George A. Sprecace M.D.,
J.D., F.A.C.P. and Allergy
Associates of New
London,
P.C.
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, December 31, 2023
AND MORE ABOUT THE STEADY
DECLINE IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY...AND IN THE HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONS THEMSELVES.
What is needed now is analogous to
the challenge facing the winning side in WW l and then in WWll in dealing with
a destroyed opponent.
In 1919 their choice was Punitive
and Wrong... and was soon devastating.
In 1948 their choice was the
charitable Marshall Plan...and it made all the difference.
What the Health Care System needs
now is an all-encompassing "Marshall Plan", supported by Federal
government
but produced by providers, payors
and especially by prospective patients - aka all of us.
The likelihood of this happening?
Zero until Americans return to a UNITED government to replace the Disaster
of recent years.
WELL, THIS IS 2024. FOR THIS AND FOR
SO MANY CRITICAL ISSUES FESTERING AT THIS TIME, THIS IS OUR CHANCE.
"TO YOUR HEALTH!"
GS
WEDNESDAY through SATURDAY, December 27 through 30, 2023
THIS IS A GOOD SUMMARY OF
REPUBLICANS' SELF-CREATED DILEMMA.
NOW ADD THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM TO
DEEPEN THEIR CHALLENGE: ABORTION.
In my opinion, the only Republican
who could win in November, 2024 is Donald Trump...
because he effected the right
policies for America during his tenure -
and because his voters are so
convinced and committed.
GS
MONDAY and TUESDAY, December 25 and 26, 2023
RR#1
DRIP. DRIP. DRIP....
GS
My fellow Americans – I wanted you to hear this from me:
It’s
official. House Republicans just authorized an impeachment inquiry to
investigate possible HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS perpetrated by the
46th President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden.
History will remember this day.
Since
we announced our probe, the White House has stonewalled our team of
investigators at every turn. They can’t do that. Not anymore.
So far, we’ve discovered:
• Phone records of Biden speaking with his son’s business associates
• Direct payments from Hunter Biden’s China-linked shell company to Joe Biden’s personal bank account
• Thousands of email communications between Hunter’s business associates and Joe Biden under a FAKE NAME
• Shady loan repayments from Joe Biden’s brother to the President himself
Biden
and his cronies are petrified of what we're finding. How do we know?
The second our vote passed, they launched a COORDINATED POLITICAL
AMBUSH to undermine our investigation, attack us in the press, and
eviscerate our fragile House Majority.
We have never needed your help more than we do RIGHT NOW.
Listen:
Democrats
are scheming behind closed doors to undermine and ultimately kill this
investigation. And they know the FIRST STEP is to destroy our
Conservative Majority investigating the Biden Family. That’s why we’re
rushing to you for help.
They
are ALREADY firing up the Liberal Machine to smear our investigative
team AND run interference for Biden. Now that the impeachment inquiry
is OFFICIAL, we desperately need your help to save our fragile House
Majority – so can we count on you?
SAVE OUR FRAGILE HOUSE MAJORITY
Rest assured, our House Majority won’t stop until the American People know the TRUTH.
We can’t let Biden off the hook.
Thank you,
Steve Scalise
RR#2
"EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK IS RIGHT
TWICE A DAY".
As I have said several times in the
past, including in the recent past,
there Must Be a Two State
Solution.
Palestine Must Have A State.
And Israel cannot be the entire
Promised Land of the Bible - not in this world.
GS
SAUTRDAY and SUNDAY, December 23 and 24, 2023
SO: WHAT MOST
PHYSICIANS AND OUR PATIENTS ARE EXPERIENCING IS NOT JUST A BAD DREAM....
GS
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, December 21 and 22, 2023
THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION ARE REALLY
OUT OF SORTS.
WHY?
I'M GLAD YOU ASKED.
What follows is a list of serious
Illnesses. Then will come supporting signs and lab results - in the form
of excellent news sources and analyses.
1) Our Education System has
failed in Reading, Writing and Rithmatic. So now it is branching out into
Sexual Orientation, replacing the role of PARENTS.
2) Our System of Juris-Prudence,
Crime, Punishment and Justice is failing as it becomes just another outlet for
political power. The Nazi's under Hitler had a name for it: "Recht Ist
Recht".
