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(My poem, ‘America Afloat,’ included as part of each blog posting of Jackspotpourri.com, briefly makes the same points that the President addressed on
September 1 in front of historic Independence Hall in Philadelphia. See the blog's July 30, 2022 posting for more information on the poem.)
It was unfortunate that the
President’s speech, while carried on the cable news networks, was not carried
by the regular broadcast networks, Fox, ABC, CBS and NBC, which preferred to
cater to America’s penchant for something other than reality.
Beyond the objections to the President's speech expected from a Republican Party that refuses to look at itself in a mirror are the threats of violence, including assassination, which it prompted by white supremacists, as documented by Yahoo news. The DOJ knows who these people are and clearly, they go far beyond the protection offered by the First Amendment. It is possible that we do not have time to wait for those 'better angels' mentioned by Professor Meacham, Lincoln, and the President, to be heard.
Is it time for the nation to accept a reduction of our traditional freedoms in order to preserve our democracy? The people making these threats must be arrested and charged before they act on their words. Things are THAT serious today. Charlottesville was a whisper and January 6 was a warning not to be ignored.
Abraham Lincoln suspended the right to a writ of habeas corpus in battling a similar threat to the Union presented in 1861, which ultimately did not protect his life from it. There are many 'John Wilkes Booths' hiding under MAGA caps.
Read the Yahoo news article by visiting https://news.yahoo.com/biden-
JL
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America Afloat
(A poem that is always worth repeating in these blog postings. To learn more, visit this blog's posting of July 30, 2022, accessible from the Archives off to the right.) JL
America Afloat
Jack Lippman
The
greatness of America
Is
that it does survive
Attacks
upon democracy
Whose
flame it keeps alive.
The
laws that blossom from the words
The
Founding Fathers wrote
Still
serve us well today to keep
America
afloat.
This
doesn’t happen by itself,
We
cannot wish it true,
The
bottom line, my friends, is that
It
all depends on you.
JL
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Why Not to Watch Fox - Truth Day
While watching the 6 p.m. news on
television a few evenings ago, reporting on the additional evidence discovered
at Mar-a-Lago of the possible criminal actions on the part of the DFP (Defeated Former President) and his attorneys, I
decided to see what Fox News was reporting and compare it to what was being
reported on NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, CNN and MSNBC,
I found them very busy covering
anything else, and when having no alternative but to report what the president of
the United States was doing and saying, they managed to do it in a manner
unfavorable to him. Their only reference
to the purloined documents the DFP had taken to Mar-a-Lago was brief: a sarcastic criticism of the FBI and a
questioning of the validity of the evidence the investigators found and their
methods in securing it.
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| What FBI Found |
The day that Fox goes out of
business, as it will when its many followers wake up to its dishonesty, only made
possible by that First Amendment, and stop watching it, should be declared a
national holiday. It might be called
‘Truth Day.’
JL
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Delay - Stall - Postpone
The last two postings of this blog pointed out that the objective of the DFP’s legal strategies, including his request for a Special Master to be appointed, is just to delay the day of ultimate reckoning, giving the Democrats less time before the November elections to use any Republican’s endorsement by him, association with him, or even their failure to denounce his ‘big lie’ as a strong campaign issue. Lacking any realistic response to the DOJ’s actions, the only tactic his attorneys can resort to is delay. Next will come the bone spurs which were so useful to the DFP during the Vietnam War, or is the DFP saving them for when he is finally called to testify?
JL
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Student Loan Forgiveness - I Criticize Democrats Too!
Available statistics, which are confusing and very difficult to interpret, seem to indicate that perhaps 61% of student loans remain outstanding in some form or other. That means that 39% of these loans have been paid back, or in some instances considered as ‘paid back’ after a significant number of years of regular payments. Regardless, the image it presents is one of a benefit for as much as $20,000 for some of those who haven’t been able to pay off their loans, and a contrary image as a bunch of suckers for those who sacrificed to make their payments This gives the Republicans a significant voting target at which to aim in criticizing President Biden’s Student Loan forgiveness proposal. And as you can see, they are doing precisely that at the same time as their other talking points are evaporating! They don't have much else going for them these days.
As I have already said, the idea
is a good one, needing a bit more 'tweaking,' but its timing is horrible, typical of many faulty Democratic political
strategies. It forces Democrats to use
their resources to respond to a weapon they handed to their opponents at the
wrong point in time, just prior to an election.
JL
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Medicare Advantage Plans - Not Always Best Choice
Seniors who select a Medicare Part C ‘Medicare Advantage Plan’ may end up with a ‘Medicare Disadvantage’ plan. If they want to be treated at one of the major teaching hospitals in New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, or even Rochester, Minnesota, (where the Mayo Clinic is based), their Medicare Advantage plan may say ‘No, You must use the hospitals that the plan includes.’
These choices may be more restrictive in HMO plans than in PPO plans, but a cancer patient who wants to go to NYC's Sloan-Kettering or Houston's M.D. Anderson, the two best cancer hospitals in the country, might still be limited to using nearby institutions, many of which are excellent, but not quite ‘top-tier.’
In my opinion, If your finances allow it, stick with Medicare Parts A and B, and purchase a separate private Medicare Supplement Plan and a separate Part D prescription drug plan.
JL
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