What Needs To Be Done To End The War In Ukraine

Monday, August 18th, 2025

My Dear America:

First of all, I want to say that I am fully supportive of Donald Trump's Efforts to find an end to the war in Ukraine.  He certainly seems to be on a more firm footing these days than he was a short while ago when he was basically accusing Ukraine of starting the war with Russia. Ukraine clearly did not start this war.  Although the realities of history seem to be on shaky ground these days It must be recognized that Ukraine did not want a war with Russia although in the end they had no choice but to fight when Russia stormed across their border with Ukraine in a brazen attempt to destroy Democracy in Ukraine, something that Vladimir Putin had a hard time accepting.  

Although Putin seemed to be under the impression that Ukraine was weak and would fold quickly as a result of Putin's Russian Blitzkrieg he was under the wrong impression.  Although at first President Zelensky of Ukraine tried his best to pretend that the Russian Incursion into Ukraine was not going to happen when warned by Joe Biden and members of the Biden Administration who had cracked the Russian intelligence code.

Once Russia invaded their neighboring country, however, Zelensky, a novice politician who was a comedian and an actor in his previous life turned into a Genuine Superhero Politician who swung into action in order to turn his Relatively Peaceful Democratic Country into a Country that was at war with its neighbor.  Far from being the Quickly Vanquished Victim of Vladimir Putin's Brutal Invasion Zelensky has shown over the past 3 years that Ukrainians have not and never will simply allow themselves to be taken over by Russia.

Unfortunately Russian President Putin has yet to recognize that he has tried to bite off more than he can chew in Ukraine and although he has worn down Ukraine to some extent The Ukrainian people with the inspiration of their leadership and their hastily put together Military Organization have shown the Russians the determination of the Ukrainian population.

On Friday of last week President Trump met with Russian President Putin in Alaska with the stated purpose of trying to broker a Peace deal for Ukraine with the Russian President.  Expectations of success were low for many reasons but the chief reason was that  Ukrainian President Zelensky had not been invited to the Alaskan meeting.  President Trump greeted President Putin in Alaska with the enthusiasm of an Ally.  After the Alaskan Presidential Conference at a hasty Press Conference both leaders tried to put a positive spin on the meeting which in the end did not seem to have shown much in the way of real positive results, with the exception of putting War Criminal Putin back on the World Stage.

Today President Trump met not only with President Zelensky but with several Leaders of European Countries who are all concerned not only with the future of Ukraine but are also concerned with their own countries futures.  Once again Trump did his best To make it sound as though something important was happening.  

But was it.

We can only hope that something worthwhile comes out of these meetings.  What was obvious to anyone watching Trump meeting with Zelensky and his rather impressive backup crew today was that, far from the last time Zelensky met with Trump and was verbally ambushed by Trump and Vice President Vance and thrown out of the White House, Zelensky was the point man of a United Group of European Leaders who were not going to let Trump disparage and embarass Zelensky this time around.  Certainly the impressive Group who met with Trump had learned their lessons about how to handle Trump.  They praised Trump and almost sounded as embarassing as if they were at one of Trump's Fawning Cabinet meetings.  

Trump talked about all of the war's that he had solved in the past few months and of course it would have been nice if someone would have demanded some truth rather than Trump's bullshit but he is who he is and it is a waste of time to be looking for him to change into someone different.

Clearly at this point it is anybody's guess as to where the Ukraine war goes from here.  It would be great if these meetings are going to lead to an end to the war in Ukraine.  It sounds as thought nobody except Vladimir Putin wants it to continue but as Donald Trump talks about "Land swaps" it is important to remember who started the war in the first place.  Donald Trump seems to want to lay the blame on Zelensky I guess because he was not cooperative enough to simply hand over his country to the Russians.  But the truth is that Putin invaded his neighboring country of Ukraine with no legitimate reason for doing so and has punished Ukraine for being brave enough to stand up to the Russians.

What I am sure that all of the Leaders of European countries know and are worried about is that if Vladimir Putin gets away with annexing any part of Ukraine that their countries may be and probably will be next.  We found out in World War II that appeasement does not work.

What should be the case right now is that Genuine Democracies in Europe in NATO should meet immediately and declare that they are admitting Ukraine and are warning Putin to get his troops out of Ukraine.  

Along with this the United Nations should meet immediately and declare that they are demanding that Russia should begin removing their troops from Ukraine and should be out of Ukraine in 30 days.  It is way past time for Democracies to allow Vladimir Putin to take over neighboring countries because he wants to renew the Soviet Union.  

Putin needs to be stopped and stopped now so that the majority of the world can live in peace with their neighbors knowing that they are not in danger of being taken over by their neighboring countries.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher 

Questions Remain Following The Strange And Terrible End Of The Trump -Musk Bromance

Tuesday August 12th  2025

One thing that I think All Americans can agree on is that in the age of Donald Trump Bad News travels Fast and News Cycles don't last long (with the possible exception of stories about the Epstein Files)

I wrote the following story awhile ago.  It seems as though it was years ago but of course it was not.  It was written in that period of time after DOGE ran roughshod over the Federal Government and Elon was falling out of love with Donald Trump and his "Big Beautiful Bill" and preparing to return to his business Empire and get the hell out of the Government Wrecking Business.

Of Course Elon is old news now but we are all suffering through the results of his infatuation with Donald Trump and Elon's disturbing and reckless romp through the Federal Bureaucracy

This is old news.  I admit that but I sincerely think that it is news that should not be forgotten about and put on the back burner while Donald Trump has moved on from Destroying the Federal Government to Rigging Federal Elections.

So even though this is old news I guess we should just be glad that Elon didn't stick around any longer than he did but unfortunately we are still stuck with his Partner in Crime still living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

So  Here we Go:  

My Dear America:

Certainly there is almost no one who couldn't predict the inevitable end of the Strange Relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk.  

Last week Trump pushed Elon out of the White House with a phony Key to the White House as if Elon was a Hero rather than a badly dressed Albatross around Trump's neck who had embarrassed both himself and his Former New Best Friend and Ally, Donald Trump.

Clearly Musk tried his best to exit the Trump Administration in a manner that didn't reveal the bad blood that had recently bubbled over as Musk came clean on what he really thought about what Donald Trump had continued to lie and call "The Big Beautiful Bill"

Certainly Trump used Elon Musk to do his dirty work in almost every single American Government Agency in a bold and blatant attempt to Slash Government Employment for the purpose (Detailed in Project 2025) of making room for the Big Ugly Bill in order to pave the way for continued tax relief for Donald Trump's Super Rich American Friends, who are hardly the Americans who are in need of a Tax break.  

In a recent interview on CBS  News Musk revealed that he felt that "The Big Beautiful Bill" could be either "Big" or "Beautiful" but it could not be both.  Musk obviously felt that there was not much about the bill that was beautiful.

Musk, who had suffered great business losses as a result of his taking a  Wrecking Ball to the American Government Structure decided to leave his new best friend probably on a positive note but what has ensued between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has shown very little Positivity.

Although at first Musk seemed to be happy to take his phony key to the White House and leave, this past week sparks have flown between Musk and Trump and at this point the Beautiful Budding Bromance Between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has hit the skids.

Sincerely  Yours

Jerry Gallagher

My Shocking Trump/Epstein File Written and Released in Late October of 2020 - Feel Free Check It Out

Thursday, July 31st, 2025 

My Dear America:

In late October of 2020, shortly after I started My Podcast, "Podcast For A Lost Nation," I wrote a Blog Post (Letters To A Lost Nation) and a Podcast Episode called "Trump And Epstein - One Hell Of A Connection" in which I revealed much of what I had learned about the close Connection and Friendship shared by Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein for many years.  

Much of what I learned about the seedy Trump and Epstein Connection came from a book that I got out of my local Library called "Filthy Rich" that was written by James Patterson, John Connolly and Tim Malloy.  I also got a good deal of information from Ronan Farrow's book, "Catch And Kill".  I also found a treasure trove of information available concerning the two Long Time New York City and Palm Beach Running Buddies on the Internet regarding the Shady Connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.

I would strongly suggest to anyone interested in learning more about the Trump/Epstein Saga that a trip back to my Blog Post and/or Podcast would be worth your while to learn about what is probably in the Department of Justice "Epstein File" that after promoting releasing the file for years Donald Trump is now preventing from being released.   

Clearly Donald Trump's apparent motivation for keeping the Epstein file under wraps is for his own protection.  There is evidence available in my file showing that at least on one occasion (and possibly on many more) Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein raped and threatened an underaged girl.

