tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28164629829176147092024-03-13T17:21:29.970-07:00Letters to a Lost NationJerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.comBlogger321125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-7909143039919060012024-03-13T17:06:00.000-07:002024-03-13T17:20:57.903-07:00Oscar Night 2024 Was A Great Night For America<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Wednesday, March 13th 2024</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oscar Night is one of those nights that is uniquely American. There are many Awards shows on Television and, in fact, many award shows featuring awards for Movies on Television but on Oscar night is where moviegoers go to find out which movies have been the best of the best during the past year. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking of the best of the best it has been a great crop of films released this last year and unlike most Oscar Celebrations thanks to streaming services Peacock and Netflix I have actually seen five movies that were up for Oscars this year</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Nyad" was OK. The acting was great</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I loved "The Holdovers". Paul Giamatti was outstanding, as usual. Da Vine Joy Randolph clearly earned her Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bradley Cooper showed once again in "Maestro" what a multi talented Actor and Director he has become. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Oppenheimer" was a film that was simply outstanding in every facet of its production.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I saw Barbie, as well, but lets just say I thought it was clever but I have no desire to see it again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jimmy Kimmel did a great job hosting. His monologue at the beginning of the show spotlighted some of the nominees, as well as films and was funny and entertaining. I loved the fact that regardless of whether or not it was real, (and it turned out that it was) Kimmel read what he said was a disparaging review of the show from Donald Trump. Kimmel's reply to Trump's review was priceless. Kimmel told Trump on national television "Isn't it past Your jail time." Kimmel's Right Hand Man, Guillermo was also featured passing out champagne to the audience for a toast.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There were some innovations featured for Oscar Night</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">First of all the Oscar Presentation started an hour earlier than Previous Oscar nights. I think that was a good idea because it gave the presenters more time to banter and it gave the winners more time to give their acceptance speeches without the annoying playoff music we have heard during previous Oscar Presentations.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking of Presentations I found the new format of having previous winners in the Supporting and Lead acting categories presenting the introductions of the most recent nominees in their categories to be respectful, interesting and informative and just a Great Idea.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The stage and set were fantastic and the entire production seemed to move along pretty much without incident.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The orchestra was terrific and the music presentations were outstanding. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Billie Eilish and her brother singing a song from Barbie was truly impressive.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ryan Gosling as Ken from Barbie along with a chorus of male dancers and singers was spectacular. Clearly this presentation shows that this dude can not only act but he is also an excellent singer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The drumming, singing and dancing by members of the Osage nation in obvious tribute to Lily Gladstone and "Killers Of the Flower Moon" was really something different and impressive.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All in all I think that the March 10th, 2024 Oscar Presentation was phenomenally successful and I hope that the new and improved Oscar presentation will continue the successful innovations of this year. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lastly, it just feels good in this weird and wacky world to have some traditions that can be counted on to show Americans that our country is still the United States Of America and that hopefully we will get through these hard times together successfully. It was certainly good to have a night in which we could forget our Troubles and our cares for a few hours and concentrate on something good for a change.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My only regret about Oscar Night is that "Killers of The Flower Moon" did not get a little more attention. Although I haven't seen the movie as of yet every clip that I've seen shows it to be a killer in a good way) itself. I would have liked to see Lilly Gladstone accepting an Oscar but I wouldn't doubt the fact that this Native American Actress may be returning to future Oscar nights to pick up an Oscar. for some other sterling performance. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although the overall vibe of the night was quite positive a bit of a damper on the mood was made by the director of a movie called "The Zone Of Interest". This movie won the best Foreign Film Award. The Director unfortunately had to discuss some of the real similarities of our time and that of the time of the film which is about a family living next door to a Nazi Death Camp.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Director of a film about Ukraine also had some words regarding harsh realities, as well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately it seems as though we can only escape the increasingly sad reality of our time for only brief periods.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But Thank God for those brief periods in which we can watch our movies and watch the Oscar salute to the outstanding movies of our time when it is on television.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-69399130139313293302024-03-09T14:34:00.000-08:002024-03-09T14:34:41.868-08:00President Biden Was On Fire At The State Of The Union Address<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday March 9th, 2024</span> </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly Any Republican attending President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address on March 7th with the hope that Biden would be showing himself to be a dottering old fool had to be sadly disappointed with the President's Extraordinary Performance at the Capitol this week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Certainly Joe was old, that was true. But the President was not dottering and clearly on State of the Union Night 2024 he was Nobody's Fool. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The President's impressive, dynamic and energetic speech reminded me of the title words of an old Phil Ochs song that stated "i've Got Something To Say Sir And I'm Gonna Say It Now."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly on this night at the Capitol Building which was surrounded by fences that had never needed to be there prior to Trump Madness erupting there on January 6th, 2021 Joe Biden had come to the Capitol with something to say and he damn well was going to say it now.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And say it he did. Joe Biden was in top form from start to finish. He was in control of the podium all night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This man who has had his hands full every day since he arrived at the White House prepared for Presidential Duty on January 20th, 2021 now had an opportunity to speak not only to most of the Washington Political Elite but he also was going to take this opportunity to strut his stuff with those Americans who were interested enough in American Politics to watch his sterling political performance on television. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Biden's speech was loaded. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Joe Biden had a lot to talk about and he knew it was now or never so he didn't waste his time. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">He started off talking about Franklin Roosevelt coming to warn Congress and America in the 1930's about Hitler in Germany prior to that Nazi Monster being unleashed over an unsuspecting Europe and the World. The significant comparison of that time to present day America was not difficult to see.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Biden's speech was taut and tight but not short. He had a great deal to say to the Congress as he reminded them that Donald Trump had only one real accomplishment and that was to sign a Republican Tax Bill that mostly benefitted large Corporations and Rich Republicans.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unlike Donald Trump Joe Biden had an extensive list of accomplishments which he touted proudly including The Infrastructure bill which many Presidents had tried to accomplish but only he had managed to get through Congress so that he could sign. Biden taunted the Republicans who all sat on their hands and hardly ever applauded the President throughout his speech. He mentioned that although Republicans were united against the Infrastructure Bill they were all now acting as if they were now thrilled to take credit for the money funding projects coming to their home districts. Joe told them that that was OK with him as long as the projects get done. He did ask them all to let him know if they didn't want Infrastructure money coming to their districts knowing that it was doubtful that any Republican would be foolish enough to turn down money for Bridges, Roads, Replacing lead pipes or any other Infrastructure project in their district. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Biden reminded Republicans and Democrats that he had responded to Republican demands that he fix the border prior to getting money for Ukraine's defense by willingness to sign a bill that had been carefully negotiated and prepared by a bipartisan group of Senators that pretty much gave Republicans almost everything they had wanted regarding the border. Although Republicans should have quickly signed this bill instead they killed it because Donald Trump told them he wanted to run on the issue of the border. Biden pointed out to the television audience the insanity of this situation and asked Congress, which undoubtedly would have been willing to pass the Border measure and the Ukraine funding if it was brought to a vote, to pass this Bipartisan Legislation and get it to his desk as soon as possible for his signature.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Biden's speech was not short. He had a lot to brag about and some harsh words for some like the members of the Supreme Court who he admonished for taking away a woman's right to choose. They were sitting right in front of him as he verbally slapped them down.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have communicated with some of my Democratic friends who saw the speech. they have all been energized by the dynamic and powerful State Of The Union Speech that we saw this past week. The same is true with everyone responding on Twitter and Facebook. Every Democrat who might have been feeling down as a result of recent polls is suddenly jacked up after Joe Biden's State Of The Union performance</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Joe Biden is presently following up his successful State Of The Union speech with a tour of some of the states that will probably figure prominently regarding who wins and who loses the Most Important Presidential Election of our lives in November of this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Stakes of this Election Year couldn't be higher.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Will we remain a normal Democracy under President Joe Biden or will we become a dark and disturbing Dictatorship under a Criminal Lunatic named Donald Trump?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">That is the important question all Americans are facing at this point in time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the State of The Union Address this week I think that President Biden has possibly shown us the way that we can save the Democracy that has served us well for a couple hundred years.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In fact, Biden's powerful State Of The Union Speech should have shown anybody that watched it just what Freedom and Democracy look like.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I actually think that this incredible speech may have almost single handedly saved Democracy for many years to come in The United States Of America.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I certainly hope that it did. </span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-26878074545063023912024-03-07T13:30:00.000-08:002024-03-07T13:30:10.880-08:00Hear Ye - Hear Ye - The Far Less Than Supreme Court Is Now In Session<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday, March 7th 2024</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is common Knowledge that in the annals of History when Ruthless Dictators such as Hitler and Putin and so many others seek unlimited power in their countries one of their first orders of business is to take control of their courts and Justice system. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As we review the behavior and decisions of our nation's court system in the United States of America these days it is clear that we are in serious trouble with a Capitol T. T for Trump and T for Toxic.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are currently living in a Nightmare of epic proportions that most of us wish we can wake up from. Those of us that do not wish to wake up from the nightmare are going to find out quickly if Donald Trump is Reelected that they made an incredibly horrible mistake. But it will be too late then to do anything about it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are lucky enough to still have a chance to save our country from Fascism but time is running out. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To be honest, I am truly hopeful that in November Donald Trump will have shown himself to be such a Frightening, Flawed and Horrendous Candidate for President and will have revealed his plans for the United States to be so awful that nobody in their right mind would be willing to vote for Trump. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But Unfortunately what we have seen in so many Republican Primary Elections so far is that despite Trump's obvious drawbacks he has still shown an ability to clear the decks of his other Republican opponents and capture what appear to be the increasingly Heartless Hearts of the American Republican Party. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although I do not really trust Political Polls I do find it horrifying that there are some polls that show Donald Trump possibly winning the election for President in November. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Regardless of whether Trump wins or loses the Presidential Election in 2024 is there anyone alive who really expects Donald Trump to calmly accept defeat and just like every single Presidential Loser has done for Centuries congratulate Joe Biden for his win and back out of the picture. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think Not.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What appears to be coming into focus more and more as this stunning Election Year continues is that Donald Trump knew what he was doing when he chose to ram through Congress as many "Conservatives" like Judge Aileen Cannon who has so obviously come to Donald Trump's defense in the Florida Documents Case like a lap dog.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell didn't see eye to eye on very much during the disastrous Trump Administration they both had their collective eyes on the prize when it came to stacking the Federal Courts with Right Wingers. We saw it with judgeships all over the country, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But where it was most obvious was with the Supreme Court. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To my mind even when I was a kid and didn't really know very much about The Supreme Court I knew enough about it to recognize that I should and did have a Great Deal of respect for The Supreme Court.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was, after all, the highest court in the land and was responsible for keeping the United States of America Honorable and On The Right Track. The more I learned about the important Landmark decisions that the Supreme Court made, the more respect I had for The Supreme Court.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After all, The Supreme Court made some incredibly responsible decisions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was Brown Versus the Board of Education which integrated schools</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was Roe Versus Wade which gave women the right to choose whether or not to have a child.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There were decisions which gave Black Residents of the United States the right to vote as well as many other rights.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There were countless important decisions made by the Supreme Court over the years and although some decisions were wrong the great majority of those decisions were correct and worthy of the Great Deal of Respect that the Supreme Court received from most Americans.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, for the most part during the Good Old Supreme Court Days most of us Americans genuinely respected the Supreme Court because it seemed that the members of the Court were genuinely Selected and Installed on the Supreme Court in a way that was mostly not political. In the good old days it was usually difficult to predict just how a Justice of the Supreme Court would rule because these honorable people listened to Supreme Court Cases almost always without letting political prejudice get in the way of the individual Justices judgements. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">These days something terrible has happened to the Supreme Court. Although there are still some honorable people sitting on the Supreme Court there are also some individuals who are obviously Republican Political Shills who reek of Politics and Right Wing Corruption in nearly every decision they make.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Certainly Clarence Thomas should never have been appointed to the Supreme Court. His Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings clearly showed his lack of fitness for the job of Supreme Court Justice. In the Court he has continually been on the wrong side of judgements time after time. What has been exposed regarding his wife's inappropriate right wing activities and involvement in politics for any decent jurist would at least demand if not outright resignation from the bench, at least recusing himself from decisions concerning Donald Trump. Clarence Thomas has done neither of those things. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although Donald Trump bears the brunt of Responsibility for appointing Right Wingers to the Court, certainly Mitch McConnell also bears some responsibility.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Following the death of Judge Antonin Scalia on February 13th of 2016 Mitch McConnell chose to refuse to allow the Senate to vote on President Obama's choice of Merrick Garland to replace Scalia because he said it was an election year even though there was almost a year to go before the election.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Following the 2016 Election Donald Trump appointed Neil Gorsuch to fill Scalia's Supreme Court Seat. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next Trump appointed Brett Kavanaugh following Anthony Kennedy's resignation. Kavanaugh's Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing exhibited some of his flaws but he was still installed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next, following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18th, 2020 despite McConnell's previous willingness to stall Merrick Garland's appointment by Obama for 11 months he changed his mind in 2020 and rammed through the Trump appointment of Amy Coney Barrett just weeks before the November election.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett all testified during their Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings that they all viewed Roe Versus Wade as "Settled Law" but as soon as they all could they did away with Roe Versus Wade and it was "Settled Law" no more. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Todays Right Wing controlled Supreme Court has continued with nearly every decision to show the political stripes of the Republican party where they came from and obviously think they owe their robes to.