Donald Trump's Administration's "Perfect" First Two Months

Monday March 31st 2025 

My Dear America:

I was rather surprised when I watched The Rachel Maddow Show on Monday Night of March 24th and found out that President of the United States, Donald Trump had called the first Two months of his Presidency "Two Perfect Months".

I also found out on Rachel's show that Trump was calling the scandal involving pretty much most of his Intelligence Team some of his favorite words including 

"Hoax" and "Witch Hunt"

When Trump was asked by Journalists about "Signalgate" Which was the incredibly dangerous, stupid and reckless addition on a Signal Communication Chat of Journalist and Atlantic Magazine Editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, Trump at first said he didn't know anything about it.  

Goldberg stated that he did not know why he had been obviously accidentally added to the Signal Chat which he claimed was discussing the details of an upcoming bombing mission targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen.  Once Goldberg realized who was on the Signal Chat and what they were discussing he took himself off the Chat.  

When Goldberg revealed that he had been included in the Signal Chat he did not at first reveal any of the extremely detailed information he had received about the Houthi bombing. But on March 27th Goldberg did release some additional details about the Houthi Bombing Raid that had been inadvertently revealed to him after Trump and other Administration Intelligence officials including Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth and National Security Advisor, Mike Walz began denigrating Goldberg and claiming that the Signal Chat did not include any Classified information.

According to several individuals with extensive National Security backgrounds that were interviewed about the detailed plans that were revealed to and by Jeffrey Goldberg were details that despite Administration officials claims that they were not Classified, according those interviewed, reasonable National Security Standards should definitely have Classified the specific times and other Attack Plan Details as "Top Secret" or "Secret" Information.

Two of the Participants in the Signalgate Chat, Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard and CiA Director, John Ratcliffe were unlucky enough to be scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee at a hearing on "World Wide Threats"  on Capitol Hill this past week following the revelations about Signalgate.  This gave the Democratic and Republican Members of the Congressional Committee who received their testimony an opportunity to ask these two individuals about the Signalgate Incident.  As could be expected The Democratic Committee Members vigorously grilled the Administration Officials but unfortunately did not get much information out of them.  Republican Committee Members asked the officials almost nothing about Signalgate.

Rachel Maddow pointed out on her program that Donald Trump has called Signalgate the "Only Glitch in an otherwise Two Perfect Months" of his Administration.  Rachel Maddow also documented several other Serious  "Glitches" in this first two months of the Second Trump Administration including the following "Glitches":

Following Donald Trump and Elon Musk sending threatening E Mails to Federal Aviation Employees including Air Traffic Controllers stating that they should quit or be fired, shortly afterward a Helicopter and a Passenger Plane collided with each other over the Potomac River near the Reagan International Airport killing all on board both planes.  Shortly afterward Trump and Musk reversed Course on the FAA firings.

Not long after the FAA debacle it was learned about the DOGE Boys brought in by Elon Musk to apparently destroy the Federal Government while supposedly trimming Government and Searching for Fraud.  One of these youngsters was  fired for promoting Racist Ideology including supporting Eugenics.  He was brought back to work by Elon Musk.  Another member of the DOGE Boys Team had previously been fired from a former Employer for leaking Company secrets.  Apparently Elon Musk thought highly enough of this young man (Big Balls was his Online Handle)  to put him in charge of and give him access to America's Top Cyber Security Agency. What could go wrong there?

Trump then fired the staff of the Nuclear Security Agency.  Of course when he realized that he needed these people to continue to do their jobs he tried to hire them back but found out that he did not think ahead enough to keep Contact information on these people.

Trump also fired CDC Workers who had been working on trying to prevent the spread of Bird Flu.  Once again he tried to hire fired workers back but had not kept their contact Information.  

Trump also put a hiring freeze on National Parks which would keep parks closed during their busiest Seasons.  You guessed it - Reversed.

Firings at The Veterans Administration also required Reversals.

Elon Musk also put out a listing of all the money that had been saved by the DOGE gang but - Guess what - It had to be seriously revised because it was filled with false addition and subtraction - What a surprise - I thought this Elon Musk guy was so smart - Apparently not so much.

Additional Glitches for Trump and Musk have included:

Russia attempting to hire disgruntled National Security Workers fired by Musk & Trump including individuals trimmed from the rolls of the CIA and other American Intelligence agencies.  Does That sound like a good idea to you?  It doesn't to me.

