Podcast For A Lost Nation

50 Years ago today our nation took a turn for the worse and we in the United States have never really recovered.  Watergate seemed to suck the life out of our country for a long period of time and what we see today in the January Sixth Hearings is relevant to the tolerance for corruption that we still have as a result of Watergate.

As The January Sixth Committee of the U.S. House Of Representatives Prepares to Begin to Release their findings starting on June 9th, 2022 Jerry Gallagher Looks back with Horror and Nostalgia at the Senate Watergate Hearings of the Mid 1970's that resulted in Revelations that culminated in the Resignation of President Richard Nixon, as well as Prison Sentences for Many of The President's Men.

Once Again A Disturbed Young Man has brought Weapons of War into an Elementary School in Texas and senselessly Destroyed Innocent Lives.   In so doing Salvador Ramos has joined a Club that no one in their right mind wants to belong to.

Pennsylvania has two Progressive and Dynamic Democratic Candidates running for High Office in 2022.  Both John Fetterman, running for U.S. Senator and Josh Shapiro, running for Governor have interesting and extensive Track Records by which they can be judged by the voters in this years Elections.

The Disturbing Prospect of the Overturning of Roe Versus Wade has become a Frightening Prospect for American Women as a result of an unusual public distribution of an Internal Supreme Court Document that Chief Justice Roberts has confirmed was written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.  In that Document Alito indicates his willingness to do away with the Established Precedent that has pro...

Easter Sunday was a Great Day for Me and Some of My Family Members.  After the Torrent of Recent Reporting of mainly Awful, Sad and Disturbing News stories Easter was a Pleasant and Welcome, albeit brief, Change of Pace. 

While The Civilized world watches in disgust Vladimir Putin's Russian Troops continue to turn the country of Ukraine into a bombed out Wreck.  Yet the brave and seemingly fearless Ukraine People proudly stand tall while attempting to save their democratic country from the Monster from Next Door, Vladimir Putin and his Russian Troops.

Several of the Republican Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee including Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz and Martha Blackburn should be ashamed of their Insensitive and Highly Abusive Treatment of Katanji Brown Jackson this past week.  For her part Judge Brown showed herself to be not just one of the most highly qualified candidates ever to be considered for an appoint...

As Vladimir Putin's Armed Forces have attacked The Independent Republic Of Ukraine and have been driven back by Ukrainian Resistance Fighters Several members of the American Republican Party seem to have chosen to back the Putin Invaders rather than the Ukrainian Democratic Resistance Forces. This is, indeed, a very strange development at a very strange time in History.

As we watch the Extreme Terror and Violence that is rained down on the Democratic Republic of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin we may very well be witnessing  A Preview of The Future of the United States of America if Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and the Republican Party continue to be successful in the coming years. 

As The Invasion of Ukraine extends to two weeks what is becoming more and more evident is that Vladimir Putin has made a Gigantic Mistake in thinking that he and his Russian Army would make quick work of the takeover of Ukraine.  Russian forces have shown themselves to be embarrassingly inept and unmotivated while the Ukrainian Defense Forces have been highly motivated and bravely unwilling t...

The Battle Between Good And Evil In Ukraine And Russia May be the opening of a World Wide Conflict that could possibly affect every country in the World.  Unfortunately, as of today's date there seems to be no end in sight for this conflict and Russian Leader, Vladimir Putin has positioned himself to be possibly the Worst World Leader since Adolph Hitler.   

While the world watches Russian President Vladimir Putin boldly building up Russian Forces on the border between Russia and Ukraine it is difficult to figure out what will happen with regard to this extremely difficult and dangerous situation.

Recently American Musician, Neil Young gave an Ultimatum to the Spotify Streaming Service that if Spotify continued to broadcast Podcasts featuring Anti Vax Podcaster, Joe Rogan that Young wanted his music taken off Spotify.  Spotify has followed through and took Neil Young's music off their Platform although they stated that they hope Neil Young will allow his music to return to the Platform...

During Joe Biden's Marathon Press Conference Last Week Biden asked the important Question: What Are Republicans For?  He also Answered his own question stating truthfully that Republicans have no agenda other than standing in the way of Democratic Accomplishments.

On The First Anniversary of the Trump Inspired MAGA Attack on The Capitol Building in Washington on January 6th, 2021 with the expressed purpose of preventing Joe Biden's Election to be Certified, the Congress and The President remembered that dark day with Dignity, Patriotism and Hope for the Future of America.

"Are We Living in The Final Days of American Democracy?" is a painful but necessary question that we should be asking ourselves as the new year of 2022 begins.  Certainly our Democratic Republic has survived some very tough times in the past including Civil Wars, World Wars, Pandemics and even in some cases Bad Presidents.  But before 2016 we had never seen a rise to power of someone as...

In This Episode Jerry Gallagher suggests giving credit where credit is due to Former Vice President, Mike Pence for doing the right thing on January Sixth, 2021 and Saving American Democracy at a time when it could very well have collapsed into a Dictatorship with Donald Trump installed as Dictator.

This Episode Reviews the Legitimate and Serious Reasons that This Podcaster will not be voting in 2022 to send Dr. Mehmet Oz to the United States Senate from the State of Pennsylvania. 

This Podcast Episode presents some evidence to show that what is being done to Reproductive Rights, as well as Voting Rights in the American State of Texas may rival some of the terrible actions featured in the Hulu Streaming Video Production called "The Handmaid's Tale," which is based on the best selling book with the same Title.  The difference is that the Hulu Production is Fiction and wh...

This Episode Celebrates the Long and Distinguished Career of Colin Powell, a Genuine American Hero and possibly one of the Last Moderate Republicans willing to put his "Country First" ahead of his Republican Party Loyalty. 

On what had been a Great Day of Family Birthday Celebrations Jerry Gallagher was disappointed to find the evening tainted by Television Images of The Creature From Mara Lago, Donald Trump, lying Big Time to a Massive audience in Des Moines, Iowa on October 9th.

On September 18th, 2021 a gathering of Nazis, Ku Klux Klan Members and other Right Wing Supporters of Donald Trump and the January 6th Insurrectionists will gather in Washington D.C. in support of the January 6th So Called "Political Prisoners.  

Following 20 Years of conflict between The Taliban and The United States and their Allies in Afghanistan, The Taliban in recent weeks have quickly returned to power in their country.  Unexpectedly, Cooperation between The Biden Administration and The Taliban resulted in America accomplishing the nearly impossible task of getting mostly every American Citizen and many Afghan citizens out of Af...

Following the Exit of the United States Military from Afghanistan the Taliban, who brutally ran Afghanistan prior to the American invasion of this Country, are racing to return to power and are poised to retaliate against those Afghans who aided and assisted the U.S. Military during the 20 year War.  The Taliban seem to be particularly focused on retaliating against those Afghans who served a...