3) Our "Fourth Estate",
the field of Journalism, has given up its objectivity and reliability.
4) Our Health Care System is
descending on a path to mediocrity for all, thanks to the take-over by the
financial brokers.
5) Our Military and other
public safety institutions are also weakened by political considerations.
Now for more detail.
A) See the WSJ article by Strassell,
Dec, 22, 2023 regarding our System of Juris-Prudence - right up to the U.S.
Supreme Court.
B) See the WSJ article by Jenkins,
Jr. Dec. 20, regarding ineffective approaches to "Global Warming".
C) See the article on Pope Francis
by von Drehl, The Day, Dec. 21, 2023. "Bless This Pope...."
D) Our Universities Flunk. See many
recent articles.
E) "Hatred" vs. informed
conviction and action: Israel and Palestine. Here, Palestine has much less to
recommend its position and actions.
F) The biggest cause of Crime (and
Racism, in my opinion) is Fatherlessness. See the WSJ article by Riley, Dec.
13, 2023).
G) No better with Aggressive Females
and intimidated Males...for themselves and for any children under their
care.
H) Ukraine and Russia: Time for
negotiated settlement, with only Donbas going to Russia - and with Ukraine
admitted into NATO.
I) Iran and the Middle East: time
for imposed and effective PAIN on Iran.
J) China and the World. Read /
re-read Kissinger's insights and advice. He was always right with this subject.
K) A I: A Disaster in development.
Beware!
L) The Facts regarding the 2020
national election and regarding the January 2021 Capitol incursions: DRIP.
DRIP. DRIP.
"It Ain't Over 'Til The Fat
Lady Sings".
Given all of the above, I suggest
you have the best spiritual, gastronomic and friend-filled holiday you can
have...
And Then Come Out Swinging!.
GS
MONDAY through WEDNESDAY, December 18 through 20, 2023
AND WHAT THE HELL WERE ISRAEL AND
OUR CURRENT U.S. ADMINISTRATION DOING WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON?
You would think that Israel was
fatally divided politically...and that the U.S. was being run by a senile old
man.
GS
SUNDAY, December 17, 2023
RR#1
MERRY AND HOLY CHRISTMAS TO
YOU...AND A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
This Web-Site is a Gift that keeps
on giving.
GS
RR#2
As you will note without surprise, I
HAVE DEALT WITH THE ISRAEL - PALESTINE ISSUE SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY.
The Reason: It can start WW lll.
Thus, it is Important that the
average citizen keep up to date with developments in this area.
For that, the following is a MUST
READ, in toto, especially in view of the background of its authors.
"Revive Trump's 'Vision' For
Israeli - Palestinian Peace", by
Michael Oren and Jason Greenblat (in WSJ December 4, 2023, Opinion,
pA19).
And That's Not All!
See the contrasting list of
President Trump's accomplishments and Biden's continuing failures.
Based on these facts, why is TRUMP
DERANGEMENT SYNDROME so resistant to treatment?
But I have an approach that should
work: THE 2024 NATIONAL ELECTION.
GS
SATURDAY, December 16, 2023
SO MUCH GOING ON...SO LITTLE TIME.
But here of some more of my
positions, supported by attention to abundant reliable news sources.
- Regardless
of how the Israel / Hamas / Iran War concludes - temporarily -
there can be no Peace in the Middle East without a Two-State solution for
Israel and Palestine...something None of the participants seem to want.
So: endless War is a given, especially if America fails to extract from
each of the participants a real price for their intransigence. So far, the
Biden administration is doing a very Poor Job there.
- There
has been Nothing Stable in America since the end of the Cold War in early
1990's. That sounds strange...but it
is true. The bombing of the World Trade Center; the Clinton years; 9/ll;
Iraq and Afghanistan and Iran; the 2008 financial meltdown; the
Obama years; the Trump actions and the anti-Trump actions; the unreliable
2020 national election results; the Covid Pandemic; the rise of the
Leftists...in and out of government and including in our universities; the
rise of "Racism" and "Sex" as incessant national
topics of discussion; the loss of our national integrity to uncontrolled
immigration; the decline and fall of Law, Order and the Justice System;
the take-over of our Health Care System by the Corporate World of profit
at all cost; the resultant military challenges from Russia, Iran,
China....HAVE I FORGOTTEN SOMETHING?