Certainly Epstein's long time Girlfriend and Procurer of Teenaged Victims of Sexual Assault, Ghislane Maxwell knows the score.  After the strange supposed suicide of Jeffrey Epstein I would think that Donald Trump may be looking at Maxwell presently as a person who could blow his House Of Cards Administration to shreds.

It certainly seems strange to me that Maxwell recently met with DOJ Assistant Attorney General and former Lead Attorney in Trump's New Yorl Fraud Case, Todd Blanche and now Trump is making statements like "People are talking about Pardons."

If it wasn't for the seriousness of the subject I would find it funny that this story is the one that seems to have divided and even energized many MAGA followers to take a stand against their Pedophile Fighting Hero President, Donald Trump's attempt to bury the DOJ Epstein File. 

There was a very good reason for Trump and DOJ Attorney General, Pam Bondi to bury the contents of the Epstein File.  We now know that AG Bondi assigned several DOJ Employees to scour the Epstein files looking for one name.  That name was Donald Trump and the bad news for Trump was that his name was mentioned in the Epstein files a lot.

Oh, OH.

We also now know that Ms. Bondi Alerted the President before his decision not to release the Epstein Files of how much his name was mentioned in the files.

It is clear to me at this point that the main reason that Trump and Bondi refused to release the contents of the Epstein Files (Which They Had Long Promised To Do) was to protect Donald Trump's Sterling Reputation.

But MAGA had a surprise in store for Donald Trump.

Although MAGA Followers seemed to have been willing to buy every chickenshit Lie that Donald Trump told them for several years many of them seemed to have run out of patience with regard to the Epstein Files.  Trump had promised MAGA the files and many MAGA Forever Trumpers were not willing to accept the fact that the Epstein Files were being shut down and not released by Trump and Bondi.

Now the shit has hit the fan in MAGALAND and many long time Trumpers who couldn't wait to get their hands on the Epstein files so they could go after those Goddammed Democrat Pedophiles who they knew were out there have to face up to the fact that their Hero President is no hero, after all.

I certainly am not aware of what is in the Epstein Files but I do know that with Trump and Epstein being close friends for over 15 Years that it strains credibility to think that Trump didn't know what Epstein was doing in his Palm Beach and New York Homes.  

I talk much more on this subject in my version of My Epstein/Trump File on my Blog and Podcast from October of 2020 and I invite anyone interested to check it out.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher     

A Loving Farewell To My Wife, Sandra Horne Gallagher, My Best Friend And Loving Companion For Half A Century

 Monday, July 14th, 2025

It is now Just a little more than a month since I lost my Best Friend for 50 Years and my wife of 46 Years.  I know that I will probably never reach a point where I feel completely normal again.  I am involved in a program called Grief Share that is helping me by being in a room with several other people who are also grieving a Loved One.  I am still trying to play music online with my buddies and in a Jam Group of Musicians that I am Lucky enough to be involved with.  I have gone swimming a few times.  Swimming was an activity that we both enjoyed together during the summer.  Unfortunately Sandy didn't make it this year.  The following is something I wrote just about a week and a half after I lost Sandy.  

I have Dreaded writing This Epitaph and Tribute for My Wife but I know that I need to do it for my sake and for hers.  It seems that She is all I think about for much of every day since she's gone.  She gave me two incredible daughters who she was a Great Mother to and who have, along with a number of other Fantastic Family Members including my Oldest Daughter and My Son, Sons in Law and Daughter In Law as well as my Grandchildren and Great Grandchild managed to get me to a point where I realize that, damaged as I am, I can go on and I must go on and will go on.

June 9th, 2025 was the day, or rather the morning when it all happened.

If someone had asked me prior to 6/9/25 What was the worst day of my life I had several candidates but no clear right answer right off the bat.

That is not the case anymore.  When and if I am asked once again what was the  the worst day of my life I will not even have to think about it.  The morning of June 9th, 2025 is seared into my mind forever as without a doubt the worst day of my life.  I can't imagine that I will ever have a worst day than this one ever in what is left of my life.  

Sandy had a number of Physical and Medical issues going on for some time.  Breathing issues, Blood clot issues, back pain issues even some minor memory issues.  Although her short term memory had occasionally become something that bothered her, she had started doing Word Search Puzzles that were printed daily in the Morning Call Local Newspaper and although these puzzles sometimes took all day she was almost always determined and able to complete them successfully.

