Monday, February 9th, 2026
My Dear America:
February 8th was already a Great Day For Me because just prior to watching the Super Bowl I had been Video Chatting with one of my Daughters and the two beautiful infant Granddaughters who always raise my spirits considerably. It started me off considering just how lucky and blessed I was and they were to have been born in the United States Of America. Back in 1942 I was born at a time when Innocent Jewish children in Europe were being rounded up with their families to be sent to Hellish Nazi Death Camps and exterminated. These poor children who at least deserved to have a life were murdered without even living long enough to have done anything wrong.
I didn't let my mind rest too long on that senseless period of history however. I was truly in a good mood and I wanted to stay in a good mood. After all, It was Super Bowl Sunday and We Americans finally had a day to think about something other than "What in the Hell is Donald Trump doing to us today."
Although the weather on Super Bowl Sunday in Pennsylvania where I live was incredibly cold at least it wasn't as windy as it had been the Saturday before Super Bowl Sunday. I had put the garbage can out on Friday night as usual and though I was usually pretty good about putting the recently emptied garbage can back on the side of the house on Saturday I had refused to go out and deal with the garbage cans on Saturday as hurricane force winds had forced the temperature to supposedly 25 below zero, at times. Yikes.
On Sunday one of my neighbors had kindly called me to let me know that My Garbage can had apparently miraculously flown up the road and was now sitting on the street outside her house. I thanked my neighbor for alerting me and assured her I would retrieve my garbage can, which i Did.
Getting back to the Super Bowl. I was fascinated by the fact that this was the Fiftieth Super Bowl. I was certain that I had watched the First Super Bowl. I remember that everyone thought it was a big deal and it certainly was. I'm pretty sure that Joe Namath played in it as quarterback for the New York Jets and Vince Lombardi was the Coach of the Green Bay Packers, the team that played the Jets. I don't recall who won the game though.
Except for those years when the Philadelphia Eagles had either come close to making it into the Super Bowl or actually made it into the Super Bowl I rarely cared who played in or won the Super Bowl but for most of those 50 years I did watch the Super Bowl, just as I did this year.
I think a lot of people were glad that Donald Trump was not attending the Super Bowl this year and I was certainly one of those people. I was looking forward to watching a game in which I had little interest in who was playing, let alone who won. As I watched the Teams running onto the field, however, I saw a group of men who looked very proud and had good reason to feel very proud. They were the champions of their divisions. They were the best in the American Football League and the National Football League. These men had survived a very rough season of playing Football at the highest and most difficult level and had come out on top in their divisions, no easy feat in 2025 and 2026. All of these men running onto the field were already Certified Winners.
Regarding the music and entertainment at the Super Bowl, My recommendation goes to Brandy Carlisle's very interesting and I thought reverent and beautiful rendition of The Star Spangled Banner. There were other interesting musical highlights, as well.
Unfortunately Bad Bunny's presentation was not really a highlight for me. It was truly a spectacle. That's for sure. And for anybody who speaks Spanish I'm sure they enjoyed it. Although I didn't recognize her with her tattooed arms showing Lady Gaga was worth watching and listening to. I give Bad Bunny his do. He did what he always does. He sings in Spanish and doesn't apologize for it. But mostly he is rapping in Spanish and whether it's English or Spanish I don't care for it. I think BB had every right to be featured at the Super Bowl and given the Right Wing Reaction and Trump's Reaction I'm glad he was there but for me, no thank you.
My Daughter Texted me that the game was boring and I suppose it was in that The Seattle Seahawks pretty much dominated the entire game. Their defensive players that apparently are known in football circles as "The Dark Side" were gigantic and extremely quick in their ability to protect quarterback Sam Darnold, the extremely capable Seattle Quarterback. In fact, Sam Darnold's life story will probably be told on film at some point. Although he has been playing in the NFL for many years he seemed to have been somewhat of a castoff player for several teams until arriving at Seattle where in this past Season he was the man who led his team to a victory which after this Super Bowl No one had any reason to question.
As we continue during this year to celebrate 250 years of Democracy in America I think the Sam Darnold story is one that should resonate with all those Americans who are feeling lost and unappreciated and angry on those days other than Super Bowl Sunday when we Americans are inundated with the madness of King Donald as he goes about his reckless days whining about how unfair life is to him and he amasses multi million fortunes for himself and his corrupt buddies.
Thank goodness we had Super Bowl Sunday and most of those interesting but sometimes incomprehensible Commercials.
It was truly one Helluva Good Day for those of us who watched it. It was almost as good as the Helluva Good French Onion Dip that I ate with my potato chips on Super Bowl Sunday. I think that is one Helluva Good Reason that I still Love Super Bowl Sunday and always will.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