SO IS THERE ANY REASON TO QUESTION
WHY AMERICANS ARE AND WILL BE RETREATING TO A MORE LOCAL AND POPULIST CIVIL AND
POLITICAL SOCIETY, WHILE CONTINUING TO BUY FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION - AND TO
INSIST ON AMENDMENT ll OF OUR NATIONAL CONSTITUTION?
Give the above situation, the
results of the 2024 national elections are predictable.
The rest "'tis a tale as
told by an idiot, full of sound and fury - signifying nothing."
GS
SUNDAY through FRIDAY, December 10 through 15, 2023
ALWAYS RELEVANT, ESPECIALLY IN
TODAY'S WORLD. OR WAS IT ALWAYS SO?
GS
"Let
us love the Cross and let us remember that we are not alone in carrying
it. God is helping us. And in God who is comforting us, as St. Paul
says, we can do anything." - St. Gianna Molla
THURSDAY through SATURDAY, December 7 through 9, 2023
TIME FOR ANOTHER POT POURRI -
BUT WITHOUT SUPPORTING ARTICLES - OF WHICH I HAVE MANY...BUT NO TIME.
- Regarding
Obesity: Is there a "healthy variety"? Short answer: NO.
- Mental
Health: Developing into crisis
proportions, as witnessed by our homeless, by the rising indiscriminate
attacks and by the record number of suicides. Bring back the mental health
INSTITUTIONS that Senator Ted Kennedy cavalierly eliminated with no
alternatives.
- Children
in the Cross-hairs:
victims of "parents", schools, social media...and extending well
into their juvenile twenties.
- "Good
Jobs": a lot more available than through our failing schools and
failing universities...and at good wages instead of exorbitant debt.
- "Drip.
Drip. Drip". The 2020 election - and also the Kennedy
assassination....
- Israel
and Palestine: from the Holy Bible to the end
of the world....
- Global
Warming, Yes. Draconian and childish
solutions, No. Nuclear fission and fusion, Yes. Electric cars and wind,
No. Science, Yes. Power grabs, No.
- DEI:
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion.
Diversity and Inclusion, Yes. "Equity", a
pipe dream. Only Equality.
- Biden: "The Emperor has no clothes".
- Obama: waiting for his Diadem.
- Trump: look past the "clothes" and the
"diadem". This man can lead. And he has a compass with the
True North that this nation sorely needs Now.
THINK, PEOPLE...THINK. DON'T
JUST EMOTE.
GS
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, December 5 and 6, 2023
RR#1
THE BEST WAY TO LEARN ABOUT OUR
POTENTIAL CANDIDATES? "YUP, YOU BET".
GS
RR#2
AND MORE...
GS
MONDAY, December 4, 2023
SOUND FAMILIAR?
I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR A LONG
TIME, INCLUDING IN THIS SECTION.
And don't forget: now there is an
entire industry of "Legitimate" growers and sellers (small and
gigantic), as well as State and Federal governments
who have become
"Pushers".
THINK...while you still can.
GS
SUNDAY, December 3, 2023
RR#1
YOU DON'T NEED A DEGREE IN ECONOMICS
TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE BEING SC......
GS
RR#2
ELON MUSK IS THE ONLY MORAL
BILLIONAIRE THAT I HAVE WITNESSED TO DATE.
Any more entries?
GS
RR#3
THIS QUESTION IS FOR SICK PEOPLE: DO ANY OF YOU STILL THINK THAT I'M EXAGGERATING MY
DIAGNOSIS OF TODAY 'S HEALTH CARE DELIVERY?
Then read: "What's My Doctor
Doing On A Picket Line", by Scheiber (in NYTimes December 3, 2023,
Sunday Business, p1).
Now that the diagnosis has been
established, let's start considering Treatment.
GS
SATURDAY, December 2, 2023
"READ IT AND WEEP"...AND
THEN GET ANGRY!
For this is what you're paying for
with your excessive health insurance premiums coupled with your excessive
co-pays and deductibles - and your denials and delays and prior authorizations
and medication substitutions by insurance company personnel practising Medicine
without a license.
