Senator Schumer on his way out?

The Schumer Shutdown is over and it may mean the shutdown of Sen. Charles Schumer of New York.

In fact, some Washington observers are predicting, Senator Schumer will resign before his current term ends, clearing the way for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to appoint ultra-leftist New York radical AOC to replace him. No improvement there.

Some see AOC as the Democrat Party’s presidential nominee in 2028. She’s old enough to run now under the Constitution – 35.

Observers also are guessing that Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who has been the target of livid hatred from far-left members of his party for not joining the shutdown crazies, will switch from Democrat to Republican soon. He is voting more logically than his party’s leaders, so why not?

Here’s another thought: Will the Democrats pull off another government shutdown in 2026 in hopes of flipping Congress in their favor? It seems apparent that the recent shutdown was designed to create enough interest in radical circles to elect Democrats in already deep blue states.

Obesity Problems Tied to Food Stamps

Columnist Laura Hollis, a regular in the Times & Free Press, says in a recent offering: “A disturbing statistic revealing the dismal state of health in America is that more than 40% of the population is obese (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a body mass index of 30 or higher); nearly 10% are morbidly obese. It’s shocking how these numbers have increased over the years; in the 1960s, only 13% of the population was seriously overweight. And it isn’t just adults who are affected; one in three American children are overweight or obese today, compared to only around 5% as recently as the late 1970s.

“Obesity is associated with some of the most serious health problems facing Americans, including Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension), kidney failure, heart disease, heart attacks and strokes, sleep apnea and other breathing disorders, gallbladder and liver diseases and even certain types of cancers.”

“Despite spending $22 trillion on anti-poverty programs since former President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” initiatives were launched in 1965, the poverty rate in America has remained stubbornly between 11% and 15%. Not only are our anti-poverty programs not reducing poverty, they have created serious public health problems in America’s poor. We have the same percentage of people in poverty today that we did in 1973, but four times as many who are obese.”

Demonizing America’s Past

During the terms of former Presidents Obama and Biden a favorite game of leftist radicals was downgrading everything about America’s past.

My question if it was so bad why has America become the most successful nation in history, where even the poor have obesity problems?

Another Townhall columnist, Michael J. Hout, an emigre to Poland where he is a communications strategist. says Poland had a Veterans Day type observance similar to ours in the U.S. with a difference – Poland is proud of its history and its current rebirth as a freedom-loving and emerging economic powerhouse.

Poland has cast off its sad past. He writes: “Geography has never been kind to Poland. Much of the country is open plain, a vast flatland between two great powers. It has always stood exposed, without the natural fortifications (except in the south) that protect so many nations. Poland has for much of its history been a thoroughfare between rival empires, with the Germans (or Prussians) and Austrians on one side, and the Russians on the other. Many have invaded it, ruled it, and attempted to erase it. … “And that’s what gives Poland such a unique perspective. It has not only seen war but lived through so many backward ideologies of the modern age (including some present ones) and ultimately rejected them. From totalitarianism, to imperialism, to communistic atheism, what has remained in spite of it all has been faith, family, and national pride.

“You see this spirit every year on Nov. 11. The Polish Independence March isn’t a parade in the American sense. It’s an act of freedom and defiance. This year, perhaps as many as 200,000 people gathered in Warsaw: veterans, priests, families, and small children waving flags. Among those who joined were guests from abroad, including American commentator Don Keith and British activist Tommy Robinson. They and others accompanied Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyski — who has made “ Be Like Poland” something of a rallying cry across a rapidly changing Europe.”

I remember when celebrations were more like that in America – back before the government was “taking care” of us.

I recall some sort of food program as a child during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s last term but most people then considered it too embarrassing to participate.