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If You Enjoy Being Lied To, and Watch Television “News,” You Don’t Know Much About America

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart America has always been a “melting pot.” Our country is, by design, a nation of immigrants. From each of them, we learn about their culture, traditions, and most importantly, learning new ways to see the world. This is what will hopefully make our nation a great country in the future. America is also a young nation which is constantly moving and changing. People living in our big cities are moving to small towns. Those who already live in small towns frequently seek fame and fortune in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other large and diverse cities. Regardless of our ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or the color of our skin, we share many things in common, and yet we are all individuals who are unique. No two people in the world are exactly the same. Diversity is a good thing, and so is DEI. Only racists are opposed to the inclusion of all Americans in every facet of our nation. In 2025, at least 90 percent of the “news” is about what is happening in ...
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One More Time: Trump Proves He Is Putin’s Puppet

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart To the uninformed, Trump recently appeared supportive of Ukraine’s efforts to save their country. However, for the last 10 years, I studied the relationship between Putin and Trump, which began in Moscow in 1987, and I can confirm without a single doubt that they have been in collusion for the last 38 years. Everyone in Washington knows the truth: both the 2016 and 2024 elections were won by Putin. He was determined to put his most valuable tool in a position of great power: powerful enough to destroy his greatest enemy, the United States of America. However, they will never admit the truth. If voters learned of such a high level of incompetence and corruption, they would lose their next elections. White House aids confirmed the fact that between 2017 and 2021, Trump exchanged phone calls with Putin on numerous occasions. I wrote about one of these communications in 2018. Congress voted to censure Putin for his interference in the 2016 election. However, when Tr...
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Ronald Reagan Would be Jealous

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Later today, October 18, 2025, millions of true Americans will be performing the most patriotic act possible in a free country. They will be marching in the streets across America, peacefully protesting against the worst, illegitimate president in history and his many violations of the Constitution of the United States of America. If I were not physically disabled, I would be proud to join them here in Reno. Countries are people, and leaders of all countries have a single purpose: to protect and serve those people. In this country, when they fail to perform the jobs for which they were elected, it is the duty of every American citizen to exercise their First Amendment right and demand change by removing a tyrant from his or her position of power. Trump has proven beyond any doubt that his plan, Project 2025, is to end democracy in our nation and establish a permanent plutocracy/oligarchy in its place, supported by a fascist regime with himself as its Fuhrer. But...
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Every Voter Should Vote for Himself and his Family, not for a Political Party

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  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is abundantly clear that Trump is waging a war on the majority of Americans, known as the ‘working class.’ It is no secret that his loyalty is to his oligarchs; 902 billionaires. No indivdual who makes less than $100,000 per year can trust Trump or his party. There is one irrefuttable truth: if you vote for a Republican, you are voting for the continuation of our current plutocracy, and a plutocracy cannot exist in a democratic society. I am proud to have been an Independent voter from the beginning. Eligible in 1967, my first opportunity to cast my ballot was in 1968. The tragic event on June 6, 1968 when Robert F. Kennedy was murdered, forced me to look closely at every candidate, Democratic and Republican. Prior to that dark day, my choice had been clear. I won’t reveal which candidate received my vote, but I will tell you that I questioned why anyone would vote for a party, and not the best candidate. It makes no sense to surrender your precious vot...
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A Note to Donny Boy: You Can Fool Some of the People, but You Can’t Fool Me

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I have an excellent memory. I have not forgotten that one of Trump’s many unkept promises was to reduce the national debt, much of which he created. He claimed that Elon Musk and his “made-up” Department of Government Efficiency would immediately reduce the deficit by more than two-billion dollars. After the bromance between Trump and Musk ended on bad terms, and although they had fired hundreds of federal employees who actually worked in Washington, the national debt was decreased by less than 100 million dollars. Musk and his “team of young boys” were paid more money than they saved. Over the last eight months, Trump has added to the deficit. Although the national debt is nearly 37.5 trillion dollars, instead of addressing a single problem facing our nation, many of which he created, he is spending taxpayer dollars like a drunken sailor on shore leave. Between 2017 and 2021, Trump used funds from the national treasury to pay for his personal enjoyment, averagi...
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“What’s the Worst that Could Happen?” I Could Write a Book

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Exit polls taken in swing states on November 5, 2024, revealed how uninformed the average American voter truly is. When asked why they voted for Trump, the reply was always similar to, “I think he’ll be better for the economy.” They were obviously unaware that Trump’s failure to lead our nation in the fight against a deadly coronavirus, combined with his failed fiscal policy, nearly created a second Great Depression in 2020, and added eight trillion dollars to the national debt. “What their responses said to me was, “how bad can he be?” Those same voters are suffering from how bad the orange buffoon has become. All politicians make promises. During the 2016 campaign, Trump made promises about a wall, which would have failed, and how great the economy would be if he was elected: and many, many more. He kept none of these promises. During the 2024 campaign, his biggest promises were to end the war in Ukraine on day one, as well as the current “Greedflation.” As of...
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Like His Idol, Adolf Hitler, Trump Continues Efforts to Destroy a Free Press

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Prior to 2015, Adolf Hitler was confirmed as the worst man in modern history. His fascist ‘playbook,’ Mein Kampf, contained tactics which would gain complete loyalty and control over the people of Germany in the 1930s. Key elements included “alternative facts.” He believed that if a lie is told often enough, it will eventually be accepted as fact by weak-minded and uninformed citizens. He knew that professing a belief in extreme nationalism would use the emotions of an entire nation to rally behind his fascist beliefs. WWI had crushed the German people who were eager to regain status on the world’s stage. He was also aware that if a free press existed, he would be exposed. Within a year, all “information” came exclusively from his Nazi Party. Trump’s fascist manifesto is called “Project 2025.” Its origin came from Trump’s many hate rallies attended by weak and like-minded Americans. Friends of Trump’s first wife, Ivana, told reporters that the failed businessman...
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A Reminder: Who is the Real Donald Trump?

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It’s easier to list the traits which do not apply to your illegitimate president based on a life filled with failures than positive qualities. However, I can find adjectives and nouns which expose the real con man who has fully revealed himself over the last 10 years. He was born into a very wealthy family deeply embedded in white privilege. He was never required to perform anything which might be defined as “work” throughout his pitiful and useless life. Listening to and reading his rambling, incoherent, and often illiterate speeches offer irrefutable proof that although he has a diploma from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business College, he attended very few classes, if any. Because of his mental diseases, malignant narcissism, and escalating dementia, his mind is a virtual “wet rag.” His thought process is uncertain, ranging from rage and a desire for revenge against anyone he perceives to be an enemy, and his need for adulation and relevance. At ...
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Only in America: An Attempted Coup is Accepted as Normal

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Another “first” for America. Although there have been numerous attempted coups in the modern era, on January 6, 2021, I experienced another first-time event in my 79 years. A sitting president planned, organized, and executed an attempt to overthrow the government of the United States of America. Don’t think about trying to tell me that this violent insurrection was anything other than what it was if you did not watch all three hours of the darkest day in American history. Have no illusions: this was a bloody, hate-filled attack on our nation’s democratic government, and in its place, a plan to establish a fascist regime with Trump as its Fuhrer. It was nothing more or less. Trump was in complete control of the bloody event from the moment he stood on a makeshift stage and ordered his Nazi army to halt the certification of the Electoral College vote, to the phone call he made to the leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers to stand down more than three hou...
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The Pentagon Ain’t What It Used To Be

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart As an original baby boomer, it won’t surprise you that most of what I watched on television growing up in Los Angeles were movies and weekly shows involving cowboys and World War II. I was mesmerized by John Wayne and the way he made every soldier heroic. He created a similar image for the men who built the West in his “B” westerns. Approximately 416, 800 members of the U.S. military lost their lives in the war to defeat fascism. One of the men credited with the “D-day” victory on June 6, 1944, Dwight D. Eisenhower, was elected to the presidency in 1952 when I was just six years old. When I was 10, I watched a large party of his second convention and nomination for reelection. His farewell address in 1961 was a prophecy for what is happening in our nation today. Since August of 1945, when WWII came to an end with the controversial decision to drop nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, incompetent leaders working inside the Pentagon, have lost every war, and...
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Contrary to What the Mainstream Media Reports, Israelis and Palestinians Are not Enemies