And then, of course, we have what Trump has done with pulling off the street individuals identified as Illegal Immigrants who have often been model Working Americans who have been sent to God knows where by the Trump Administration.  Many were sent to Guantanamo on Military planes until it was realized just how incredibly expensive that was to use military planes and to use Guantanamo.  So those people were either sent back to the U.S. or if they were real unlucky they might be sent to Salvadorian Prisons.

Another Glitch was the purging of DEI, which included purging the mention of the Enola Gay Airplane that delivered the Atomic Bomb to Japan in World War II.  The reason given for purging mention of that plane was that it had the word GAY in it's name.

One good thing that the Trump administration did was to release the remaining JFK Assassination Files unredacted.  Oh OH - Glitch - They also released the Social Security numbers and other personal information on many people involved with the JFK Assassination including one of Donald Trump's Lawyers.

Another Glitch involved the prospect of Elon Musk being scheduled to be briefed by the Pentagon on top secret plans regarding the prospect of war with China.  Supposedly Trump called it off but Musk still met with Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth.  Neither discussed what they talked about in detail.  

Musk and the DOGE Boys also invaded the IRS and as a result Revenues from American Taxpayers are expected to drop at least 10 percent.  

Trump's tariff threats continue to play havoc with not only the stock markets but also with our Allies around the world.

What the hell are Trump and Musk and Trump's Cabinet up to?

We average Americans do not know.

What we do know is that Americans are turning out in droves to protest the incomprehensible actions of Trump and Musk as they savagely rip through our Government.  Americans (Even MAGA Americans) are showing up at Town Halls and at appearances by Democratic Stalwarts like Bernie Sanders and AOC all over the country.

Clearly what we know at the present time is simply the tip of the iceberg.

Although I do not know for sure the reason why Trump and Musk are tearing through the American government with a slash and burn mentality I do have some ideas regarding why they are doing what they are doing.

Certainly Trump is looking to trim Government or at least wanting to look like he is trimming government so that he can reward those rich people who have backed him so far and make it possible for them to receive another rich peoples tax cut on the backs of all the other Americans who are getting the shaft. 

Another possibility is that Trump, Musk and Vance are trying to soften up or indeed ruin the American Government so that this terrible trio can completely turn over the vast resources of America to Vladimir Putin and Russia.

Then there is the possibility that Trump, Musk and Vance are simply too stupid to figure out how to operate the Federal Government efficiently and competently and are simply following the Extreme Project 2025 Playbook that they have been given by the Heritage Foundation without any thoughts about the extreme consequences of their actions.

Clearly none of these Reasons are good reasons for Trump, Musk and Vance to "Glitch" their way through the Government.  

Certainly Americans who love Democracy and want to keep it need to wake up to the reality that there is nothing "Perfect" in or about the Trump Administration and that the Republicans in Congress don't seem to care about that.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher              

It Is Time For Democrats To Regroup And Get Their Act Together

 Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

My Dear America:

Yes, My Friends, We Democrats have apparently gotten our asses kicked in this last election, although the more I think about it, the more I agree with Maxine Waters that Elon Musk may have, through his Starlink and other connections, pulled a fast one on us and manipulated the election for Donald Trump.  Why else would Trump have been throwing out statements on the Campaign Trail that he didn't need people to vote for him and joked about his "little secret" with regard to Elon Musk and the election.  Certainly I would not put stealing an election out of the realm of possibility with either Elon Musk or Donald Trump.  If Elon had helped Donald to steal the 2024 Election It would make sense regarding the strange and terrible Fanboy Bond that apparently seems to presently exist between Elon Musk and Donald Trump.  

Why in the hell would Donald Trump be Okay with Elon Embarrassing him day after day if Trump didn't Owe Elon Big Time for helping him to shave off just enough Democratic votes to shift the election to Trump.  Jesus, Trump doesn't even pay attention in the least to his own Grandchildren and now he is Okay with babysitting Elon's son.  

Wait a minute.  Something is way off here.  I can tell you that.

But be that as it may, unless Maxine or I or Rachel Maddow, or somebody comes up with proof about the 2024 election being stolen we are presently stuck with the Worst President we have ever had or would ever hope to have in the United States and although Democratic Prospects for improving our lot are dim at the present time we had better give some thought to getting our Democratic Party straightened out before we completely lose our Democracy possibly forever.

The Truth is that we are certainly not without Heroes in the Democratic Party at the present time.

Bernie Sanders is on a cross country tour speaking to overflow crowds wherever he goes touting Democracy and Democrats and blowing holes in Donald Trump's Lies and Actions.

Other Democrats recognizing reality and speaking out are Tim Walz showing up to town halls where Republicans refuse to show up.

Andrea Ocasio Cortez is also making her voice heard and so is her friend in Congress, Jasmine Crockett.  

Senators Chris Murphy and Adam Schiff are also speaking out daily regarding the state of the Dictatorship.  

Pete Buttigieg is not being heard from as much as he used to be when he was Biden's Transportation Secretary but on a recent Colbert Show following Trump's Bizarre speech to a Joint Session of Congress Pete showed his continuing brilliance as he summed up what we are up against.  

Cory Booker has also been hitting the News and talk show circuit showing that he is not taking what is going on with Trump and Vance without pushback on his part.

certainly late night hosts and MSNBC Hosts are on the case and not allowing the Madness of Trump and Musk to go on without pushback.  

Unfortunately, however, all of those individuals attempting to keep the flames of Democracy burning in America are not the ones in power right now.

Democrats are outnumbered in both the House and Senate, not by much, but by just enough to keep them semi powerless.  They can make noise, however and it certainly appears as though they are doing that.

What worries me is that we are starting to see in the Democratic Party something worrisome that we have seen on too many occasions with Democrats.  Often times when the going gets tough with Democrats they end up fighting among themselves instead of concentrating their fighting spirit on their Republican Opponents.

I see that worrisome infighting beginning to go on right now with Senate Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader. Hakeem Jeffries.

Because Chuck Schumer chose not to vote to shut down the Government his leadership is now being questioned by Democrats.

Yes, I understand that many Democrats wanted to use what little power they have to make life difficult for Trump and his Republican Cronies. 

Chuck Schumer decided that he didn't want to be responsible for shutting down the Government.  

Was he Wrong or Right.  I really don't know.  

But all of a sudden he is being trashed not just by Republicans but by members of his own Democratic Party and is being accused of being too old because he didn't want to take a chance to give Trump even more incentive to take advantage of a Government shutdown to further destroy the United States Government.

The truth is that Chuck Schumer has been a steady and capable Senate Democratic Leader for a long time now and this one vote should not be used to push him out of leadership for someone younger and less experienced.

I see and hear the same type of nonsense when it comes to Hakeem Jeffries.  Certainly Democrats in Congress are frustrated but even though Democrats and Republicans are close in numbers in the house and Senate the reality is that in both the Senate and the House, Republicans are in charge and there is very little that the Democratic Leaders can do to change things.  

I surely understand the frustration that Democrats in Congress feel but their problems are not caused by their Leaders.  Their problems are caused by the fact that their numbers don't add up to power for their party.

Clearly we Democrats are up against it right now.  One of the good things about that is that for the most part Democrats have been united in their criticism of Trump and Musk and the Republicans who support them.  Most Democrats have shown animosity toward Trump and Musk and their reckless slash and burn heartless destruction of the government.

I find it disheartening and disturbing to see Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman rushing down to Mara Lago to kiss Trump's ass and voting for at least one of Trump's horrible Cabinet picks.  At a time when we need every Democratic Senator to work together to keep the insanity at bay, John Fetterman needs to get back on board the Democratic Train that brought him to Washington.  As a big fan and a formerly enthusiastic voter for Fetterman I will certainly not be voting  for him again if he continues to go down the disturbing path he has been on recently. 

Although all Democrats in Congress must be disturbed and frustrated by what has been going on since Trump retook the Presidency at the present time I think that we Democrats need to get our act together.  One thing that I think we Democrats might take a lesson from when it comes to Donald Trump is to recognize that following the 2020 Election in which Biden clearly won the election Trump made it clear early on after his loss that he was planning to run again in 2024.

Instead of the Democratic Party giving up on their leaders the Democrats should in my opinion do what they can to prepare for the next Congressional and Presidential Election by unifying and working on deciding who will be the next Democratic Candidate in 2028.  

There will be no shortage of Democratic Candidates.  There never has been and I don't think that there ever will be a shortage of Great Candidates in the Democratic Party.  One smart thing that Trump did after 2020 was to get his name out there quickly before any other Republican Candidate could successfully challenge him.  

I think that its early but we need to begin to be smart enough to recognize that Trump is already making noises about running again in 2028 (Even though it would be unconstitutional) or just continuing in office after 2028.

We Democrats need to shut that idea down quickly and we need to start filtering through who is and is not interested in running for President in 2028.  Kamala Harris obviously had a rapid and enthusiastic response last time she ran even though she was hampered by starting late and I think she should be considered for another shot.  She did a great job as VP and as a Candidate for President and in every job she had.

Some of the other Democrats who come to mind include Cory Booker, Pete Butigieg, Chris Murphy, Adam Schiff, Hakeem Jeffries, Tim Walz,  Josh Shapiro, Gretchen Witmer, Andrea Ocasio Cortez, Gavin Newsom,  Martin O'Malley, Wes Moore, Bernie Sanders.

In my opinion Joe Biden should be on the list although with what has happened up to now I would guess that he would not want to put himself through another Political Meat Grinder ever again.

We have seen in the past few weeks that even in the reddest of states that many Republican Lawmakers are hiding out and refusing to meet with their constituents who are angry as hell at what the Trump Administration is doing to our country.  While that has been going on Bernie Sanders and AOC have been touring the country together speaking to overflow crowds everywhere they go who are Mad as hell and not willing to take it anymore.  

If we look back to our past we see that Americans have accomplished a lot through Nonviolent Protest and what we are seeing these days is the sight of Americans recognizing just how precious our Freedom and Democracy continue to be and just how close we are to becoming a Dictatorship. 

We should think very seriously about the fact that Donald Trump does not belong in the White House and That Good Old Joe Biden at his worst would have been one hell of a lot better than what we are suffering through right now.

For God's sake, Republicans in Congress, Have Some Buyers Remorse. Why don't You?

You know damn well that your Constituents are having Plenty of Buyers Remorse even if you don't. 

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher          

What About Bob - Dylan - A Review Of The New Movie "A Complete Unknown"

Sunday  March 16th  2025

My Dear America:

I have to confess I have been waiting for quite awhile to see "A Complete Unknown", a Biopic about the Early Days of Bob Dylan's Musical Career in the Early Sixties.  Two of My Granddaughters had let me know that they would like to see the movie with me and I was thrilled with that.

Unfortunately only one of my Granddaughters made it to the theater.  My Other Granddaughter had car trouble.  Because  My Granddaughter and I had some issues connecting  at the Theater we missed the first 10 minutes of the movie. but what we did see was an excellent depiction of Bob Dylan's early rise to fame as a Folksinger and a Songwriter.  My interest in seeing the movie was Bob Dylan.  My Granddaughter was also interested in Dylan but certainly more interested in Timothy Chalomee, who starred as Bob Dylan and in my opinion did an outstanding job portraying Bob Dylan in the film.

Bob Dylan is, and has been since the early 1960's, An American Musical Treasure.  The movie portrays very well that Bob Dylan was not always a great guy to be friends with.  Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie may have helped Bob to launch his musical career by singing his praises and his folk songs but in the end when Dylan went electric he seemed to want to have little to do with his Old Folky Friends.

The movie clearly shows that Bob Dylan was not the best boyfriend to have also.  He clearly used Joan Baez to further his career and when he was on top and no longer needed her he dumped her like a bad habit.  Joan Baez who didn't write a lot of songs did write a pretty great one with "Diamonds and Rust" which was clearly and bitterly about her relationship with Bob Dylan. In an interview with Dan Rather she has revealed that more recently she has simply recognized how important Dylan's music is and has become less bitter toward him.

First of all, Bob Dylan's name really wasn't Bob Dylan.  His actual family name was Bob Zimmerman.  I guess he didn't feel that Zimmerman fit his self image well enough.  His girlfriend Sylvie in the Movie (Suze in real life) complained that he never talked about his background and Family.  There was a reason for that.  Dylan didn't want to talk about his real background.  He was a Jewish boy from Minnesota who had picked up playing guitar while in high school and played rock music with a group of friends.  He attended the University of Minnesota for awhile and got involved in the Folk Scene on the outskirts of the school prior to setting out for New York City to make it big as a Folksinger

That genuine background didn't fit the Bob Dylan image, however, so Bobby D. left the Bobby Z. image behind and invented a new backstory for himself.  He began telling his New York City friends that he hitchhiked and road the rails around the country and spent time working as a Carny while picking up Guitar and Folksongs from Hobos.  Much of it was total Bullshit but it fit much better into the Bob Dylan image.

While Bob Dylan's new Bio was short on truth certainly the fact that he was a Talented Songwriter and Guitar Player was absolutely true.  While his imitation of Woody Guthrie and Ramblin Jack Elliot's nasally singing style could be annoying, his songs were so good that people hardly noticed how bad his singing voice was.  After all, if it was good enough for Woody, It was good enough for Bob.   Besides, There were a number of talented artists around during the Early Sixties who sang Bob Dylan songs very well.  In addition to Joan Baez, There was Peter Paul and Mary, The Kingston Trio, Judy Collins, Sonny and Cher, The Turtles, The Byrds and many others.

Roger McGuinn of the Byrds in a recent documentary talked about Bob Dylan coming to one of the Byrds  recording session and listening to the band playing their version of "Mr. Tamborine Man". McGuinn seemed to think that it might have been at that recording session that Bob Dylan decided to go electric.  

The Movie "A Complete Unknown" ends shortly after it shows Dylan playing an electric set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 where his Rocking Set apparently did not go over well with the Folkies in attendance.

To his credit, however, and to my dismay and the dismay of countless other Folkies at the time in the Mid Sixties, Bob Dylan stuck to his guns.  He kept on playing electric music for some time with "The Band".  Dylan lived close to "The Band" members in Woodstock, New York where they all practiced together and for a time took their show on the road.  Although Bob Dylan has never had difficulty in finding musicians willing to play with him he has, at times, inserted himself into established bands for tours including gigs with "The Grateful Dead" and "Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers".

Bob Dylan is in his eighties now and is still on "The Never Ending Tour".  There have been many stops on "The Never Ending Tour" including his "Saved" Christian Music Period,  His "Infidels" period of Jewish inspired music, His "Rolling Thunder Revue" period in which he gathered some of the best musical talent together for an unforgettable tour to highlight the plight of the unfair jailing of boxer, Hurricane Carter.

One of my favorite Bob Dylan incarnations was his membership in "The Traveling Wilburys", along with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne (Of The Electric Light Orchestra), George Harrison and Roy Orbison.

Getting back to the movie, I am genuinely glad to have had the experience of sharing some of what I have experienced over the years of being a Bob Dylan Fan and seeing him and some of those he provided music for in concert with My Granddaughter.  She is a good judge of music and has turned me on to some very talented musicians and bands at times.

My wife, who had wanted to accompany us to the movie but was suffering from intense back pain and really didn't want to have to deal with the incredibly cold weather, has often commented about the fact that living through our time in the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties we have grown up listening to Great Music that kids today don't have.  She has a point but there is also another point in that todays kids are lucky to have access through Apple, Spotify and Other Online Musical Platforms the opportunity to listen to almost anything that they want at any time they want.

I would highly recommend "A Complete Unknown" to anyone who was into Folk Music in the Late 50's and Early Sixties and beyond.

This movie certainly took me back to that period of time when I was in High School and College and learning to love different kinds of music.  I told my Granddaughter about how I saw Joan Baez and Bob Dylan singing together at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963.  I had hitchhiked to Newport from Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania and turned that experience into a Novel called "The Folksingers", which is still available for purchase from Amazon.com for anybody interested in it. Actually Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, the main characters in "A Complete Unknown" are also minor characters in my Novel.

I have closely followed Dylan's career over the years and still find him to be a fascinating character.  I have seen him in concert a few times in addition to Newport and even though his voice sort of grates on me, his older classic songs in my opinion seem to get better with age.

At a time when Politics is uncertain, at best, I found that a trip into the past with My Granddaughter and Bob Dylan was a very pleasant experience.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher    

  

Letter To President Zelensky

Monday March 3rd 2025 

Dear President Zelensky:

I am writing this letter to you to express my sincere regrets and I would assume the regrets of countless other Americans regarding the shameful and uncalled for disrespect you received last Friday in the White House.  

Clearly the ambush you received from President Trump and Vice President Vance was a setup designed by them to denigrate you and give them an opportunity to back out of an agreement with you and pursue Donald Trump's obvious wish for a Pro Putin and Pro Russian Agenda. Those of us Americans who I feel are on the right side of history and on the right side of Ukraine are truly appalled by the treatment you received from Trump and Vance.  

I want you to know that despite the rude and obnoxious treatment you received from Trump and Vance You are a hero to the majority of American citizens and your fight with Russia is known by most of us to be clearly an unwarranted and illegal invasion of your country by Russia.  Clearly Trump and Vance and their Congressional Toadies know that, yet Republicans who days ago supported You and Ukraine now are changing their tune and calling for you to resign.  People like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Walz and Senator Lindsey Graham have caved in to Trump's twisted view of You and Ukraine.  They and their Republican Traitors Club Members in the United States Congress have shown an incredible amount of Cowardice in this situation while they try to kiss up to Donald Trump as he attempts to squirm out of the United States Long Term Commitment to help Ukraine remain a Democracy.  Anyone with a brain can see what Trump and Vance and their Quizling Congressional Followers are doing. They should be doing the right thing but they are not.

The truth is that our situation is much like your situation was before you were elected President of Ukraine.  As you are acutely aware, your Ukrainian Government prior to your election was plagued by Corruption and Fraud and you and your party cleaned things up and sent Vladimir Putin's Puppet Ukrainian Leader scurrying to Moscow to avoid prosecution.

Unfortunately for us and for you, we in the United States have watched a perfectly good Democratic Administration be voted out of power and Donald Trump be voted in  I still have my serious doubts about the odd participation of Elon Musk's million dollar lotteries and Starlink in the last election but be that as it may, Donald Trump is now back living in the White House and the stink of corruption is everywhere today in the Trump Administration and will apparently be there for the next four years.

As much as it pains me to say it President Zelensky, I can see and I'm sure that you can also see that Although America during the Biden Administration was a relatively reliable ally, such is not the case anymore.  Things have unfortunately changed, and not for the better when it comes to Ukraine.  You still have strong support in our Democratic Party but unfortunately the Democrats are presently not in control and at the present time can make noise but can't make much else happen.  

The unfortunate ambush of you in the White House may, in fact, have a silver lining.  It is my understanding that NATO and European Union Countries are stepping up their support for You and your country.  

I would strongly advise you to concentrate on getting help from your European Allies and Keep fighting for your freedom and for the freedom of all Democratic Nations.  

We American Democrats recognize how important your fight for freedom is for every free nation in the world.

Donald Trump is truly an embarrassment but it looks like we are stuck with him for the next four years so I would advise you, President Zelensky to do what other Free European Countries seem to be doing.  Write him off and in the process write off the United States until and unless we can get our act together and find some way to rid our country of this Embarrassing Putin Fan from the White House.

I sincerely hope that you and your country are able to prevail in your Fight for Freedom because I feel that your Fight is just as much our Fight for Freedom, as well.

Once and Forever Slava Ukraine.        

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher

Trump, Vance and Musk - Traitors In The White House - The Politics Of Insanity, Incompetence and Inhumanity

 Friday, February 28th, 2025

My Dear America:

"Ambush" is a word that I am hearing a lot today.  President Zelensky of Ukraine was ambushed for sure by Donald Trump and JD Vance at the White House this afternoon when he went there to meet with Donald Trump.  Trump and Vance made sure that the TV Cameras were on when they began verbally pummeling President Zelensky.  Although Trump and Vance seemed to think that verbally bitch slapping President Zelensky was the right thing to do all it did was show Zelensky to be the responsible Individual in the room and Trump and Vance to be shown up to be the Repulsive Assholes that they continue to be.  

The world response to this embarrassing treatment of someone who is a genuine ally of America is going to be a long range mistake of epic proportions as Donald Trump goes out of this way to kiss Vladimir Putin's ass once again as he seems to never get tired of doing over and over again.  The end result of this incident will be a further falling away of European Allies who have always had confidence in American Independence and Democracy

Although today's incident is disturbing on many levels I think that the most disturbing thing about this embarrassing situation is that Republicans in Congress and elsewhere, with Few Exceptions, seem to be unwilling to express anything but complete fealty to Donald Trump as he rips apart our countries government and apparently is willing to sacrifice Ukraine and probably other Allies, as well to the Russians as long as Putin says nice things about Trump.

I think that this latest incident in a long line of disturbing side shows featuring Trump and Vance shows clearly that there is something truthful in the recent revelations by a former KGB officer that Donald Trump was turned into a Russian ASSet on his 1987 Trip to Russia.  According to the Former KGB Agent Trump's  code name is Krasnov.

In less than 2 months Trump has sent JD Vance to lecture our Allies in Munich on what they should be doing while Trump has turned Elon Musk into a a rather rabid looking creature who is doing Trump's dirty deeds all throughout the United States Governmental Agencies, while setting himself up with even more lucrative government contracts than he had in the first place.

While Musk doesn't seem to know what he is doing as he goes slashing through government programs like a Bully in a China Shop Career Government Workers and their families are having their lives thrown into panicked disarray.

Why, What is the purpose of all this insanity.  Clearly neither Trump, Nor Vance, nor Musk really know what they are doing.  That seems to be more clear every day as unintended Consequences force Musk and Trump to try to rehire many of the workers they have stupidly fired.

Jesus Christ, Republican voters, what in God's name have you done to us?  Why the hell did you vote for these Fools, these Idiots, these Traitors.

And while Elon Musk runs amok in the governmental agencies Republicans in Congress confess to their Democratic Colleagues that many of them are truly distressed by what is going on but are too worried about protecting themselves and their families from the dangerous MAGA Lunatics who invaded the Capitol on January Sixth of 2021 that Donald Trump set loose to be his Personal Gestapo on Day 1 as he had promised to do.

These are hard times People.  There are no Easy answers to what we can do to stem the tide of insanity that seems poised to take our liberty and justice for all away from us.  Right now it is the immigrants who are being rounded up and transported to God Know's Where.  But the job is too overwhelming to be done.

Back in Nazi Germany it was the Jews who were targeted for immigration.  But that job became too overwhelming for the Nazi's to accomplish.  That was when the Nazi's came up with another method to deal with the Jews.  We all know what that led to.

Aushwitz

Treblinka 

And Many other Death Camps.

Certainly we don't want to think about such things happening in our country but it is time to keep your eyes and ears open to hear the screams of the Immigrants being hauled off and the Loud Wails of the Government Workers Screaming as they are tossed out of their Civil Service Guaranteed Jobs.  

The Glass is breaking and the Guarantees of Civil Liberties are no longer in effect.

The Monsters are loose not only in Moscow but also on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington and the Sirens are Wailing Loudly and Frighteningly.

Watch out People,  The monsters are on the Move.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher  

    

Saturday Night Live - Celebrates 50 Years Of Relevant, Edgy And Topical American Comedy

 Thursday February 20th, 2025

My Dear America:

It certainly doesn't seem to me as though 50 Years have passed since my Wife (Who was my girlfriend at the time) and I first started watching Saturday Night Live at 11:30 PM on Saturday Nights.  The first episode of this unusually funny and topical show that we watched was not actually the first show aired.  The actual first show that aired was Broadcast on October 11th, 1975 and was rebroadcasted this past Saturday Night shortly after a 3 hour Saturday Night Live Special featuring the music and musicians that Saturday Night Live featured over the years.  Often times just being featured on Saturday Night Live could make or kickstart a musicians career.  

The first show that aired featured George Carlin, Billy Preston and my Talented Gray Haired Facebook Friend, Janice Ian, who was a teenager when the first episode of Saturday Night Live was taped.

Over the years watching Saturday Night Live has become a Saturday Night Ritual that my Wife and I continue to enjoy together.  We have seen some of the funniest people in the world as hosts and as cast members on this fabulous Comedy Playground.

The list of comedy stars who got their start on Saturday Night Live is endless and the list of hosts is just as long.  Even Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who I'm sure will never be invited back to do it again, took their turns as hosts.

This past Sunday's Spectacular Four hour extravaganza featured many of the stars that have been featured over the 50 year history of SNL.  Musical guests Paul Simon began the show and Paul McCartney put the finishing touches on the show.  Comedians were featured throughout.  Steve Martin, Martin Short, Tracy Morgan, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler and so many more were there.

The fact that this show has survived for 50 years is truly a miracle.  

I was lucky enough back in the day in I think it was 1977 or 78 to spend a week backstage with the Saturday Night Semi Original Group Cast that were called at the time "The Not Ready For Prime Time Players".  I had called NBC and spoken to someone there stating that I wanted to write a piece for Rolling Stone Magazine about Saturday Night Live and I was invited by SNL to spend a week backstage as the group produced the Miracle Show at the end of the week.  Robert Klein was the host and Bonnie Raitt was the musical guest for the week that I was there.  I simply hung out for the week backstage feeling tremendously intimidated and not talking to anyone except Bill Murray, who was nice enough to talk to me first.  I wrote the piece and sent it to Rolling Stone but they never published it.  I plan to include the piece in a book I am presently working on called "Recovered Memories".

I had the privilege in that week that I spent behind the scenes of SNL to watch as all of the separate pieces of the Saturday Night Live Puzzle were seemingly randomly put in place over the course of the week that produced what looked like and actually was in the end an Incredibly Precise Entertaining Funny and Musical Performance that I could have sworn at the beginning of the week would never and could never have actually worked out in the professional way that it did.  

