"Brian Fitzherbert, president of Liberty and Prosperity, joins Anne Baker on WOND radio for 'Fitzherbert Friday'.

Today, Brian delivers a heartfelt Easter message and also talks to Anne about the Pam Bondi firing, TDS, NJ Governor Mikey Sherrill, Iran, and illegal Immigration consequences too."

Brian Fitzherbert, president of Liberty and Prosperity, joins Anne Baker on WOND radio for 'Fitzherbert Friday'.

Brian and Anne discuss the SAVE ACT, and TSA and whether or not it's time to revisit possibly privatizing that body. They also discuss NJ thumbing its nose at federal law.

Above Image From Article in Epoch Times: "Why Family Dinners Are Important":

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Excerpts from Seth Grossman weekly interview on John DeMasi program "Talk with a Purpose" on WPGTalkRadio com, 95.5FM and 1450AM near Atlantic City, NJ:

SETH GROSSMAN:  I'm calling from West Palm Beach, Florida, this morning. I'm down with one of my daughters, my son-in-law, and two grandkids. So, I'm a little bit removed from the news today.

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TRIBUTE TO WILLARD "BILL" LABARRE, CO-FOUNDER OF CHELSEA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN 1975:

But first, I want to pay tribute to Bill Labarre. He died last December, but they're going to have a tribute for him tomorrow (Sunday, March 29) at the at the Log Cabin in Margate. He was one of the five founders of the Chelsea Neighborhood Association in Atlantic City in 1975.  The others included Jimmy Masland, Annette Malley, the wife of Dr. Stuart Malley, me, and one other. There were five of us. The lessons I learned from that Chelsea Neighborhood Association inspired me to start Liberty and Prosperity years later.

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Everything I did with the Chelsea Neighborhood Association and Liberty and Prosperity was about making America great again. And one of the first things I learned is that to make America great again, we can't depend on the government. We can't depend on politics. We can't depend on one man like President Trump. 

A whole lot of people need to do a whole lot of things that most Americans used to do, that we are no longer doing today. All those people doing all those things before made America great. And we all have to start doing those things again to make America great again.

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MAKING AMERICA GREAT BEGINS WITH FAMILIES, FAMILY DINNERS, AND HOLIDAYS LIKE EASTER AND PASSOVER.

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I see that very clearly being with my daughter, my son-in-law, and their kids, my grandkids. The most important thing we need in America today is for young people to get married and have children and raise families. And one of the best ways to raise families and to create good and strong Americans is for Mom and Dad and the kids to have dinner together at least four or five nights a week.  Those dinners together are more important than almost everything else. They should begin with a blessing over the bread or grace for the meal. There should be no distractions. No cell phones, no TV, no toys at the table. 

Everybody sitting down and facing each other. Talking to each other. Listening to each other. Exchanging ideas. Asking questions. What did you do today. Here's what I did today. What do you want to do tomorrow. Little everyday conversation.

You really appreciate the importance of this when you are part of it. You see how these simple family dinners at the end of the day teach manners, respect, letting somebody else speak first, while you are listening. then you talk when it is your turn.

This is not at all easy. It takes discipline. It takes practice. It takes patience. The kids often don't want to do this. They want to run out. They want to play a game or watch a video on a cell phone. They want to do a zillion things. But parents have to set the rules. There will be anger, frustration, arguments, and meltdowns. But after a while, it becomes a very pleasant experience.

I would say having dinners with my daughter's family and her children impressed me more than a whole lot of political stuff I've been doing and seeing on TV during the past few months.

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Click Here for Link to Epoch Times article: "How Parents Can Renew Society": 

Click Here for Link to Epoch Times article:  "Why Family Dinners Are Important":

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JOHN DEMASI: You know, you make a good point. How many times and I see it with my niece and my grandson. How many times, you know, you sit at the table, he's on his phone, the TV's on, and the husband's upstairs doing something. And she's calling everybody, come on to dinner. You know, it's it's really it's hard. You're absolutely right. It's hard to do. It's hard to accomplish because there are too many distractions.

SETH GROSSMAN: Yes, it is hard to do. But it's important. And you usually need both parents who know how important it is to do it. We Boomers spend so much of our time saying, well, the President ought to do this, or the government ought to do that, or Congress needs to do this. But we can't get Mom, Dad and the kids to sit together at the same table, for one a forty-five-minute period every day for maybe four or five days a week to teach kids what it's like to live in a civilized society.

