MEMORIAL DAY 2022...HAVE WE BECOME TOXIC

We commemorated Memorial Day 2022

in so many different ways.  We had our

cook-outs in back yards or in a favorite

park.  We pulled together family, friends

and people we have not seen since the

pandemic started.

In some areas we enjoyed sunshine. 

In other places, we listened as rain

flooded out towns, docks and homes.

Across our land we experienced the

reality of climate change.

The American Legion still held 

ceremonies in small parks and

national ones.  There were no large

marching bands but people did

salute First Responders.  By and

large, except for shallow political 

speeches, many people remembered

the voices of small children and

their teachers calling for the police

to come and help.  None came.

Before the Holiday was over,

President Biden pleaded with

each of us, to help him keep 

America from becoming so

toxic, we are unable to hear 

the voices of children and their

families.

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Wear your mask. Get your shot.

Stay 5 feet apart.   and VOTE

IS IT PROFITEER OR NEWS WORTHY

After Covid ended, I came home from a trip

to New York and New Jersey and found  

a pile of newspapers and mail.  When I opened 

the May 2nd Edition of The New York Times,

I was surprised to find Tucker Carlson and 

pictures of the FOX NEWS channel 

featured on the front page.  The article, written 

by Nicholas Confessore, is an expose of 

how easily Propaganda can influence people.

Though Tucker Carlson was the main focus of the story,

I was more intrigued by the names of Roger  Ailes

and Rupert Murdoch listed as owners of the FOX NEWS CHANNEL. 

Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch are men 

known for being destructive and even profiteers 

during great national strife.   Anchors, writers and producers 

are listed and give their alliance to the station and their bosses.

Asked about how he could miss lead the public about

Covid-19 and other issues around the January

2020 Elections.  Tucker replied, "Viewers are so

compelled to think, what is this? And yet for that

very reason.  It is so absurd.  Propaganda tends to

be effective because it is so ridiculous, so absurd."

For me, Mr. Carlson's words were especially 

unsettling.  

As President Biden works to reinstate Institutions and 

Policies destroyed by the propaganda of previous administrations,

for those who remember well what propaganda did, and can do,

it is time we get behind leaders like President Biden and 

Volodymyr Zelensky with all the support we can offer.

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Wear your mask.  Get your shots.

Stay 5 feet apart.