TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It happens more often than you might think. Everyone experiences situations which fail to offer a definitive solution. However, in every situation the only truly bad decision is no decision. Therefore, we theoretically flip a coin, asking ourselves, “what’s the worst that could happen?” I am convinced that this is what happened in the 2024 election. Very few voters knew Kamala Harris as I knew her, and if they watched Fox “Fake” News, they were conned into believing that Trump was not the worst man in the world, When millions of uninformed voters went to the polls, they asked themselves: “how bad can he be?” Now they know that the disaster known as Donald John Trump is the worst thing to ever happen to America. His first illegitimate presidency was a disaster. His second is a catastrophe. I continue to find it unbelievable that a convicted felon, a man who committed treason on January 6, 2021, and violated the Espionage Act on January 20, 2021 is defiling the Wh...

  As villains always do, Trump made two serious mistakes over the last few days. Sending two groups of our nation’s military to halt protests against his vicious and illegal immigration policies, 2000 members of the National Guard, and 700 Marines, were a declaration of war against all men and women who cherish, respect, and are willing to support the Constitution of the United States by any means possible. Our founding fathers were willing to sacrifice everything, including their lives, for the New Country. I wonder how many American citizens in the 21 st century are willing to make sacrifices of their own, and how many are cowards and will choose to surrender to the fascist traitor defiling the White House? If what America once stood for is not worth fighting for, if the future of those you love is not worthy of sacrifice, you cannot call yourself a ‘patriot,’ or even an ’American.’ Because of Trump’s vile attacks against the people of Los Angeles, protests are being planned acr...

On Friday, Trump and Vance met with Ukraine President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. When the fat old bully didn’t get his way, he and Vance began screaming at the leader of the country invaded by Trump’s puppeteer three years ago. Not what I think of as “presidential.” Then I realized Trump is not an American president. In just 40 days Trump has managed to alienate our European allies, create enemies on our northern and southern borders, and add chaos to the dysfunction which already existed in Washington. Trump is a traitor, a convicted felon, and a sexual predator, and now he has become the “destroyer.” Everything at the core of what made America a respected and envied nation is under attack by co-presidents Trump and Musk. By their actions and words they have revealed their Nazi beliefs and their fealty to Vladimir Putin. The American people are facing a war with our own government. The only question I have concerns the real power in our nation. Will our military support the people ...

“I will lower inflation on day one.” Donald John Trump. Another big lie. Trump admitted that he doesn’t know how to lower inflation. In fact, after day one he never mentioned the subject. His time was well-spent, signing unconstitutional executive orders and playing with Musk and his other laughing oligarchs. His focus was on more important issues, including renaming the Gulf of Mexico, stealing Greenland, turning Gaza into a “Middle East Mar-a-Lago,” and making Canada our 51 st state. I have questions and concerns about the validity of the 2024 election. Regardless, exit polls revealed that Trump’s controversial victory was the result of a single issue: inflation. Inflation has actually risen by three percent over the last few weeks. The effects of Trump’s foolhardy tariffs will result in additional costs to consumers in the near future. The facts prove that over his 78 and ½ years, he is a failure when economics are involved. Trump was forced to file bankruptcy on two Atlantic City ...

His criminal hush money trial: his inauguration: in the National Cathedral: these are just a few of the places where Trump was caught by the television cameras sleeping. It seems that if he is not complaining about being mistreated, or praising himself, he is asleep sitting up. You might remember his nickname for President Biden, “Sleepy Joe.” Trump has rightfully inherited that nickname. He is a very old man; the oldest president elected in history. In just 15 months, he will be 80, if he survives that long. He is obviously in steep decline mentally and physically, and becoming more so every month. The truth is, a good nickname for Mr. Biden would have been “Working Joe.” He was one of the hardest working presidents in my lifetime, and I can bear witness 14 of them. This is why he has a long list of accomplishments, and the same reason why Trump had none. I continue to believe that the late-night comics, the mainstream media, and of course fake Republicans all combined to President Bi...

The unthinkable happened. The United States of America elected a Nazi to run and ruin their nation.   This is what the world is saying, and why they are laughing at the stupidest people in the free world. We could have remained neutral in WWI I and simply allow Hitler to conquer the world, sharing it with the Emperor of Japan. That would have saved more than 400,000 lives and hundreds of billions of dollars each year between 1941-1945 .   However, the American government is the worst and most incompetent in the world.   T he citizens of most nations are far more informed than our country’s people. They are undoubted ly convinced that for the second time in our n ation’s history, Vladimir Putin decided the outcome of America’s future.   If a t any time in my 78 years someone had told me that any free and developed nation had elected a leader that was nearing 80 years of age, w as a convicted felon, a confirmed sexual predator whose closest “friend” for 10 ye...

I will cherish this day, January 19, 2025. This day will likely be the las full day my America exists. Tomorrow, at noon, eastern time, Trump 2.0 will be sworn in as your president. The first time, January 20, 2017, became a tragedy worse than anyone could have imagined. This time, the least qualified, anti-American man alive has new powers. Thanks to their actions of cowardice and corruption, Merrick Garland and the Supreme Court offered undeniable proof that the lifetime criminal is above the law. The Court gave him absolute immunity, permitting Trump and his fascist army to do anything they please while ending democracy in America forever. If you are not embarrassed that tomorrow a convicted felon, a confirmed sexual predator, and the only sitting president to commit treason will place his slimy hand on one of his bibles, manufactured in China, and lie as he takes the oath of office, allowing him to defile the White House for four more years, you are nothing less than a complete idi...

Monday at noon there will be a tragic event on the Hill. I will be in mourning for my country. An old, obese, mentally challenged man will take the oath of office as your illegitimate president. It will be another dark day in the saga of Donald John Trump. For the first, and God willing, the last time in our nation’s dark and sordid history a convicted felon, a confirmed sexual predator, and our nation’s biggest traitor will become your country’s 47 th and most controversial president. However, his inauguration will be held inside the Capitol Rotunda. The last time a presidential inauguration was held indoors was 40 years ago when another old man, Ronald Reagan, was inaugurated for his second term. The forecast for January 20, 1985 was a high of seven degrees at noon. Trump’s physical and mental health has been questioned by multiple politicos, including yours truly, and although the forecast for noon on Monday expects temperatures only in the 20’s, Trump is incapable of surviving the...

21 days from today, America will experience another first. An old, obese, mentally unstable, white man who is not a patriotic American, but is a convicted felon, and a confirmed sexual predator, who committed treason and violated the Espionage Act will become our nation’s 47 th  president. I am not a proud American today, and I will be ashamed on January 20, 2025. What I will remember most about this unbelievable situation is how our nation lost its most important branch of government on October 27, 2020, when the last of three politically biased Supreme Court Justices was sworn in. I will remember how another traitor to the Constitution, Moscow Mitch McConnell, broke his own rule and stacked the Court in favor of right-wing extremism. Among this Court’s ethical violations was declaring that a president was above the law and immune from prosecution, regardless of the severity of his or her crimes. America is now a nation without laws for every citizen. The term “two Americas” has a...

I have written hundreds of articles defining the real Donald Trump. It is an undeniable fact that he is a convicted felon, a traitor, a lifetime criminal, a sexual predator, and other horrible things. I decided that it was time to write about his flaws as a human being, if he is one. My research into Trump’s 78 years began when he was a 13-year-old teenager. His parents obviously didn’t want him in their home, so they sent him to a New York military boarding school. I learned little about his time spent in the institution because when he became your illegitimate president in 2016, he had all of his scholastic records sealed. I can only assume that they are very embarrassing, even for an old man who seldom displays emotions other than fear, anger, hatred, and inciting others to commit violence on his behalf. After father Fred paid for deferments which allowed Donny to avoid serving in Vietnam, he received a diploma from the University of Philadelphia’s Wharton College of Business. What ...

I was born on July 7, 1946; an original baby boomer. My mother gave birth to me in Lewiston, Idaho. Just before my sixth birthday, my mother, father, little brother, John, my maternal grandparents, and my mother’s youngest brother moved to Los Angeles, because that’s where the jobs were. Several years later, my mother and father divorced. My mother rented a small apartment very near my grandparent’s home in West Los Angeles. My mother was a single parent, and therefore a working mom. My grandparents and my uncle were role models and helped raise my brother and me. We were a Catholic family. Besides going to church every Sunday, we went to “novena” on Wednesdays, and every celebration associated with Christmas and Easter. I went to ‘confession’ every week. From my grandfather I learned the most important things in my life: kindness, acceptance, respect for everyone in my life, a high moral standard, and a work ethic like no other. At the age of ten, I began an interest in politics. I di...

The Truth Lives Here If the American people abandon their values, morals, and principles for a second time on November 5 th , this will be the headline on every newspaper and the front page of every blog on the day after around the world.. “America Elects a Convicted Felon, a Confirmed Sexual Predator, and a Fascist.” How proud our Founding Fathers would be. Op-ed by James Turnage  

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   My standards for evaluating America’s presidents are very high, but at the core is one question: “How did each president affect the quality of life for the majority of all America’s people?”   My opinion begins with the Declaration of Independence.   “ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness .”   How well a president adheres to these principles proves h is or her value or lack of as our nation’s leader.   PRESIDENTS COME GO BUT FEW WILL BE REMEMBERED A S “GREAT”   In America’s 248 - year history, it’s easy to remember presidents which could be labeled as great. Most were “adequate,” a few “good,” and sadly a considerable number were “bad.” There have been 46 presidents, Grover Cleveland twice, but no t consecutively.   My selections for the worst in histo...