Everyone knows we need to stand with Israel, our ally and friend, and the Holy Land!
Enjoy the video by Diamond and Silk!
January 11, 2017
Standing With Our Ally, Israel
Everyone knows we need to stand with Israel, our ally and friend, and the Holy Land!
Enjoy the video by Diamond and Silk!
Bombs But No Strategy
The bad news is two-fold:
First, there are still roughly 15,000-30,000 remaining and more being recruited all the time.
Second, it took us 49,315 bombs dropped over two years to do this.
So we are averaging less than 1 kill per bomb!
Sure, we are also hitting other targets like oil and gas infrastructure and tankers.
But about 20,000 of the munitions dropped are GPS precision-guided (e..g Joint Direct Attack Munitions, Small Diameter Bombs, and Hellfire Missiles) and have cost $2 billion!
That comes out to a cost of around $45,000 just for just 40% the bombs to kill each and every ISIS terrorist, and doesn't even include all the extensive military infrastructure, planes, intelligence, and people.
And this is just a super tiny drop in the bucket compared to the $4-$6 trillion that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, after 9/11, has cost just through 2013.
--That represents between 20-30% of our our entire $20 trillion national debt!
At this rate, ISIS, Al Qaeda, and the other terrorists may simply be able to cause irreparable damage and even bankrupt America.
How long can we afford to fight these extended and expensive wars against terrorism and never seem to even win--what's the strategy here? Is there one?
(Source Photo: here with attribution to vaXzine)
January 10, 2017
Whose Throat Do You Choke
"Whose throat do I choke for this?"
Sounds a little severe, no?
I think this is partially an adverse reaction to "analysis paralysis" and "death by committee" -- where no decisions can ever get made.
And organizations where lack of accountability runs rampant and it's more about finger pointing at each other, rather than owning up to your responsibilities, decisions, and actions.
So with dysfunctional organizations, the pendulum swings aimlessly being no accountability and the ultimate chopping block.
But choking off the life blood of our human capital certainly isn't conducive to innovation, exploration, and discovery or to productivity, employee morale and retention.
So when it's simple human error with our best effort and no bad intentions, how about we say a simple "Who done it this time," do a post-action, figure out the valuable lessons learned, and resolve how we do better going forward.
No throats or heads necessary (most of time). :-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
January 9, 2017
Getting Valuable Performance Feedback
1) What am I doing that you want me to keep doing?
2) What am I doing that you want to me quit doing?
3) What am I not doing that you'd like me to start doing?
There you have it in a nutshell--you can partner with your boss to improve yourself and get ahead.
Just three easy questions gets you a lot of good information.
The hardest part is getting up the nerve to ask and then being willing to really listen to what's said. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
January 8, 2017
In Memory of Shir, Yael, Erez, and Shira
This is the result of radical Islamist terrorism that the Obama administration can't even utter...and which unfortunately has resulted in the loss of so many innocent lives.
As the Obama administration defends terrorism as "workplace violence" and traffic accidents, they condemn our friend and ally, Israel--the Holy Land.
Nor can we say that the Obama administration stood by and did nothing as the world descended into chaos...no, instead, they actively released the terrorists from GITMO, let Crimea be overrun by Russia, let China militarize the South China Sea, made a disastrous deal with Iran that legitimizes their attaining the nuclear bomb, watched as North Korea tested nuke after nuke and missile after missile, and ignored the overrunning of their "red line" as 500,000 were slaughtered in Syria and refugees streamed across Europe.
What a disgraceful legacy for the Obama administration--Anti-Israel hate and Anti-Semitism, and leadership from behind as the dark forces of terrorism and war engulf the Middle East and Western civilization, and the clock ticks down to midnight. ;-)
(Source Photo: Stand With Us)
Robotics Help The Paralyzed Stand And Regain Mobility
Some of the best work being done in robots to help disabled people is from Dr. Amit Goffer of the Technion University in Israel.
ReWalk is a robotic battery-powered exoskeleton with motorized legs and hips that enable paraplegics to walk, turn, and even climb and descend stairs again--and is FDA cleared as of 2014.
And UPnRIDE is a wheeled auto-balancing robotic device that enables quadriplegics to stand and be mobile.
The inventor, Dr. Goffer, is himself paralyzed from the waist down due to an accident 20-years ago.
This has inspired him to create these absolutely amazing robotic devices to assist all disabled people who are wheelchair bound.
Approximately 1% of the people are wheelchair bound that's 70 million!
And surely, many more especially in the developing world need wheelchairs and don't have them.
So these amazing robotic devices have the incredible capacity to help so many people stand and regain their mobility and dignity again.
These are nothing short of miraculous and a new beginning for so many people suffering from spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, palsy, strokes and more.
Being able to stand again is not only psychology healthy and helpful for mobility, but it may aid in preventing secondary conditions that wheelchair-bound people can suffer, such as osteoporosis, diabetes, heart disease, loss of lean mass and difficulty with bowel and urinary functions.
ReWalk has also received approval for coverage from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for those qualifying and with spinal cord injuries.
Hopefully, this is just the beginning for helping people around the world. Mobility is life! ;-)
(Source Photo: here with attribution to The Times of Israel)
January 7, 2017
G-d Bless Senator Ted Cruz
Enter With A HANDSHAKE & Leave With A HUG
As I look back, I have fond memories of the wonderful high-performance division I was part of and the many amazing achievements we had together, and what our Deputy Assistant Secretary called, the "A Team."
But one thing today is sticking out in my mind and it's this image.
"Enter with a handshake and leave with a hug."
On the first days, when I arrived it was all formality and firm welcome handshakes.
We don't really know you and you don't really know us, but we're embarking on this journey together, and where it takes us no one really knows, BUT we wish you the best of luck--now go out and do great things!
Then on the last days, as I was preparing to leave, the formal handshakes were long gone and instead they were replaced with warm heartfelt hugs (and some special emotional words and cards).
I was no longer a mystery of a person, with just my reputation, coming in to do G-d knows what.
Now, I was a human being that had a genuine history with them, formed relationships with many, had faced challenges together, and had touched not only minds, but also it was apparent, hearts.
I will not forget the special people, nor the many times shared, our accomplishments as an organization, and how we grew.
I am moving forward not only with their tight hugs to more handshakes anew, but also to once again hopefully grow heart-to-heart with people, as further relationships are formed and we make, please G-d, amazing new progress together--for the mission and for the people. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
January 6, 2017
G-d Bless House Speaker Ryan
I just wanted to thank (and bless) House Speaker Ryan for calling out the Israel-hate and anti-Semitism of the Obama administration.
"I am still stunned by what happened last month. This government—our government—abandoned our ally Israel when she needed us the most...We were there for her when rockets rained down on Tel Aviv. We were there for her by passing historic legislation to combat the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement. And we’ve been there for her by ensuring Israel has the tools to defend herself against those who seek her destruction. And in every one of those instances, Republicans and Democrats have worked together to get these things done. That’s because our historic alliance with Israel transcends party labels and partisan bickering...It’s time to repair the damage done by this misguided hit job at the UN. It's time to rebuild our partnership with Israel and reaffirm our commitment to her security. And it's time to show all of our allies that, regardless of the shameful events of last month, the United States remains a force for good."
The House of Representatives voted overwhelming (342-80) to condemn the crooked, lopsided UN resolution against our friend and ally, Israel--in which the Obama administration shamefully let pass. And the Senate is anticipated to also condemn it.
As Speaker Ryan and the many good, decent member of Congress who support Israel reiterated yesterday, "the United States [is and must] remain a force for good."
This is a historic battle and we can shape world events, as guided by G-d, and help good to defeat evil. ;-)
January 5, 2017
Undergoing A Spiritual Awakening
My wife sent me this beautiful photo about spiritual awakenings.
She found it on a new age blog, but I really thought it was great.
As I contemplated this, I felt like I was reaching some truths.
Because when we are released from the constraints of the purely physical and material world, we can elevate ourselves to an expanded realm of both perception and inner peace.
So here is what the essence of a spiritual awakening is to me:
Hope you like this and I would welcome others' thoughts on this.
Happy and peaceful new year to all.
Andy
(Source Graphic on Spiritual Awakening: Andy Blumenthal)
January 4, 2017
Our Lives Matter
I thought this saying by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov was very profound.
"The day you were born is the day G-d decided that the world could not exist without you."
