Rant #3,550: Strength

Today is the one-year anniversary of that horrid day when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel.

Nothing has been the same since that day, and I don't have to go into the why's and wherefores of that day any more than I have during the past 12 months.

You can bet that there will be plenty of protests, worldwide, on this continued conflict.

You will have those supporting Israel and what they have had to do since they were attacked, and on the other side, you will have the terrorists groupies, who support Hamas and Hezbollah and pretty much go against the grain of any semblance of right and wrong.

And you still have at least 100 hostages of all ages being held by terrorists. Many of them are dead, and to demonstrate the babarism of the terrorists, they still retain these dead, lifeless bodies ... for what purpose only they know.

The world dropped the ball when Hamas attacked, raped and pillaged innocent people, and the windows of opportunity closed when Israel found that the world was not jumping to its defense right after October 7 as it should have.

And today, much of the world blames Israel, simply for defending itself against terrorists who have a clear objective: to destroy Israel and wipe out all Jews, period.

Most polls have shown that Americans generally support Israel in its current plight, but you do have factions of our population who do not get it, showing their anti-Semitic colors at the drop of a hat.

Fools they are, fools they will forever be.

On another front, I did something this past weekend that I hadn't done in a while--I applied for a job.

Newsday--yes, the same publication which, just a few months ago, physically kicked me out of their offices--again is advertising for freelance writers and editors for one of its online features, and once again, I have applied for the job.

Yes, I applied for this exact same job months ago, and it led nowhere, and I am sure it will lead nowhere once again ... but at the very least, it gave me the opportunity to update my resume.

In the past, Newsday, i suspect, has discriminated against me because of my age, but I cannot prove it.

For many people my age who have gone through this, age-related job discrimination is nearly impossible to prove, but it exists.

I fit this latest job to a "T," in both skills and background, but being age 67 ... well, even at age 62 I was thought to be "too old," so being 67 just is another notch against me.

So to tie the two subjects on this Rant together, I have to take a wait and see attitude on both of these topics ...

But something tells me the outcome is not going to be very good on either front.