She rarely complained about her physical issues and generally, although she sometimes bailed out of Doctor visits at the last minute due to not feeling well, she was mainly pretty cooperative about getting to her medical appointments and doing what her doctors recommended.

The day before she passed we had a pretty good day together.  She didn't seem to be in intense pain and although she had been doing breathing treatments for over a month and a half in which many days she had to do maybe five or six treatments in a day, this day she only did two treatments.  It looked to me as if she was getting better with her breathing over all.  

On Sunday, June 8th we watched several good movies.  Turner Classic Movies had on "Apollo 13" and the Astronaut Documentary "For All Mankind".  She loved movies and Television programs about the Astronauts and their travels to Outer Space.  She felt that she missed out because she was graduating from Bloomsburg University while Neil Armstrong was walking on the moon back in 1969.

Somewhere around 2:00 in the Morning of June 9th after watching a ghastly true story on HBO about a weird and wicked Funeral Director we decided that we were tired and were going to get ready to go to bed.  She had been sleeping on the couch in the living room for some time because she felt it was more comfortable than the bed while I slept on a fold out bed downstairs.  I encouraged her to do another breathing treatment because she had been having difficulty making it through the nights without doing one.  She agreed to do the breathing treatment but stated that she needed to go to the bathroom before doing it.  Normally she wouldn't let me help her up from the couch to go to the bathroom.  She wanted to get up on her own but this time she just couldn't get herself up off the couch so I helped her up and walked with her on the way to the bathroom.  She was walking very slowly out to the kitchen on her way to the bathroom and when she got to the kitchen she said not in a panic and  very matter of factly "I Can't Breathe".  

I encouraged her to continue to make her way to the bathroom which wasn't very far at that point where I encouraged her to sit on the raised toilet seat that her son in law had set up for her.  She kept walking and did make it one step inside the bathroom where she said very matter of factly apparently not in a panic  "I'm Dying" and with these words she immediately collapsed on the bathroom floor with her upper body lying on top of her legs.  I pulled her upper body off her legs so she was laying straight but she didn't appear to be breathing.  I called 911 and more than one ambulance came very quickly and worked on her in the bathroom where she didn't appear to be moving or breathing. After getting her in the ambulance where the Paramedics continued to work on her, they took her to the Lehigh Valley Hospital Emergency Room.  I followed the ambulance in my car and when I got to the hospital I was told that "They are working on her" so I was encouraged.  Maybe she was going to be alright, I thought.

The hospital put me in a room by myself  where I was joined by a man who I later found out was a Chaplain at the hospital who spent some time with me and when two doctors came in looking rather glum they told me that although they had done everything they could for Sandy that she didn't make it.

Although I certainly was aware of the possibility that they might not save her the awful reality of that moment really hit me hard at that point and I felt as though I was going to pass out.  I didn't pass out completely but the doctors thought it would be a good idea for me to be admitted to the Emergency Room and get checked out.  The staff gave me an EKG and checked my sugar and I rested there while waiting for my daughter to arrive from Haverford, PA where she had recently moved.  When my daughter arrived we both went together to spend our last moments with Sandy.  My daughter and I were both astounded by how beautiful and peaceful she looked.

Since that awful day for me and the last hours of Sandy's life I have found just how wonderful the members of my family are, especially my daughters, my son and my Grandchildren.  My family has done everything they could to support me and love me at a time when I desperately needed that love and support.  I will never forget what they have done for me and how they have all honored Sandy.  

Thanks to my family we had a wonderful Celebration of Sandy's life at a local Funeral Home days after her passing.  Friends and Family came and celebrated a life well lived till the end.  I know that Sandy was there with us that day and I still feel her with me every day.  I walk around sometimes talking to her like I did when she was here.  The Urn with her ashes sits on an end table right close to my Easy Chair so that I can still watch TV Shows with her like I have done for so many years.  

In a sense she is gone but truthfully she will never be gone.  She always wanted to donate her body to science.  Although we attempted to do that it didn't work out.  She also wanted to have her daughters spread her ashes at Myrtle Beach , South Carolina where she was convinced that she was conceived on her parents' Honeymoon.  I'm sure that will happen someday.  In the meantime she is right there beside me as I watch movies, watch Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune every night like we have done for years.  Just this past Sunday we watched the most recent first episode of the third season of "The Gilded Age" together.

I have begun to think about some of the reasons that our marriage lasted as long as it did.  We were both involved in Social Work and we were both proud of the work we did.  After Graduating from Bloomsburg University Sandy worked as a Social Worker, An Employment Counselor and a Home Teacher for the Blind all in agencies of the State of Pennsylvania for several decades.  She was enormously proud of an award that she received at one point from a group that was made up of blind individuals from all over the State of Pennsylvania honoring her for her work with Blind Clients.  We were both Staunch Liberal Democrats so we had few arguments about politics.  We also seemed to like the same type of Music, Books  Television Programs and Movies.  Sandy was very proud of her daughters and their accomplishments and was also proud of all of her grandchildren.

Sandy was a very Kind person and a devoted Christian Baptist who I am sure if there is an afterlife and heaven, which I am certain there is, I know she will be there waiting for me when my time comes.   

I am in awe of a book called "Journey Of Souls" that she was in the process of reading after asking me to get it for her on Amazon.  I don't know how she learned about the book.  I just ordered it for her.  According to the bookmarks in the book she had made it to page 79 and although I was a little fearful and apprehensive about reading the book at first, I have begun to read the book and I find it to be very interesting and uplifting.  The book was written by a PHD Hypnotherapist who apparently regresses his patients back to their Past Lives.  "Journey Of Souls" is mainly transcribed taped conversations between the Author and his Patients describing the periods of time following their deaths when they were between lives and seemingly go into a place that certainly sounds like heaven.  It is a place where souls seem to find peace.  I know that Sandy is deserving of Peace and I truly hope that she has found it.

Thanks to my daughter talking to the Baptist Minister from the church where Sandy and I got married who officiated at her funeral Celebration I just began a program this week at First Baptist Church in Bethlehem called Grief Share.  This program is apparently a national program that is Religious oriented but just being in a room with a number of other people who are in the same boat as me I think is going to help me heal somewhat although the Group Leader told me to be prepared because although things may improve somewhat over time that you never really get over the grief completely.  

According to the Greif Share Group Leader Grief is the Last Act Of Love.

That sounds about right to me.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher   

 

Just In Case You Didn't Know It - Donald Trump Says That Everything That Is Wrong In America Is Joe Biden's Fault

Saturday, June 7th  2025 

My Dear America:

Certainly Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans Bashing Joe Biden is nothing new.

It just seems as though Trashing Biden has recently taken on an ever increasing viciousness as the news has broken that Biden has Prostate Cancer.

According to Politico there are presently three new books on the subject of how Joe Biden failed to tell the world how sick he was during the last years of the Biden Administration.  Who are the writers of these hatchet jobs?

One of the Authors  of a Book called "Original Sin" is CNN Anchor, Jake Tapper, who up until now I always thought was a pretty fair and honest Journalist.  I will never think that again, however.  Tapper's hatchet job is made even worse because he was one of the moderators of Joe Biden's lamentable debate performance.  Tapper could have and I think should have revealed after  Joe's Problematic debate performance that at least Joe tried his best to answer every question honestly while Donald Trump consistently lied or manipulated on almost every question he was asked.

One of the most disturbing spectacles I have seen in awhile happened last recently on Bill Maher's HBO Show.  Bill Maher, Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton and Jake Tapper spent the majority of their on camera time denigrating Joe Biden while having little to say about the increasingly monstrous regime of Donald Trump.  How do these supposed Democrats live with themselves, I wonder.    

Yes, Joe has cancer.  Should he have told us before now.  I don't know.  He probably should have.  But clearly Joe was very worried about what would happen to America if Donald Trump was elected in 2024, just like he warned us before Trump was Inaugurated in January of this year.  

While Donald Trump takes great pleasure in running down Joe Biden the truth is that regardless of anything else, Joe Biden ran a successful and capable Administration during the years from 2020 to 2024.  He picked individuals who were capable of performing the duties to which they were assigned.  He got us through Covid by helping us to get immunized, which Trump had been trying to ignore causing countless of his admirers to die needlessly.  

Joe wisely promoted NATO countries to back Ukraine in its uncalled for invasion by Russia.  Now, Trump has turned our alliance not to Ukraine but to Russia.

Clearly, in every way possible we Americans and Free Countries throughout the world were much better off during the Biden Administration. 

The truth is that Joe Biden did an outstanding job as President of the United States and Donald Trump is doing a horrible job as President of the United States.

At a time when Joe Biden should be enjoying life kicking back on a Delaware beach in Rehoboth he, instead, is being blamed by Donald Trump for anything that is wrong with America.  

The truth is that Joe Biden in January of this year handed over to his successor a country that was in Great Shape and in a matter of a few months Donald Trump has ruined almost every aspect of American Life.  When confronted by journalists about what is wrong in America Donald Trump has one stock answer.

It is all Biden's fault.

Perhaps MAGA followers are OK with that answer but Thinking Americans who do not simply follow Donald Trump's Constant Lies are not buying the Bullshit he is selling.  Everything wrong is not only Biden's fault.   

Perhaps Billionaires are better off now as Trump has cut and slashed basic government programs with the assistance of Elon Musk, to allow tax cuts for Billionaires.

The truth is that even Billionaires were also pretty well off during the Biden Administration.  

But what we have these days is an increasingly cruel and unusual government of the Rich and by the Rich, many of whom don't seem to care very much about the average American like Biden and Barack and other Democratic Presidents did.  

Even other Republican Presidents seemed to have at least some concern for the least among us that Donald Trump and his Lackey Cabinet do not seem to have.

I am sick to death of the cruelty that allows Trump and MAGA to destroy almost everything good in America and not take any responsibility for their actions.  

We have many good Democrats fighting back but few Republican Allies who could change the tide and return power to the people of our country.  

What Congressional Republicans fail to grasp is the fact that as Donald Trump takes all the power from them he is hell bent on quickly making them irrelevant and in the end he will not only take power from the Democrats but he will also continue to make the entire Congress unable to function.  

It seems as though the Supreme Court which certainly bears some responsibility for some of the increasingly brutal Presidential Power Grab is waking up to the fact that they may have handed out power to the wrong person who is either unwilling or incapable of governing democratically.  

Lets hope, for our sake, that Republicans in Congress and on the Supreme Court wake up to reality before it is too late for all of us to save our Democratic Country from the Nazi Menace.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher

       

Thanks to Turner Classic Movies For Another Great Memorial Day Weekend War Movie Marathon

Saturday May 31st  2025 

My Dear America:

I didn't watch them all but I watched quite a few of the Incredible array of War Movies that Turner Classic Movies featured on their Movie Channel over the past  Memorial Day Weekend War Movie Marathon.

As usual TCM brought out the Big War Movie Gems Like the Academy Award winning Blockbusters including "The Bridge On The River Kwai", "The Dirty Dozen" and "The Great Escape" along with many other Civil War, World War I and World War II Movies.

I must admit that watching these classic Films filled me with a burning feeling of Patriotism and love for my country but now after watching a weekend of films about Americans fighting against Nazis and Facists, as well as against each other it fills me with a kind of dread about what we are currently experiencing in our country at the present time.  Although our predecessors fought hard to keep Nazi's from taking over the world we seem to be currently in the early days of a Full Blown Nazi takeover of the United States of America which could unfortunately lead to a Nazi takeover of the World.  

How in the hell did this happen?

How did we allow ourselves to get bamboozled by a Con Man Dictator Loving Jerk who is now in the throes of Dementia as he supervises the denigration and dismantling of our Government, while the Republican Party refuses to accept the fact that they have hitched their bandwagon to a Super Corrupt Madman who is quickly going to take them down with the rest of us.

I want to personally thank TCM for giving us at least a weekend of Patriotic Fervor while we watched their carefully selected movies that showed us just how brave and dedicated our Military Heroes were back in the day.  They always seem to feature Great Films but it seems as though they really outdo themselves on Memorial Day Weekend.

It is difficult for me to fathom how we have come so far down the rabbit hole so fast.

Last year at this time Donald Trump was being convicted of 34 Felonies in a New York City Courtroom and he was also facing several Federal Charges which should have put him in jail, rather than in the White House.  

Although Trump's former Right Hand Man, Michael Cohen went to jail for over two years for the same crime that Trump was convicted for, Trump, by getting elected, escaped jail time for that crime.

Also after he was elected his Federal Charges disappeared and the Supreme Court not only gave Trump a get out of jail card, they gave him a Do Anything You Want Card.

Most of the heroes who saved us from the Nazi Menace are gone now.  Many died in countries where they fought and many have died of old age.  We only wish that more of them were still around to inspire us to fight like hell to keep our country from becoming a Dictatorship with little resemblance to the Patriotic Democracy in which we used to live.

On June 14th we will have the opportunity to join in a Country Wide Demonstration to show that we are not satisfied to live under Authoritarian Control.

Our Fallen Heroes gave their lives for Liberty and Justice For All.

On June 14th and every other day of our lives It is time for the rest of us to give our support for Democracy and for Democrats because at this point  what is left of the Republican Party Seems to be a lost cause.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher  

The Good News Is We Have A New American Pope Named Leo IV

 

In addition to writing my Blog since 2008 I began during 2020 to also begin a Podcast called "Podcast For A Lost Nation" in which I repeated my Blog Posts as Podcast Episodes.  The reason I started doing this was because I was worried that Donald Trump might be re elected in 2020.  He was not re elected at that time but I continued my Podcasts anyway.  Although My listeners have been few in number (Mostly Friends and Family Members) they have let me know how much they appreciated the Podcasts and I have always, up to now, included a Podcast every time I Posted on my Blog ever since 2020.

Unfortunately, I must apologize to my Podcast listeners  for not including this Blog Post as a Podcast Episode.  I had set up my Podcast on Spotify and I want to say that I have appreciated the fact that Spotify is a fantastic resource for many things including Podcasting.  I only had one previous problem when my Podcast was unavailable for a short period of time which was easily resolved through Spotify Support.

Recently, however, I have had some problems with my "Spotify For Podcasters" account page which up to now I have not been able to access and resolve with Spotify Support. I am hopeful that this problem can possibly be resolved and that I can at that time continue my Podcasting.  

In the meantime, I am going to continue Writing my Blog Posts and Posting them on "Letters To A Lost Nation" with the hope that I can resolve my issues with Spotify and continue recording my Podcast Episodes soon.

My Dear America:

With America racing toward Dictatorship at a rapid pace, Israel Turning Gaza into a New Version of A Reverse Holocaust and Ukraine being unfortunately abandoned by its important Western Ally, The United States, there hasn't really been a lot of good news lately.

Certainly it was not good news when Pope Francis passed away recently but he was not a young man and he had left an extremely positive legacy throughout his Guidance of the Catholic Church during his reign as Pope.  

But today as we observe the increasingly vicious treatment of Illegal Immigrants in the United States and elsewhere in the world and await the impending awful results of Donald Trump's Tariff Obsession there has finally been some good news arriving in the world.

The White Smoke from the Vatican Stovepipe has announced that after a very short Conclave a new Pope has been chosen to lead the Catholic Church in what some are calling "The New Dark Ages".

Now I am what some would call a "Fallen Away Catholic".  I was divorced and consequently could not receive Communion for many years.  I only recently found out that this restriction had been done away with by Pope Francis.  The truth is that I have spent more time in my life attending Baptist Church Services than Catholic Masses but I don't want to get too far into that story.  Although I was not attending Catholic Services for many years I was brought up as a Catholic in a Catholic Family and even though I haven't been to Catholic Church in Decades I still think of myself as a Catholic and undoubtedly always will.

So it is with a high dose of Catholic Pride that I find myself thrilled with the selection of Robert Prevost, an American Cardinal and Augustinian Priest who speaks several languages and has an outstanding reputation as a man who is much in the mold of his predecessor who cares deeply about the poor and downtrodden immigrants who have been treated so shamefully by many world leaders, including American President, Donald Trump.

I certainly think that those of us who still believe in treating our fellow human beings with kindness and respect are happy with the Choice of Leo IV as the new Pope.  Indications are that this man of the cloth is the real deal, just like Pope Francis was.  His opening messages to the world are clearly messages which are already angering MAGA and without a doubt will still anger MAGA as time progresses.

MAGA figures like Laura Loomer and others seem to be really upset that Pope Leo is, unlike them, a man who sincerely believes in the teachings of Jesus and is prepared to continue the Immigrant loving and caring for programs of his predecessor.

One of Pope Leo's first actions has been to show his solid support for President Zelensky and the country of Ukraine which continues to try to keep it's Greedy Russian Neighbors off its property.

It will certainly be interesting to watch what happens in the coming Weeks, Months and Years as our complicated world only seems to become even more complicated.  

In the meantime, all of Mankind can benefit from the wisdom of Pope Leo.  Whether or not Mankind will choose to pay attention to the latest Leader of the Catholic Church is an open question.

I certainly hope they will.