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Saturday, May 31, 2025

American Voice Speaks Out To The Orlando Sentinel

By Charles Eldridge Marshall 


The Orlando Sentinel 


Dear Loyal Readers- 

     As mentioned in my Blog before the last (or the one before that?)   I wrote a letter to our local "Bugle" here in Central Florida- The Orlando Sentinel- and they were kind enough to print it.   As is often the case, I wrote them an initial fiery letter that was probably a little "out of hand" (see blog "Stealing Democracy" from earlier this month).  They don't usually print rambling angry letters that lack focus- which may have been the problem.   Then I wrote another letter a couple of days later- this one still critical but more level-headed and calm- so they published it.  The Orlando Sentinel will only print letters from a reader one per month- so it's not worth trying for me again until July.  I often wonder if the Orlando Sentinel publishes my letters because most other letter writers are pretty bad, or is it because most of their readers are liberal so a more conservative opinion is like a rare plant to them, or is it because they actually like my writing ?   Anyway, here is my letter to them from one week ago.  I find myself defending Donald Trump more and more as the years go by - mainly because I think and feel his critics are unfair and frequently have an agenda that is much more in favor of the "Deep State- Mad King George- Marxists/Communists" than the American people.   They use his bad manners and blunt personality to bash his efforts and intentions with hysterical accusations that are quite frankly, ludicrous.   This letter came out of my opposition to all forms of hypocrisy.  When I smell a phony,  I have to scream it from the rooftops.  If there's one thing Donald Trump is not,  it's a phony.  The liberal media ?  That's another story.  

Anyway, here it is;  



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Monday, May 26, 2025

Remembering Those We Never Knew But Wish We Had

 By Charles Eldridge Marshall 

Memorial Day 2025 

I first posted this last year- 2024- but it seems still fitting and maybe I'll repeat it again every year as a tradition.  The Memorial of today is to the young people who lost their lives before they even started.  This is my second cousin - my father's first cousin- lost in WW II - his face is so young and filled with the expectancy of a full life of weddings and children and grandchildren,  birthdays and holidays and achievement. That's what was lost on the battlefield- a life not lived.  RIP Robert Marshall,  I wish I had known you.  

                                                              

                                                      Lt. Robert Marshall  



  I found this picture a few years ago in my grandmother’s old photo album- Lt. Robert Marshall - she remarked "My Nephew Lt. Robert Marshall, lost in action in 1943. Pictures taken while a cadet at LSU - La." He was “lost” in action - so I assume killed - but she doesn’t say anything about where or how, and my father never mentioned this cousin. I often think about him- he’s so young with a lifetime ahead of him. A big smile with the hopes of any young man at that age. Consider those lives lost & the huge price they paid. Defeating the Nazis & Fascist Japan was the high-point of our history in my humble opinion. On this Memorial Day I remember Lt. Robert Marshall. Lost to the world in WWII.

Rest in Peace



Saturday, May 24, 2025

MAHA and the Media that Scorns It

By Chuck Marshall 




                                                         RFK - Secretary of Health 


Dear Loyal Readers-  Trying out a different type of blog today where I remark on random issues in the media and then do a running commentary on an article from one of our illustrious "news" sources regarding current events.  Today, my favorite,  the Associated Propaganda - I mean "Press".  


News that's not news

A few things today- in the "News that's not news" category - 1) Joe Biden is found to have not been running the country when he was President.  2) "Reliable sources" report that Bill Clinton was one of the top clients for Jeffrey Epstein's island paradise for perverts.  3) The last one is that RFK is testifying in DC that processed food is bad for you- which leads me to my topic of the day- an Associated Press report on the MAHA testimony of Kennedy.


Details, Details..... Those Pesky Details 

Running commentary on AP Report - MAHA   

     I've been casually watching as RFK has been focused on the sorry state of health in the USA.  I braved an article in the Orlando Sentinel- (by the way they did NOT print my letter- from my last blog but they printed another letter I sent the next day- I will be posting it here on American Voice soon !) and it was a feed from the Associated Press.  Yes, for you dear readers I endure much !  So, I read their "take" on the whole thing and I had to "blog" about it some because it bugged me.    

    So, I pasted parts of the article below and have taken it upon myself to make a few comments IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS - to help you loyal readers to note the innuendo and subtle implications of the Marxists/Communists at the Associated Press.  This is actually one of their more neutral articles-- I was a little surprised.    

HERE'S THE ARTICLE - MAY 22 2025 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 

Health report targets vaccines, kids

Kennedy also puts focus on pesticides, food, medications

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies Tuesday in Washington. Manuel Balce Ceneta/ap 

By Amanda Seitz and Michelle L. Price Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A government report released on Thursday covering wide swaths of American health and wellness reflects some of the most contentious - CONTENTIOUS AND IGNORED LEST THEIR CORPORATE OVERLORDS GET UPSET AND STOP PAYING THEM ♚💵-views on vaccines, the nation’s food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs held by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The much-anticipated “Make America Healthy Again” report calls for increased scrutiny of the childhood vaccine schedule, a review of the pesticides sprayed on American crops and a description of the nation’s children as overmedicated and undernourished.

While it does not have the force of a law or official policy, the 69-page report will be used over the next 100 days for the MAHA commission to fashion a plan that can be implemented during the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term, Kennedy said in a call with reporters. He refused to provide details about who authored the report. OMINOUS COMMENT- IT'S SUSPICIOUS I GUESS ? 🔍

“We will save lives by addressing this chronic disease epidemic head on, we’re going to save a lot more money in the long run — and even in the short run,” Kennedy said.

Increased scrutiny of childhood vaccines — credited with saving millions of people from deadly diseases (OMG THEY HAVE TO POINT THAT OUT AS IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A VACCINE IS 🙄- "EVIL TRUMP MAN WANTS MORE DISEASE" ) - figures prominently in the report. It poses questions over the necessity of school mandates that require children to get vaccinated for admittance and suggestions that vaccines should undergo more clinical trials, including with placebos.  IN OTHER WORDS, HE BELIEVES PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THEMSELVES NOT BE FORCED INTO IT. 

Kennedy, a long-time vaccine critic who previously led a nonprofit that has made false claims -ACCORDING TO WHOM?- about the shots, has continued to raise doubts about the safety of inoculations even as a measles outbreak has sickened more than 1,000 Americans- THERE WAS A SIMILAR SIZED OUTBREAK IN 2019 THEY FAIL TO MENTION AND MEASLE OUTBREAKS ARE PRETTY COMMON. This week, Kennedy’s health department moved to limit U.S. access to COVID-19 shotsTHE VACCINE FOUND TO HAVE LITERALLY KILLED PEOPLE 💀

The report does not provide any evidence that the childhood vaccine schedule — which includes shots for measles, polio and the chickenpox — is to blame for rising obesity, diabetes or autism rates, pointed out Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease physician at Johns Hopkins University.  COVERING THEIR ASS WITH SOME RANDOM "PHYSICIAN" FROM A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY - 🎓 BIG PHARM IS WATCHING !   👀

“It’s not as if they’re positing any kind of causal link,” Adalja said, adding that Kennedy is “trying to devalue vaccines in the minds of Americans.”  HE'S BRINGING UP A LEGITIMATE CONCERN - ALL INFANTS GET MEGA VACCINES  THE WEEK THEY'RE BORN AND CONCERNS HAVE LITERALLY BEEN SILENCED IF THEY ARE NOT IN LOCKSTEP WITH BIG PHARM 💲

HERE FOR A FEW PARAGRAPHS THAT I REMOVED IT SIMPLY COMMENTS ON USA VS EUROPE AND THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION WITHIN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION--IT'S VERY DRY READING- YOU DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING 


Ultraprocessed foods — industrially made products high in refined grains, sugar, saturated fats and additives like artificial dyes that now make up two-third of the diet for U.S. teens and children — are also hammered in the report. Such products have been linked to a host of poor health outcomes.   WHICH WE'VE ALL KNOWN INTUITIVELY FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS BUT NOBODY- INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 'NOR THE $100 BILLION DOLLAR DEPT OF HEALTH- GAVE IT TOO MUCH ATTENTION

The MAHA commission report “is a pretty accurate depiction of the nutrition crisis facing our country,” said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, an expert in nutrition and policy at Tufts University.  VERY GOOD !  A+

The report also focuses on how too few fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds and fish are present in U.S. diets, he noted. But the report leaves out excess salt, which causes harm, even in young children.  WHAT A WEIRD THING TO COMMENT ON- SALT ? 😕

The MAHA report calls on the National Institutes of Health to execute sweeping, nationwide studies of ultraprocessed foods, even as the White House has called for $18 billion to be axed from the agency’s budget. An extra $500 million has been requested from Congress for Kennedy’s MAHA initiative.  DOES IT REALLY COST BILLIONS TO FIGURE OUT PROCESSED FOOD IS BAD FOR YOU ?  

The report raises concerns about other environmental and chemical research results, funded by corporations and industry, being skewed.  IT DEFINITELY HAS BEEN 

But the MAHA commission’s call for more neutral research comes as sweeping budget and staff cuts propelled by Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency have resulted in 20,000 jobs lost at the nation’s health department and billions of dollars rescinded for research studies. The Trump administration also gutted the Environmental Public Health Tracking Program in its cuts of health-tracking programs.  20K JOBS CUT FROM AN INEFFECTIVE AGENCY THAT HAS ALLOWED ALL THIS TO GO ON FOR DECADES- CRY ME A RIVER 😢

The report also raises concerns about lack of physical activity among children and their prescription drug use, including antibiotics and medications used to treat attention deficit disorders.  NO KIDDING - YOU MEAN PUTTING CHEMICALS IN LITTLE BOYS FOR BEING "TOO ACTIVE" MIGHT BE BAD FOR THEM ?  BUT WE NEED $100 BILLION DOLLARS TO "PROVE" IT I'LL BET 


So there it is, a running commentary on a recent inane article from the Associated Press.  Have a great day and Happy Memorial Day ! 😀


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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Stealing Democracy

By Chuck Marshall 






                                        Today's Orlando Sentinel - Regarding the Theft of Democracy 

     I haven't written to the local "bugle" the Orlando Sentinel in a while, but they printed this comic strip causing a new blog to be born in my brain and perhaps a published letter on their Opinions page.   I do appreciate that the Orlando Sentinel often prints my conservative leaning letters so I give them accolades for at least allowing other opinions.  

       So here's the letter I will write to them regarding this comic panel- and then I'd like to elaborate a bit more on who's really stealing our Democracy- perhaps tomorrow or maybe today- I don't know I'm running late again this morning.   

Dear Editor-  I reviewed your comic panel on the opinions page with interest as it revealed the dangers of losing our Democracy to billionaires.  I'm trying to draw up examples of billionaires stealing a Democracy in history but am falling short.  I can, however give you many examples of Democracies being stolen by government- in fact that's the only way a Democracy can be stolen.  Review all tyrants in history- from Stalin to Hitler to Mussolini to Tojo to Castro.  From the Communists to Nazis to Kings and Queens- Democracy is not stolen by billionaires it's stolen by the government.  The group looking to limit government intrusion into the individual's life is the true defendant of Democracy.  If you want more control, to seize guns,  more taxes, more limits on free speech or limits on religious activity, fewer freedoms and you're in government- you, sir or madam are the tyrant that is "stealing Democracy".  

    If they print my letter I will advise the reader in this blog. 

UPDATE:  Okay, so they did not print this letter but they printed another letter that I felt compelled to write them but really didn't expect them to print---- and they did !  I will post that letter this coming week.  

.......In My Humble Opinion.  

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