It Is January Sixth In America And All Is Not well

 Saturday January Sixth, 2024

My Dear America:

Today Is January Sixth.

this is a day that to Americans should surely be a day that much like other historical markers should certainly live in Infamy.

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.  

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

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.

Call it what you want.

An Insurrection, A Riot, an out of control mob.

Whatever you call it don't call it a Peaceful Demonstration.

It wasn't that.

Donald Trump wasn't there at the Capitol that day.  

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.

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.  

They shouted "Hang Mike Pence" and prepared a platform with a hangman's noose attached with which to do it.

They smashed windows and entered the Capitol en masse.

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.

Some of them shouted "Where's Nancy" and broke into her office and the offices of other Congressmen and Women.

Some of them used flagpoles with United States flags and Trump flags as weapons. 

Some of them "Poo Pooed" in the Capitol Building to use Nancy Pelosi's less offensive term.

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.

To put less delicately than Nancy Pelosi would probably put it:

What happened on January Sixth of 2020 was a Shit Storm of Epic Proportions.

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.

What The Hell

Are We living in a Nightmare, or what?

I woke up this morning earlier than I normally do and turned on my television.

Our local Cable Company has recently bundled Fox News Channels, OAN and Newsmax closer together for quicker Right Wing access, I guess.  

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.

The following is some of what I saw today on the Republican channels for the few minutes that I could stomach watching them:

A guy with a United States Flag Tie talking about the wonderful Trump Years and totally distorting what they were like.

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.

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.

Those people who are watching those Right Wing Channels are living in an Alternate Universe filled with Lies and Bullshit.

Unfortunately we are all pretty much living in that same Alternate Universe these days.

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.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher 

I saw a guy  

2024 - Happy New Year Or Unhappy New Year - That Is The Question

 Sunday December 31st, 2023

My Dear America:

We have certainly had some very difficult New Years Transitions in the American past.

Going from 1963 to 1964 without President John F. Kennedy who had been murdered the month before New Years wasn't easy.

Every Year that The Vietnam War continued wasn't easy to tolerate.

Watergate and Iran-Contra did not provide much to look forward to for several years.

But none of those Difficult New Years compare to the Transition from 2023 to 2024.

Unfortunately We can't stop the New Year from coming although we might wish to.

2023 wasn't easy for sure but we didn't have one of the Most Consequential Elections of our Lifetime this past year.

We will have that in 2024, however, despite the fact that we don't particularly want a Presidential Election to happen this coming year.

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.

Now the truth is that we may not have much to worry about.  

We are currently still living in a Functioning Democratic Country.

That's the way it appears Anyway.

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.

Unfortunately, Democrats do not control the House of Representatives.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

To put it mildly,  things are very screwed up in the House of Representatives with Mike Johnson in charge.   

So where are we as we cross the threshold of American Democracy from 2023 into the New Year of 2024.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

Otherwise we are in for it, Brothers and Sisters.

It is time to recognize just how important keeping Democracy Alive truly is.

A vote for Donald Trump in 2024 will totally change our country and not at all in a good way.  

So if you don't want to see Mike Flynn Running the Pentagon

Or if you don't want to see Rudy Giuliani running the Department of Justice 

Or if you don't want to see Kash Patel running the CIA 

Or if you don't want Stephen Miller running Homeland Security

Please Wake Up Americans.   Wake up to reality and recognize just what kind of a situation we are facing this incredibly consequential New Year.

If We Re Elect Democrat Joe Biden as President in 2024 we will certainly be looking at a Happy New Year.

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.

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.

Thank You Everyone. We Wish a Happy New Year to Everyone reading our Blog and Listening to our Podcast.

Lets all hope for the best in the New Year of 2024.  And Lets all Hear if for Democracy in 2024.  

It has taken us a long time to learn how make Democracy Work.  Now is not the time to abandon It.   

In fact, There Never will be a Time when it makes sense to abandon Democracy in The United States Of America.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher

 

      

 

Hunter Biden's Living Hell

 Tuesday December 18th, 2023

My Dear America:

Something is radically wrong with the Republican Party.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

Republicans have learned the value of not just winning elections but also virtually destroying one's opponent in the process.

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.

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.  

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.

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.  

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.  

Clearly Joe Biden loves Jill Biden and his present day family.  

