George A. Sprecace M.D.,
J.D., F.A.C.P. and Allergy
Associates of New
London,
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www.asthma.drsprecace.com
RAPID
RESPONSE (Archives)...Daily Commentary on News of the Day
This is a new
section. It will
offer fresh,
quick reactions by myself to news and events of the day, day by day, in
this rapid-fire world of ours. Of course, as in military
campaigns,
a rapid response in one direction may occasionally have to be followed
by a "strategic withdrawal" in another direction. Charge that
to
"the fog of war", and to the necessary flexibility any mental or
military
campaign must maintain to be effective. But the mission will
always
be the same: common sense, based upon facts and "real politick",
supported
by a visceral sense of Justice and a commitment to be
pro-active.
That's all I promise.
GS
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SUNDAY through TUESDAY, October 29 through 31, 2023
RR#1
AS I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A VERY LONG TIME: EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, NOT "EQUITY" OF RESULT !
GS
SATURDAY, October 28, 2023
RR#1
TIME FOR ANOTHER "POT
POURRI", AKA "STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS" OR
"SFOGGANDO"...VENTING- IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
1) As I have opined many times in
this RR section in earlier years (look it up), both Israelis and Palestinians
have a "Right To Exist" and to have a homeland - SO LONG AS EACH
ACKNOWLEDGES THE OTHER'S RIGHT".
And therein lies the rub. Orthodox
Jews see the entire Land of Israel as their birthright directly from God.
Palestinians (Muslims) see all non-Muslims as Infidels requiring Destruction.
For this "Gordian Knot" the world needs either a Solomon or an
Alexander.
We're taking applications....
2) Meanwhile, the world rightly sees
this problem - and the entire Mideast - as the most likely place for WW lll and
the end of the World to occur.
GOOD LUCK.
3) Short of that, we in America can
expect other lesser firestorms to arise as we joust with Russia and China - and
as lesser players content themselves with more terrorist attacks on our
homeland, greatly facilitated by the irresponsible state of our southern
border, by our failure to retain our energy independence and by the calculated
weakening of our Armed Forces, all designed and implemented by the current
impeachable Administration.
4) Finally, One Ray of Light in our
Body Politic: the election of Michael Johnson as Speaker of the House - and
with Donald Trump as leader of a finally identifiable Republican Party to
replace the thin gruel that the Party has become in recent years.
And the Democrats and the Rhinos are
rightly beginning to Panic! Witness the many fevered articles, including
in the WSJ - "Trump Derangement Syndrome" personified.
Now they are likely to Lose the 2024
national elections, right up to the Presidency.
For the majority of Americans want
effective Conservative Leadership - especially after witnessing three years of
Stupidity in the name of "Wokeness".
5) Meanwhile, the Black Community
has still not Realized the abject failure the Democratic Party and its Teachers
Unions have heaped on their children over the last fourty years. WAKE UP
!!
AHH...THAT FELT GOOD.
GS
RR#2
THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF THE PRACTICE
OF MEDICINE:
As I Was Saying...
GS
FRIDAY, October 27, 2023
...AND THIS...
Please see the excellent extended
interview with Speaker Johnson conducted by Sean Hannity on his show on
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2023.
GS
THURSDAY through THURSDAY, October 19 through 26, 2023
NOW HEAR THIS !
GS
Fellow American,
The
most important things in life are faith, family, and freedom. That's
not just a slogan, these happen to be the foundations of our great
country. That is why I am fighting every day to preserve them.
Faith.
Our nation began with the bold declaration that all men are created
equal by God, and that our rights derive from Him and not the
government. The founders insisted that faith must remain central to our
national identity because, as George Washington summarized, "religion
and morality are indispensable supports" of our republic. Like so many
American households through the generations, in our house we instill
faith in the hearts of our children, serve God, and serve people.
Family.
Stable, happy families are the basis of any thriving society, and
public policy should always acknowledge this obvious truth.
Strengthening the nuclear family should be a top priority, and
government should get out of the way and respect parental rights. Kelly
and I have been very intentional about passing along the values of hard
work, honor, and sacrifice to our children, just as our parents passed
them along to us. For nearly two and a half centuries, this has been
the American way.
Freedom.
It is a self-evident truth that God endows all of us with inherent
freedoms, such as the natural and unalienable rights to life, liberty,
conscience, and the ability to pursue happiness, own property, build
wealth and defend ourselves and our families. The purpose of government
is to secure these rights, and the ideas we advance should always aim
to maintain and increase the liberty of the American people. I’ve
devoted my life and career to fighting for those fundamental freedoms
and traditional values, first in the courts as a constitutional law
attorney, and now in the Congress.