So, I got a lot of insight, and I really have a lot of admiration for my daughter and son-in-law for doing this. It's not easy. They both work. They both have to juggle their schedules to do this. But it's important to them. And I'm glad it is. I want to recognize and commend all the families that do that.

Las week, I criticized the CRDA, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, for giving $96,000 to the Atlanta County Queer Alliance. Before that, I criticized the Ocean City Public Schools for teaching third and fourth graders three or four different ways to have sex to have.

We need our tax dollars and our schools to be teaching our kids and our young people the importance of getting married and traditional lifestyles. Now, if somebody wants an alternative lifestyle, they have the constitutional and moral right to be free to do what they want. However, we should not be using our schools and public resources and tax dollars to encourage alternative lifestyles. We've got to worry about the future. And America's future depends on families, and men and women getting married and having kids and forming families. Because without parents and kids and families we have no country.

If Americans don't have children, our future will depend on bringing in immigrants to have children. Many of them have different cultures that hate everything good about America. If we depend on them, then America has no future. This is important. And the perfect time to think about things like this is during holidays like the ones coming up.

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ONLY IN AMERICA:  THE JOY OF SHARING EASTER AND PASSOVER.

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Tomorrow is Palm Sunday. The Jewish Passover Seder is Wednesday night. Both of these holidays are linked in many ways. Jewish Passover almost always begins on the night of the first full moon after March 21, the first day of spring. Easter always takes place on the first Sunday after the first full moon in spring. Both holidays have many common traditions.

Above Image: Easter Sunrise Service on Steel Pier in Atlantic City (1948).

Click Here for Link to 2022 Post by Seth Grossman:  Easter And Passover Memories From 1950's Atlantic City - Liberty and Prosperity

One of the things that frankly disappointed me, is that my Jewish grandkids know absolutely nothing about Easter. They both go to public schools here in Florida. They never heard of Peter Cottontail or the Bunny Trail, the Easter Bunny, or Easter.

I remember learning all about Easter as a Jewish kid going to a public elementary school in the 1950s and 1960s. For a month before Easter, we had to eat Quaker Oats oatmeal for breakfast. Why Quaker Oats? Because it came in a round cardboard container shaped like a barrel or a cylinder. When the box was empty, we took it to school and they cut it in half. Then we'd turn it into an Easter basket with some construction paper.

And of course we also ate a lot of scrambled eggs that month.  My mom had to put a tiny hole in each egg to get the inside out. Then we took the empty eggshells to school so our teacher could dye them many different colors so they would be Easter eggs for our basket.

And all of us, Jewish and Christian kids all learned about Easter and sang Easter songs. It was a very pleasant thing. And, of course, on Passover, we would bring our matzah into school for lunch. We didn't impose it on anybody else, but we learned each other's traditions and how much we had in common, and all of it was good.

And there is another Easter memory I had as a child. My grandmother, came from the old country in Eastern Europe. She lived in a town called Kishinev in the province of Moldavia in the Russian Empire. On Easter Sunday in 1903, they had a massacre of Jews on Easter Sunday.  She and her family survived. But she was always fearful of Easter.

But then she came to America and raised her children here including my mother.  Then my mom and dad moved to Atlantic City. And my grandmother came down to be with us every Passover for the Seder.  And of course, Easter Sunday was usually right after the Passover Seder.  And so our whole family would get dressed up in our best outfits and walk on the Atlantic City Boardwalk that Sunday for the Easter Parade.

And I still remember how much joy that gave her. She was so happy and proud to live in this country. She would always say, "Only in America" and people live together and be so happy. Another favorite saying was "God Bless Columbus".

So when we celebrate these holidays, I think of how much Americans used to have in common, and what a great country we had. So that is why I am so sentimental today. I am enjoying being with my family, especially my grandchildren during the holidays.

Politics and politicians come and go. But families, values, and traditions like enjoying these holidays together built America. If we're going to make America great again, we have to start, having dinners with our families, we have to turn off the TV and put the silencer on our cell phones and put them away and talk to and listen to our kids. We need learn what they are doing and share with them our memories and knowledge and what we learned from our parents and grandparents.

JOHN DEMASI: You know, you're taking a different tone today than you normally do, and that's good. That's a good thing.

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Brian Fitherbert, president of Liberty and Prosperity, joins Anne Baker on WOND radio for 'Fitzherbert Friday'.