And this production mostly helmed over the 50 year period by Producer Lorne Michaels not only produced SNL Episodes but also produced some very funny movies based on characters initially created on Saturday Night Live.  The Blues Brothers, Coneheads, Waynes World and other SNL Characters made their way to the big screen after being created on the small screen.

It must also be realized that Saturday Night Live existed through some very difficult and frightening times during the course of its years on Television.  The Vietnam War, Watergate, Iran Contra, The Clinton and Trump Impeachments, The Iraq War, Three Mile Island were all subjects of Comedy and sometimes Tragedy on Saturday Night Live.  

Some of SNL's best sketches skewered very well known real life characters. Those characters included Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, George Bushes 1 and 2., as well as Donald Trump.

My Friend Larry Let me know recently that he had watched some additional Saturday Night Specials on Peacock that he thought were pretty entertaining.  Also Lawrence O'Donnell just recently featured an interview with the author of "Lorne", a book about SNL's Longtime Producer, Lorne Michaels. Another special to watch for is a movie called "Saturday Night", which features actors playing the cast and crew of Saturday Night Live producing their First Live Broadcast.  This movie has been in theaters but I am assuming will be streaming soon. 

Indeed, on the first SNL show my wife and I watched the host was Ron Nessen, who was at the time of the show's airing Gerald Ford's Press Secretary.  The fact that Gerald Ford, who was portrayed on Saturday Night Live by Chevy Chase as kind of a bumbling fool, allowed his Press Secretary to host this show and still keep his job blew our minds. Once we saw that show we knew that this show was something very special and it has continued to be very Special for 50 years on Television and I hope will remain a relevant and funny Saturday Night Special for at least 50 more years to come.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher 

   

Donald Trump - Emperor Of The Arts

February 11th, 2025

My Dear America:

 If There was any doubt about the fact that Donald Trump sees himself as The 2025 Fuhrer of the United States of America Trump just destroyed that doubt by firing the board members of the Kennedy Center For the Arts including the Chairman of that board.  In addition to that disturbing development, Trump derangely appointed himself to be the replacement for the Kennedy Center Board Chairman.

Now, Isn't That Special.

Clearly Trump was not in agreement regarding the many Artists of all kinds chosen for the Kennedy Center honors

Where was Kid Rock, for instance, in the winners box at the Kennedy Center Honors.  I'm sure that he will be there in that winners box very soon getting his just due from the Fuhrer.  How could the Kennedy Center have passed over K Rock and The Village People for Kennedy Center Honors.  Jesus, how could it be that these talented Artists have been overlooked  for Kennedy Center acknowledgement of their remarkable talents.

Yes, Friends,  Not only does the Emperor have no clothes on He also has nothing to qualify him as a judge of artistic talent.  Well ,yes he was the judge and jury on his Fake TV Show, "The Apprentice" but everybody knew that this show wasn't real life.  Didn't they?

Well, based on MAGA and the last Presidential Election, apparently not everyone thought that "The Apprentice" was just a Fake TV Show.

The Make America Great Crowd apparently felt and still feel that Donald Trump was a talented businessman who knew much more than how to fire people.  The MAGA crowd still refuses to accept the facts about Donald Trump which include the following:

Donald Trump is a notorious Liar who lies about everything but MAGA seems to want to believe that everything he says is the truth despite the fact that they can often times see with their own eyes that he is not telling the truth.

Donald Trump has been a businessman who has not had a great deal of luck or talent as a businessman.  He was initially financed by his Father. He has lost fortunes in business and has declared bankruptcy in several of his business ventures.

I have made it a habit to watch the Kennedy Center Honors on Television almost every year.  It has been a pleasure to see the honoring of so many truly talented Artists of all kinds getting recognized by the Kennedy Center for their artistic achievements.

I have the feeling that my days of watching The Kennedy Center Honors are over.

I will certainly not be tuning in to watch Artists Fawning all over Trump since that is the only way that anyone calling themselves an Artist is going to receive Kennedy Center Accolades from Donald Trump.

I just hope that Donald Trump does not do to the Kennedy Center what he has done to so many of his failed businesses, namely Bankrupt and Destroy it.

Well, The Kennedy Center was nice while it lasted.

I sincerely hope that the Kennedy Center Outlasts the Trump Administration but I wouldn't bet big money on it.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher