my upbringing in Israel where being aware of what is going on in the world evry hour on the hour and sometime in between is an essential survival tool. Alis criticizes me for being more interested in American politics than in Canadian which may seem counter intuitive. I find Canadaian politics to be boring compared to that of the Americans. American politics is a contact sport like the X - Games. It is intiguing, bizzare, vulgar, vicious, misleading and deceptive most of the time and has become a form of entertainment with 24/7 cable TV and social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram running relevant and irelevant stories ALL the time. As I am writing this introduction I am under the disgusting spell of Donald Trup who may well become the next President of the United States. This is a phenomenon that boggles the mind and that people outside of the United States refuse to believe that it is possible. American and Canadians as a general rule are not only unaware and  or uninvolved in their own country's politics but are totally clued out about International politics and world affairs. To express my frustration I from time to time write some Op-Ed or Letters to the Editor of which very few  have actually been published but I enjoy writing them anyways and you may or may not enjoy reading them:
We all know that the war in Iraq is possibly the worst foreign policy blunder of the United States under the Bush/Cheney administration. As a consequence the entire Middle East is in total caos and the rest of the world is dreading the continuous Islamic Jihadist Terror campaign and the refugees migrants crisis. 
I backed the invasion of Iraq but I wrote this article in March of 2003 under the caption "Doing the Right thing thebWrong way!"
Shame on Time Magazine - Find out why?
Are Americans stupid or ignorant or does it only look this way?
Guns in America - Are you crazy?

Zohar Blessing

ברכה לזהר

הרוח היא נושבת עצים הם בשלכת

הסתו הגיע ועמו את מתבגרת

עשור שנים עברו מאז כתבתי לך השיר

והנה את בת מצוה ועתידך עשיר

יפה ואצילה לקראתו הנך צועדת

בחיוך מקרין בשובבות עינים מענינת

ואנו שזכינו לראותך פורחת לתפארת

מאחלים לך ברכת זהר נהדרת

יברכך אלוהים וישמרך

וימלא את לבך באהבה ובשמחה

באושר ובתבונה

כי בת ישראל הנך היום ולנו הגאוה

 

A Blessing for Zohar

The wind is blowing the leaves are falling

Autumn has arrived, and you are growing

A decade passed since I wrote you a poem

Now you are a Bat Mitzvah with future bright

Beautiful and regal toward it do you march

With a bright smile and mischievous gaze

We the fortunate who saw you bloom and blossom

Wish you and bestow upon you the Zohar blessing

“May the Lord bless you and guard you and, may

He fill your heart with Love and Happiness, Joy and Wisdom

from now and forever as of today you are

A daughter of the people Israel and

our pride and joy”

Amen

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