Today, Brian and Anne are joined by Assemblyman Brian Bergen who represents parts of Morris and Pasaic counties. Together they discuss the 'state' of NJ and all that encompasses."

Highlights of Seth Grossman interview with John DeMasi on WPGTalkRadio.com, 1450AM and 95.5 FM near Atlantic City on March 21, 2026:

ATLANTIC CITY HAS BIGGEST ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE EVER. BUT WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WHO STARTED THAT TRADITION: DICK AND CATHY BURKE AND THEIR IRISH PUB.

JOHN DEMASI: Before Seth Grossman gets into anything, we have a most important thing to ask him. What really happened to the Irish pub on Saint Patrick's Day?

SETH GROSSMAN: Of course, I don't know. I had no idea it was closed until I read it in The Press of Atlantic City. I hate to let you down. But I do not have any inside information on what happened to the Irish Pub, other than I have very fond memories of the place going back more than fifty years. I remember how its owners, Dick and Cathy Burke put together Atlantic City's first St. Patrick's Day Parade back in the nineteen eighties. I remember marching down the Boardwalk with them.

This year, Atlantic City had the biggest St. Patrick's Day Parade ever. I was sad and ironic that Dick and Cathy Burke, the people who started it all weren't there.

I am here on behalf of LibertyAndProsperity.com, a private association. We are a group of individuals who share common goals and values. We formed a private organization to promote them. We meet for breakfast and talk about the issues that concern us at 09:30 every Saturday morning, at Sal's Coal Fired Pizza in Somers Point. We have a website. We have, special events from time to time. We have free email updates. And, if you'd like to get them, you know, just sign up, through the website or, email us at [email protected]. 

We are a typical private association of roughly 180 individuals. America was once famous for private, independent associations like outs.  To pay for our activities, we pay dues of $30 per year and we received private donations of about $30,000 per year. We use that money to be here on the radio, to have the website and the emails and the special events.

So it is discouraging and ironic to find besides raising funds for our group, we are forced to pay taxes to support other private groups that pursue agendas we disagree with.

Think of all the time, effort, and talent we spend persuading people to donate to us.   Every week, I beg for donations on the air, we beg for money on our website, and we have many fundraising events to pay for what we do. We need donations of roughly $33,000 each year to be on the radio, to have a website, to send email updates and to sponsor special events.

And yet the Atlantic County Queer Alliance doesn't have to do any of this. They just fill out forms and a bunch of government agencies that we pay for give them all the money they need. Last Tuesday, on St. Patrick's Day, the CRDA, the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority voted to give a grant of 96,453.23 to the Atlantic County Queer Alliance.

This money will be used to fund the mission of the Atlantic County Queer Alliance? According to its webgsite, that is to advance the acceptance and enrichment of LGBTQIA+ people and supporters of LGBTQIA+ so-called "rights" in South Jersey. And of course, LGBTQIA+ means Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersexual, Asexual and Plus, whatever that is. 

Now I'm sure the Atlantic County Queer Alliance said, "We are a nice group of people", and we would like to patronize the Atlantic City casino hotels and spend money there.  So force the casinos to give $96,000 of the tax on their gross casino win to help our group.

But any private group can make that same claim. Our group, Liberty and Prosperity can go up to CRDA and say, if you give us $96,000, we will organize all sorts of events to promote Atlantic City casino hotels and invite people to meet us in Atlantic City. . .

THE IRAN WAR: ARE WE DOING MORE THAN KILLING A HANDFUL OF ISLAMIC LEADERS WHO WANT TO BE MARTYRS?

We are both part of the "Boomer" Generation. Our dads and their friends fought in World War II and we heard their stories growing up. I went to Central Junior High School in Atlantic City in the early 1960s, and I had a social studies teacher named Mr. Wirtshafter, Stan Wirtshafter.

He told us he was in a tank unit in Germany at the end of World War II. He talked about being attacked by young boys in the Hitler Youth. He said these 13 and 14 year old kids would charge their tanks with grenades, bazookas and mines. He said they did not surrender, and that they had to kill every one of them. He said how awful it was to look at the bodies of these 13 and 14 year old, even 12 year old kids. And they had to kill those kids to stop those kids from killing them.

We heard stories from veterans who were in Okinawa.  They had women and children in caves and foxholes shooting at them.  They had boys who could barely fly airplanes crashing them into their ships.

Why did they do that? Those German kids believed the most important thing they could do in  life was to die for Germany, to die for Hitler. And it was the same for the Japanese. To them, the most noble thing, the greatest thing they could achieve in life was to die fighting for their Emperor.

How did our parents' generation deal with them.  They did not go to war against them by choice. Germany and Japan chose to go to war against us.

Our parents' generation did everything they could NOT to go to war against these fanatics. In 1936, they did nothing when Germany broke its World War I treaty and formed a new army. They did nothing when Hitler marched that army up to the French border. They nothing when Germany invaded and occupied Austria, then Czechoslovakia and then Poland.  Americans didn't start to worry about Germany until it took over France and half of Europe. And by then, it was too late. The Nazis were too strong. And when Hitler thought he was strong enough, he declared war on us!  On December 11, 1941.

Our parents' generation also chose to do nothing about Japan.  They did nothing when Japan took over Korea and Taiwan. We did nothing when they invaded China. We did nothing when the Japanese did their own Holocaust and murdered about 700,000 men, women, and children in Nanking, China in 1937.  But it didn't do us any good. On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked us.

So we have to be careful when we talk about "Wars of Choice."  Sometimes the only choice is do you go to war when your enemy is weak?  Or do you wait until your enemy is strong enough to destroy you? Do you fight them before they have nuclear bombs? Or do you wait until after they have nuclear bombs?

My concern with Trump is not what he is doing against Iran. However, I am worried that he was not explaining all along why he is doing what he is doing, and what we are up against.  It seems to me that nobody is explaining to the American people what we are up against.

It seems like some of these newscasters or so-called military experts we see on TV are talking about video games instead of real people. They are saying "look at who we killed" and "look at what we just blew up."

Didn't we go through that with the wars in Iraq?  We blew up all this stuff and called in "Shock and Awe". But that did nothing to cause Saddam Hussein and his regime to surrender? If anything, it caused a lot of Iraqis to hate us as much as they hated Saddam Hussein.  We didn't get rid of Saddam Hussein until we put boots on the ground and sent them into Baghdad.

The Islamic regime in Iran is even worse. When we kill these leaders, we're actually giving them what they want. A fundamental idea of Islam is the The Day of Judgment, the "Yam al-Qiyamah."

That is the day when the world ends and everybody dies. And then everyone gets to spend eternity in either Paradise or Jannah, or in the Hell Fires of Jahannam.

How do you get to heaven? Well, you're supposed live your life according to what is written in the Quran or following the teachings and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad. However, most Muslims don't do that. Most Muslims have sinned, they have done things wrong. So how can a sinner get into Paradise?

Well Islam offers a very easy Get Out of Hell Fires card. All you need to do is get yourself killed in a Jihad trying to kill non-believers. If you do that, all your sins are instantly forgiven, and you iget to spend eternity in Paradise, complete with your 72 virgins. 

So by killing a handful of these people, we are giving them exactly what they want. We are helping them fulfill their dreams. And for every one we kill, there are dozens eager to take their place because they want the same thing.

Meanwhile, we have these military leaders and experts on TV laughing and joking like we're achieving something.  But as a Boomer, who heard the stories told by my dad's generation, I worry about that. According to them, you have to defeat and destroy these people completely. That's what we had to do with Germany and Japan.

But if we don't do that, they are going to wear us down and get us to quit.

And simply doing nothing and trying to ignore them is no solution. Suppose we let them destroy Israel. Let them destroy all these countries in the Middle East. Let them kill all the Christians in Nigeria. Let them take over Africa. Let them take over England, France and Germany.

At some point, they're going to be here. And we had better prepare our kids to deal with them.  Right now, we're not preparing anyone. Very few Americans have any idea of how dangerous these people are. They have no value for life.

And let's not forget Zulfi Hoxha. He is the Albanian kid who grew up in Margate and graduated Atlantic City High School in 2010. Then, five years later, he went to Syria and became a leader of the Islamic State. There, he made a video addressed to all Muslims living in the United States. It was actually called "Avoid Hellfire." In it,

Brian Fitzherbert, president of Liberty and Prosperity, joins Anne Baker on WOND radio for 'Fitzherbert Friday'.

Brian and Anne discuss the state of NJ, new governor Mikey Sherrill, the lack of Republican messaging and backbone, and the population math that doesn't bode well for NJ republicans in the future.

From Weekly Saturday Interview with John DeMasi's "Talk with a Purpose" on WPG Radio, 95.5FM and 1450AM near Atlantic City, New Jersey:

Obamacare delays vital tests by months--unless you have special connections.

Host John Demasi and Seth Grossman describe how doctor referred them to specialists to test for dangerous symptoms. But specialists could not give either of them appointments to even talk to specialists about getting those tests for months. Each found doctors to take those tests only by using personal friends and connections. This is normal is socialist and Third World countries. It was never normal in America before Obamacare.

You Often Need Insider Connections to Get Essential Care: To get the medical treatment you need, you often need advocates with influence and connections. .

Impact of Policy: This began in 2014 when "Obamacare" (The wrongly named "Affordable Care Act") took effect. It caused many of our best doctors to retire or join large corporate practices run by clerks and bureaucrats. They big practices depend on the government agencies and big insurance companies that pay them. They no longer depend on their reputations and good will of their patients. These practices often use "diversity, equity, and inclusion" instead of merit when hiring their doctors.

A handful of voters approve $36 million of new debt for Egg Harbor Township public schools.

Egg Harbor Township School Board members deliberately held special election onf March 10 to guarantee super-low voter turnout: They could have put the question on the ballot for last November's regular election at no cost to local taxpayers. But they chose not to. They deliberately spent probably $100,000 to hold a special election on March 10. (They did not publicly announce the cost.) Many voters knew nothing about it.  Many were in Florida. Many had no idea that the polls did not open until noon. They did this for one obvious reason.  Roughly 18,000 Egg Harbor Township voters voted in last November's election. The school board members knew that most of them would vote "No." They knew most taxpayers in Egg Harbor Township do not want to borrow $36 million just for repairs and maintenance on existing buildings. And so these School Board members wasted money on a special election to guarantee a super-low turnout. Only 2,428 people voted last Tuesday, March 10. That was less than 10% of the 37,000 registered voters of Egg Harbor Township. 1,470 voted "yes" and 857 voted "no".

Only the handful of voters who benefited from the $36 million were notified of this special election. trategic Timing: Seth The school sent emails and notices to all teachers, parents of students and employees and contractors. I bet they also used their "emergency" telephone system to remind to vote.

https://youtu.be/a0fwj6fzFtE?si=zSQV-fER9-n3Sb1d

Failure to deal with the real issue. Government makes everything way to expensive to build and fix. There are ridiculous union rules, environmental rules, diversity equity and inclusion rules, and all sorts of laws that make doing anything a violation of something.

The solution to everything being unaffordable? Force somebody else to pay!  Get a "grant" from the state or federal government to pay for a local project. Borrow the money, and get your kids and grandkids to pay!

https://youtu.be/3zeRyUceuoY?si=zCv2V3uBSUTKedVB

Crazy "fee-shifting" lawsuit laws reward fake "victims" and punish taxpayer.

Do you remember the 2020 George Floyd Riots in Atlantic City? That was when more than a hundred rioters broke windows and looted stores on Atlantic Avenue, and in "The Walk" Shopping District. That was when Steve Young and six others deliberately blocked traffic several times None of them cared a bit about the thousands of business owners and workers have to earn a full year of income in a ten-week tourist season.

Mayor Marty Small and the Atlantic City Police Department then did an outstanding job. They watched hours of video. They questioned dozens of witnesses. They positively identified 95 rioters who broke windows, stole merchandise and fought with police. They used enormous discipline and patience in not arresting Steve Young and his bunch until they actually blocked traffic on the Expressway ramp.

And then Governor Murphy and the then-Atlantic County Prosecutor stabbed our law enforcement in the back. They did not prosecute or punish a single person who was caught red-handed breaking the law, breaking windows, blocking traffic or stealing merchandise. Youhad had even worse riots in Trenton, and nobody was punished for anything there either. And of course, not a single Republican politician in New Jersey said or did anything either. The bottom line, is that all charges were either dropped or not pursued.

And now yesterday, it was reported that Steve Young and the other six who were arrested for blocking traffic on the Atlantic City Expressway are suing the taxpayers of Atlantic City for $50 million!

 

Frivolous Lawsuit Laws: These are a big, big reasons why nobody can afford anything these days, but nobody talks about it.  And it's not just Steve Young. You have a guy in a wheelchair right now going to every small business he can so he can prove they are in violation of some handicap accessible law. Then his lawyer threatens to sue for thousands of dollars unless he gets paid a few hundred dollars for his "emotional distress.