We all need to know that our lives have a purpose and meaning.
...that it's not all in vain that we live and toil.
There are many such notions tied to this:
- Jewish blood is not cheap.
- Black lives matter and Blue lives matter.
But the question is why do our lives matter?
Kurt Vonnegut has an interesting piece on this:
"In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in His cosmic loneliness. And God said, "Let Us make living creatures out of mud, so the mud can see what We have done." And God created every living creature that now moveth, and one was man. Mud as man alone could speak. God leaned close to mud as man sat up, looked around, and spoke. Man blinked. "What is the purpose of all this?" he asked politely. "Everything must have a purpose?" asked God. "Certainly," said man. "Then I leave it to you to think of one for all this," said God. And He went away.”So the answer is that we bring purpose to life.
In what we learn, and do, and how we grow...this is our purpose.
For each of us, it's different.
G-d created us in "His cosmic loneliness" to think on this and make meaning from the lives that he so graciously granted to us.
Now we must go and do something positive with it.
Because G-d decided the day you were born that "the world could not exist without you." ;-)
(Source Photo: Forwarded to me by Michelle Blumenthal)
January 3, 2017
The Trump Twitter Genius
At 70-years old, he has managed to use a millennial social media tool to take on the world, and despite opponents questioning of his temperament, so far he has unequivocally won with it.
Using Twitter, Trump defeated candidates from Cruz to Clinton in running for president of the United States and at a fraction the cost.
Using Twitter, Trump has shaped not only policy discussion, but national sentiments around healthcare, over-regulation, tax reform, and even updating our critical nuclear deterrent capability.
Using Twitter, Trump has strengthened alliances and friendships with nation and states from Israel to Taiwan and decreased escalating tensions with Russia.
Using Twitter, Trump has put competitors and adversaries on notice about bad behavior from China to North Korea.
Using Twitter, Trump is setting the stage for correcting economic problems and imbalances from unfair trade practices to shipping jobs overseas.
Using Twitter, Trump gets around media bias and messages and connects directly with the people of the world.
Of course, it is critical to vet important communications and ensure they are accomplishing the goal, but this needs to be weighed with the ability to reach out and get the message out quickly and effectively to the masses...and it's a most fascinating and delicate balance that needs to be achieved.
So far though, we are no longer working at the speed of government, but at the speed of the Internet.
This is an incredible awakening in politics, but also for everyone on the incredible power of social media tools to communicate directly, unvarnished, and with impact, and no one has done it better than Donald Trump.
The mastery of social media will continue to depend on messaging with speed, significance, and effect balanced with the vigilance as to exactly when to hit that crucial send button to the Twitterverse and the world.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
January 2, 2017
Can You Do No Right?
That whatever you do or choose, you are opening yourself up to criticism by others or more importantly from yourself.
That's because in life every moment is a choice and each selection of what you do with your time and efforts means by definition that you are not doing something else important then.
- Take the mother or father who chooses to spend time raising their children, but then are not focused as much on their career.
- Take the student who is working really hard on getting those good grades and SAT scores, but then are not doing as much or well with extracurricular activities like sports or socializing.
- Take the spiritual or religious person or clergy who chooses to focuses their life studying and performing holy speech and deeds but not so much other earthly and material matters.
- Take the athlete who works out and eats right focusing on toning and honing their body and physical skills but doesn't spend as much time and effort on intellectual interests or more standard career pursuits.
- Take the extrovert who focuses on building and maintaining relationships and networks--family, friends, community, colleagues, others--but are not putting the same time and attention to enhancing their other knowledge, skills, and abilities.
So you say, but why can't we just do everything we're supposed to do, and simply balance?
Well, that is what we all try to do in our own way, but still each time and every moment you are doing one thing, you are not at that moment doing something else or being somewhere else.
So that causes tension, perhaps a tug-of-war within ourselves, stress, and even guilt.
The impact is that we often run from one thing to another or we get distracted in what we are doing--"Honey can you answer the phone?"
Some classic examples are when we race home from the office to pick the kids up from school or while playing with sweet little Johny or Suzie, the phone rings and and we have to pick up that call from the boss at work.
As they say, you can't be--physically or mentally--in two places at the same time!
Hence, now the movement for mindfulness, being in the moment and focused.