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  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The truth is undeniable: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.” Lord Acton With longevity comes many lessons based on experience and observation. I have learned that all men are weak and evil is all too often a stronger force than the desire to do good. I am not opposed to any religion, but I do reject the way some religious leaders twist the words and ideals contained in the New Testament of the Bible, in the Quran, and the Torah. When I was much younger, I was a Catholic. I read the Bible. The old testament is composed of mostly “fairy tales:” stories passed by mouth from man to man. However, the New Testament is a retelling of the teachings of Jesus Christ. I have also read parts of the Quran and a few translated passages from the Torah. Nowhere in any o...
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Trump Wanted This Shutdown, Let’s Give Him a True American Shutdown

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump ordered a government shutdown. The reason? To amass more power by weakening Democratic positions in our government. His total apathy for working-class Americans is revolting and obvious. The most disgusting fact about this current, moronic situation is that the men and women who are responsible for how fucked up our government truly is, continue to receive their paychecks while those who actually worked are struggling to pay their mortgages. If you find these government shutdowns as idiotic and reprehensible as I do, let’s make this one unforgettable. Let’s shut down the entire country for one day. Regardless of where you work, or the nature of your job, with a few exceptions, call in sick. Air traffic controllers and TSA employees are forced to work, but are not being paid. Just imagine what would happen if every one of them called in sick on the same day. Not a single airplane would be airborne, including the private jets of the super-rich. For those who...
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Trump Wages ‘Nuclear War’ on the Working Class

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump has never worked a full day in his pitiful and worthless life. He has no idea how difficult life can be for most Americans. The sad truth is, he doesn’t care. Friday, Trump laid off more than 4,000 federal employees. In the first weeks of his illegitimate administration, he and his former “bestie,” Elon Musk. chose to fire thousands of government employees who actually worked for a living. Because of his destructive actions, Trump is blocking the monthly jobs report, knowing that unemployment is reaching levels not seen since 2007. The truth is clear. The posted schedule for the men and women who hold positions in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of our corrupt government are paid excessive amounts of money, but only perform their responsibilities for a small amount of time each year. Trump’s “work” schedule averages about three hours each day when he is in the White House. He spends hours each day watching television where, according to h...
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In the 21st Century, No Nation Can Stand Alone, but Your Schoolyard Bully Doesn’t Understand International Economics

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart After the Great Depression began in 1929, Hoover and his administration attempted to restore America’s economy by placing tariffs on imports. This only exacerbated the situation. However, Trump is a schoolyard bully and doesn’t read or understand the lessons offered by history. The truth is, free trade agreements stimulate the world’s economies. Trump doesn’t care about any other country, or the fact that in the 21 st century, no nation can stand alone. America’s economy is dependent upon consumerism. His choice to place excessive tariffs on every nation, including our allies, is founded in a mixture of arrogance and ignorance. He believes that he can bully other nations, and force them to obey his demands. This is what happens when a lifelong failure is chosen to lead a nation of 340 million people. Remember what Trump did to America’s economy between 2017 and 2021. When he was evicted from the White House, our nation was nearing a second Great Depression, and...
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One Wish, Before I Die

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Beginning in June of 2015, not a single day has passed without the name “Trump” appearing in every legitimate and illegitimate news service, or his old, ugly face appearing somewhere on television and the internet. He and I are the same age, and I have a reason to outlive the old bastard. I want to live long enough to read the news and not see the name ‘Trump’ or his picture anywhere. I truly don’t understand. There is no legitimate reason for the least intelligent, and least accomplished old man in the world to be covered constantly by the media. He cannot put two sentences together. He slurs and rambles. Not once in his pitiful and far-too-long life has he spoken the truth or offered one idea which would be beneficial for the American people and the world. Trump is the source and the example of why America’s people have become ignorant sheep marching to the slaughterhouse. A few, recent lies and irrational thoughts from your illegitimate president. I begin wit...
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Why is Trump’s Personal Gestapo an ‘Ultra-Secretive’ and Fake Law Enforcement Agency?