Impact of "Civil Rights" Laws: Don't blame lawyers. Blame the politicians who make these laws that are absolutely evil. For hundreds of years, lawyers were paid by something called the American rule.  Clients paid their own lawyers. If the client had a good case, the client usually got a good lawyer willing to take it. The lawyer knew that he was likely to win, get a good recovery, and get paid well out of the recovery. Lawyers did not take crappy, frivolous cases because they were likely to lose or collect almost nothing. But then politicians enacted all of these so-called "civil rights" laws. These so-called "civil rights" laws basically say that if you are a member of a so-called "protected class", the American Rule does not apply. If you are black, Hispanic, female, gay, transgender, illegal immigrant or whatever, and if you say your feelings were hurt by some minor insult or technical violation that happens to everyone in everyday life, you can recover only $200 and your lawyer can get $20,000 from the other side. And if you say your feelings got hurt, you can sue for "emotional distress" even without any evidence of emotional distress. And you can claim punitive damages on top of that.  That's why insurance is so expensive and taxes are so high. Everybody pays big moneyto settle these crappy cases, because they will usually pay more if these cases go to trial.

Do those "free" concerts and airshows really pay for themselves?

How do we know? How do we know that tourists who spend money during those events weren't coming to Atlantic City anyway? How many came to watch the concert or airshow and then left without spending a dime? CRDA was first set up to be the "Casino Reinvestment Development" Authority. It was supposed to force casinos to invest 2% of their gross casino "win" to improve their properties. Now CRDA takes 1.25% of their win, together with a $3 tax on "free parking" and a $2 "occupancy tax" to pay for "free" concerts, airshows and other public relations stunts.

https://youtu.be/IZgyvl0POSI?si=m9n90MV8Bulh-kwf

Its Tourist Agency claims that 70% of Atlantic City hotel guests stay for only one night. It claims these "free" events are needed to persuade them to stay longer. But how many don't stay longer because they don't think the city is clean and safe? How many leave early because all the nickel and time taxes added to their hotel, food and beverage bills?

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SOCIALIST MEDICAL CARE IN AMERICA:  YOU OFTEN NEED INSIDER CONNECTIONS TO GET NEEDED TREATMENT.

SETH GROSSMAN:  What you described in trying to quickly get tested for an alarming medical condition also happened to me. Except, for me it was something different. My doctor said you have this condition, and you need to get it checked out right away.  You need to call a specialist.

So I call the specialist, a medical group I have been dealing with for years. Now this is in January, and they tell me, "Oh, we can give you an appointment in May or June for or five months from now. Or, we can set you up with a telephone call with a paramedical in April, three months from now."

Now if the symptoms show something serious is going on, this can be life-threatening. Fortunately, you and I are both Boomers. We have doctor friends, and friends who are retired doctors. So we both got through to somebody who got us the tests we needed right away.

But I really feel sorry for the younger people who don't have those personal contacts. And let's face it, even all those doctors who we have personal contacts with are retiring, they're leaving. And it is a real crisis that we have. Before they started Obamacare, the so-called Affordable Care Act in 2014, I had been going to the same Primary Care doctor for nearly thirty years, and as kid, I went to his father! Within just a couple of years, I'd say eight out of some 10 doctors I knew either retired and went out of business, or joined big practices.

JOHN DEMASI:  It's horrible what's happened and you're right. 

SETH GROSSMAN: You know nobody cares now that the government is paying, now that the government decides who gets paid, who doesn't get paid, the interest is in pleasing the government bureaucrats, not the patients. And it's a very, very bad thing.

JOHN DEMASI:  Yes. It is. Yes. It is. And fortunately, like you said, I know people who know people, and that got me in. You know? So but but you're right. What if you didn't have that?

Brian's captivating conversation with Anne on Friday regarding American military might, capability, and possible assets being deployed against Iran.

1. Daylight Saving Time (DST): Another bad "progressive" idea.

For thousands of years, we used the sun to determine the time. Noon was when the sun was highest. That was when half of daylight had passed, and half was still to come.

In 1907, an English builder named William Willet thought too many people were sleeping too late and not fully enjoying the morning sunshine in the summer.  He could have tried to persuade people to go to be earlier and get up earlier. But "progressives" don't think that way. He instead lobbied British politicians to make a law forcing everybody to change their cl0cks to Daylight Savings Time every summer.

Wartime Emergency: His idea did not win much support.  However, in 1916, England imposed Daylight Savings Time as an emergency war measure to use less coal during World War One.  "Progressive" Democratic President imposed Daylight Savings Time as an "emergency" war measure in the United States. However, it was very unpopular and ended right after the war. President Franklin Roosevelt brought back Daylight Savings Time in the United States as an emergency war measure in 1942 during World War 2.  We have had it ever since.  It is now agreed that Daylight Savings Time no longer saves energy and probably uses more energy. That is because the savings of not using as many electric lights in the morning is offset by using more electricity for air-conditioning  in the afternoon and evening.

Opposed: Farmers always opposed Daylight Savings Time for disrupting the routines of people and farm animals for forcing them to work mornings in the dark. Railroads, bus companies and airlines opposed it for causing chaos with schedules twice a year. Many medical professionals claim that the sleep disruptions of time changes cause health problems to many individuals.

Supporters: Daylight Savings Time is supported by owners of golf courses, retail shops, amusement parks and other summer resort businesses. Daylight Savings Time is a typical misuse of government to control people's behavior.

2. Traditional China and Shen Yun

Pre-Communist China: Grossman describes China before 1949 as a beautiful and pleasant country that was a close friend of America. After World War 2, our top government officials betrayed our friends in China and helped the Communists take power. We let Communist Russia give Chinese Communists the weapons we had given them to fight Germany. We also let the Communists take all of the weapons they captured from the Japanese. At the same time, we stopped helping our friends in China defend themselves. Later, we found out that this was because many Communists loyal to Russia held high positions in the United States government.  These same people also turned much of Vietnam over to the Communists.

Shen Yun Recommendation: If you want to know what China was like before Communism, you should watch the Shen Yun performing arts show. It has beautiful music, brilliant dancing and spectacular special effects.

Local Event Details:

Location: Miller Theater, Philadelphia.

Dates: April 15–19, 2026.

Cost: Tickets start at approximately $90.

3. Government in America has become expensive, corrupt, and "unaffordable" at every level. It is making everything we need "unaffordable."

The purpose of government is to equally protect the rights, property and safety of every citizen. When we limited government to that purpose, we lower taxes, higher income, more freedom and more opportunities.  But "Progressives" began to change that during 1930s. They said government was needed to "help" people. But the problems is that government can't spend money to help some people unless it takes money by force from somebody else. Everybody loses when people decide to succeed by playing politics and getting money from the government rather than by working, saving, investing and producing.

Back in 1787, Benjamin Franklin warned against creating a government that offered men unlimited power and money: 

“There are two passions which have a powerful influence on the affairs of men. These are ambition and avarice; the love of power, and the love of money. Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action; but when united in view of the same object, they have in many minds the most violent effects. Place before the eyes of such men a post of honor, that shall be at the same time a place of profit, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain it.”

 

During the 1950s, Polish psychiatrist Andrzej Łobaczewski did extensive research on this topic. In 2006, he published Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes. In it, Lobaczewski wrote that a small group of people have psychopathic tendencies. Those tendencies include:

🧩 Interpersonal traits

These describe how someone interacts with others.

Superficial charm — engaging, charismatic, and persuasive when it serves a purpose.

Pathological lying — dishonesty used strategically, without guilt.

Manipulativeness — using people as tools to achieve goals.

🧊 Affective (emotional) traits

These involve how someone experiences and processes emotion.

Lack of empathy — especially affective empathy (feeling what others feel).

Shallow emotions — emotional reactions that seem “performed” rather than felt.

Lack of remorse or guilt — even after harming others.

🔥 Lifestyle traits

These reflect day‑to‑day patterns of behavior.

Impulsivity — acting without considering consequences.

Irresponsibility — chronic failure to meet obligations.

Parasitic lifestyle — relying on others for support while exploiting them.

🚫 Antisocial traits

These involve rule-breaking and harmful behavior.

Violation of social norms or laws — ranging from deceit to aggression.

Poor behavioral controls — irritability, aggression, or cruelty.

Early behavioral problems — often beginning in childhood or adolescence.

Lobaczewski wrote that although people with these tendencies are a small percentage of the population, they are attracted to politics and are very successful at it. His studies suggest that this is another very good reason to strictly apply written constitutions to limit the powers of government.

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