But as the demands in life forever ask more of us--even amidst ever greater technology and automation to assist us--somehow we can never do enough because of course, the bar gets raised for ourselves and the competition gets tougher from those who make choices to focus on specific areas that we are not as much.
So say that you are splitting your time between work and family, but someone else is single or doesn't have kids and they are full in with work, staying late, going in weekends, getting those extra credentials, and just putting in every extra effort there...well, how do you think you will stack up?
Yes, some of us recognize the importance of work-life balance and even focusing incrementally across the many important areas of our life: physically, spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, and socially.
Never-the-less every moment, in a time- and space-bound world, we are forced to choose this or that.
There is no one right answer for everyone!
And every choice in every moment is the opportunity for you to criticize yourself or for others to criticize you that you weren't paying attention, focused, doing your best, etc.
But who cares--it's our life to live and we can live it as we want?
True, however as inevitably important things or relationships break down or fail, have mistakes or errors, or aren't going as we would ultimately want or dream they should--we ask ourselves, could we have done things differently or somehow managed our time, efforts, and focus better.
(Source Photo: Online Advertisement provided by Dannielle Blumenthal)
January 1, 2017
2017 Year Of The Customer
How about this year be the year of the customer!
- Where we care more about doing a good job for someone than we do about what time we get off from work.
- Where we talk to and treat customers with respect, dignity, and ultimately to solve their needs, rather than it escalating to a yelling match and oh, did I accidentally hang up the phone on you?
- Where we make the customer feel good about dealing with us and our organization, rather than wanting to beg for a supervisor or cyanide please!
- Where the customer isn't lied to, manipulated, and taken advantage of just so someone can make another quick buck!
- Where the quality and value is #1 and it's not just a shinny veneer on a car that accelerates on it's own and with fake emissions test results or smartphone batteries that light up on fire and explode.
- Where we don't cross-sell and up-sell customers, like phony bank accounts or other things they don't want, need, and never asked for just to make our sales quotas, and accrue the fine bonuses and stock options that go with them.
- Where we don't oversell the capability of a product, like fraudulent blood testing devices and medical results, and instead deliver what's really doable and as promised.
- Where there's no error in the charge to the customer or it's in the customer's favor, rather than always an overcharge in the seller's favor, and the price from the beginning is fair and reasonable and not hiked up 400% like on critical medicine that people's lives depend on.
- Where items arrive on time and work the first time, rather than having delays, making excuses, and causing endless customer returns of defective items or those that didn't fit, look, or work as advertised.
- Where the customer is happy to come back to and where they feel trust in the people, products, and services offered--not another Home Shopping Network or QVC shoddy experience of "It slices, it dices...the only tears you'll shed are tears of joy!"
- Where we solve genuine customer needs or problems and not just "build it and they will come."
- Where rather than a pure what's in it for me (WIIFM) mentality, we suspend our self-interest and greed for the moment and we do for others, because it's not just a job and we actually have a work ethic and care about what we do.
- Where we delight! and wow!, rather than disengage and disappoint, and we put the customer first, and like first responders, we run to help and not run away.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
December 31, 2016
Nourishment For The Soul
So the Rabbi , a Kabbalist of mystical Torah interpretation, told my wife to concentrate on 3 commandments.
1) Shabbat
2) Kosher
3) Going to Synagogue
Today, we had a little delay and almost didn't make it to synagogue, but my wife said, "Remember what the Kabbalist said about going every week," so we went even though we were a little late.
We went to a conservative synagogue today called, B'nai Israel, in Rockville - it was our second time there.
The services there are so orchestrated down to the tiniest of details...you could tell that a lot of thought, planning, and effort goes into every service.
I was really impressed at how meticulous they were for example:
- Explaining everything and even handing out the sources to their Shabbat speech
- Having everyone ready for their part of the service whether leading the prayers, reading the Torah, or making the blessings over the wine and bread (which was already on a cart on the bimah--alter)
- Including a women who read the weekly Torah portion, children who led some of the prayers, an elderly lady who spoke about upcoming events for the Seniors group, and they even sang Hanukah songs in everything from Ladino to Yiddish.
At the end of the service, we spoke briefly to the Rabbi and thanked him for such a "perfect service," and my wife commented how he had such a cool radio voice when he leads the congregation (and he really does..like JM (jewish music) in the AM).
