Nothing humorous to start with today.  Thirteen Jewish Community Centers across the country received bomb threats yesterday, one quite close to home.  I predicted this escalation the day after the election.  My grandchildren attend a Jewish Community Center in another state, and this is absolutely horrifying.  The President didn’t even respond with a tweet.  Of course, he also forgot to mention that 6 million Jews were exterminated in the Holocaust.  I’m surprised Sean Spicer didn’t reply that it is “pathetic” that people are concerned about bomb threats.  Spicer’s picture came up on TV last night while we were having dinner.  Somewhat involuntarily, the word “asshole” spewed out of my mouth along with a bit of quesadilla.

 

So, I started to take some baby steps.  I made a contribution to the ACLU – www.ACLU.org.   I already make a regular contribution to the Anti-Defamation League – www.adl.org.  I signed a petition that was sent to the President, my Congressman and my Senators, asking that they do all they can to reverse the Executive Order.  My Republican Congressman sent a very nice robotic reply, which in total stated that the message had been received.  I can’t wait to receive more of these cogent responses.

 

So what’s next?  I’m already thinking about marching.  I think that it is only fair these 68 year old knees get some punishment.  Unfortunately, the first march I can find here isn’t until Tax Day, with marchers demanding that President Trump release his tax returns.  Sounds good to me – I’ll be there.  On the other hand, maybe we don’t want to even see the extent of his lies.  Until then, I’ll just chase the cat to keep my knees in shape.