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since the Republicans on the Court have perjured themselves in their Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings regarding "Roe Versus Wade" being "Settled Law" I would like to see impeachment proceedings initiated against them immediately.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since that is doubtful to happen, however, I would hope that Democrats in Congress and President Biden immediately take steps to add members to the Supreme Court before the present court destroys everything that Democrats have worked for over many years in The United States of America.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh, and Justice Thomas I think it might behoove you to consider the offer that John Oliver has made on his recent HBO show.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">John Oliver has offered to contract with you in the event that you resign from the Supreme Court to offer you a million Dollars a year for the rest of your life along with a brand new top of the line Recreational Vehicle.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And all you have to do is resign. If I were you, Justice Thomas I would grab this deal before the 30 days are up when this deal will no longer be available.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is time for all Americans to begin to pay attention to what the Supreme Court can do and does do. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The latest outrageous ruling by the Supreme Court is to force States like Colorado to keep Donald Trump on their ballot even though he clearly instigated an Insurrection. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is difficult for those of us who have nearly always respected the Supreme Court to put up with the Corrupt Right Wing Smell of what used to be:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-37595202821581902742024-02-29T13:18:00.000-08:002024-02-29T13:33:50.370-08:00For God's Sake Will You Republicans Please Let Joe Biden Enjoy His Ice Cream <p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday February 29th, 2024</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It constantly amazes me that regardless of what kind of horrible behavior that Joe Biden is forced to tolerate from Republicans in Congress and on the Supreme Court that he continues to be generally optimistic and relatively serene in going about his daily duties and responsibilities. I am thankful every day that Joe Biden won the Presidential Election fairly and squarely in November of 2020 and remains our President. I can't say for sure whether Joe Biden is the best President of all time. I don't know enough about all of the Presidents we have had. What I do know is that he is far and away one of the most effective Presidents we have had in my lifetime of paying attention to Politics. And I do know that his predecessor, Donald Trump has to either be, or at least be in the running for "THE WORST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I remember being really impressed on Inauguration day 2021 that Biden, even with all he had to do on that day, had stacks of documents that he needed to sign right away to deal with problems that Donald Trump had either not dealt with or had created. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Throughout his term in the Presidency Joe Biden has continued to work hard, along with his excellent team, not to grandstand and create problems like Trump did but to solve problems that needed solving. I sometimes think about just how different Biden and Trump are and what a nightmare it would have been if Donald Trump had been elected instead of Joe Biden. Quite Frankly, its too scary to think about Trump being back in the White House.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, the incredibly frightening prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House needs to be considered daily until we finally Re Elect Joe Biden for another term as our President.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't know why we are so lucky to have Gentleman Joe willing and able to stick with us and to run for another term. I'm sure there are times that he wishes that he could just ditch all of the Republican Bullshit and go retire to his Rehoboth Beach Home and just relax and take a walk along the beach at sunset every day of his life. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All I know is that I and a lot of other Democrats appreciate what Biden has done for us and continues to do for us as he has accomplished and continues to accomplish so much not for himself but for the American people.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I really enjoyed seeing him show up on Seth Myers Late Night Show this past week to celebrate Seth's 10 Year Anniversary on the air. Joe was actually on Seth's First Show 10 Years ago. Joe seemed to be relaxed and having fun with Myers and even went downstairs after the show was over and got an Ice Cream Cone.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of Course the Lunatics at Fox News and other Right Wing Nuts went crazy over Biden eating Ice Cream like there was something wrong with it. Biden was so relaxed in the Ice Cram Shop that he answered a question about a Cease Fire in Gaza optimistically and of course, took shit for that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jesus, Give the guy a break. All Right Wing news ever does is Trash Joe every day like he is always doing something wrong when the truth is that he is always doing something right.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All the Republicans in the House of Representatives ever do is try to pull the rug out from Joe Biden every chance they get. They insisted that if Biden wanted to get money for Ukraine and Israel he had to fix the Border according to their demands. Senator Lankford and Senators Murphy and Sinema worked out a reasonably good Bipartisan Plan and it looked like it was a done deal.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">That was until Donald Trump weighed in on it and told House Republicans to kill the Bipartisan Border Bill because he did not want Joe Biden to get a win. Trump, not giving a shit about the consequences of killing the Border Bill, just wanted to keep the Border screwed up so that he could blame Biden for the problem. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">At this point, however, I think it is obvious to anyone paying attention to this situation that Biden is not to blame for this Border Boondoggle. Once again Donald Trump has shown his lack of concern for America and his willingness to shaft America and Americans if it serves his self interest.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I just hope that Voters in November of this year will not forget which Presidential Candidate has the interests of America and Americans on their minds and which Candidate couldn't give a damn about them. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the meantime, Joe, Please keep up the good work. You have accomplished a lot and it seems as though you have a lot more to do. Don't let yourself become discouraged by Republicans. Please know that there are a lot of us out here who appreciate you and will be in your corner in November. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-35342844726137562732024-02-22T13:55:00.000-08:002024-02-22T13:55:05.396-08:00Biden And Navalny: Brothers In Democracy<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday, February 22nd, 2024</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I watched the Rebroadcast of the CNN Film, "Navalny" last Saturday Night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had seen it before when it was broadcast for what I think was the first time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was blown away by the film both times I watched it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was blown away the first time I saw the film because I had known very little about Alexei Navalny prior to watching the film. Observing this Tall, Handsome, Charming, Charismatic, Fearless Russian Lawyer and Politician call the individuals on the telephone who attempted to assassinate him by poisoning his clothes and pretending to be a top Russian Official demanding a report was gutsy beyond belief. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Watching him in the movie the first time I truly felt as though I was watching someone who was fearless enough and capable enough to turn Russia into the kind of Reasonable and Righteous Democratic Country that those of us who believed in Democracy hoped it could be.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Navalny fooled The Russian Assassin who admitted to attempting to kill him into explaining on the phone while he was being recorded on camera just how he and his comrades went about attempting to kill Navalny by poisoning his underwear with a deadly nerve agent.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The First time I saw the film, especially the part of the film in which he voluntarily returned to Russia only to be arrested, I finished watching the film with a feeling of Hope For The Future Of Russia because Navalny was there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had a different feeling watching "Navalny" on CNN this past Saturday night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although I felt hopeful the first time I watched "Navalny," this time I felt hopeless and angry that Navalny was obviously no longer able to stir the consciences of the Russian people and give them hope for their future. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although it was reported there was film showing Navalny looking especially healthy taken at his Arctic Prison camp last Friday it was also reported later on that Navalny was dead. Certainly when someone looks healthy early in the day and dies of what the Russian officials term "Sudden Death Syndrome" it is not difficult to figure out that there was something incredibly wrong with this picture. In fact "Sudden Death Syndrome" seems to be a method of dying that has been recently on the rise in Russia. Amazingly enough almost all of the victims of this uniquely Russian method of demise seem to be Russian citizens speaking out against their country's increasing Political Repression.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bono at a concert in Las Vegas encouraged his fans to "say Navalny's name" as a gesture of respect for Navalny and a well deserved slap in the face for Vladimir Putin who took great care never to mention Navalny's name in public probably because he didn't want Navalny to be any more well known in Russia than he already was.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">President Joe Biden was obviously angry in his reaction to the news that Navalny was dead. Biden was very clear who he blamed for Navalny's death. He blamed Vladimir Putin for Navalny's demise and would be looking at what steps he could take to react to Alexei's death.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly Biden certainly felt a kinship with Navalny with regard to both men having a love and respect for Freedom and Democracy in their Home Countries. On today's date Joe Biden met with Navalny's widow and daughter and clearly will be supportive of Navalny's wife's efforts to continue her husband's Legacy to attempt to bring Democracy and Freedom to Russia </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is a deep sadness in the world right now as one more light has gone out as another Truly Brave Patriot is gone from Russia. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Sudden Death Syndrome has killed a number of brave individuals in Russia recently who have had the courage to speak out about the conditions in their Home Country.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To make matters worse for lovers of Democracy in our country we presently have to endure Donald Trump making statements about NATO indicating that if our Allied Countries in NATO don't pay what he determines is their their fair share of the financial burden of NATO that in a Trump Administration they will not be protected in the event of being invaded by Russia. Trump has also let it be known that he does not want Republicans to vote to give aid to Ukraine at a time when a lack of assistance to Ukraine is beginning to show its dangerous consequences in Ukraine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hopefully Trump's Reckless policies will at some point turn off those individuals in the Republican Party who still believe in Democracy and that somehow Radical Republican Extremists will still figure out what it is that their party used to stand for and that they come to their senses before it is too late to save Democracy in Ukraine or in other NATO Countries, or in fact in America .</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are most certainly living in very Dangerous times these days and if Donald Trump is elected we will most certainly be seeing the end of Democracy in America. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is surely time for all Americans to wake up and pay attention to what is happening not only in America but all over our world. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the meantime, we will miss Alexei Navalny and what he stood for and we will be grateful that in the United States of America Joe Biden is still in charge, and not Donald Trump.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now if we can only keep it that way.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p> </p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-997083629349220942024-02-14T17:30:00.000-08:002024-02-14T17:30:53.548-08:00Hey Republicans, For GOD's Sake, Aren't You Embarrassed <p><span style="font-family: verdana;">February 14th 2024</span> </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I feel bad for you, America. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of your Major Political Parties appears to be Mortally Sick and Damaged beyond belief. It seems to me as if there is no end in sight for the incredible Humiliation and Degradation that it takes these days to call yourself a member of the Republican Party.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I saw the Leader of the Republican Party on C Span recently. He was spewing out his insane verbal venom in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and since he was on display in my home state I thought I would try to see and hear what he was ranting about in Harrisburg. Quite Frankly, I couldn't stand watching him for very long. As Usual, Donald Trump had a lot to say but not much of it was true. I must say Though that He has his rant pretty much down pat these days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Donald was weeping and wailing that he is constantly being pursued by those damned Radical Lefties who just won't let the poor guy alone. The Lefties are pursuing him in Florida, Georgia, New York and D.C. just because Democrats won't accept the fact that Poor Donald won the 2020 Election and Democrats refuse to let him back in the White House. Well the poor insane Megalomaniac is right about one thing. Democrats certainly do not want Donald Trump ever to darken the White House doors ever again. He is simply not correct about the fact of whether or not Trumpzilla actually won the 2020 Election.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">He did not.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not only did Donald Trump lose the 2020 Election but he has convinced a lot of his Republican Voters/followers who have for many decades trusted the American Election System to follow his BIG LIE that the 2020 Election was stolen by Joe Biden and the Democrats.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Donald Trump is correct about one thing. There was a serious attempt to steal the 2020 Election. But how in the hell could Joe Biden have stolen the election. Although Joe Biden was certainly running for the office of the President in 2020 he was not in a position of power in which he realistically could have managed to steal the Election. The only Presidential Candidate who was in a Power Position to steal the election was the man who was President at the time in 2020. That person was Donald Trump and make no mistake although he was not successful in his attempt to steal the election in 2020 he certainly did everything in his power to steal the election away from Joe Biden.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">He was just unlucky enough to have a Vice President who cared more about the American Constitution than he did about Trump. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I feel bad these days, however for Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Charlie Dent, Cassidy Hutchinson, Mike Pence and all of those other decent Republicans who have been banished from their party because they wouldn't accept Trump's MAGA Lies especially the one about his winning the 2020 Election.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Republicans have had plenty of time to come to their senses but in the Republican Party MAGA Lies have simply become truths and if you want to remain a Republican you are required to accept Trump's Lies as the Gospel Truth.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And Speaking of the Gospel, check out on Twitter and You Tube the astounding lies presented in a Video by Republican Evangelical Christians that equate Donald Trump as some kind of Savior sent by GOD to Save America and the World.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Incredible, absolutely INCREDIBLE.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">How fairly decent Republicans can buy this Reprehensible Republican Bullshit is beyond me. It even appears as though some Evangelicals are Pulling away from their churches and church families in order to put their Faith and their Money into Donald Trump rather than Jesus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What the hell is going on with you people? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wake the Hell up and smell the insanity and the treason.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is nothing remotely religious about Donald Trump.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">He is as faraway from being a spiritual being as you can get.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All the man cares about is money.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have never been much of a fan of the Republican Party but for a long time I have recognized that whether I agreed with them or not, The Republican Party did appear to have some Principles, which I respected. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some Republicans were actually identified as "Liberal Republicans" and some as "Moderate Republicans".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In today's MAGA led Republican Party if you are "LIberal" or even a "Moderate" there is no longer any place for you to fit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">However If you have NAZI tendencies and hate Jews, Blacks, Immigrants, Latinos, Gays or Trans people Come on Down. There is plenty of room for you in today's Republican Party.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are certainly headed for a Showdown in The United States Of America on Election Day 2024 at the ballot box.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After this year's election we will either continue to be a Democracy with Joe Biden as our President or a Dictatorship with Donald Trump as our Fuhrer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I live in hope that at the end of 2024 we once again look forward to living in Freedom and Democracy in 2025.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have a Democratic Friend who proposes that perhaps the thing for Joe Biden to do after the 2024 Election is regardless of the election outcome Biden should immediately declare himself the winner of the election and refuse to leave the White House. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The more I think about it, The more I like that idea.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If we have to have a Fuhrer I'd rather it be Biden.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sinceerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-7275049303589789072024-01-29T14:12:00.000-08:002024-01-29T14:14:01.582-08:00In Iowa And New Hampshire "The Nightmare Has Already Begun"<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday, January 29th, 2024</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In A Television Season Long Ago one of My Favorite Shows was a Science Fiction Series called "The Invaders". The series starred Roy Thinnes who played an American named David Vincent who had accidently discovered that America was being invaded by Aliens who looked just like us. At the beginning of each show the voice of Actor, William Conrad was heard narrating the setup for the show. Conrad had been the voice of "The Lone Ranger" on the radio and also played "Cannon" on television. At the end of his introductory dialogue for every episode of the series William Conrad said the same thing in his unique booming bass voice. He said:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>"And The Nightmare Has Already Begun"</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For some reason the frightening sound of Conrad's ancient television warning has been playing in my head in recent days as I have watched with horror the truly disturbing results of the Iowa Caucus and the vote in New Hampshire both important results in the beginning of the 2024 Republican Primary. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Caucus Night was one of the coldest nights that Iowa had ever seen.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was hoping against hope that the Frigid temperatures might keep the Iowa Polling results from coming true. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After all, How could it be in the real world that a man who is facing 91 Felony charges in various courts in different states, a man who has been proved in court to be a rapist, a man who dines with Neo Nazis and sounds like one himself, a man who admires Dictators, A man who was for many years a very close friend and Running Buddy in Palm Beach with Jeffrey Epstein and a man who has not even participated in even one of the Republican Presidential Campaign Televised Debates, How could this man possibly win the Iowa Caucus by a staggering margin of victory.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately Donald Trump won big in the Iowa Caucuses and Donald Trump also won the Republican Primary Election in New Hampshire, although not by as wide a margin as he had expected. In New Hampshire Trump won only by a margin of around 10 points. Indeed, Nikki Haley, with every other Republican Rival other than Trump having abandoned their Presidential Ambitions showed by her strong showing in the Granite State that her Campaign might just be gaining enough strength to be giving Donald Trump a run for his money in the future. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Haley's Speech at the end of the New Hampshire Primary Election Campaign made it clear that she was encouraged by her closer than expected showing and unlike her many rivals for the prize before her who had quit the Campaign trail, she was staying in the race.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Certainly Donald Trump was not at all happy to hear that Nikki Haley was staying in the Republican Race for President. Onstage With Trump at his Victory Party in New Hampshire were two of the most obnoxious of his previous rivals for the Republican Presidential nod, Tim Scott and Vivek Ramaswamy. Both were doing what they did best as they ran for the Presidency. They were both onstage Enthusiastically Kissing Trump's Ass. Trump repaid Scott for his homage by humiliating Scott and Nikki Haley in the same breath by reminding Scott that Nikki Haley had appointed him to the Senate and yet Scott supported Trump.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To make that situation even more humiliating and disgusting, Scott marched up to Trump and told him "I Love You" over the Microphone.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jesus. Don't these people ever get embarrassed by their disgusting behavior?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I guess not. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The truth is that Nikki Haley is probably not a whole lot better Candidate than Donald Trump although she does seem to tell the truth more often than Trump.. She is at least beginning to hit Trump where it hurts, however. She is calling him out on his astonishing gaffe in which he was lying about how Nikki Haley was calling him from the Capitol on January 6th, 2021 begging him to send troops to save the Capitol. More than six times Trump mentioned Nikki Haley's name although the person he was talking about was obviously Nancy Pelosi. In his speech about this incident Trump lied that he sent the troops right away. The truth is that Trump's Flunky's in the Pentagon were not asked by Trump to send the troops. The troops were finally sent to the Capitol because Vice President Pence demanded it along with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Nancy Pelosi took care to set the record straight on CNN on Sunday and made sure that Trump was not given any credit for sending troops to the Capitol on January Sixth.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After this embarrassing Trump Speech Haley has finally begun to talk about Trump's "Cognitive Decline".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, Friends and Neighbors The Nightmare has already begun for us as Trump has Triumphed in Iowa and New Hampshire. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But, do not get get too discouraged at this bit of bad news for Democracy. Lets not forget that in New Hampshire, where on the Democratic side of the balloting Joe Biden was not even on the ballot but in an astonishing development he won over 50 percent of the votes as a Write In Candidate in the New Hampshire Democratic Presidential Primary.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although there was not a lot of Good News in Iowa and New Hampshire. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There Was that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-92181955032039001172024-01-11T18:11:00.000-08:002024-01-11T18:11:13.545-08:00A Sad Farewell To Chris Christie On The Campaign Trail - The Truth Has Set Him Free<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday, January 11th, 2024</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let me be very honest about this.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have never been a fan of Chris Christie.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have found him to be pretty much an Obnoxious, Overly Ambitious Blowhard who in many ways ruined New Jersey and especially New Jersey Politics for the time that he was the Governor of that state. He seemed to take great pleasure in shafting the Teachers Union in his state and his oversized Ego was surely on display in Bridgegate, when he took it upon himself to deliberately screw with traffic on the George Washington Bridge to get back at a Democratic Mayor in New Jersey for some god forsaken reason.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">His self centered ambition was certainly on display when he was one of the first also ran candidates of 2016 who stepped up to support Donald Trump when it became obvious that Trump was going to be the Republican Nominee for President in that race.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I haven't completely become a Chris Christie Fan but after watching on You Tube his farewell to the Presidential Campaign speech that he gave in New Hampshire I have to say that I was impressed by his speech. I was also impressed by the fact that in the Republican Party Christie was one of the only Republican Candidates for President who was consistently telling the truth about the Republican Front Runner, Donald Trump. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Republican Party is a party in which the truth in Political thought seems to be increasingly a thing of the past. Those people in the party that have consistently told the truth about Donald Trump have been people who have largely been driven out of the party by any means necessary to satisfy the whims of a party leader who seems to be increasingly desperate and delusional. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't know where things go from here for Chris Christie. He certainly is bound to be a Pariah in Donald Trump's Party. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What Trump has done to the Republican Party is not going to be easy to fix while Trump is still on the scene. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It appears to be almost certain that Trump will win the Republican Nomination this year. That is truly a shame for the Republican Party and for the Two Party System in America. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although I have no personal love for the Republican Party I do respect and admire the Two Party System in our country and I hope that at some point those people who are still truly Republicans in the true sense of the word are able with the efforts of leaders like Chris Christie, Liz Cheny, Adam Kinzinger,John Kasich, Charlie Dent and others like them will make an effort to regain the leadership and the Principles of their party in some way shape or form. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Either that or they should get together and create another New Party that will fit in where the classic Republican Party left off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Regardless, I want to say to Chris Christie Thanks for Trying to get your party on the right path. I hope that you and your fellow Republicans are able to get your party straightened out before we are all required to raise our right arms and say </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Seig Heil" in our daily greetings to one another. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Always know that in this particular matter you have surely done the right thing</span></p><p> </p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-15965883667924722742024-01-06T19:13:00.000-08:002024-01-06T19:13:11.724-08:00It Is January Sixth In America And All Is Not well<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday January Sixth, 2024</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today Is January Sixth.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">this is a day that to Americans should surely be a day that much like other historical markers should certainly live in Infamy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">On January Sixth of 2021 My wife and I sat in our living room waiting to watch the Congressional Presidential Certification and instead watched in horror as thousands of our Fellow American Citizens marched from Donald Trump's speech out in front of the White House down to the Capitol Building. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">At first it looked like many of the same type of legitimate protests that we have seen before many times in Washington where marchers would hold up signs and slogans and march around peacefully making their voices heard</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But on January Sixth, 2021 as the Congress, under the guidance of Donald Trump's Republican Vice President prepared to finally legitimately certify that Democratic Candidate, Joe Biden had won the election for President of the United States in November of 2020, all hell broke loose.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Call it what you want.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">An Insurrection, A Riot, an out of control mob.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Whatever you call it don't call it a Peaceful Demonstration.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It wasn't that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Donald Trump wasn't there at the Capitol that day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Luckily for him and for us his Secret Service Officers apparently had enough sense to refuse to drive him down to the Capitol although, thanks to the information we have learned from the January Sixth Congressional Committee, we now know that President Trump encouraged his Acolytes to march forcefully to the Capitol. The MAGA Crowd followed their leader's instructions and marched quite forcefully to the Capitol.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once the crowd, already fueled by Donald Trump lying about the 2020 election being stolen, arrived at the Capitol Building several members the crowd of Trump followers did some very strange and surreal things. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">They shouted "Hang Mike Pence" and prepared a platform with a hangman's noose attached with which to do it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">They smashed windows and entered the Capitol en masse.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">They beat the shit out of Capitol Police and comrades from other Police Departments who tried to prevent the "Tourists" from illegally entering the building.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of them shouted "Where's Nancy" and broke into her office and the offices of other Congressmen and Women.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of them used flagpoles with United States flags and Trump flags as weapons. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of them "Poo Pooed" in the Capitol Building to use Nancy Pelosi's less offensive term.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks to quick thinking on the part of the Capitol Police and Congressional Leaders most of the members of Congress and their staffs were moved to safety and later on in the evening when the situation was once again relatively under control the certification of Joe Biden's Election as President took place under the Guidance of Mike Pence.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To put less delicately than Nancy Pelosi would probably put it:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What happened on January Sixth of 2020 was a Shit Storm of Epic Proportions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Many of the Capitol Invaders are in jail paying for their crimes these days but Donald Trump, the instigator of the entire messed up Stop The Steal situation, is still living in Mara Lago, Running for President and although he continues to be charged with crimes he is inexplicably still the Front Runner in the Republican Presidential Primary Campaign.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What The Hell</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Are We living in a Nightmare, or what?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I woke up this morning earlier than I normally do and turned on my television.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our local Cable Company has recently bundled Fox News Channels, OAN and Newsmax closer together for quicker Right Wing access, I guess. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although I normally stay away from those channels for some reason today on January Sixth I didn't. I flipped around the Right Wing Channels and found a world that prior to today had been hidden from me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The following is some of what I saw today on the Republican channels for the few minutes that I could stomach watching them:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A guy with a United States Flag Tie talking about the wonderful Trump Years and totally distorting what they were like.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">On another channel I heard someone talking about how great it is that Republicans including Donald Trump are trying to get along with that wonderful guy, Vladimir Putin.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All I can think about since stumbling on this Nightmare Television Experience is that now I am beginning to understand why and How Republicans can be so out of touch with reality.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Those people who are watching those Right Wing Channels are living in an Alternate Universe filled with Lies and Bullshit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately we are all pretty much living in that same Alternate Universe these days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And That Alternate Universe looks and feels like a Nightmare to Me that I certainly hope we all wake up from when Election Day rolls around in November of 2024.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I saw a guy </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-84670320848220280472023-12-31T13:30:00.000-08:002023-12-31T13:30:11.423-08:002024 - Happy New Year Or Unhappy New Year - That Is The Question<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Sunday December 31st, 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have certainly had some very difficult New Years Transitions in the American past.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Going from 1963 to 1964 without President John F. Kennedy who had been murdered the month before New Years wasn't easy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every Year that The Vietnam War continued wasn't easy to tolerate.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Watergate and Iran-Contra did not provide much to look forward to for several years.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But none of those Difficult New Years compare to the Transition from 2023 to 2024.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately We can't stop the New Year from coming although we might wish to.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">2023 wasn't easy for sure but we didn't have one of the Most Consequential Elections of our Lifetime this past year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We will have that in 2024, however, despite the fact that we don't particularly want a Presidential Election to happen this coming year</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Regardless of whether or not we want to experience the consequences of a 2024 Election we are presently on our way over the Fault Line to 2024 and in November of this coming year we will, whether we want it to happen or not, have the Most Consequential Election of our lifetime.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now the truth is that we may not have much to worry about. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are currently still living in a Functioning Democratic Country.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's the way it appears Anyway.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our last Presidential Election in 2020 is still holding, after all. At least according to the Democrats who control the White House and the Senate by a few votes</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, Democrats do not control the House of Representatives. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">According to many Republicans their party was on deck to take the House and Senate by extremely wide margins in recent Elections where several Trump backed Election Deniers got their asses kicked in Elections that they and their Mentor, Donald Trump, had predicted would result in a substantial "Red Wave" of Republican Victories.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although the "Red Wave" never really materialized, Unfortunately Republicans squeaked through enough of their party's contenders in the House of Representatives to wrest control of that body from the Democrats.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The result of Republican control of the House has been a disastrous and sad display of ineptitude on the part of the Republican House Leaders and Members and a truly staggering inability to get almost anything done.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">January of 2023 was marked by vote after vote in which the House Republicans failed to get enough votes to confirm Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. To actually get enough votes from Far Right Republicans to elect McCarthy as Speaker, McCarthy had to make promises that would come back to haunt him in the end and result in kicking him out as Speaker and eventually resulting in McCarthy Quitting Congress and a new Far Right Religious Nut, Mike Johnson becoming Speaker of the House.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although Mike Johnson is OK with giving money to Israel to work toward Doomsday in that country and the world, apparently Speaker Johnson is not so inclined to assist Ukraine in maintaining it's Democratic Government against Russia's Invasion of that Next Door Neighboring Country. Johnson is also a January Sixth Conspirator and Trump insider who does not believe that the 2020 Election wasn't stolen.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To put it mildly, things are very screwed up in the House of Representatives with Mike Johnson in charge. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So where are we as we cross the threshold of American Democracy from 2023 into the New Year of 2024.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To my mind Joe Biden has done everything right during his three years in office. He has managed support for Ukraine in their battle to keep their Democracy alive and out of the hands of their neighboring Russia and in the process Biden has developed better relations with NATO countries in Europe who also back Ukraine's fight for Freedom and Democracy. President Biden has, with Democratic backing in Congress, also managed to get an incredible amount of legislation passed and signed by him that will be improving the lives of Americans of all political stripes for a long time to come. It would seem that in normal times Joe Biden would be a Shoo in to not only win the Democratic Nomination for President but to certainly win the General Election election for President.