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The letter here was written by me to Senator Schumer after I heard him on tv idolizing the Ukrainians. I do not expect a response and I know I will not change his views. As a good politician he could probably defend Hitler if it was politically advantageous. That's why I always say that politics is a dirty game. 

Dear Senator Schumer,

I am one of your constituents, and I did vote for you. I will not hold it against you that you are a Democrat, but I will hold against you that for a Jew you are idolizing Ukraine. 

Dear Senator, do you realize how the "poor" Ukrainians behaved during the German occupation? They were worse then the Germans. The Germans actually stepped back and let the Ukrainians do the work for them because their cruelty toward the Jewish population exceeded theirs. And now, you a Jew yourself are going around trying to whip up support. Does this mean that politics forgives past sins if it is for the national interest?

Apartments

I find it very interesting that every advertisement on television, every prize to be won on game shows are aimed at people who live in houses. Nothing is ever shown to people who live in apartments. Can anyone imagine winning a 300 gallon jacuzzi hot tub and living in a one bedroom, third floor apartment? Or winning a nice outdoor barbecue set when living in an apartment building? They never have anything tailored for us poor apartment dwellers. I wonder why?

According to some statistics there are 21.3 million apartments in this country with 36.8 million residents living in them. Not a small number, but not a number to ignore. Yet, we are being ignored. The accuracy of these numbers can be argued but still, it would be nice to see things on tv that us, poor apartment dwellers can also use.

When they advertise exercise equipment, they always show apartments with a room large enough to be a gym by itself, and also with views to a river or something similarly spectacular. With today's apartment prices people who live in such environment must earn about a half a million dollars a year. This already exclude a large percentage of those 21.3 million apartment dwellers. Just like advertising a Rolex or a Bently for the average populace.

The average pople will not notice these advertisements and the well off ones will not follow them either. So what is the point?

I love those personal elevator chairs for older and handicapped people. I thought I would have one installed when I realized that I live in an apartment with all the rooms on the same level. Bad luck! I also like those window replacement ads by Anderson. Very impressive stuff they have. So, I thought I would have all my windows replaced when I realized that I live in an apartment building with about 500 similar windows. Again, bad luck!

Now, I just have to wait until I see something practical and interesting suitable for an apartment. I have time (I hope).

Ukraine

I am sick and tired of Ukraine. That war is going on for two years now, and they are nowhere. Except the billions of dollars they received from friendly countries. From countries that are so blind to reality that they honestly believe Ukraine can come out as the winner. They are also blind due to their hate and being afraid of Russia.

Don't they realize that Russia is huge, and nobody will be able to beat them? Napoleon was not successful, Hitler was not successful. Now they think that the Ukrainians will succeed? But in the effort, they are destroying their own country. They are probably counting on the international community to step up (again) and help out in the rebuilding.

I said it before, and I am saying it again. The leadership is dishonest. It is well publicized that from the top down large amounts of the aid money find its way into pockets of the people who hold the power. The villas in other countries, the luxurious vacations while the war goes on seems to be the accepted norm for these people.

Mr. Z. is great on going around the world in his tailored war getup and beg for money. He is very convincing showing that it is never enough because some naive European countries are still falling for his crocodile tears and give money. Nobody take notice that the Ukrainian leadership from the top down is one of the most corrupt in Europe.  I guess they need it for the next Riviera vacations!  Finally, there are some in the American Congress who are against any further aid. And that is good.

But the president feels obligated to grant some to the Ukees. Probably because as a gratitude for the business his family was (or maybe is) doing with them. 

Here is another thing that nobody brings up. The Ukrainians were like wild dogs against their Jewish population when Germany occupied them. In many instances they were worst than the Germans. Actually, the Germans let the Ukrainians do their dirty work they were so bad. And we are helping these people? I know that war was 80 years ago, but still. As far as I am concerned them and the Russians deserve each other and the Ukees can rot in hell! 

Sunday

 Time flies, it is Sunday again.

Theory

I honestly believe that there is a conspiracy in this country against Donald Trump. This conspiracy started right after he became the Democratic nominee for the presidency. I don't know who the leader is or are but I am absolutely sure that Nancy Pelosi and Schumer are at the top. After he won the election, it bugged the hell out of them to see that an "outsider", a non-politician became the president of this country.