And for this is what you are likely
getting by default from an upset and distracted physician - if you can get his
or her attention at all.
Read this important article in toto.
Then Act...in support of your health care provider and in complaint to your
legislators.
"The Life You Save May Be Your
Own".
Read: "THE 15-MINUTE PATIENT
VISIT: IT'S TIME FOR A NATIONAL STUDY",
Editorial by Richard L. Byyny
M.D.,FACP, (in The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society,
Autumn 2023, p3).
GS
SATURDAY, December 2, 2023
THIS IS ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN: "IS ANYBODY THERE? DOES
ANYBODY CARE?"
The evidence is clear. Many of our
young people are either "turned off and tuned out", or adding to the
records of suicides, depression and anxiety, or consider themselves
"educated" by having entered present-day "colleges" and
thus capable of expounding on all of society's problems with an "OR
ELSE" attitude.
How Did this Happen?
Similarly uneducated and also
uncommitted parents.
The abject failure of public schools
and their monopolistic teachers unions.
The side effects of social isolation
resulting from the public controls imposed by the COVID Pandemic.
The worst Federal Administration in
decades, resulting in a fracture of the American public.
The abandonment by the Fourth
Estate, our mainstream media, of any claim to Truth, Facts, Objectivity and
journalistic integrity.
And then there has been the "Social
Media" that in recent decades has marinated the entire public and
especially our young people in a toxic stew.
The articles listed here should be
read and considered In Toto by all users of Social Media, especially by our
young people.
Your future, even your life, may be
at stake.
Dramatic? Hyperbole?
JUST READ THEM!
"Enraged And Engaged", by Alexandria Symonds (in NYTimes Book Review, November
26, 2023).
"Meta Targeted Teen Brains,
States Allege", by Jeff Horwitz, (in WSJ November 27, 2023, pB4).
"This Is Not The Way To Help
Depressed Teens", by Darby Saxby, (in NYTimes November 26, 2023,
SR).
NOW DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT...EVEN IF
JUST FOR YOURSELF!
GS
FRIDAY, December 1, 2023
RR#1
HERE IS A PUBLIC SERVICE, IF THERE EVER WAS ONE: DeSantis and Newsome; Florida and
California; Conservative / Rational and Leftist / Crazy.
'CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?"
GS
RR#2
"FREE ASSOCIATION: Expression
of thoughts as they come to mind without control or censorship".
(Webster's College Dictionary).
The following are not exactly that,
but they result from recent readings of articles having appeared in the papers
I review regularly.
But first...a word from a wise man:
"iT IS SAD BUT TRUE THAT NOWADAYS
A READER THINKS TWICE OR PERHAPS THREE TIMES BEFORE INVESTING FIVE MINUTES TO
READ AND TRUST SOMETHING IN A MAJOR NEWSPAPER".
- Elon
Musk. Even being the world's wealthiest person does not shelter a person
from being called an "antisemite" on the thinnest of crooked
reeds.
- Israel
plans prolonged manhunt of Hamas and similar avowed murderers in order to
kill them. THAT IS SELF-DEFENSE.
- "We
Should All Give Thanks For Taylor Swift", by Peggy Noonan in a recent
WSJ article. I'll go along with that. She looks and seems like one of my
fine granddaughters. And we all certainly need some pleasant relief from
the World today.
- Read
a recent article in the WSJ on Leadership drawn from the Hebrew Bibie. You
don't need complex interpretations. "Why are Washington's
decision-makers and their well-heeled defenders making profoundly
stupid decisions? Maybe because they don't much care for the people they
pretend to serve."
- "Is
The U.S, Ready for War"?,
by Andy Kessler and Senator Tom Cotton (in WSJ November 20, 2023, A17). This
should be read in toto. HINT: NO.
- Too
many of our colleges and universities have dropped their disguise about
who and what they are. See the WSJ article entitled "Inside Ohio
State's DEI Factory", by John Sailer (in WSJ November 21, 2023),
pA15). SHAMEFUL!
- And
see the article posted in this section covering the recent Debate
between the Governors of Florida and of California. If you have or are
developing any discernment about whom to support in November, your
choice will be clear.
GS
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