This
is a simple truth: America is the freest, most powerful, most
successful nation in the history of world – but we cannot maintain that
status if we are led by politicians who hate the very foundations that
made us who we are!
Right
now in America, children are being taught in many schools to be ashamed
of their country and themselves. The pledge is being taken out of
school because it mentions God. Free speech is being censored and
silenced right before our eyes. Democrats are fighting for the right to
elective abortion right up to the moment of birth. Unelected,
unaccountable bureaucrats are seeking control of almost every aspect of
our lives.
This is simply un-American, and we must stop the madness.
We
must elect more leaders who make decisions based on American values
with an emphasis on God, family, and country. It’s the only way to
preserve the blessings we have been given here.
Today,
to continue to help lead this critical fight, I need your financial
support – to restore our country and defend our values.
Fellow
American, we have a chance to save our country from the radical Left
that is aiming to destroy it, but we’re running out of time. I’m not
sure what version of America we will leave to our kids if we continue
down this path. We simply must make a change before it’s too late.
I
made a promise when I was first elected to do what is best for our
country, and for Louisiana, and I intend to keep that promise. It’s why
I have been a trusted ally of President Donald Trump, who selected me
for critical positions and endorsed all of my campaigns. It’s also why
I was elected by my colleagues to serve as Vice Chairman of the House
Republican Conference – one of seven elected leadership positions for
Republicans in the House – and to chair the Subcommittee on the
Constitution and Civil Liberties in the prestigious Judiciary
Committee.
We
are working in Congress every day to defend our conservative way of
life and lead the fight for freedom, but we cannot do it alone.
If
you are committed to keeping the House from the radical Democrats who
are self-serving and want to turn America into a socialist country,
then I need your support today.
The
path we’re on currently will lead us to destruction. But that outcome
is not inevitable. We still have the ability to turn this country
around-- IF conscientious conservatives across America will stand up
RIGHT NOW.
We MUST act, and we must do so today.
Thank you for all you do, and God bless.
Mike Johnson
Speaker of the House
MONDAY through WEDNESDAY, October 16 through 18, 2023
SUNDAY, October 15, 2023
RR#1
"IT'S COMPLICATED".
It certainly is, as moral, spiritual
and religious people of various Faiths, and also those of no faiths try to
establish for themselves a position in the everlasting conflict between Jews
and their neighbors.
The Jews' RIGHT TO EXIST IS
GUARANTEED BY HUMANITY AND BY GOD.
That includes their RIGHT TO
SELF-DEFENSE. Can that Right be effectively exercised without collateral
damage? NO.
The responsibility for all
collateral damage must rest with whoever started the most recent cycle of
War.
Meanwhile, the rest of us must
remember God's words as immortalized in the Holy Bible:
"...forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.";
the many statements of The Lord
declaring His Right to be merciful...to saints and sinners alike;
"Vengeance Is Mine. I Shall
Repay", sayeth The Lord (Romans ll).
And regarding the relationship of
Christians with Their Older Brothers, the Jews:
what is the difference if the coming
of the Messiah is the First Coming or the Second coming.
What we must remember is that He is
Coming - to Judge us All.
Remember that in your positions and
actions.
GS
RR#2
AMEN !
GS
SATURDAY, October 14, 2023
IN THE MOST RECENT RR, I ADDRESSED
THE ONE INSURMOUNTABLE ISSUE ASSURING A FOREVER WAR:
THE CHALLENGED RIGHT OF ISRAEL AND
OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO EXIST AT ALL.
Meanwhile, the timing of the current
War carries lessons of its own for all nations: PERCEIVED WEAKNESS.
The following in-depth articles
address that issue...and much more of relevance.
- "Remembering
The Yom Kippur War In A Divided Israel", by Michael Oren (WSJ
September 30 - October 1, 2023, Review, pC5).
- "The
American The Israeli Left Loves to Hate", by Elliot Kaufman (WSJ,
ibid, Opinion, pA11).
- "Benjamin
Netanyahu...", by Ruth Margalit (New York Times Magazine, October
1, 2023,p 41).
AND THERE IS A LESSON HERE FOR THIS
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP: IN YOUR CURRENT REAL WEAKNESS,
BEWARE ANOTHER 9/11 !
GS
FRIDAY, October 13, 2023
THE LATEST ISRAEL-
"PALESTINE" WAR:
with origins almost back to the beginning
of Time.
A scholarly, long and detailed
history of "Palestine" can be found in Google searches of
"Palestine (Region)"
and "State of Palestine".
The history of the major world
Religions, Hebrew, Christian, Muslim and their various iterations,
has served to embody the chaos that
has forever embraced those regions and their people.
But one particular issue has become
central to the likely interminable conflict:
the demand on one side that neither
Israel nor the Jewish people have any right to exist at all.
So long as that remains the central
goal of Palestinians, of some Arabs, some Muslims, and
of some surrounding States that see
advantage to them of working in troubled waters, there will
be no end to Middle East conflict
and wars...which can easily result in world-wide disaster.
For the Jewish People and a Jewish
State have an inherent Right to Exist - a Right guaranteed
to them by the rest of Humanity -
and by God.
GS
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, October 11 and 12, 2023
RR#1
"TRUE, TRUE...AND RELATED".
GS
In the Trump administration, we had the strictest sanctions ever against the Iranian regime. And they worked.
We
put them in a box and isolated them. Then, we enacted the Abraham
Accords that brought peace to the middle east and unprecedented support
for Israel from around the world.
But that’s all been undone thanks to Biden and his sorry excuse of an administration.
Now,
innocent Israeli and American citizens are being brutally slaughtered
by Hamas - an evil terrorist organization who gets their funding and
military orders from the Iranian government.
Make
no mistake: The terrorist attacks in Israel aren’t random - they’re a
direct result of the Biden administration's weak leadership and
appeasement agenda.
Forget,
for a moment, about the $6 Billion dollars Biden handed to the Iranian
regime on a silver platter just weeks before the deadliest attack
against the Israeli people since the Holocaust.
The
fact that Biden and his team have neglected to enforce sanctions on
Iran have put tens of billions more dollars into their pockets - giving
them plenty of resources to fund Hamas and other terrorist movements in
the region.
Now
more than ever, our country needs leaders who won’t kowtow to terrorist
regimes. We need leaders who unequivocally stand with Israel. And most
importantly, we need leaders who will CRACK DOWN on our enemies - not
fuel their anti-American, terrorist agendas with YOUR tax dollars.
HELP ELECT PRO-ISRAEL LEADERS
If there’s one thing we can count on the terrorists of Hamas and their backers in Iran to do is not give up.
They
will continue fighting to the last man standing. And if America doesn’t
have the strength to stand up to Iran, more Americans and Israelis will
die.
Never Give an Inch,
Mike Pompeo
RR#2
IT
APPEARS THAT WE HAVE A LOST GENERATION, UNEDUCATED, EVEN STUPID, AND
20% OF WHOM ARE REPORTED TO BE UNMOORED FROM THEIR WORLD.
BEWARE !
GS
TUESDAY, October 10, 2023
RR#1
ISRAEL AND ITS NEIGHBORS:
Now do you understand?
GS
MONDAY, October 9, 2023
RR#1
GROSS !!
But Our World Can Be. Protect
yourselves, beginning with INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE.
GS
RR#2
HOW MUCH LONGER MUST WE TOLERATE THE
SHARADE OF A SUSPECT PRESIDENCY AND AN UNWORTHY "PRESIDENT"?
To the outrages of action and
inaction already perpetrated, see the offerings posted herein.
Then educate or re-educate
yourselves between now and November, 2024 - or do your Nation a Favor...and
STAY HOME !
GS
RR#3
MORE...
To describe Biden as incompetent
would be a Gift.
Please review the offerings here,
including President Trump's recent statement regarding Biden and Iran.
Then of course review Cal Thomas'
diatribe on Trump dutifully carried in The Day: "Trump: Not A Great
Man" (October 9, 2023, Opinion, pA4). Feel Better Now?
Regretting again Trump's penchant
for personal attacks...nearly always a response to personal attacks on him,
Donald Trump's positions and actions as President will eventually be regarded
by history as timely, wise and appropriate for this Nation...Under God
and Under the Constitution.
GS
SUNDAY, October 8, 2023
RR#1
WHAT A SHAME: FOR A VAST NUMBER OF
AMERICANS, GOD IS IRRELEVANT.
ALL THE BETTER TO IGNORE ALL OF THE
TEN COMANDMENTS WITH ABANDON.
GS
RR#2
"UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED".
Originally used in another context,
this statement describes the "world wide web", aka the INTERNET.
As I have noted several times before
in this section, the www. was originally foolishly designed to be "open
source".
As such, it has produced many
multibillionairs, has enabled both facts and lies to be spread with equal
speed, has entrapped billions of children into a special kind of addiction, and
has rendered any quest for secrecy and security a fool's errand.
