Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
My Dear America:
It hardly seems possible that "Podcast For A Lost Nation" has been in operation on Spotify for the past three years but in July of 2023 we are beginning the Fourth Year of Presenting "Podcast For A Lost Nation".
Although the Podcast does not seem to be destined for engaging staggering numbers of listeners, I understand that there are a lot of Podcasts available with more arriving all the time so I am Okay with my limited but steady numbers of listeners.
Many of those who are and have been listening to the Podcast are Treasured Friends and Relatives and although I am thankful for all my listeners I am extremely grateful for those closest to me who have listened and encouraged me to keep up the fight for Sanity and Democracy in the United States of America.
Thank You Mickey, Johns (A couple of them) Larry, Dave, Dom, Evan, Bruce, Rachel, Laura, Colleen, Sandy and everyone else who has tuned in over the course of the Past Three Years.
As I have revealed in Previous Anniversary Reflections I would never have begun "Podcast For A Lost Nation" without the Encouragement and Guidance of Michael Moore. Although I am not lucky enough to know Michael personally I have been a big fan of his Incredibly Powerful Movies for a long time. When I found out that he was doing a Podcast I tuned in. As I expected, Michael's Podcast, "Rumble," was just as powerful as I thought it would be. Michael Moore had been one of the few American Commentators who in 2016 thought that Donald Trump could possibly actually win the American Presidential Election. Early on in his Podcast Episodes he identified his concern that it might be possible for Donald Trump to either win another term legitimately in 2020 or try to steal the 2020 Election and remain in office illegally. Now, we all know how that turned out. We are still dealing with Donald Trump's Continuing Deranged Lie that he "Won the 2020 Election by a wide margin" That was total Bullshit.
Anyway, during Michael Moore's First Episodes Michael encouraged his Podcast Listeners to consider creating their own Podcasts through Anchor and Spotify. Mr. Moore made it sound very easy for anyone to create their own Podcast through Anchor which would make it available on Spotify and several other Podcast Sites. Thanks to Michael Moore I followed through on his advice and found that he was telling the truth. Anchor made setting up and continuing to make Podcasts so easy that even I could do it and I have been doing it for the past three years.
Although the process for making the Podcast Episodes was rather simple there were a few other factors that encouraged me to resort to Podcasting. As we all remember July of 2020 was a time when a lot of people in America and indeed all over the world were dying of Complications of Covid 19. As we also remember President Donald Trump was, as he admitted to Journalist, Bob Woodward "Playing Down" the results of Covid. Clearly Trump was Playing down Covid because he didn't want to become a "Loser" in the 2020 Election.
I remember feeling panicked in 2020 that Donald Trump, whose entire performance during the three and a half years he was in the Presidency was a complete horror show, could actually be Re Elected. This prospect certainly encouraged me to take what I felt was the logical step of turning my Political Blog called "Letters To A Lost Nation" which I had been writing since 2008 into a Podcast in July of 2020.
My wife and I had spent some time during years previous to 2016 getting involved in local politics and spending time calling Democrats on the phone for some local Candidates and even some Presidential Candidates including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Kerry. We found those experiences less than satisfying since mostly nobody answered our calls and sometimes those who did answer were annoyed and hostile. In 2020 I wanted to do something to support Joe Biden who I had admired for a long time so I chose to Blog and Podcast advocating for Biden and I was very pleased when he won the 2020 Presidential Election. After the election I initially expected Donald Trump to do the right thing and fly off to Mara Lago and never be heard from again, just as losing Presidential Candidates had done for many years.
My After Election Plan in 2020 was to switch Blog and Podcast themes to more Cultural rather than Political topics following the swearing in of President Biden in January of 2021.
Of course that switch in topics didn't happen thanks to those Trump Supporters whose devotion to their leader was so strong that they felt that they were willing to Deep Six Democracy rather than let Donald Trump go.
I have said time and time again, like a broken record, that I do not understand and will never really understand, although I've tried, what in the hell the attraction is about Donald Trump that would make people, who I assume are normal Americans, be willing to ditch our Democracy in favor of a Dictatorship led by Donald Trump.
For God's Sake can't you MAGA people, many of you who are Christians, realize that Donald Trump is as far away from Jesus Christ as it is possible to be. In addition to his unfamiliarity with the Bible his actions always speak louder than his words.
Christians, Donald Trump does not care at all about you except for what he can get from you. He demands your loyalty but what loyalty does Donald Trump give anyone. Ask Michael Cohen who went to jail for paying off a Porn Star for Donald Trump what lessons he has learned about being loyal to Donald Trump. Trump re payed Cohen's loyalty by instructing his Attorney General to engineer Cohen's prosecution and incarceration for an act that Cohen did simply as a favor for Trump. It was not something Cohen did for himself. Cohen got nothing out of it other than a Jail Sentence. Suffice it to say that Michael Cohen learned a very hard lesson as he sat in his jail cell for years. That lesson was that it doesn't pay to be loyal to Donald Trump.
If you are planning to vote for Trump in 2024 Please think about what the consequences of your vote is going to be.
Donald Trump unleashed is not something I want to see and if you haven't given up completely on Democracy and Decent Behavior I hope that most Americans don't want to see it either. Yes, I must admit that the man can be a Charming Con Man at times and put on a Great Act and sound sincere.
But please note that Donald Trump's heroes are not normal American Heroes. His bedside reading material was a book of Hitler's speeches. That should tell you something. What world leaders does he admire. Not normal world leaders like Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron. He loves Dictators like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un. That is because he longs to be a Dictator himself. If he is elected in 2024 and given the reins of power in America again we may have more than Immigrants locked up in American Labor Camps. Trump has already indicated what kind of people he will be hanging out with. Jews and Blacks won't be on the list unless it is someone sicker than himself like Kanye West.
We have seen over the past few years what it is like to have a President put the American People's interest in front of his own. Although he has been given little credit by the American people, Joe Biden's accomplishments during the past few years have been staggering, despite Republican attempts to block his efforts to improve the lives of normal Americans.
Only those who are as corrupt as Donald Trump should be willing to vote for a Dangerous Egomaniac Nazi for President. For the past few years since Trump was defeated by Biden, Trump has continued to identify Enemies of the People as Journalists, Doctors, Teachers, Librarians Professors and Scientists.
For God's Sake MAGA voters. Wake up and look at Donald Trump Realistically before it is too late for all of us who Truly believe in Democracy in America.
Donald Trump did not Clean up the Swamp during his time in office. He created the Worst Swamp we have ever seen and he and his Henchmen and Women are looking to do it again.
Lets not let MAGA Republicans turn America into Nazi Germany with Donald Trump as the Fuhrer.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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