Once his presidency was over the democratic machinery went out full blast to destroy him. It is not coincidental that right now there are about six or seven lawsuits pending against him. It is not coincidental that several states or their attorney generals decided that he could not be on their ballots. It is unbelievable that all these people come up with the same idea at the same time.

A blind person can see it that this is being orchestrated. And that can only be by the Democrats. He is campaigning for the 2024 election. He is very popular and this time the leading candidate. The Democrats are trying everything in their power to have him found guilty in some of the lawsuits because that might disqualify him from running. But it doesn't seem that they would succeed. 

While his lawsuits are cropping up left and right at alarming speed, our president son's charges are moving at a snail space/ Biden is very successful getting the affairs of his son buried in the bureaucracy and swept under the rug. Interestingly all the media already showed the shady side and doings of his son, but the prosecutors don't seem to find anything. Now, don't tell me that there is no influence peddling in this case. 

The Democrats are concentrating on a conspiracy theory to overturn the previous election results and are blaming Trump that he orchestrated the whole thing. What about the Democratic orchestration to disqualify Donald Trump and force on us a demented old man at the head of the American government. The government is so eager to chastise Putin for what he does but are we any different?  

Good country America! 

Working

I don't understand the big uproar about returning to work. When I worked my place of employment was in our New York office. Unless I was out on a construction site it was expected of me to be there five days a week, eight hours a day. Sometimes we worked six days a week and ten-hour days, depending on our workloads. There was never any question about where we would work.

We had one employee who had about two hour train ride each way every day and he was the exception. He left early but did all his writings on the train and next day he delivered what was needed. But nobody ever worked from home.

Because of the Covid thing, workplaces closed down and people were allowed or required to work from home. Naturally, this depended on the type of work, can it be done through computers and did these people have the necessary computers. This appeared to be a very comfortable if not totally practical solution. It was difficult to keep track of deliverables and timeliness of such. People usually get paid for eight hours of work. Working home in pajamas or nightgowns that is not always trackable. But it was very comfortable.

Now that the pandemic is over, companies want to see their employees back in the offices. Not just because that is the normal way but also companies are paying big bucks for office place. To have empty offices because everybody is working from bed is just not practical.

Being real Americans. people are complaining about everything. Now, employees complain about being required to go back to their workplaces. Companies had to give ultimatums for people to return. Come back or face dismissal!

Now because of that people are upset. They upset that they have to go in and put in an honest day work for a day's pay. I think an employer has every right to require for his employes to work at their original workplaces. But if things will remain normal, no matter how they fight eventually that will be the norm again. 

This is the typical American way. Protest about everything.                                                                      

Inflation

Many, many years ago, probably in the 1960s I was young and pretty much clueless to the intricacies of life. One thing I had problems with is handling money. Or routine was that once a week we went to the supermarket and shopped for the coming week. It kind of occurred to me that slowly we either were spending more money or stuff just got more expensive.  

So, me the smart guy bought a hand counter that by pushing some buttons showed the money we spent. It showed dollars and cents. It had an upper limit of $25. That was all it went to. But in those days we rarely spent that much. At the end of shopping, it showed how much money we spent an shoild pay at the checkout counter. 

This system worked for a while but slowly, very slowly we reached the limit of this counter and eventually I had to keep remembering how many times we went over the $25 limit. At first it was once, then twice and finally about three times. That was when this counter became obsolete. 

Why am I writing this? Because now when we go to the supermarket and do our weekly shopping the final bill is always encroaching $200. And we are still not buying caviar and rime cut meat. Still looking for what is on sale, which brand is less expensive. Ok, there is the three of us and Robin's food is not cheap either, but still. Prices just keep going up.

Sometimes it is more beneficial not remembering back to the "good old days" because it is just upsetting. I don't want to be that old man who keeps saying "in my days"... But as long as I have memories, I can't help but remember. Just like my first new car was only $3,000. Now the tax on a new car is more than that.

But this is life. Things keep going up, never down. And there is nothing to do just accept it. Right?