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.

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.

Throughout his Political life Joe Biden has continued to maintain a close relationship with his family members including his sons.  

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.

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.

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.  

There is no way, however, that Hunter Biden's problems relate in any way to the crimes of Donald Trump.  

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.

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.

Sorry.  There is no correlation or connection between Hunter Biden's actions and those of Donald Trump. 

Republicans seem to be super focused on putting Hunter Biden in Jail.

For What.

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.

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.

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.

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

Even the Republicans would have to admit that in America we don't don't put people in jail for that.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher   

 

  

Does One Horrible Massacre Deserve Another: The Answer Is NO

 Sunday, December 10th, 2023

My Dear America:

What in Gods Name is happening in the world today?  

Seemingly as the result of the Horrendous Bloody Massacre of Innocent Jews in Israel on October 7th the world appears to have gone mad.

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.

What the hell, Man.  This makes no sense at all.

Of course, nothing makes much sense these days.

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.  

For Gods Sake, What do these Innocent Jewish College Students have to do with the insanity of what is happening in Israel?

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.

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.  

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.

The Israeli-Palestinian Question may never be answered in any way that satisfies all parties.  

Clearly Israel is not going to give up what they feel is their Homeland to the Palestinians.

And the Palestinians are certainly not going to give up their claims to what they feel is their Homeland to the Israelis.

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.

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.

But not recently.

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.  

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.  

This has led Palestinians in Israel to become increasingly Hopeless and Angry.

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.  

Just as the Horrible Bloodbath that is presently occurring in Gaza has no justification because of October 7th.

One Bloodbath does not deserve or justify another Bloodbath.

There does not seem to be any reasonable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem on the horizon presently.

I certainly understand that the Israelis want to send a violent message to Hamas to keep their hands off our Innocent Israelis.

Unfortunately, however, along with Hamas, the innocent Palestinians of Gaza are also suffering and dying even more than they were prior to October 7th.  

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

Sincerely Yours 

Jerry Gallagher

    

Remembering The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy 60 Years Later

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

My Dear America:

Today is November 22nd, 2023.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.  

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.  

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. 

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

There is a lot of material available to anyone who is interested in JFK, and in particular the JFK Assassination.  

Books, Movies, TV Shows.  There is a lot out there.

But let me warn you.  When you start looking into this area of study, you will have a tough time stopping.  

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.

The more you do it, the more you become addicted to finding out more .  

I've given you fair warning.  

Please don't blame me if you turn yourself into a Bona Fide JFK Assassination Addict.

If you do succomb to this addiction, I am warning you that there is no cure.

Only more information to find out about this incredibly Fascinating, Interesting and Disturbing Subject.

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.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher

 

Donald Trump Isn't Even trying To Hide It Anymore That He Is A Straight Up Nazi

 Thursday, November 16th, 2023

My Dear America:

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.

"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."

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.  

But this Truth Social Post and his using this same language in a speech in New Hampshire is a new Low even for Trump.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

Biden, on the other hand closes every single speech with the words "God Bless our Troops."

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.  

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.

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.  

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.

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.  

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.

Get serious people.  

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"

                                 As my Irish Mother used to always say

                                       God Bless Us And Save Us. 

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher

  

Here Comes MAGA MIKE

 Friday November 3rd, 2023

My Dear America:

It appeared to be good news at first.

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.

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.

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.

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.

YIKES.

Where the hell do I start.  

A clue as to where Mike Johnson stands is the fact that after he was elected Speaker he was immediately endorsed by Donald Trump.

And why wouldn't he be.  He was a Trump insider long before January 6th, 2021. 

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.  

He was also one of Donald Trump's staunchest supporters on the House Judiciary Committee during the Trump impeachment hearings.  

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.  

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.

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.

Johnson, along with all other House Republican Leaders in 2021 voted against establishing a National Commission to investigate the January 6th Insurrection.

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.

Johnson is presently serving in his Fourth (4) Term in The United States House of Representatives.

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.

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.

Throughout his Career Mike Johnson has authored several bills aiming to restrict abortion access.

Johnson opposes the legalization of marijuana including medical marijuana.

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.

Johnson sits on the House Armed Services Committee and unfortunately supports ending American Military Aid to Ukraine.

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.  

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.

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.

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.  

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.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher