Bethlehem's Christmas Tree... and the menorah which stands today in Jerusalem's old city Jewish Quarter, overlooking the Temple Mount...
Christians light the first of four Advent candles, representing prayer, penance, rejoicing and sacrifice in preparation for Christmas... but will prayers and penance cover up the sex scandals of the priests and the bishops... and will prayer and penance be enough for the Evangelicals who have steadfastly supported the executive of the 1%... even when that executive was grabbing the kids from their parents... even when that executive is bombing the hell out of the Yemeni people - men, women and children alike...
At sunset, Jewish people turn to the menorah to mark the start of Hanukkah. The eight-day festival commemorates an ancient miracle, when one day’s-worth of consecrated oil lasted for eight during the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem... maybe the Jewish people will contemplate about the Palestinians while the first light is turned on... maybe the Jewish people will think about the Palestinian men, women and children... during the eight days of Hanukkah...
... and maybe all of us will think about the verse “For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:” Matthew 25:25 in King James Version of the Bible...
I am not a believer and I do not appreciate the fanatic dogmatism of some preachers... but there is good philosophy in the Bible... and I read it often... not for salvation, but rather to embrace global values and ALL of humanity... and of course I will celebrate Christmas... in fact three times...
On the December 25... with everyone... and on January 6 with my Armenian friends... and on January 7 with my Ukrainian friends...
I love to celebrate... and during the eight days of Hanukkah I love to meet my Jewish friends... they are fun... and they are good people to hang around...
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...of Chameleons and the rest...
Will "The Wall" stop the drugs and will political chameleons succeed to camouflage the arrogance and greed of the 1%...? Will the executive of the 1% succeed to lull the people again...?The "wall" will have no effect on smugglers but will harass people.
Check the news...
| Drug overdoses killed more than 70,000 Americans in 2017, a record. The deaths contributed to a reduction in American life expectancy over the last three years, a pattern unprecedented since World War II. |
The new numbers from health officials depict an addiction crisis more deadly than car crashes or gun violence... and non of them are good...
Cars kill and pollute... guns massacre and create wars... and drugs make us sick and helpless...
These are the gifts of the 1% to the "WE THE PEOPLE..."
...and the U.N. report on climate...
What will be our legacy to the next generation... coal and dust... ashes and fires... maybe flooded streets and Miami under water...
I always joked while teaching that eventually people will start roaming around with bottled water on their one hand and bottled air on the other...
Maybe that's for next Christmas and Hanukkah...!Maybe... the Hanukkah lights will come from coal mines... or maybe from oil wells... and Maybe Christmas trees will miraculously survive the wild fires... Maybe... after all the executives of the 1% gathered in Buenos Aires... over the weekend and acted as chameleons laughing at the people and deciding how to divide the globe... ... and till when "WE THE PEOPLE..." will tolerate...? Today is the second day of Advent... the glitter of gifts weighs heavy on the Christmas tree... Today light the second candle... and maybe people will see the starving people in Yemen... and notice the refugees in Syria... and maybe the tear-gassed children in Tijuana... Maybe... after all it is the season of miracles... |
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