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The fact that Joe Biden will undoubtedly be running against a Presidential Contender that he beat before in 2020 named Donald Trump who is facing prosecution in several upcoming trials in several different parts of the country should make it easy for Joe Biden to beat Trump. Trump's deficits are many and his serious problems back in Normal Times would certainly have killed a Candidates credibility and chances to win election to the Presidency.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But we all know that these are not Normal Times to any extent and despite the fact that I don't understand Donald Trump's attraction for his followers, the Donald Trump followers seem to be willing to follow Donald Trump to the Gates of Hell and back. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why that level of devotion is given to a man who states very clearly that when and if he is reelected he will surely follow in the steps of his Long Time Political Hero, Adolph Hitler, is not only difficult to understand. It is impossible for me to understand.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But here we are, standing on the brink of an election in 2024 in which the results of that election is either going to bring us a continuing strong Democracy in the United States or a Weird and Hellish Dictatorship in the United States of America.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can only hope that there are enough bright and loving Americans left in this country willing to get up off their asses on Election Day in November of 2024 and go to the polls and vote to keep Democracy Alive in the United States of America.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Otherwise we are in for it, Brothers and Sisters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is time to recognize just how important keeping Democracy Alive truly is.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A vote for Donald Trump in 2024 will totally change our country and not at all in a good way. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So if you don't want to see Mike Flynn Running the Pentagon</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Or if you don't want to see Rudy Giuliani running the Department of Justice </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Or if you don't want to see Kash Patel running the CIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Or if you don't want Stephen Miller running Homeland Security</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please Wake Up Americans. Wake up to reality and recognize just what kind of a situation we are facing this incredibly consequential New Year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If We Re Elect Democrat Joe Biden as President in 2024 we will certainly be looking at a Happy New Year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If We don't Elect Joe Biden and instead Elect Donald Trump or any other Republican Election Denier in 2024 we will be looking at Many Unhappy New Years to come in our future.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And while we are at it, lets vote for Democrats for Congress and get rid of the Right Wing Extremists in Congress so that we can finally stop the bullshit and get some things done to improve our lives, rather than wrecking our lives.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank You Everyone. We Wish a Happy New Year to Everyone reading our Blog and Listening to our Podcast.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lets all hope for the best in the New Year of 2024. And Lets all Hear if for Democracy in 2024. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It has taken us a long time to learn how make Democracy Work. Now is not the time to abandon It. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In fact, There Never will be a Time when it makes sense to abandon Democracy in The United States Of America.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-45041531641737737432023-12-19T15:02:00.000-08:002023-12-19T15:02:22.849-08:00Hunter Biden's Living Hell<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday December 18th, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Something is radically wrong with the Republican Party. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Its not as though the Republican Party was always a mild and considerate political party that always treated Democrats and other political opponents with sensitivity and kindness.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But today's Republican Party has truly gone off the rails and unfortunately there is no sign that I can see that it will be returning to the rather upstanding and respectful political party that it used to be.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think that it is clear to anyone who is bothering to look at todays Republican Party that there is a Cruel Streak a mile long running through the party these days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Its not easy to say for sure just when or how that Cruel Streak got started. Maybe it was just there all along and just got worse and worse with each passing Republican Administration beginning, of course, with the outrageous Watergate Criminal Activities of the Nixon Administration.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The cruelty certainly progressed with Ronald Reagan's outrageous conduct with regard to arranging with the Iranians through his Campaign Manager and eventual CIA Director, William Casey, to keep American Hostages in Iran from being released until after Reagan was sworn in as President. To add insult to injury, while Reagan claimed not to negotiate with terrorists his representatives bypassed the arms embargo with Iran and sold weapons to them using the profits from those sales to illegally fund the Cruel Right Wing Contra Army in Nicaragua who were fighting against the legally elected Left Wing Sandanista Government.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Certainly Republican Strategists Lee Atwater and Karl Rove turned up the cruelty quotient in the Bush Campaigns with their take no prisoners and destroy your opponents political strategies.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">When it comes to Scorched Earth Political Campaigning, however, nobody in the Republican Party has come close to Donald Trump. Mad Dog Donald has left many a political opponent lying battered and bruised and out of the running in his time in politics.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, Donald Trump also carried his cruelty into his Presidential Administration as evidenced by his Southern Border policy of separating illegal immigrant children from their parents at the border resulting in hundreds of families which still continue to be shattered by this Cruel Policy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Republican Party seems to have continued to learn its lessons well about the value of cruelty in politics from the Republican Presidents of the past. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The evidence is still there in Texas and elsewhere in the U.S. and the world where families continue to hope to be reunited again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also in Texas a woman who needs to have an abortion to stay alive is not allowed to have one and anyone who assists a woman to get an abortion risks jail time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Republicans have learned the value of not just winning elections but also virtually destroying one's opponent in the process.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Republicans have also learned the value of taking away rights and privileges including voting rights rather than providing rights and privileges to Americans which Democrats are prone to doing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Republicans who continue to promote the politics of cruelty do not deserve to be voted into office but Right Wing Media Outlets like Fox News and others continue to present their cruel and unusual vision of life in these United States to their millions of viewers and although Democracy is on the line the Republican Party's cruel charade seems to have continued unabated. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, my American Friends it certainly has become and continues to be a cruel world out there and no one is more aware of that fact than the American President, Joe Biden and his only remaining son, Hunter Biden.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Prior to the 2020 Election I bought a used copy of Joe Biden's Autobiography, "Promises To Keep" from Amazon and really enjoyed reading it. I found it to be very well written, interesting and revealing about the man who was at the time I was reading it running for President. I was a Joe Biden fan long before reading the book but I must admit that I became a bigger and more enthusiastic Joe Biden fan after reading it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think that what I liked most about the book was the fact that it revealed just how much of a Great Family Man Joe Biden was. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly Joe Biden loves Jill Biden and his present day family. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But Joe also revealed in the book how much he loved his first wife, Neila Hunter Biden and his daughter, Naomi, both of whom were killed in a car accident in 1972. That same accident almost killed Joe's two infant sons, Beau and Hunter, who were critically injured in the accident but did recover with time and treatment. That fatal accident occurred just around the time that Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate and certainly dampened the pleasure that Joe should have been able to enjoy with regard to that accomplishment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">With time, Joe did recover and he has had a spectacular career in the Senate, as Barack Obama's Vice President and presently as President.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Throughout his Political life Joe Biden has continued to maintain a close relationship with his family members including his sons. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">His Son Beau, like his father, became a lawyer, he served in the Armed Forces and was serving as the Attorney General of Delaware when his bright Political Future was struck down with Cancer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Joe's son, Hunter, was very close to his brother, Beau and also seemed to be also on his way to a bright future prior to his brother's untimely death. Hunter was also a bright Harvard educated Lawyer whose future looked bright when drugs, booze and hard living interrupted that bright future. Hunter's search for big money has not only put his own life on the skids but it has caused his father big problems, as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hunter Biden's problems have been front and center for several years now thanks to Republicans like James Comer, Jim Jordan and, of course Donald Trump having a field day trying to tie Hunter Biden's problems to Joe Biden. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is no way, however, that Hunter Biden's problems relate in any way to the crimes of Donald Trump. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly, what Republicans are trying to do by attempting to tarnish Joe Biden's reputation through amplifying and tying the problems of Hunter Biden to his father is a disgusting example of what kind of Republican Scumbags we have running loose these days in the halls of Congress.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, Hunter Biden spent time as an addict and his behavior was reprehensible for a considerable period of time. But some Republicans are equating Hunter's activities with the Genuine High Crimes and Misdemeanors that were committed by Donald Trump.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sorry. There is no correlation or connection between Hunter Biden's actions and those of Donald Trump. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Republicans seem to be super focused on putting Hunter Biden in Jail.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For What.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hunter Biden, after years of inappropriate shameful Republican obsession with putting Hunter in jail have harassed the Trump Appointed Special Prosecutor in charge of Hunter's case to the point where he has caved and indicted Hunter for the crime of lying related to filling out a form for the purchase of a gun. He was also indicted for income tax evasion charges although the taxes were already paid before these charges were filed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If Hunter Biden's name was Hunter Jones none of these charges would have ever been filed. He would not be getting investigated by Republican led Congressional Committees and these Chickenshit Charges would never have seen the light of day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hunter Biden is no fool and he can plainly see what Republicans are trying to do to him and to his Father. He has advised James Comer's House Oversight Committee that he is willing to testify to that Committee if the proceeding is televised. That way the Committee doesn't have a chance to distort and put their spin on Hunter's testimony. But James Comer has so far refused to allow Hunter Biden's testimony to be televised.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What was televised recently was Hunter Biden holding a Press Conference in front of the Capitol building in which he truthfully pointed out the Shameful and Offensive conduct of James Comer and other Republican Donald Trump Toadies. Hunter made it very clear in this Press Conference that his Father, Joe Biden has never profited from any of Hunter Biden's business ventures and that the only thing that Hunter feels that Joe Biden is guilty of is being a Good and Loving Father</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even the Republicans would have to admit that in America we don't don't put people in jail for that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-78960705066808835172023-12-10T14:46:00.000-08:002023-12-10T14:46:33.044-08:00Does One Horrible Massacre Deserve Another: The Answer Is NO<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Sunday, December 10th, 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What in Gods Name is happening in the world today? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seemingly as the result of the Horrendous Bloody Massacre of Innocent Jews in Israel on October 7th the world appears to have gone mad.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The strong Anti Semitism that seems to have been rampant since the beginning of time has suddenly gone off the charts. It would seem to me that some sympathy for the slaughtered Innocent Israeli Jews would have been appropriate considering the situation. Instead, however, it seems as though Anti Semites seem to be having a field day blaming the Jews of Israel for their own slaughter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What the hell, Man. This makes no sense at all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, nothing makes much sense these days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I must admit that it has been a long time since I spent any time on a College Campus. I have three Granddaughters who are presently in College and I am Grateful that none of them are Jewish because Jewish students on campus in many American Schools presently seem to be Needlessly in Danger. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For Gods Sake, What do these Innocent Jewish College Students have to do with the insanity of what is happening in Israel?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The answer is Nothing: They have nothing to do with what is happening in Israel. Most Jews have little or nothing to do with Israel, although some may have connections with relatives in the Jewish State.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The problem with Israel and the Palestinians goes back a long time. Palestinian Arabs have lived in Israel for as long as history. Jews have also lived in Israel for centuries. After the horrors of Hitler's Holocaust many surviving European Jews came back to Palestine in search of a Homeland thinking that Palestine, which was their Ancient Homeland, could be their Homeland again. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There has been serious trouble between Israeli Jews and Palestinians ever since the Jews returned to their biblical homeland and based on what we are seeing these days in Israel the trouble may only be intensifying.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Israeli-Palestinian Question may never be answered in any way that satisfies all parties. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly Israel is not going to give up what they feel is their Homeland to the Palestinians.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And the Palestinians are certainly not going to give up their claims to what they feel is their Homeland to the Israelis.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, what we have in Israel and have continued to have here since the arrival of the Jewish settlers after World War II is a Stalemate that seems to be a Permanent impediment to satisfactorily solving the problem between Palestinians and Jews.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Its not as if there have not been people who have not been trying to solve this problem. There have been times when it seemed as though breakthroughs had been made and even some times of seemingly genuine peace between Jews and Palestinians.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But not recently.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Certainly not every Israeli-Palestinian problem can be laid at the feet of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. But the Prime Minister's attitude toward Palestinians has certainly been responsible in recent years for an increasing amount of tension and violence between Palestinians and Jews in Israel. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly, unlike other Israeli leaders who have sincerely tried to make a Two State Solution work in Israel, Netanyahu has made it clear to the Palestinians that as long as he is in charge there will be no Two State Solution to the Palestinian problem. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This has led Palestinians in Israel to become increasingly Hopeless and Angry.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Certainly Hopelessness and Anger on the part of the Palestinians is no Justification for the Horrible Bloodbath of Innocent Jews on October 7th of this year. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just as the Horrible Bloodbath that is presently occurring in Gaza has no justification because of October 7th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">One Bloodbath does not deserve or justify another Bloodbath.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There does not seem to be any reasonable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem on the horizon presently.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I certainly understand that the Israelis want to send a violent message to Hamas to keep their hands off our Innocent Israelis.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, however, along with Hamas, the innocent Palestinians of Gaza are also suffering and dying even more than they were prior to October 7th. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, President Biden did the right thing in showing American Respect and Sympathy and Support for Israel but he should have made sure that Netanyahu would not unleash Hell on Earth in Gaza in response to Hamas unleashing Hell on Earth in Israel.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Certainly Israel has shown their strength in responding to Hamas in Gaza. Now is the time, however, to back off and back out of Gaza and try to help innocent Palestinians in Gaza move forward without Hamas in the drivers seat. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is going to take time to move forward from this ongoing tragedy in Israel. It is also necessary for Israelis to move forward without Bebe Netanyahu in charge of their country. Like his buddy, Donald Trump in America, Netanyahu is a criminal trying to keep himself out of jail by destroying the Israeli Justice System.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the meantime, it is time for American Colleges and Universities to calm down and get back to the important job of educating the next generation. Nobody is learning much when students are physically attacking each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, Students should be allowed to express themselves about the Tragic Circumstances in Israel and elsewhere in the world but lets keep our discussions Civil and Nonviolent even when we are discussing Violence.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-12174485557326369692023-11-22T15:46:00.000-08:002023-11-24T14:13:32.804-08:00Remembering The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy 60 Years Later<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today is November 22nd, 2023.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This date may not mean a lot to many young people but to those of us who can and do remember this date 60 years ago it means a Great Deal.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">November 22nd, 1963 was a day that those of us who were old enough to remember will always remember for the rest of our lives.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">On November 22nd, 1963 President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was murdered while riding in a convertible in Dallas, Texas while on a Campaign trip to shore up support for his 1964 Re Election. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have been a JFK Assassination Junkie for a long time now and I have written what I prefer to call a Non Fiction-Fictional Novel in which I present my fictional premise of how I think the Assassination occurred based on information that I have uncovered over the many years I have studied the many books, magazines, movies and other Television presentations available on the JFK Assassination. My Novel is called "The Man On The Grassy Knoll" and is available in Paperback and E Book Editions on Amazon.com and Smashwords.com for anyone who might be interested in reading it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There have been many theories on Who killed JFK and Why he was killed. My theory, after reading almost everything available on the subject is that John Kennedy was probably killed by Rogue CIA agents, including E Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis (Of Watergate Infamy) whose pictures were taken in Dallas near Dealy Plaza shortly after the Assassination and were later on published in several publications. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rolling Stone Magazine published a story some years ago which explained that shortly before Howard Hunt died, after decades of denying his involvement with JFK's Assassination, he confessed to his son, St. John Hunt that he was indeed involved with the JFK Assassination but denied being the triggerman. Hunt also named other CIA Operatives involved with the Assassination and also stated that the person who was in charge of the Assassination Operation was none other than Lyndon Johnson, the Vice President of the United States at the time, who became President following the Assassination and appointed the members of the Warren Commission who investigated the JFK Assassination and concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the Lone Gunman who acted alone in killing Kennedy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some years later the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that there was evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald was not the only shooter in Dallas in 1963 and that evidence existed that John Kennedy was killed as the result of a Conspiracy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The truth is that there is and has been for a long time evidence that the Warren Commission Report covered up crucial information that was revealed over time and blew holes in many of the initial Warren Commission findings.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">60 years down the line from the Dallas murder of John F. Kennedy there is much disarray not only in the United States but all over the world. It is no wonder that many Americans are no longer focused on what happened in Dallas 60 years ago. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But to tell you the truth I am heartened today to have learned just recently about recent updated presentations about the Assassination of President John Kennedy that are revealing his incredible legacy to some new generations of Americans.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">One new Presentation which I discovered on the History Channel this past weekend was a Docuseries called "Kennedy". I missed seeing the first few episodes of this excellent series which I assume were about his life before politics. I hope that the series will be repeated so that I might see those episodes that I have missed. Although much of what I saw was information that was not new to me, some of what was revealed about the Cuban Missile Crisis was far more detailed and disturbing than anything I had learned before regarding how close we came to Nuclear Destruction of the World. The Producer, Director and Musical Composer and Musical Director of this Feature was a young man named Ashton Gleckman who is only 24 years old. I must say that this was a very impressive job, Ashton. Well done.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another JFK Assassination Documentary is being presented on Paramount Plus. It is called "JFK What the Doctors Saw", which I suppose is about what the Doctors saw in Dallas and in Maryland and D.C. when Kennedy's body was Examined and Autopsied after he was killed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also recently signed up to follow "Who Killed JFK", a Podcast that features Rob Reiner, a very talented gentleman who has always done a good job with whatever projects he is involved in. Journalist Soledad OBrien is also involved with Reiner in this project so I am guessing that "Who KIlled JFK" will be a First Class Operation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is a lot of material available to anyone who is interested in JFK, and in particular the JFK Assassination. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Books, Movies, TV Shows. There is a lot out there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But let me warn you. When you start looking into this area of study, you will have a tough time stopping. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have been at it a long time and I know that I will still be looking into it for a much longer time to come.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The more you do it, the more you become addicted to finding out more . </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've given you fair warning. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please don't blame me if you turn yourself into a Bona Fide JFK Assassination Addict.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you do succomb to this addiction, I am warning you that there is no cure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Only more information to find out about this incredibly Fascinating, Interesting and Disturbing Subject.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Good luck to all of you who will join those of us who have traveled down this Fascinating Rabbit Hole before you and will never stop.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-16615591021373684832023-11-16T13:42:00.000-08:002023-11-16T13:42:18.358-08:00Donald Trump Isn't Even trying To Hide It Anymore That He Is A Straight Up Nazi <p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday, November 16th, 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Following is an Exact Quotation from Donald Trump that was released on his Social Media Platform "Truth Social" on November 11th, 2023 - Veterans Day and was also featured word for word in a Campaign speech he gave in New Hampshire.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"In honor of our great Veterans on Veterans Day, we pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our Country, lie steal and cheat on Elections, and will do anything possible, whether legally or illegally to destroy America, and the American Dream. The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous and grave, than the threat from within. Despite the hatred and anger of the Radical Left Lunatics who want to destroy our country, we will MAKE AMEERICA GREAT AGAIN."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Donald Trump never really made much of an attempt to hide the fact that he is an admirer of Adolph Hitler. When he was President he was criticized often for kissing up to several Brutal Dictators while he also rudely disparaged some of our closest Allies. Who can forget the disgusting ass kissing of Vladimir Putin when Trump met with him and Trump foolishly stated that he believed Putin over our American Intelligence Agencies. Certainly that was a clue to how Trump felt about Dictators. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But this Truth Social Post and his using this same language in a speech in New Hampshire is a new Low even for Trump. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is no doubt in my mind as to where the word "Vermin" came to be used by Trump in this disturbing Veterans Day message from Trump.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It came directly from Trump's book of Translated Hitler Speeches that his First Wife, Ivanna, revealed he used to read from every night when they were married. He has always been a notorious non reader yet he was reading Hitler's speeches nightly. Isn't that interesting and deeply disturbing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have spent a good deal of time over the past couple of months reading about Adolph Hitler. It was not by any means light reading and every day I seem to be seeing increasingly disturbing signs that Hitler Fan Donald Trump is done with Democracy and is all in on Dictatorship.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is truly unnerving is the fact that despite his increasing numbers of City, State and Federal Criminal Charges against him he still has vast numbers of supporters clamoring for his return to power.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't Get it. I have never gotten it and I'm damn sure that I will never get this man's attraction for so many Americans.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For God's Sake, Joe Biden, despite the fact that he has had nothing but venomous opposition from so many Republicans in Congress (Some of them like Mitch McConnell were even old friends of his) has still managed to accomplish an incredible amount of progress in the limited amount of time that he has had in the White House.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">His reward for all he has done since Totally Legitimately Beating Trump in 2020 is to have many people in his own party praise what he has done but worry about him running again because of his age. Yes, Joe is old. He was old when he was elected and he still accomplished a great deal despite Republican opposition. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Give a guy a break. He's done a Fantastic Job as President of the United States. Unlike Donald Trump who always seemed to denigrate the Armed Services. "Suckers and Losers" Trump called Veterans.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Biden, on the other hand closes every single speech with the words "God Bless our Troops."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In my opinion it is time for Americans to wake up to reality before it is too late and recognize that what Donald Trump is promising if he is Re Elected is a Full On Dictatorship with "Retribution" aplenty for those of us "Vermin" who recognize Who and What Donald Trump really is and what "Retribution" he is planning When and If, God Forbid, he is legitimately allowed back in the White House. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just this week on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Rachel Maddow said something that I think answers a lot of questions as to why Trump is doing what he is doing regarding deliberately aligning himself with Hitler.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rachel pointed out that what Donald Trump has done since he arrived on the Political Scene is to make his outrageous, seemingly insane and dangerous rhetoric and actions normalized over time and worthy of publicity. Rachel points out, I believe correctly, that Trump is trying at the present time to normalize Hitler and the Nazis so that by the time the 2024 Elections roll around his Hitler talk will have been given some sense of normality. But make no mistake, Donald Trump talking about implementing the Insurrection Act which would put the United States Armed Forces under his control on the streets of America is a dangerous and probably deadly proposition. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">He has also apparently set up plans to build "Camps" throughout the United States. Something tells me that he is not planning to put Boy Scouts in those camps. The camps will certainly bear resemblance to Concentration Camps. We can only hope that these strange camps will not have ovens disguised as showers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I think about Rachel Maddow's brilliant explanation of Trump's dark and disturbing plans I also realize that what Trumpaholic Senator Tommy Tubberville is doing with regard to stymieing Armed Forces promotions suddenly makes sense. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If the United States Armed Services leadership is in chaos it will be easier for Dictator Donald to assume complete control of the Armed Forces and put his own Dictator friendly officers like Mike Flynn in charge of the Pentagon and Armed Forces Bases everywhere.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Get serious people. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is time for Dean Phillips, Cornell West, Robert Kennedy Junior and Joe Mansion to abandon their campaigns for President and get behind Biden. If these Ralph Nader type candidates don't get on board the Biden train those of us who love and treasure Democracy may be meeting together in the "CAMPS"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> As my Irish Mother used to always say</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> God Bless Us And Save Us. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-4251173779854110872023-11-03T14:47:00.007-07:002023-11-03T15:04:34.401-07:00Here Comes MAGA MIKE <p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">November 3rd, 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It appeared to be good news at first.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After three weeks of Ridiculous Republican Shenanigans the Republicans in the House of Representatives had finally decided on who they were all in favor of becoming the new Speaker Of The House - A Position that is two heartbeats away from becoming the President of the United States.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The New Speaker's name was Mike Johnson. He was a Congressman from Louisiana. Unlike those other Lucky bastards whose names had been brought up as possible Speakers and had been discarded like trash by the members of the Republican Party in the House, Johnson had failed to piss off enough other members of the House Republican Party and Donald Trump to cause them to vote against him for Speaker.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My wife and I caught his first speech on the House Floor shortly after he was voted in as Speaker. He seemed pretty normal. He seemed like a nice guy. He was well spoken as he talked about Bipartisanship and working with the Democrats. He was saying the right things, after all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Could this be it? Could the House Republicans have actually chosen a Speaker who was, or at least could be, the Right Man for the job. It seemed that way to me, at first, before MSNBC and other news outlets began dishing out the bad news about Mike Johnson.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">YIKES.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Where the hell do I start. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A clue as to where Mike Johnson stands is the fact that after he was elected Speaker he was immediately endorsed by Donald Trump.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And why wouldn't he be. He was a Trump insider long before January 6th, 2021. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">He traveled with Trump at times on Air Force One and supported much of Trump's Right Wing agenda while Trump was in the Oval Office. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">He was also one of Donald Trump's staunchest supporters on the House Judiciary Committee during the Trump impeachment hearings. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">He was such a Trump Acolyte that he was chosen by Donald Trump to be a member of Trump's Defense Team during the Senate Impeachment Trial in which Trump was acquitted. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mike Johnson was also a lead organizer of the December 2020 Amicus Brief in support of The "Texas v. Pennsylvania" lawsuit that Texas Republicans pushed all the way to the Supreme Court where it finally fizzled out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mike Johnson has also been identified as the "Architect" of the scheme in which MAGA Republicans in the Congress voted against certifying the 2020 Election on January 6th, following the invasion of the Capitol by Trump Followers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Johnson, along with all other House Republican Leaders in 2021 voted against establishing a National Commission to investigate the January 6th Insurrection.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">While running for Congress in 2016 Mike Johnson pledged that as a member of Congress he would cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits Amendment which would limit Congressional Candidates to only three (3) House Terms.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Johnson is presently serving in his Fourth (4) Term in The United States House of Representatives.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Johnson also has a long history of Anti LGTBQ Rhetoric. His wife, Kelly runs a Counseling Business that Advocates that Homosexuality is comparable to Bestiality and Incest.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Johnson is of course an ardent opponent of Same Sex marriage and defended Louisiana's same sex marriage ban before the Supreme Court in 2004 and 2014.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Throughout his Career Mike Johnson has authored several bills aiming to restrict abortion access.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Johnson opposes the legalization of marijuana including medical marijuana.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mike Johnson is a climate science skeptic who has accepted more campaign cash in his Congressional career from the oil and gas industry than any other industry.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Johnson sits on the House Armed Services Committee and unfortunately supports ending American Military Aid to Ukraine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mike and his wife Kelly had a Podcast in which they espoused their Radical and Extreme Views. Now that Mike has been elected Speaker of the House the Johnson Couple's Podcast has strangely disappeared from the Podcast Universe. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What has recently begun to bubble up with regard to Mike Johnson is that in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana it was common knowledge to some in town that when he was younger he frequented a Gay Bar in town and reportedly occasionally hooked up with men. It is also reported that a Male Prostitute in New Orleans is about to go public regarding his relationship with Mike Johnson. What a surprise that another radically Anti Gay Republican may possibly be OK with getting some Gay Action on the side.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly with MAGA MIKE in the drivers seat in the United States House of Representatives we are in for some tough times. His election may not only shut down our government but may also be responsible for the Death of Democracy in Ukraine. Clearly MAGA MIKE will be OK with the return to the Oval Office of Donald Trump and this time out will be willing to make the Coup Successful in the House of Representatives if Donald Trump doesn't win legitimately. The House may finally have a Speaker but we who are not residents of Trump's MAGA World are in for some serious difficulties in the coming months if I can read the tea leaves correctly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, maybe now is not the time to be a naysayer. So I will try my best to give Mike Johnson a chance to show that he can actually be Bipartisan and Responsible in the coming months. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lets all hope for the best but also prepare for the worst as Mr. Johnson begins his term as Speaker Of the House Of Representatives in the Congress of the United States of America.