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When I wear my NY Jet’s hat nobody assumes that I play for the team but if a wear a Marine hat or other armed forces hat all of sudden I’m recruited.  I wear hats that support my causes and/or match the color of the clothes I’m wearing.  It is important to me to support the armed forces and those who sacrificed so much for the freedom I and my loved ones often take for vantage. So if I insult anyone who has served or is serving by wearing a hat of a team I never fought for please accept my apology but note my wearing your symbol represents that my heart/soul feels for the sacrifice you’ve made for our country.

For the next generation and even some from this generation you’re a legend if you lived before the advent of “Google”. How did you survive? Did you actually have to go to places such as the library to look things up? What is a library? You will baffle their mind further if you’re a few years old but be careful their minds might explode, when you tell them that in your day(s) people didn’t own their own personal computer and what was on T.V/Radio was what you watched and listened to only.  You are truly a legend for just being alive and surviving to this day and you thought you were just ordinary.

To compare the plight of the Jewish people in the 1940’s to those of the Syrian refugees, as some commentators have tried to do, is completely wrong. Of course we as a nation feel for those who are innocent victims of brutal dictators and would want to help those victims  but comparing the two in any serious way needs to be refuted strongly. Here are just a few differences.

                             JEWISH OF THE 1940S’           SYRIAN REFUGEE TODAY

Extermination Camps             Yes                                 No

Terrorist Cells infiltration      No                                  Yes

Acts of Terrorism performed   No                               Yes- small but deadly-Paris, Germ-etc

Ability to fight back                    No                               Yes -Have weapons

Willingness to assimilate         Yes                                No

Love of New Country                Yes                               Maybe

FOOTNOTE- The refugees that have been persecuted for their religious/ethnic views (ex Christians) have had the smallest % allowed in our country which the current administration wants to change.

As I embark on the latest Inauguration it is quite striking how different each event is in my life.  The first Inauguration I intended was for Ronald Reagan but the weather was too cold and therefore it was held inside with private guests. I got to enjoy the rest of the festivities though including a youth Inaugural ball which featured acts such Chaka Khan and watching President Reagan and Nancy dancing.  It was one of the most amazing times of my youth.  At the 2nd Inauguration I intended with my wife and children as well as their Au Pair in lieu for George W Bush.  At this one I went all out seeing the Inauguration and attending the NY State Dinner as well as a Black Tie Inaugural Ball. I learned that watching the balls on T.V. could be more fun then actually attending the event.  We picked up some amazing souvenirs which I still own today from this inauguration and had loads of family fun.   Today I embark on the Inauguration of Donald J Trump with my wife. This is going to be the mellowest of the 3 as I hope to go to the concert tonight and just attend the Inauguration refraining from the parties since it will be Shabbas when they occur. Who knows the excitement, fun and craziest that will occur with this trip all I can say is it adds another page to my book at the inaugurations.

When eating fine chocolates (ex above) you eat with precision not gluttony. Small pieces should be broken off the bar and carefully melted in your mouth. The pieces should be no larger then 1″ with minutes passing by before absorbing the next portion if at all.  It might sound a bit snobbish but as a Chocolate Snob. These are  rules and if you are to break them so will you destroy the incredible experience of nirvana.   It’s your choice eat or enjoy/absorb but don’t say you that you weren’t warned.