The Lies They Tell by Tuvia Tenenbom

Author:Tuvia Tenenbom [Tenenbom, Tuvia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House
Published: 2017-03-05T05:00:00+00:00

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I keep on walking. Right ahead of me, in between one Indian eatery and another, there is a “fashion” store, where you can buy a Palestinian scarf (“Pali,” as some Europeans call it) for five bucks. Seattle’s got them all.

For example, Qatar. Qatar is a Seattle man born in Somalia who earns his living by driving a cab.

Qatar, who arrived in the USA as a refugee, speaks: “Seattle is a liberal city. They don’t like me here because I’m black, but they don’t show it. In Dallas, I was there, they are conservatives and they show you that they don’t like you.

“That’s the difference between conservatives and liberals. Here, where the people are liberals, they show you a friendly face, but it’s not real; they are not real friends. Seattle is a liberal city; they don’t hate anybody, and they don’t like anybody. For them, it’s all about money. I don’t mind about the whites here, because they don’t bother me, but I don’t like the African Americans.”

Why?

“I’m from Somalia and African Americans say that I’m not black.”

But you are! You are very black!

“I don’t have a big nose like the African Americans and they say that I’m not black because of my small nose. Where are you from, are you from Britain?”

No, from Germany.

“Do you like Adolf Hitler?”

I haven’t made up my mind about him yet. How about you?

“I like him. I think he did good things.”

Because he killed the Jews?

“Yes.”

Are there Jews in Seattle?

“Yes.”

Are they good or bad?

“Bad.”

You know them?

“Yes.”

And you know that they are bad?

“Yes.”

Explain!

“They live by themselves; they help each other; they own everything. They own Uber; they own Starbucks; they own Facebook; they own Google.”

Do they also own Apple?

“Yeah.”

Do they also own Coca Cola?

“Yes!”

What else?

“They own Microsoft. Bill Gates is Jewish.”

Is he?

“Yeah. The Jews also own McDonald’s, Taco Bell. Diamonds. Everything. And they don’t help anybody who is not Jewish. That’s why Hitler killed them. In the United States there’s no Hitler and this is a problem, because nobody will kill them.”

So, what will happen?

“God knows. President Obama tried to fight the Jews, take their money by raising taxes on them, but they are smarter than him. They have the money, and they rule. America is not a country, a nation. America is a corporation. Everybody cares for his own interest and that’s it.”

I bid him farewell and am ready to say goodbye to this city. I learned enough here, more than I wanted to know. Let the people here have their Wagner, their Hitler, their Palestine and their cannabis. I’m ready to get outta here. As far away as possible.

How far? Far.

In a few days, Barack Obama is flying to Alaska. Before him, Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to arrive there. If Alaska is good enough for them, it should be good for me as well.

Goodbye, Malibu. I return the car to the rental company and take a flight to Anchorage, Alaska.

Let me see the leaders of this country up close.

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