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I pride myself on being an informed, caring, and today, a frightened American. Obviously, I despise and reject our current government. It has devolved into the most corrupt and incompetent body of governance in the world. Its leader is clearly the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler. Five words repeated by every professional politician incessantly are intended to hide the growing level of corruption in all three branches of a government which are failing to perform in a manner designed and designated by our Founding Fathers. These words are “for reasons of national security.” Today, one of Trump’s “armies” is revealing the true ambitions of America’s biggest traitor, who is supported and encouraged by his handler, Russian President Vladimir Putin. If you are one of the few who refuse to watch television “news,” and take the time to read, you are fully informed and know the truth about what is happening inside the confines of what was our nation’s most cherished Whtie ...
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Do not Allow Trump to Keep his Past Allegations as a Pedophile Out of the News

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein had an extremely close relationship for years. It ended at some point between 2004 and 2007. It is well-documented that they shared a passion for beautiful, young women. How young is the only issue of importance in this article and in the minds of the voting public. Trump continues his attempts to prevent the release of Epstein’s personal files. He took similar action in 2017 preventing the release of his academic records. The only logical question is, “why?” What details of Trump’s useless life are so terrible that he and his ego would be destroyed if either of these records were exposed? I will be honest. When it comes to average intelligence and common sense, Trump is a literal “dumbass.” From everything I read over the last ten years, I know that Trump never earned his degree from Wharton. His daddy, who failed to raise a good and caring young man, paid for his diploma, as he had for Donny’s deferments preventing him from ser...
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With the Beginning of the End of the Grand Old Party in 1981, Came the Beginning of the End of Your Constitutional Rights

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Every action has consequences. In 1981, no one paid any attention to Ronald Reagan’s seemingly unimportant demand from his own political party. The mainstream media referred to it as “party unification.” What it really meant was the beginning of fascism within our federal government, and the repeal of rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Reagan demanded unquestioned loyalty from every member of the Republican Party. Every member of the House and Senate on the right side of the aisle was required to support Reagan’s policies without dissent. Thus began the end of deliberation and compromise within the Capitol. This one action is the primary reason why our government is dysfunctional today. This unwritten rule for all right-wing politicians continued throughout the George H.W. Bush single term, the George W. Bush administration, and continues under Trump’s fascist rule. However, under Trump, his party has become extreme, openly displaying its plans to end democr...
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Someone Asked Me How to Spell ‘Corruption.’ I Said ‘That’s Simple:’ SCOTUS

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Supreme Court of the United States has a single purpose as defined by the Constitution: to protect the Law of the Land. Their only job is to ensure that laws, regulations, rules, and policies made by governments at all levels comply with the intention of the Constitution. However, six members of today’s Court are rewriting laws to serve the demands of their Fuhrer: Donald John Trump. I want you to remember the names of these six traitors who are pretending to be Supreme Court justices: John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. Our Founding Fathers were idealists, and idealism and naivete often run hand in hand.   Not too long ago, I wrote an article which may have been controversial, but was also the absolute truth. I claimed that if there is a God, He or She made one huge mistake by creating mankind. With free thought, all the evils of humanity compete with our conscience and responsibility to do ...
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If You Did not Watch All Three Hours of the Darkest Day in American History as it Happened: Shut Up

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Editing is a clever word for censorship. Therefore, if you did not watch all three hours of the attempted coup on January 6, 2021, as it happened, you do not know the truth about what was undeniably the “darkest day in American history.” Recently, I wrote about changes, and how even the slightest deviation from choosing the right path can become a choice which leads to destruction and even devastation. This is equally true for countries. My wife and I, both retired, were watching television on a Wednesday morning, January 6, 2021, when whatever was on the television screen disappeared and the words, “BREAKING NEWS,” appeared. Trump walked up to a makeshift stage and began to speak to the crowd gathered in front of it. He rambled on and on, , as always, but the core of his message was, “I won the 2020 election, and you must end the proceedings happening in the Capitol Building.” The old man had just executed an attempted coup. In the latter days of 2020, he began...
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