Tuesday, December 19, 2023

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   

 

  




Sunday, December 10, 2023

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


    

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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

 

Thursday, November 16, 2023

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



  

Friday, November 3, 2023

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

Friday, October 13, 2023

Madness In The Middle East: A New Holocaust

 Friday, October 13th, 2023


My Dear America:

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.

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. 

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.  

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.

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.

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.  

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.  

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.


Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher 

Monday, October 2, 2023

What In The Hell Is Wrong With James Carville and Bill Maher

 Monday, October 2nd, 2023


My Dear America:

Last Friday a couple of awful things happened.

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.

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.  

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. 

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.  

Where were the questions about DeSantis's alleged involvement in Torture when he was in the service and assigned to Guantanimo Bay?

Where were the questions about DeSantis banning Books in Florida and Whitewashing Slavery in his state?

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.

Maher did feature some very funny "Tips To Trump's Future Cellmates."  That part of the program was hilarious.

Then, of course, Maher ended the program with "New Rules"

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.

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.  

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

I wish these Titans of Thought would follow a rule in this instance that my Mother taught me a long time ago.

She taught me the following:

"If You Can't say Something Nice about Someone, Don't say anything at all". 

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.

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.  

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.    

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.


Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher