July 18th, 2024
My Dear America:
I believe it was January of 2008 when I began writing my Blog which I called "Letters To A Lost Nation". It was an exciting time for me to write about some of the incredible things that were happening in and around the 2008 Election. I loved writing about all of the Interesting Characters that were running for President of the United States in 2008. It was Fun.
In 2020 I was still writing my Blog when I started listening to Michael Moore's "Rumble" Podcast. Mr. Moore was a genuine Hero of mine as a result of some of the Powerful Films he had produced. Back in 2020 when I started listening to the "Rumble" Podcast Michael Moore was sponsored by Spotify. In addition to being the talking head featured in the Podcasts Michael Moore also did commercials for Spotify in which he talked about how easy it was for anyone interested to start their own Podcast. Although I was skeptical about how easy it would be to start a Podcast I figured I had nothing to lose. Michael Moore said it was free and easy to start a Podcast. He was right.
I found out that Michael Moore was telling the truth, It was free and easy to start a Podcast on Spotify. I had a good Shure SM58 Microphone setup and spent a little over a hundred dollars for a Scarlett Interface and I was ready to go. I record my Podcast on Audacity, which is a Free Recording Program available to anyone who wishes to download it. When I record my Podcast I, first of all write my Blog and publish it online. When it is Published Online through Blogspot I use my I Pad to read my Blogspot script. Although there are possibilities to make money from a Podcast on Spotify I chose not to do so because I did not want to be accused of profiting from my mostly political Podcast.
I have spent a good deal of time since retiring from my job as a Family Therapist in writing my Blog and Podcast. Although much of what I have written was fun for me early on, these days as we approach the prospect of Election day in 2024 I am not having much fun. Although in the past I worried sometimes about the outcomes of Elections, at times, Except for the 2020 Election I never really worried about the prospect of losing Democracy in America.
In July of 2020 I had just had a Heart Attack the previous January and although my health seemed to be improving I was extremely worried about Covid, which seemed to be out of control and killing people all over the world at an alarming rate. After three and a half years of Donald Trump's lies and outrageous conduct I was extremely worried about the prospect of Trump being reelected when I began my Blog.
During the 2020 Election I was very impressed that Joe Biden was able to emerge as the Democratic Candidate who was able to rally the support of most of his 2020 Democratic Candidate Colleagues and in the end emerge as the victor in the November Election in 2020. He and Kamala Harris have not disappointed those 2020 voters who cast their ballots for the Biden-Harris team. Their accomplishments have been staggering but it seems as if most of their great work has earned great praise from Democrats but not a lot of voter enthusiasm for Biden and Harris, at least so far. Hopefully voters will begin to recognize the good work that Biden and Harris have done and will respond appropriately at the Ballot Box in November of 2024.
In July of 2024 I am more worried than ever that the dark days of Donald Trump in the White House could happen again.
Quite frankly It seems to me as though we are all living in a Nightmare. Every day seems a bit darker than the last.
Although Joe Biden has done an outstanding job as President of the United States he seems to be given no credit at all for what he has accomplished with almost no help at all from Republicans.
The Republican Party that used to be has completely gone off the rails so far that they seem to be all in on Putin because that's what Donald Trump wants. Most Republicans are OK with Putin turning Ukraine into a wasteland.
Although I am continuing my Blog and My Podcast for Now past my Podcast's July 2024 Fourth Anniversary I am not sure that I want to be as out front politically as I have been in the past. I am not interested in spending the rest of my life in an American Gulag.
Most of my friends and relatives have tended to see me as an optimistic person and I believe that throughout my life that is generally how I have approached things.
But I'll be honest. I haven't given up on the prospect of Joe Biden or on the Democratic Party Pulling us out of this Nose Dive that we are in. We still have the election in front of us and to my mind we Democrats have an Outstanding Candidate in Joe Biden who has proved himself to be honorable and competent even though he is not as great a debater as he used to be.
I am hoping that Joe Biden wins again and that Democracy and that "Podcast For a Lost Nation" will continue.
Time will certainly tell how everything works out.
As my Loving Irish Mother used to say:
"God Bless Us And Save Us"
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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