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-47753434340931528172023-10-13T14:54:00.000-07:002023-10-13T14:54:04.198-07:00Madness In The Middle East: A New Holocaust<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday, October 13th, 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I woke up Last Saturday into a New World, A world in which the relative safety of most of the resident's of Israel had become a thing of the past. Terrorists from the Militant Group, Hamas had broken out of their essentially Prison Like State in Gaza in Israel and had gone on a Cruel and Shameful Rampage in which Countless Israeli residents were Ruthlessly Murdered. The Murders were not only just outside of the borders of Gaza but were Far Reaching all over the Country of Israel and although some were just straight up murders, which would have been bad enough, some were straight up Shameless Crimes Against Humanity perpetrated against largely innocent and peaceful Israelis such as Women, Children, including Infants, Disabled People and the Elderly. Although many were killed outright, some Israelis were taken as hostages to be used as Human Bargaining Chips and Human Shields during the Inevitable Backlash from Hell that was bound to come from the Israeli Government and in particular the Israeli Military.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of the Israeli Survivors of the Hamas attacks report that the killers of Israeli Jews were, for the most part, laughing and jubilant as they raced across Israel killing, raping, torturing and beheading whoever was unfortunate enough to be in their path. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately we have seen and experienced madness like this before. Certainly the Jewish People have had more than their share of Genocidal efforts to wipe them out throughout history. Adolph Hitler's Nazi Regime in Germany took efforts to kill Jews to a new and brutal level which eliminated over Six Million European Jews during the course of World War II. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Largely as the result of what happened in Nazi Germany many of the surviving Jews in their search for a safe place to live decided to gather together in Israel. After a very rough start and even a couple of wars to insure their survival the Jews of Israel managed to establish a relatively peaceful homeland where the Jews that lived in Palestine could finally live in peace.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There has been one very significant problem, however, that has reared its ugly head in Israel time after time. Although Israeli's have now been in Palestine for generations there has been little thought given to improving the lives of the Palestinian Arabs on the West Bank and Gaza who still live in Israel.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">While there have been some Israeli Leaders who have recognized and worked toward the prospect of a Two State Solution to the Palestinian problem in Israel, unfortunately those leaders not only had difficulty convincing Israelis to cooperate with this prospect they also had problems convincing Palestinians to cooperate. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately Benjamin Netanyahu, today's Israeli Prime Minister has taken the idea of a Two State Solution with the Israelis and the Palestinians cooperating and buried it along with the hopes of Native Palestinians. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of those hopeless Palestinians last Saturday let loose with an Angry and Brutal Assault on the Israelis who they feel have stolen their homeland much like the American Indians reacted when the white man came and stole their homeland that we now call America.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Reckless Assault by Hamas on mostly innocent Israeli's certainly can't be justified. Hamas had no right to kill, kidnap and terrorize Israelis but it must be understood why it was that these people were so pissed off. In their minds Israel stole their homeland from them and locked them away in parts of Palestine that in their minds resembled Prison Camps, the same type of camps that Jews had been locked away in during World War II.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am in agreement with President Biden's decision to back Israel in their desperate time of need. Certainly the terrorists of Hamas need to pay for their war crimes and clearly the Israeli Government and Military are poised to make them do so. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, it appears as though the Hamas Terrorists are not the only ones who will pay a high price for their Terrorist Crimes. Certainly the Israeli Hostages have been threatened with assassination by their captors if Israel invades Gaza. Israel is warning innocent Gaza residents to leave or at the very least retreat to Southern Gaza if they can't get out completely.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What seems clear at this point in time is that it does not bode well for the Innocents in Gaza while Israel amasses their troops along the Gaza Border while they bomb the hell out of Gaza.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As if this situation was not bad enough, Donald Trump has chosen to try to get his name back on the news channels by making controversial statements criticizing Netanyahu and calling terrorists like Hezbollah "Smart" in a speech this week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly Trump is angry that this story of Death and Destruction in Israel has blown him off the National News during the last week. He also can't stand seeing Netanyahu and Biden standing together giving each other support. Trump in his recent self serving speech stated that he was the best friend Israel and Netanyahu ever had. This is a strange statement coming from someone who enjoys hanging out with Nazis.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Certainly Trump and Netanyahu have something in common with each other. Both are being pursued by the law and the courts in their home countries. Prior to this latest terrorist situation Netanyahu was attempting to take away the power of the Israeli Supreme Court which was pursuing Netanyahu's criminal conduct.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Indeed, Trump and Netanyahu have been together in many respects with regard to putting their own personal agenda's in ahead of their Home Country's Political Agendas. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It remains to be seen what happens in Israel with regard to Prime Minister Netanyahu. Egyptian Authorities claim that they warned Netanyahu of the upcoming terrorist action prior to it happening. If that can be proved I think Netanyahu's Political future is dim at best.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hopefully Israel's future will improve with time and an investment of concern for their Palestinian Neighbors before it is too late for Israel to Recover and Prosper.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher </span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-42229689280937670392023-10-02T14:16:00.019-07:002023-10-02T14:38:08.560-07:00What In The Hell Is Wrong With James Carville and Bill Maher<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday, October 2nd, 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last Friday a couple of awful things happened.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The First Awful Thing occurred on Ari Melber's MSNBC Television Show. Ari was interviewing Democratic Strategist, James Carville and he asked James about a statement that had been quoted in the New York Times. The statement was basically that, like Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius before him, Carville apparently stated that, although he liked Joe Biden and thought that Biden had done a Good Job in the White House during his Presidential Term, so far, Carville thought that Biden shouldn't run for a second Presidential term and that if he did that Biden would probably lose to Trump.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Second Awful Thing that occurred last Friday was the return of "Real Time With Bill Maher" on HBO. Although I was initially looking at Maher's return to the HBO lineup with anticipation, I was sadly disappointed with last Friday's Show. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">First of All, Maher's First Guest to be interviewed on last Friday's HBO show was Florida Governor and Presidential Contender, Ron DeSantis, hot off the Trumpless Republican Debate Shit Show held just days before Real Time aired. It was not the First Time that Maher had interviewed a Controversial Guest. Indeed, he has carved out a career by interviewing and sparring with Controversial Figures. Many of those interviews were clever, interesting and Cutting. Some of them featured Maher showing his skill at Skewering Many Right Wing figures who other interviewers appeared to be intimidated by. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This time, however, instead of Maher throwing Bombshell Questions at DeSantis, whose Political Vulnerabilities are many, Maher seemed to be throwing nothing but Softball Questions at the Florida Governor and patting the Bastard on the back like they were buddies at the end of the interview. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Where were the questions about DeSantis's alleged involvement in Torture when he was in the service and assigned to Guantanimo Bay?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Where were the questions about DeSantis banning Books in Florida and Whitewashing Slavery in his state?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Discussion Session on "Real Time" featured Mary Kathrine Ham as the Featured Republican and Sam Harris as the Featured Democrat. That part of the program was Okay.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maher did feature some very funny "Tips To Trump's Future Cellmates." That part of the program was hilarious.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then, of course, Maher ended the program with "New Rules"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday's "Real Time" ended with Bill Maher showing part of a video of a sit down session between Bill Maher and James Carville. Apparently, what they were talking about was that both of them agreed that Joe Biden had done a Good Job as President but because some people feel that he is too old he should step aside and let another Democrat take his place in the 2024 Election.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although I respect and admire both James Carville and Bill Maher and have followed them and agreed with much of what they have had to say about American Politics, I am in total disagreement with this Duo on the issue of whether or not Joe Biden should run for another Term as President. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly, for the most part Joe Biden has not just done a "Good Job" as President. He has done an "Outstanding Job" as President. Trump encouraged people not to worry about silly things like Covid 19 masks and worried more about subverting Democracy and stealing the 2020 Election than distributing Covid Vaccines. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">When Biden arrived in the White House on January 20th, 2021 He immediately went to work on many things including distributing Covid Vaccines and eventually put Covid under relatively good control and so far has maintained that control although new Covid concerns continue to be on the rise again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Joe Biden has helped his party pass an incredibly far reaching and long range program that has led to, among other things, outstanding employment figures. His Leadership has led NATO to support Ukrainian Freedom Fighters and work to keep Vladimir Putin's Warmongering out of NATO Countries and except for Putin's control of Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, out of our country, as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although the Democratic Party has an outstanding Back Bench of Political All Stars that certainly might be capable of being Great Presidents what we learned the last time out was that Joe Biden was the favorite Candidate of many Democratic leaders who gave up their own Presidential Dreams to join the successful Biden team in order to beat Donald Trump.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, Talking Heads like Carville and Maher and probably others have a right to their opinions about Biden giving up the Presidency. I also have a right to my opinion and in my opinion I think that we are all very lucky that Joe Biden has been willing to give up some of the best and last years of his life to work so hard for America and Americans. I think its time for all of us to recognize and appreciate the outstanding Job Joe Biden has done throughout his career in Politics and get on board the Biden Train once again as the 2024 Presidential Race heats up. Yes, Joe Biden is old. We all know that. He was old when he ran the last time and won against Trump and did such an outstanding job as President. And Let us not forget that Donald Trump is just a few years younger than Biden and is much more mentally challenged than Biden. Carville and Maher may be correct in assuming that Biden may lose. But chances are that he will win the Presidency a second time because unlike Donald Trump whose Presidential Term was nothing but a series of failed policies Biden's Presidential Record is a long series of extremely successful policy decisions. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, It is going to be a long hard struggle for Biden to win the Presidency a second time. It is certainly going to be even harder if people like Carville, Maher and David Ignatious continue to make it even more difficult for Biden to win. I hope these people will recognize their mistake and correct it sooner than later.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I wish these Titans of Thought would follow a rule in this instance that my Mother taught me a long time ago.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">She taught me the following:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"If You Can't say Something Nice about Someone, Don't say anything at all". </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know that Carville and Maher have been shining lights in the Democratic Party for a long time and I hope that they continue to be shining lights in the Democratic Party but for God's Sake, Guys get off Biden's Case. There will be enough ruthless MAGA Republicans denigrating Joe Biden during the upcoming 2024 Election. Biden certainly doesn't need Democrats helping to do the Republicans Dirty Work for them. Winning the 24 Election is not just simply another election. There is a lot at stake in 24. This Election will be a choice between Democracy and Dictatorship. If Joe Biden wins Democracy will continue. If Donald Trump Win's We are a Dictatorship, Plain and Simple so lets not take a chance on someone new to take on Trump. Lets get behind Joe Biden who beat Trump before and work like hell to keep Democracy alive.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After all, Donald Trump has told us what he is going to do if he wins again and it is not a Pretty Picture. It is certainly not one that I want to see happen in my Country. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So lets all do ourselves a favor and recognize just what kind of a terrible situation we will be facing if Joe Biden Doesn't win in 2024. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And Please Cornell West and Robert Kennedy Junior get out of the way of Joe Biden winning the 2024 Election. I know that neither of you want Trump to win so don't help Donald Trump win in 2024. I know that neither of you would want to be recipients of the "Ralph Nader Unnecessary Candidate Award" so please end your already doomed candidacies and work with the rest of us to save Democracy as a Political Way of Life in the United States of America in 2024.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher </span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-49081017534317169912023-09-26T18:24:00.000-07:002023-09-26T18:24:19.907-07:00Cassidy Hutchinson: Confessions Of A Decent Republican<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday, September 26th, 2023</span> </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It seems as though finding Decent Republican Politicians these days is about as easy as finding Unicorns playing in your backyard.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">They are both very rare animals and are hard as hell to find these days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was very lucky to find one of those Rare Decent Republicans on Television on Monday night guesting on Rachel Maddow's program.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cassidy Hutchinson, one of the star witnesses at the January Sixth Congressional Hearings, was on Rachel's program talking about her new book that is just coming out. The book is called "Enough".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As is usually the case, Rachel Maddow conducted an informative interview with Miss Hutchinson.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cassidy Hutchinson is a young lady who has a lot going for her. She is young, attractive and seems to have a good head on her shoulders. She had a lot of interesting things to say during the interview including the fact that she has had to fight off the advances of some of the more prominent villains of the January Sixth Scandal including Matt Gaetz and Rudy Giuliani.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It certainly could not have been easy for Cassidy Hutchinson to testify to the January Sixth Committee and like John Dean and Alexander Butterfield back in the Watergate Committee Hearings, blow the lid off the Donald Trump led scandal. According to what I heard last night I think that Miss Hutchinson's book will be revealing a lot more than she revealed to the Committee and to Rachel Maddow. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I felt bad for Cassidy Hutchinson as she discussed what she had been through since clearly like John Dean and Alexander Butterfield before her back in the Watergate Era, Cassidy was a True Believer in her President until his increasingly Criminal and Anti Democratic Behavior caused her to have no other choice but to jump off the Trump Train to allow her to live with herself and retain her self respect. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although Decent Republicans seem to be increasingly hard to find, Cassidy Hutchinson is certainly not the only one of her kind.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mitt Romney has, for the most part, shown himself to be Decent and honorable although he is presently looking forward to leaving the Senate and heading for the Utah Hills.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Liz Cheny and Adam Kinzinger both signed onto the January Sixth Committee knowing that serving on that Committee would probably be the end of their Republican Congressional Careers. Neither one is still in Congress. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What we have seen throughout the January Sixth Committee Hearings is that there continue to be at least some Decent Republicans unwilling to accept Lies in order to succeed in the Republican Party. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, however, it seems to be all too easy for many of those Decent Republicans to go along with the nonsense rather than to, like Cassidy Hutchinson, tell the truth and refuse to accept Donald Trump's Republican Bullshit. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">During her interview with Rachel Maddow Cassidy Hutchinson called on Decent Republicans to come to their senses and take back their party. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hopefully at least some Republicans will follow Cassidy Hutchinson's lead and realize that supporting Democracy is far more important than supporting Donald Trump and MAGA Republican lies</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In any case I wish the best for Cassidy Hutchinson. She seems to be an intelligent young lady and a good writer. I would hope that perhaps MSNBC or CNN might pick her up as a commentator on Donald Trump's many upcoming trials. I think having Cassidy Hutchinson commenting on the trials would provide some very relevant perspective from someone who knows what she is talking about.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-87466669629299278562023-09-13T17:28:00.000-07:002023-09-13T17:28:08.348-07:00Advice Democrats Don't Need Right Now From Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Wednesday, September 13, 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let me be clear about the fact that like many people in America, especially Democrats, I have a great deal of admiration and respect for Washington Post Columnist (and Novelist) David Ignatius. MSNBC and CNN Viewers will probably easily recognize the face of David Ignatius because he is often on their programs and is often on other Network news programs, as well. To be honest I have often found myself, as I am sure that other Democrats have as well, in total agreement with Mr. Ignatius as he has commented in his column and on Television mostly on Foreign Affairs issues that affect The United States of America. Clearly Mr. Ignatius has proven himself over and over to be someone with highly respectable Intellectual and Foreign Policy credentials.