So we are now in another Cold War of
Mutual Assured Destruction.
And instead of our cyber-geniuses
working to replace the www. with a Secure and Closed alternative (so far as I
know...), we are working feverishly to develop another potential danger: AI.
"STUPIDO. STUPIDO.
STUPIDO."
GS
WEDNESDAY through SATURDAY, October 4 through 7, 2023
RR#1
WOW. NO MORE SUMMER DOLDRUMS. RELIABLE NEWS AND COMMENTARY,
ESPECIALLY THE WSJ, IS IN FULL SWING.
Here are some of the ideas that
should be consuming at least our waking hours.
1) Republicans. Again snatching
Defeat from likely Victory through "Trump Derangement Syndrome".
2) Democratic law-makers,
prosecutors and judges rewriting the Laws of Juris Prudence while trying to
Sink Trump...and increasingly resembling the Nazi approach: "RECHT IST
RECHT".
See: "Guilt, Despite Absence
Of Intent, Malice, Damages, Or Fraud", by Red Jahncke, (in The Day
October 5, 2023, Opinion, pA4).
3) You want SOCIAL JUSTICE? You had
better first read "The Trouble With Social Justice", with
Thomas Sowell (in WSJ Oct. 7-8, 2023, Opinion, p11). Otherwise you are on
a fool's errand.
4) Whether involving COVID or
CLIMATE CHANGE, Scientific Research "ain't what it used to be". It
has become polluted with politics and self-promotion and quest for Power.
See: "Meteorologists, Scientists Say 'There Is No Climate
Emergency'", (in The Epoch Times (Sept. 27-Oct 3, 2023).
5) Have you noticed what's going on in the CATHOLIC CHURCH?
Having selected 2/3 of the current College of Cardinals, those who will elect
the next Pontiff, Pope Francis has opened the current SYNOD...already
incorporating substantial changes from the Past.
AND THAT IS A GOOD THING, although
you will not conclude that from reading much of the American Clergy reaction
(ie. the National Catholic Register). Although I have of late tried to
"stifle myself" on the issue of Change, my opinions and concerns have
been a matter of record for years. See "Catholic Church" section in
my web-site (www.asthma.drsprecace.com).
6) Large segments of American
Society are today worried, angry, unmoored from the Ten Commandments, Ethics
and Morality ("What's that?"). This is not new,
and it was predicted. See: "'No Guardrails' Foretold Today's
Breakdown 30 Years Ago", by Matthew Hennessey (in WSJ Oct. 4, 2023,
Opinion, pA17). See also:" The Fourth Turning - An American
Prophesy", a book by Strauss and Howe, Three Rivers Press, New York, c
1997).
THE PROGNOSIS FOR AMERICA IS GUARDED
!
GS
RR#2
THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMENT AND ITS
IMPLICATIONS ARE CERTAINLY NOT RESTRICTED TO HILLARY CLINTON.
THEY HAVE INFECTED THE ENTIRE
LEFTIST BODY POLITIC AND ITS DEMOCRATIC PARTY FELLOW TRAVELERS.
This should be of great concern to
ALL AMERICANS.
GS
RR#3
RR#4
THIS MAN AND HIS INSIGHTS ARE JUST
TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO GIVE MAXIMUM EXPOSURE.
IF MIKE POMPEO RUNS FOR PRESIDENT,
HE WILL BE THE NOMINEE - AND HE WILL WIN.
GS
TUESDAY, October 3, 2023
NOTHING HERE WITH WHICH TO FIND
SATISFACTION. THESE ARE FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS IN NEED OF OUR UNDERSTANDING AND
HELP.
All the more reason to offer human
non-judgmental interaction during formative years ...and NOT EITHER
CONDEMNATION NOR ENCOURAGEMENT.
GS
MONDAY, October 2, 2023
ONLY
STUPIDS LIKE THOSE INHABITING OUR NEWSROOMS, OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES, AND
OUR FAMILY BASEMENTS CAN DERIDE THE BILLIONS OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO
HAVE BUILT THIS NATION WHILE ENCOURAGING THOSE WHO ILLEGALLY SWARM
THROUGH OUR BORDERS UNDER THE PROTECTION OF MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS AND
TERRORISTS.
GS
SUNDAY, October 1, 2023
IN THE BEST TRADITION OF THE POLICE,
EVERYWHERE.
"BLUE LIVES MATTER"...FOR
THEM AND FOR US. LET US SUPPORT
AND PROTECT THEM.
GS
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