Bass Pro Shop

Today, I went to Bass Pro Shop, one of my favorite stores. My only purchases were a bag of Maple Brown Sugar Ham Jerky and a Butterfinger I just couldn’t resist.

I spent a couple of hours after I got home watching the Glenn Beck show on GBTV. His new show is more than twice as good as the one he did on Fox: it’s twice as long and doesn’t have quite as many commercials. The best thing about it is you can watch it whenever you want after it is aired live on the Internet. The normal time is 5-7 pm at GBTV.com. You can sign up for a free two week trial. You can also watch previous episodes on demand at the same site.

I’m reading Daniel Silva’s book The Rembrandt Affair. In the book, he discusses what the Germans did after they invaded Poland and after the Netherlands fell. The following are some notes I took from the book and from research I did on the Internet:

In January, 1941, the Nazis decreed that all Jews residing in Holland had to register with the Dutch census office within 4 weeks. Refusal would result in imprisonment and confiscation of their properties. This provided the Germans with the name, address, age and six of nearly every Jew in Holland.

A number of decrees followed:

1. Jews were forbidden to give blood.
2. Jews were not allowed to enter hotels or eat in restaurants.
3. Jews were forbidden to attend the theater, visit public libraries, or view art exhibits.
4. Jews were forbidden to serve on the stock exchange
5. They could no longer own pigeons.
6. Jewish children were barred from “Aryan” schools.
7. Jews were required to surrender art collections and all jewelry except wedding bands and pocket watches.
8. Jews were required to deposit all savings in Lippman, Rosenthal & Company, a formerly Jewish-owned bank taken over by the Nazis.
9. As of April 29, 1942, Jews over the age of six were required to wear a yellow star of David at all times while in public – not pinned on, but sewn on.
10. Eventually, Jews could not leave their homes at night.
11. Jews were not allowed to enter the homes of non-Jews.
12. Jews were forbidden to use public telephones.
13. Jews were forbidden to ride on trains or streetcars.

Eventually, Jews were rounded up and deported for “labor service.” Healthy ones did work in labor camps under the most horrific conditions. The young, the elderly and disabled were exterminated. 75% or 105,000 of all Jews in Holland were killed during the Holocaust.

If you are paying any attention to what’s happening in the world right now, you know that the Jews are once again coming under attack. How can this be? Iran has vowed to wipe Israel off the map and eliminate all Jews. The Palestinian Authority, currently seeking state status at the UN, wants their country to be Jew-free. Every day, Jews in Israel face the possibility of bombs falling.

Let’s stand with Israel against this evil.

Until next time…