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So basically what I am trying to say is that I am a great admirer of David Ignatius. I think that he has had a great deal of insight with regard to American Foreign Policy and up to now, American Politics.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, in his latest Washington Post Column titled "President Biden Should Not Run Again in 2024" I think that Mr. Ignatius has made a serious mistake in judgement in his recommendation against Joe Biden running for a Second term. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As a Democrat I find the recommendation by Ignatius for Biden not to run in 2024 unwelcome and obnoxious for many reasons.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is really weird is that most of the Ignatius column reads like a campaign document listing the accomplishments that the Biden Administration can be and should be proud of. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then the Column veers off into a listing of reasons why Biden shouldn't run again in 2024.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The main reason that Ignatius seems to cite is the fact that many Americans including Democrats complain that at his age (80) he is too old to run for President again. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">That is a ridiculous charge made by a 73 year old writer and columnist who admits to the many accomplishments made by the Biden Harris White House. Biden was elected in 2020 beating an elderly and insane candidate named Donald Trump who is today being criminally pursued all over the country.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ignatius indicates in his column that Biden's greatest accomplishment has been stopping Trump. I certainly agree with that. So why wouldn't Joe Biden want to stop Trump again. Besides, who in the Democratic Party can guarantee that they can beat Trump. Nobody that I can see. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ignatius also brings up the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris does not have incredible poll numbers and is not very popular in the Democratic Party.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, Vice President Harris may not have the best poll numbers and may not be thought of as the most popular person in the Democratic Party but the truth is that she is a Dynamic Campaigner and a very capable Vice President.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">She has shown her stripes over and over and has been in the forefront of the Biden Administration's reactions to such important issues as supporting the Tennessee Justin's when the Tennessee legislature tried to throw them out. Vice President Harris was also the Administration's point person in pushing back hard against the outrageous actions of Ron DeSantis in trying to whitewash the subject of Slavery in the state of Florida.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am sure that David Ignatius means well in his recommendations regarding Biden and Harris but I would hope that he comes to his senses soon and sensibly recognizes that this coming election is not only going to be a referendum on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris but it is also going to be a referendum also on whether or not Democracy is going to survive in the United States of America in the coming years.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please Mr. Ignatius things are going to be hard enough for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the coming years. For God's sake please don't make it any harder for them to stave off the possible Dictatorship of an American Hitler named Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis or Vivek Ramaswamy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We know Mr. Ignatius that you are trying to do your job responsibly but in making it harder for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to do their difficult jobs you are presently playing with Fire and if you inadvertently help Donald Trump or one of the other MAGA Flunkeys get elected we may all kiss Democracy Goodbye.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know you don't want that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Neither do I and neither do millions of other American Voters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-57082336265511344242023-08-24T14:33:00.008-07:002023-08-24T14:49:11.116-07:00HUCKSTERS ON PARADE - A Trumpless Shameless Republican Spectacle on the Debate Stage in Milwaukee<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">August 24th 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">August 23rd, 2023 was not exactly a slow news day prior to the Fox News sponsored Republican Debate that was broadcast from Milwaukee, Wisconsin last night. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My afternoon yesterday started off with an announcement on MSNBC that a plane had dropped like a rock from Russian skies with Yevgeny Prigozhin thought to be inside. Of course it wasn't really a mystery how this had happened. Prigozhin had challenged Russian Military leaders, as well as Vladimir Putin and seemed to be continuing to be a pain in the ass to Putin in the past few months. Prigozhin's days had been numbered since his revolt along with his Wagner Group Comrades and his number just happened to come up yesterday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another important story yesterday was the surrender of Rudy Giuliani and others at the Fulton County Georgia Court House.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But the Main Story of the Evening was the First Fox News sponsored Republican Candidates Debate that was being held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Certainly the fact that Donald Trump had chosen to skip this debate probably meant that not as many people would probably watch it. After all, Donald Trump seemed to be already running away with the Republican Party Nomination to be the party's Nominee for President in 2024. What did he have to gain by participating in the debate. Besides, he had other things to do. Namely, to prepare for turning himself in at the Fulton County Jail today. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Despite the fact that Indictments and arraignments have been stacking up recently, Trump's popularity in the Republican Party strangely enough seems to continue to improve with each passing indictment and arraignment. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although I was playing music online with my friends during the debate I was able to watch a rebroadcast of the show on a Fox News channel later on in the evening.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have to say that I think that all of the participants in the debate were lucky that Trump wasn't there to suck up all the political oxygen in the room. Trump's absence might have been a mistake on his part because without him there the other Candidates on the debate stage actually had a chance to introduce themselves to the American voters watching the debate.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida led things off by talking about such things as eliminating the United States Department of Education. Unfortunately, he was not the only debater on stage willing to deep six the Education Department. He also talked about how Florida got rid of "Critical Race Theory" and AP Courses in Black Studies in Florida High Schools despite the fact that Critical Race Theory has not been taught in Florida High Schools or in High Schools anywhere. I was pleased to see that the fact that Desantis revealed that he would not support the War in Ukraine caused most of his Debate stage opponents to push back hard on this.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Desantis seemed to be joined in his opinion regarding Ukraine with Vivek Ramaswamy, a 38 year old businessman with virtually no political experience but certainly a lot of moxie who was prepared to insult and provoke his way to the front of the debate line in the Milwaukee debate. Ramaswamy was ballsy and articulate and unafraid of mixing it up with his debate stage opponents. When those opponents reacted to his arrogance and obnoxiousness, Ramaswamy smiled a phony smile broadly. Clearly Ramaswamy made it clear in all his positions taken in the debate that he was a strong and willing Trump Ass Kisser and would gladly pardon Trump, whether or not Trump was or was not convicted in any of his pending state or Federal cases.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ramaswamy was not the only Republican Debater willing to pardon Trump even if he was convicted of a crime. In a show of hands of who would pardon Trump regardless of his conviction of a crime or crimes, only Asa Hutchinson and Chris Christie, Two former Federal Prosecutors, did not raise their hands.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hutchinson, who was also an Arkansas Governor did not have much of a chance to say very much during the debate.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Christie, however, had quite a bit to say about why he is running and how he feels about Donald Trump. Christie bragged about running a Blue state of New Jersey as Governor. He also bragged about socking it to the Teachers Unions in New Jersey. Christie also seemed to be very annoyed with the Debate moderators when they asked him a question about UFO's.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tim Scott also seemed to have it in for the Teacher's Unions. He also seemed to have it in for Attorney General, Merrick Garland and FBI Director, Christopher Wray, Both of whom he stated he would fire if he was Elected.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Doug Burgum was the Governor of North Dakota who, when he was finally allowed to get a word in edgewise, talked about Small town Values. I doubt whether his candidacy will get much traction although he seems to be a nice guy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In my opinion I thought that former South Carolina Governor and Former United Nations Representative Nikki Haley was the person on the stage that I was most impressed with. When other Republicans onstage were bashing Joe Biden for blowing up the debt Nikki Haley pointed out that Republicans had blown up the debt worse than Democrats with tax cuts for the wealthy during the Trump Administration. Although Nikki Haley was clearly Pro Life she also seemed to have a more reasonable and realistic attitude about abortion complaining about extreme positions of other Republicans like wanting to lock up women who have abortions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mike Pence seemed to have a pretty good night on the debate stage. He promoted his well deserved Conservative credentials and didn't let anyone on the stage push him around. Mike stated clearly and most people on the stage agreed with him that on January Sixth of 2021 Mike Pence did the right thing in conducting the Congress to certify the election even though Donald Trump pressured him not to do so.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All in all, I was glad that I watched the First Republican Debate and got to see that not every Candidate on the Republican Ticket was terrible. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I would never vote for any of them but I could live with a couple of them if, God Forbid, they might be elected. I actually would be willing to take any of them over Donald Trump except for Robot Ron DeSantis and Egomaniac Vivek Ramaswamy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I feel, however, convinced that the winner of the 2024 Election will be Joe Biden and deservedly so. I would not want any of the characters I saw on the stage last night to be in charge of the country dealing with all that Joe Biden has had to deal with. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-22331151333676495262023-07-25T13:31:00.008-07:002023-07-25T13:32:59.965-07:00Twin Traitors On The 2024 Presidential Campaign Trail<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday, July 25th, 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is something Deadly Wrong going on in America today. Sometimes I feel as though I'm the only one who sees how bad things are. But I'm not the only one who knows how bad things are. My Wife knows it. My Children know it and most of my friends know it too. We can all see where we are today and where we are headed. we can clearly recognize just how close to the edge of madness our Country's political system has become. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am scared to death that it may already be too late. Just like it may be for Climate Change. I hope that is not the case but it is difficult to clearly recognize just how close to the end of Sanity and Democracy we may truly be in the United States of America.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Good God, the madness is everywhere you look. Yes, I recognize just how Insane I sound but the truth is that I'm not Insane. I'm just worried that not enough Americans are clearly recognizing just how incredibly important this coming Presidential Election is going to be for the future of Democracy in America.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For Christ's Sake, Two of the Higher Polling Candidates already signed up for the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary are not simply just Right Wing Nuts. Dumb Donald Trump and Reckless Ron DeSantis are Straight Up Traitors. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, I said Traitors.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Among the many good things that President Joe Biden has done is to change the American policy toward Ukraine. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the main reasons that Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. Congress was that Trump blatantly tried to keep arms shipments that the United States Congress had authorized for Ukraine from being delivered to Ukraine. Who can forget that "Perfect Call" that Trump made to Ukrainian President Zelensky in which Trump showed his inappropriate favoritism for Vladimir Putin. Trump also did everything he could to weaken NATO, making it very difficult, but luckilly not impossible, for Joe Biden to help repair the damage and bring NATO back to Unity and Strength.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly Donald Trump feels a genuine Affinity and an Authoritarian Kinship with Russian Leader, Vladimir Putin. We have all seen Trump kissing Putin's ass over and over again during the Trump Administration. We also heard Trump praising Putin's brilliance at the beginning of the Ukrainian Conflict until he realized just how out of step he was with the rest of the country. These days Trump seems to be going out of this way not to make any comments on Putin or the Senseless Russian Invasion of Ukraine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Can anyone really believe that if We were unlucky enough to have Donald Trump return to the White House that Trump would do anything other than try to help Putin defeat Ukraine. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The answer is "No." If it walks like a Traitor and Talks like a Traitor it's a Freakin Traitor.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The other Traitor on the Republican Campaign Trail who has shown himself to be totally unfit to run for President but is doing it anyway is Ron DeSantis.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">DeSantis has, up to this point, shown himself to be a disturbingly reckless clone of Donald Trump's cruel policies although in some instances this Nazi influenced White Jackbooted fool has sometimes outdistanced Trump in his hurtful treatment of human beings in his home state of Florida. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Book Bans</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">LGBTQ Bans</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fights with Disney, one of Florida's main employers</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">He has sent representatives to Texas to lie to Illegal Immigrants in order to send them to other states.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">He even seems to have had the gall to see some good things about Slavery that he thinks should be taught in schools </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This guy is a real Jackass.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh, and he has said about Ukraine that the United States should not be involved in a "Territorial Dispute."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Territorial Dispute is not what has happened in Ukraine. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Russia cruelly and violently Invaded their Neighbor, Ukraine and Russia has been continuing for over a year to attempt to destroy their Next Door Neighboring Country. There is no territorial dispute. This war would be over immediately if and when Russian forces had the good sense to return back over the border to their own country and left the Ukrainians to live peacefully, free and democratically in their own country, which they were doing for many years prior to the Russian Invasion.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It seems logical to believe that these Two Obnoxious Republican Traitors do not have a snowballs chance in hell to be elected President even if one of them becomes the Republican Nominee for President. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But I find it difficult to believe in logic anymore. Logic would have told me in 2016 that Donald Trump would not have been elected President and that Hillary Clinton should have been Elected. She had more votes in 2016. Yet Trump became President. Illogical.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Logic also would have told me that in 2020 when Trump obviously lost the election to Joe Biden that he would not try to manipulate the system and stage a Coup to stay in power. But Surprise Surprise, Trump tried to manipulate the system and if Mike Pence wasn't a bit more concerned about the Constitution than Kissing Trump's ass Trump might have pulled off his coup.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And as we look forward to the 2024 Election would it be logical for us to believe that if Donald Trump loses this election that he will this time go gently into that good Mara Lago night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't think so.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We Democrats have a lot to think about this next time around. But first we have to win the 2024 Election for Joe Biden. Enough with the whining about how old Biden is. That doesn't matter. Trump is only a few years younger and he is a Traitor who should never be allowed near the White House ever again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Biden's Presidential accomplishments are many and important. We must not let Republican lies about Biden win out in 2024. We are looking at an election in which the results are clear as a bell.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Democracy must win this one and MAGA Republicans who obviously don't have Democratic values must lose. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 2024 when we go to the voting booth we must say "No" to MAGA Republican Traitors. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-67404004955837630782023-07-18T14:04:00.001-07:002023-07-18T14:06:16.131-07:00Message To MAGA - Reflections On The Third Anniversary Of "Podcast For A Lost Nation<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday, July 18th, 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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". </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you are planning to vote for Trump in 2024 Please think about what the consequences of your vote is going to be.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lets not let MAGA Republicans turn America into Nazi Germany with Donald Trump as the Fuhrer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-14157911844034665732023-07-02T13:43:00.000-07:002023-07-02T13:43:46.146-07:00What The Hell Is Going On In Russia or Mr. Prigozhin Don't Stand Too Close To That 7th Floor Window<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday, June 30th, 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This Past Weekend was a very strange weekend for all of us who are interested in what is happening and what is going to happen in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It has been well known for some time that Yegevney Prigozhin, the Rogue Leader of the Wagner Group Forces in Ukraine was not happy with what had been going on with the Russian Armed Forces Leadership who were in charge of what the world Calls The "War in Ukraine" and the Russian People are only allowed to call the "Special Military Operation in Ukraine." Regardless of what it was called, the senseless Invasion of Ukraine by Russia has not been going well for over a year for either the Ukrainians or the Russians. The only bright spot for the Russians recently was the taking of the Ukrainian City of Bakhmut after a devastating series of battles between mainly Russian Wagner Forces and Ukrainian Forces. In the end the Ukrainian Freedom Fighters lost out to the Wagner Forces but only after a devastating loss of human lives by both sides, although it was reported that by the end of the Battle for Bakhmut The Wagner Group had lost many more lives than did the Ukrainians.