After service, I told my wife how happy I was that we made it to synagogue, that is was like nourishment to my spirit and soul for the week.
We have to feed ourselves physically as well as intellectually, emotionally, socially, and of course spiritually.
Like the fingers on our hand...we need them all to hold unto life itself. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
December 30, 2016
On The Train Of Life
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Life is like a journey on a train...
with its stations...
with changes of routes...
and with accidents !
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We board this train when we are born and our parents are the ones who get our ticket.
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We believe they will always travel on this train with us.
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However, at some station our parents will get off the train, leaving us alone on this journey.
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As time goes by, other passengers will board the train, many of whom will be significant - our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of our life.
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Many will get off during the journey and leave a permanent vacuum in our lives.
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Many will go so unnoticed that we won't even know when they vacated their seats and got off the train!
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This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, good-byes, and farewells.
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A good journey is helping, loving, having a good relationship with all co passengers...and making sure that we give our best to make their journey comfortable.
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The mystery of this fabulous journey is:
We do not know at which station we ourselves are going to get off.
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So, we must live in the best way - adjust, forget, forgive and offer the best of what we have.
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It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to leave our seat... we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life."
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Thank you for being one of the important passengers on my train... don't know when my station will come... don't want 2 miss saying: "Thank you."
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December 29, 2016
Obama, Kerry, and the UN's 6 Principles of Ultimate Hypocrisy
Let's briefly look at the 6 ludicrous principles--as applied to the United States and it's settling the land of the Native American Indians.
Principle 1: Recognized International Borders for 2 People
- For the United States that would be recognized international borders for the Native American Indians and for the the United States agreed to by both sides.
Principle 2: Two States for Two Peoples
- That would be a West America for Native American Indians and an East America for the United States (see graphic above).
Principle 3: Realistic Solution for Refugees
- The realistic solution would not involve a return of the Native American Indians to East America, but would involve compensation.
Hmm, how much do we realistically owe the Native American Indians for half the country?
Principle 4: Washington DC as Capital for 2 States
- That would look something like this with a West Washington D.C. as capital for Native American Indians and an East Washington D.C. as capital for the United States.
Principle 5: Satisfy U.S. Security Needs
- This would involve "innovative approaches to creating unprecedented, multi-layered border security."
Uh, what does that mean, especially with our estimated 11.4 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. already???
Principle 6: Normalized Relations
- For the U.S., "this must bring broader peace" with South American neighbors (including Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, etc.) and would allow "groundbreaking" security partnerships with others like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.
Wonder how that would all work out, huh???
The main difference between the U.S. and Israel is that actually Jews were promised the land of Israel by G-d him/herself and the Jews have actually lived and worshipped there for 4,000 years!
If Obama, Kerry, and the United Nations want to lecture on a Two State Only Solution, perhaps they need to start by contacting the Native American Indians and getting out their drawing boards. ;-)
Temper Tantrums Don't Make Peace
We are not dealing with children and should not treat foreign countries and leaders "with disdain and disrespect" or with bias, hate, and underling anti-Semitism.
Nor should we get on our soapbox high and mighty and "lecture" others, especially when we ourselves have been grossly deficient and derelict.
Over the last 8 years:
We let 500,000 Syrians be massacred, including the very rebels that we were supposedly supporting, and allowed many to be killed with prohibited chemical weapons (violating our definitive "red line")!
We let Ukraine be attacked and Crimea be stolen!
We let Russian nuclear-capable weapons be stationed on the border of NATO.
We let millions of refugees stream across the Middle East and world homeless and helpless.
We let the world's #1 sponsor of terrorism, Iran, become a licensed nuclear power, extend their Caliphate across Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen--while swarming and buzzing our ships and taking our sailors hostage and humiliating them.
We let North Korea advance it's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
We let China build and militarize the South China Sea and threaten freedom of navigation of the seas, and let them steal our drone in International waters.
We let our ambassador to Libya and his associates be murdered.
We let the President of the Philippines call our President a "son of a whore."
We let ISIS rampage and murder across the globe in countless terror attacks, while we called them "workplace violence" and traffic accidents.
