Does columnist really believe Biden is capable of making decisions?
This is in response to Tom Zirpoli’s recent column “The old guy is getting it done for ordinary Americans.” The old guy isn’t getting anything done for middle-class Americans, he is actually presiding over the destruction of the middle class.
During the presidential debate Joe Biden did not have speech writers and a teleprompter, so he actually had to think and articulate his answers. And we saw the real Biden who is incapable of making decisions, be it fiscal, foreign, domestic, war or peace.
The free press is what makes this country great, but the mainstream media (MSNBC/CNN/ABC/CBS/NBC/NY Times/Washington Post) have become left-wing activists, disguised as journalists, lying about and covering up Biden’s cognitive decline to keep him in office, even if he destroys the country.
This mainstream media would still be perpetrating the four-year hoax of covering up Biden’s incompetence if Donald Trump did not accept the debate with Biden. Think about that.
Obviously Biden, as commander in chief, is not making foreign policy or domestic decisions, so which unelected bureaucrat is? Jacob Sullivan, Susan Rice, Anthony Blinken, Ron Klain, Neera Tanden, etc.?
Would Zirpoli buy a used car from Biden? Would he let him handle his portfolio? If Biden was a doctor, and Zirpoli needed surgery, would he let Biden operate on him? Of course not.
So why is Zirpoli tying to convince you it’s OK for Biden to run the most powerful country (with 3,750 nuclear weapons) in the world? Zirpoli is simply propagating the latest mainstream media hoax that Biden is healthy, alert and competent. Just like the three-year Russian Collusion hoax and Hunter’s Laptop is Russian disinformation hoax.
While claiming he is protecting democracy, Biden is trying to put his opponent (Trump) in jail for over valuing his property (no victims), questioning the outcome of an election (like Hillary Clinton), falsifying business records (according to convicted liar and felon Michael Cohen) and doing the same thing he did with classified documents.
If you want to see what Biden is getting done for ordinary Americans just go to a grocery store or gas station. Go pay your home/car insurance, while you unwillingly pay for somebody’s college debt and expenses for millions of illegals who have no investment in our country or the U.S. Constitution.
Go to the border, Afghanistan, Israel, Ukraine or China’s spy bases in Cuba, Go see the families of Rachel Morin and Kayla Hamilton (Maryland), Jocelyn Nungaray (Houston) or Laken Riley (Georgia).
Carl Burdette, Westminter
Passing MINDS Act would provide mental health, poverty support
I am a representative of a non-profit organization called The Borgen Project. We believe leaders of the most powerful nations on earth should be doing more to improve their response to the global poverty crisis. Our global campaign works to make extreme poverty a focus of influential nations’ foreign policy.
Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin has done great work toward promoting positive mental health treatment. In 2022, Cardin voted to help pass the bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Its purpose was to provide support for school-based mental health service.
To further provide support for positive mental health treatment throughout the world, Cardin, as well as Sen. Chris Van Hollen and each of our Maryland House representatives should vote to pass the Mental Health in International Development and Humanitarian Settings (MINDS) Act.
One billion people suffer from mental health conditions or substance use disorders worldwide and 75% of people living in low-and middle-income countries with mental health conditions do not receive any mental health treatment whatsoever.
Investments in mental health programs, including those focused on the well-being of children, can help break the cycle of poverty abroad. The MINDS Act is the first bill to address mental health and psychosocial support in U.S. global development assistance.
Mental health issues have been a persistent issue for members of Generation Z both in the United States and throughout the global community as a whole. In fact, as found by research conducted by the Walton Family Foundation, 42% of Gen Z struggles with depression and feelings of hopelessness.
By voting to pass the MINDS Act, our state senators and representatives can help address mental health in U.S. global development. Voting to pass this act will help secure votes from members of Gen Z who are eligible to vote in the upcoming election.
Ryan Lesh, Westminster