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Wagner Group has been made up of thousands of Dirty Dozen Type Soldiers. In other words the Prigozhin led group had been culled from some of the most dangerous Killers and Psychopaths that Prigozhin could find inside Russian Prisons who were willing to agree to kill or be killed in battle in Ukraine and in other dangerous locales in the world including Africa and Syria in exchange for their Freedom and a few Rubles.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Prigozhin made it clear in recent weeks that he was not happy with certain individuals who were in change of the Russian Military Establishment who Prigozhin felt were not supportive enough to the Wagner Troops in Ukraine. Prigozhin complained bitterly about the lack of ammunition and other needed munitions and equipment. Prigozhin's complaints seemed to fall on deaf ears within the Russian Military establishment, including Vladimir Putin, Prigozhin's longtime Ally and Boss. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reports are that the last straw for Prigozhin was the apparent bombing of a Wagner Military Camp in Ukraine by regular Russian Military forces which killed numerous Wagner Fighters and could have killed Prigozhin. Prigozhin did not take this Russian military action well. He gathered up what was left of his Wagner forces in Ukraine and left Ukraine moving his forces to the Russian Military headquarters in Rostov, Russia where for a time Prigozhin appeared to control the Military headquarters. Following this move it was reported that Prigozhin and his troops were on the road to Moscow where God Knows What was going to happen.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Things were not looking well when Vladimir Putin spoke and declared Prigozhin's actions "Treasonous."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sometime after this statement by Putin things took a strange turn. The leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko supposedly reached an agreement with Prigozhin in which Prigozhin would move to Belarus as a Sanctuary and a bloodbath in Moscow and elsewhere in Russia would be avoided. The agreement supposedly indicated that no charges would be filed against Prigozhin and the Wagner Troops would be absorbed by the Russian Army.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the present time we don't know the whereabouts of Yevgeny Prigozhin. One report states that he is in Minsk in Belarus living in the only hotel in Minsk that has no windows. My advice to Prigozhin is to continue to stay in that hotel in one of the first floor rooms, since it is well known that numerous individuals who have fallen out of favor with Vladimir Putin have also strangely fallen out of high windows in recent times . </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly Vladimir Putin has been tolerant of Prigozhin for a long time but it is hard not to assume that Prigozhin's days are numbered. Certainly it does not appear as though Prigozhin is going to go quietly into retirement. He has already opened a serious can of worms for Vladimir Putin by his statements indicating that Vladimir Putin's reasons for starting the War in Ukraine, namely that Putin wanted to rid Ukraine of Nazis, was an outright lie. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The truth is that neither Putin nor Prigozhin are good people. Prigozhin at least told the truth about the War in Ukraine but a saint he is not and replacing Putin with Prigozhin would be replacing one Monster with a Worse Monster. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What does seem to be the case at the present time is that Prigozhin's brief but serious rebellion seems to have shown weakness on the part of Vladimir Putin. What will happen as the result of that weakness is anybody's guess. Would Prigozhin be a better leader for Russia. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">No.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But at least Prigozhin would possibly not wish to continue the War in Ukraine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It will be very interesting to keep an eye on what is happening in Russia in the near future.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-62072600699791187822023-06-02T12:39:00.006-07:002023-06-02T12:39:53.002-07:00Remembering Those Brave Individuals Who Fought And Died To Preserve Freedom And Democracy In America<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday, June 2nd, 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I just spent an extended period of time over the Memorial Day Weekend and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this past week thinking about the Men and Women of our Armed Forces and what they went through with their partners in Britain and France to fight World Wars in order to preserve Freedom and Democracy in our Country and in the World. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Watching Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on Memorial Day Weekend and also FDR on the History Channel beginning Memorial Day Evening and continuing for Two nights after that was an inspiring experience.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">TCM presented a weekend packed with mainly War Films like Darby's Rangers starring James Garner, The Naked and the Dead, based on Norman Mailer's First Best Seller starring Aldo Ray, The Dirty Dozen starring Lee Marvin and a host of other well known Actors including Jim Brown, John Cassavettes, Charles Bronson, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savales and even Trini Lopez. Even the Civil War was represented in the War Movie Marathon featuring the actually Highly Decorated World War II Hero, Audie Murphy starring in The Red Badge of Courage.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Courage was certainly on display throughout the Memorial Day Movie Marathon on TCM. Also on display throughout these films was the Brotherhood of Battle in which Men at War protect and defend one another, along with genuinely protecting and defending their countries.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">War is Hell for sure and no one in their right mind wants to join their country's army and go to other Countries to kill people for fun. Men were willing to fight for their Country in World War II because they had no other choice. Adolph Hitler was a despicable dictator who had essentially conquered most of Europe and was on the verge of conquering all of Europe and possibly the world with his partners in War in Japan, Italy and Spain.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">When America joined with Britain and Russia and the Free French, Hitler's Blitzkrieg (Lightning War) had already conquered most of Europe along with Italy's Mussolini. Britain was being bombed nightly by the Germans and France had already fallen into German hands when The United States was bombed at Pearl Harbor giving America no choice but to take up arms against the Japanese, the Italians and the Germans.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The truth was that many Americans were reluctant to enter into another World War after the devastating results of World War I. The Excellent History Channel Series FDR showed that although Franklin Delano Roosevelt knew that America would probably need to enter the fight against the Nazis at some point much of the country did not want to fight until the disaster at Pearl Harbor gave them no choice but to respond to the monsters that were in the process of taking over the world. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">FDR was a very interesting character who was perfectly suited for his time. He and his wife Eleanor, who was another interesting character saw their four sons go off to war in World War II while FDR struggled to figure out how to outwit the Nazis along with his partner in War, England's Winston Churchill. These two Larger Than Life Leaders became close friends and recognized how the deck was stacked against the success of their Countries in World War II. England was on the verge of defeat by the Nazis when FDR rallied the American Troops and came to the rescue of the world.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Roosevelt and Churchill were the kinds of charismatic leaders who were able to inspire their citizens and their troops to fight for Freedom and Democracy in the world. They had their flaws but they also were nearly perfectly positioned leaders for their times and their countries.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Both FDR and Churchill were in the unenviable position of needing to encourage their citizens who had no real interest in entering another world war to follow their leadership into World War II. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I kept wondering as I watched the Movie Marathon on TCM and FDR on the History Channel was how the men and women who sacrificed their lives and their limbs in World War II would view what is happening in America and in the world today. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What would those truly brave individuals think about people like Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis praising Russian Dictator, Vladimir Putin as he bombs the hell out of the Democratic Country of Ukraine. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What would those brave individuals from yesteryear think about a Republican Party that has lost its mind and its principles and in state after state pushes for Right Wing agendas like taking away the rights of Women, Gays, Blacks and Transgender people and banning books.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Would those brave veterans of World Wars I and II be Okay with rolling back Civil Rights and Voting Rights in America like Right Wing MAGA Republicans are.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't think that those brave souls who fought so hard for Freedom and Democracy in their time would be alright with the liars and the Chicken Hawks who want nothing more than the power to tear down Democracy and Freedom in America and turn it into a Dictatorship. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope that at some point those decent American People who have been bamboozled by the American Right but still truly believe in Democracy and Freedom wake up to what they have signed onto in 2023.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As the election of 2024 creeps ominously closer it is time for Genuine Patriots , not Chickenshit Patriots to wake up to the treason and racist horrors that await us all if either Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis are elected President in 2024.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is time to stop bitching about how old Joe Biden is and recognize that despite his age President Biden, after the disaster that was Donald Trump, has managed, with no real help from Republicans, to veer away from the traitorous rhetoric and actions of the Trump Administration and has shown the Citizens of the United States that, like FDR, Winston Churchill and the Veterans of the past, American Presidents can be and mostly are believers in Freedom and Democracy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is time to recognize that the American Electorate made a Serious Mistake in electing Donald Trump to the Presidency and it is incredibly important that we never make that same mistake again. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is time to recognize that people in America have died for the freedoms that we sometimes take for granted and may be on the verge of losing forever.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wake up to reality, my fellow Americans, before it is too late to save the Freedoms that our Fathers, Grandfathers, Sons and Uncles fought for in our name.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816462982917614709.post-49962188760123451002023-05-12T13:29:00.002-07:002023-05-12T13:29:34.061-07:00The Nazis Are Coming, The Nazis Are Coming - No, Wait THE NAZIS ARE ALREADY HERE <p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday, May 12th, 2023</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Dear America:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back in 2017 in response to American Intelligence Reports that turned out to be true, namely that Trump had nefarious dealings with Vladimir Putin and Russia, Donald Trump had the following response on Twitter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Are We Living in Nazi Germany?"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">These days those of us who are living in America should be asking ourselves the same question that Trump asked.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Are those of us living in the USA, indeed, Living in Nazi Germany, or some place very similar to Nazi Germany?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think that Rachel Maddow's MSNBC Program on Monday Night, May 8th, 2023 showed us that when it comes to Nazis, who we thought we fought very successfully in World War II and eliminated, we need to wake up and smell the Treason and The Stench of the German Death Camps and realize that Hitler and company may be dead but Nazi ideas like killing Jews are still alive and well, not only in America but these days they can be found all over the world.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rachel's May 8th Program was incredibly disturbing to anyone who recognizes the truly frightening history of just how close we came to losing World War II to a Nation led by Bloodthirsty Madmen who thought it was Okay to wipe out the entire Jewish Population of Europe including not only Jewish men but also Jewish Women and Children, as well. Although a limited number of Jews survived the Holocaust, Six Million Jews did not survive Hitler's Sick Extermination Plan.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now we are living in an America in which countless Americans are posting "Hitler was right" on social media. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What the hell is wrong with these people. What the hell is wrong with our country.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">No, my fellow Americans. Hitler was not right. Hitler was an Evil Monster whose hatred of the Jews was wrong on so many levels.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But lets get back to Rachel's program. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rachel pointed out that this weekend, following a night in which Donald Trump is getting normalized by being interviewed by Caitlin Collins on CNN in what is being billed as a Presidential Town Hall, Trump will then go back to Florida and participate in a Two day Trump Presentation featuring many of the former members of the Disgraced Trump Administration, as well as at least Two Straight Up Jew Hating Nazi's promoting their hate filled propaganda as featured speakers at the Trump Event at Trump's Doral Hotel in Miami. Rachel made it a point to warn her audience that they may not like what these individuals had to say before she played video footage of Scott Mckay and Charlie Ward spewing their Jew Hating Screeds. Rachel explained that both of these Nazi Propagandists were presently on tour with Eric Trump.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of what McKay and Ward apparently accuse Jews of include the following: They say that Jews were responsible for 911 and were also responsible for every American Presidential Assassination including not only Kennedy but also Mckinley and Lincoln, as well as many other reprehensible acts. And here we thought Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, because Freedom of Expression is guaranteed in America by our Constitution we are stuck having to tolerate a certain amount of this Nazi Bullshit. But what we have seen and learned in recent years is that many of the individuals who are carrying out senseless mass murders all over America are Far Right Extremists who have followed Former President Trump down his dark path toward victimizing Jews, Blacks, Latinos, Migrants, LGTBQ and other targets of Trump's venom.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Indeed, the Recent Mass Murderer in Allen, Texas was shown in pictures to have Swastikas on his body and RWDS on his Tactical Gear. What was learned from the Proud Boys Trial was that RWDS stands for Right Wing Death Squad.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What Rachel Maddow has pointed out on several of her shows is that Nazi Madness is clearly on the rise not only in America but in other countries, as well. Victor Orbon, the Right Wing Leader of Hungary has proved to be a favorite of many individuals calling themselves Conservatives and has been a featured speaker at CPAC conferences in America and Hungary. At a recent CPAC Conference in Hungary Orbon went on a rant about why he would not allow "Race Mixing" in his country. His rant was so extreme that one of his Government leaders resigned in protest stating in his resignation that the speech that Orbon had delivered was a "purely Nazi Diatribe worthy of Joseph Goebbels."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lets not forget that Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Tucker Carlson, Ron DeSantis and others on Fox News, OAN and Newsmax have all done their share to normalize Jew Hating. Putin has had the gall to claim that the reason he sent Russian Troops into Ukraine was to root out Nazis, who he claimed were creating atrocities. The truth was that President Zelensky was Jewish and there was no evidence of Nazi horrors in Ukraine before the Russians invaded the country. Indeed, it was Putin's army that has been shown to have been committing Nazi Style Atrocities in Ukraine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To someone who grew up in an America in which Nazi's were shunned, arrested and deported when they were found hiding in our country after World War II, I find the acceptance of Nazis and Nazi Propaganda to be deplorable and hard to understand. I will never understand or accept the premise that Jews can be or should be killed just for being Jews. What happened during the Holocaust is difficult to understand but there is certainly enough evidence to show that what Hitler and Germany did to the Jews was one of the foulest episodes of Inhumanity to man that has ever happened.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Whenever I think of Jews I think of Sol Gelb, a Jewish Corner Store owner in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. When I met Sol I had just been hired as a Counselor for one of the first Youth Opportunity Job Placement Centers opening in Pennsylvania. I was newly married with a child on the way and when I explained my situation to Sol and the fact that I was broke and would not get paid for at least a month Sol and his wife took my wife and I under their wing and showed us nothing but kindness. Sol kept us supplied with whatever we wanted from his store until I finally got my first check and paid him what he was owed. Sol and his wife did not need to be as kind and considerate as they were but I was sure glad that they were willing to help us. Because of Sol I have always had good feelings about Jewish people and I always will have good feelings toward Jewish people.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What the Nazis did to the Jews of Europe is something that should never be forgotten or forgiven and the fact that Nazi propaganda is on the rise is something that should concern all Americans</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The fact is that Donald Trump is a convicted Sexual Abuser as of May 9th, 2023. He is also clearly a Nazi Sympathizer and a Putin Ally. As of May 8th polling shows that in a recent Presidential Poll Trump got 44 Percent and Biden only got 38 Percent. Something is radically wrong here. It is inconceivable to me that Donald Trump could actually be re elected to the Presidency. I know that polling can be off by a lot sometimes. I sure hope that this recent poll is way off the mark. The thought of another Trump Administration with Trump unleashed and Nazi Sympathizers by his side is too much to bear for me and should be too much to bear for all Decent Americans.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nazis should never be normalized and neither should Donald Trump.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sincerely Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jerry Gallagher </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><br /></p>Jerry Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714314039613328878noreply@blogger.com0