We let divisiveness seep into and poison our own cities, communities, people, and even against law enforcement, and politicized everything stagnating our our country and making us fall further behind in the world from education to life expectancy.
We abandoned those seeking democracy, freedom, and human rights from the Green Revolution in Iran to the Arab Spring across the Middle East.
And the list goes shamefully on and on.
But what's possibly even worse is that while we failed the world over, we are arrogant and nasty to others betraying our friend and allies in one-sided resolutions that ignore the scrounge of terrorism, deadly attacks, Anti-Semitism as well as with horrible deals with Iran that threaten their very existence.
While we continue to sit in America, on land forcibly and violently taken from the Native American Indians, having brutally enslaved for hundreds of years African Americans, abused women and treated them as lessor in role, voting, and dignity, interned Japanese Americans and twice dropped the Atom Bomb on civilian cities, what right do we have to lecture anyone?
Yes, we dole out billions to nations around the world, for what we want whether in terms of allies, voting blocks, military cooperation, intelligence, or because of religious convictions, but that does not give us the right to arrogantly and bulling tell others or try to force them how to live in their neighborhoods and with the threats facing their people.
While we did nothing, we spoke a great deal trying in vain to force our will on others, and the failures that abound are a reflection of just that leadership from behind, hypocrisy, and hubris. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
December 28, 2016
Three Types of Personality Verts
At one point, the conversion turned to the personality types (in terms of sociability) at the table.
One person said, "I'm an extrovert!" - they were so proud that they are expressive and outgoing.
Another person goes, "I'm an introvert!" - they were equally proud that they are thoughtful and more reticent.
A third person then says, "I'm just antisocial!" - they were half laughing and have serious that they are not sociable and even a little antagonistic to others.
That's when I came up with the new antisocial term, called an antivert!
Looking up that word on google to see if it already existed, I see someone has used it to brand an antihistamine for preventing and treating motion sickness and vertigo -- hence from vertigo, this medicine is an antivert.
If you think of antisocial people as a little of balance or off-kilter and eccentric, then the word antivert works both to treat vertigo as well as to describe people that are the antisocial personality type. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
December 27, 2016
Planning For The End Of The World
The world seems to truly be going mad.
And that MAD is as in CRAZY and as in Mutually Assured Destruction.
- 25 years after the end of the Cold War, we are back in a nuclear arms race with Russia!
- Despite being our largest trading and economic partner, we are now going head-to-head confronting China over trade, Taiwan, and the South China Sea!
- While setting some near-term constraints, we have in effect solidified Iran's getting the nuclear bomb!
- As North Korea continues developing and testing nukes and ballistic missiles, we have no answers for how to deal with them!
Not only have we failed to contain the many threats we face, but also in many or most cases, we have made them worse.
- The Middle East has gone from the promise of an Arab Spring to instead raging in flames and becoming the modern-day killing fields.
- Even as ISIS becomes more dangerous despite having less territory, they are likely eclipsed by Iran's global terror expansion as a threat to the world order.
- The refugee crisis has meant that ISIS terrorists have infiltrated our borders and are now living among us ready to strike at will.
- There is a real documented threat of a terrorist attack using radiological, chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons of mass destruction!
- The European Union is falling apart and it's future is unknown.
- Increasing border attacks and escalating tensions are creating a risk of a dangerous Indian-Pakistani War.
Obama has alienated our allies, reduced our stature among the nations, and destabilized the world.
- While people are arguing over the state of hopelessness since the election or from before it, either way, there is huge divisiveness in America.
- Gun ownership is soaring and people are stockpiling ammo.
- Videos have emerged from people in near-death experiences claiming to have vividly seen the coming World War III and the prelude to the coming of the messiah.
- There is even widespread recognition by our space experts that we are woefully unprepared for an errant asteroid or comet hitting the Earth.
Clergy is warning and encouraging us to repent and do good deeds to merit G-d saving us from the coming cataclysm, whatever it ends up being.
I am certainly not a forecaster of doom and gloom, but always try to remain hopeful and encourage everyone to do their best to improve the world.
But I also must reflect on the voices of anger, frustration, and exasperation around the world that are growing ever louder and scarier daily...the latest with Obama's betrayal of Israel at the United Nations Security Council.
What comes next politically may very well determine whether the end is near or the future gets bright again. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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