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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Wednesday evening was historic. Not since Lyndon Johnson in 1968 had a sitting president qualified for reelection removed himself from his party’s ticket. President Biden offered his reasons for ending his campaign for reelection in an act of pure class I seldom see in Washington. "Nowhere else on Earth could a kid with a stutter from modest beginnings in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Claymont, Delaware, one day sit behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office as the President of the United States. Here I am." This was the beginning of his speech. He went on to explain that his decision was motivated by one belief, it was the right thing to do for his country. 52 YEARS OF SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY IS ENOUGH TO ASK FROM ANY MAN OR WOMAN President Biden began his distinguished career in 1972, becoming the junior Senator from Delaware. He is the youngest person ever to be elected to the Senate. His 30 th birthday, the required age for a Senator, ca

o Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is the primary reason why peace does not exist in the Middle East. He has refused to honestly discuss a solution to the unnecessary enmity between the Israeli and Palestinian people since his first term as Prime Minister in 1996. When the terrorist group Hamas murdered 364 Israelis on October 7, 2023, taking 40 more hostages, no one could find fault with Netanyahu’s intention to retaliate and hopefully rescue innocent victims taken during the massacre. MS. HARRIS EXPRESSES HER OPINION However, the attacks on Gaza have caused the deaths of more than 39,000 mostly innocent civilians, and displaced more than 2.3 million. Israel’s targets include hospitals and schools. This is not retaliation for his nation’s suffering, it looks more like genocide. After an angry speech before Congress, and a meeting with President Biden and Vice-President Harris Thursday, Netanyahu met with Trump on Friday at his trashy, white resort/ho

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Over the last few days, I have felt something I thought I had lost. I have been happy, and I feel what I thought I would never feel again: hope for my country. It reminds me of the Star Wars movies: the force of evil is losing its strength, and the force of good is becoming stronger. Joe Biden is Yoda, and Kamala Harris is Luke Skywalker. The ring has been passed, and the future is clear and filled with hope. No one was excited about the next election, and one change, one person, has brought new interest and an excitement which has been missing since the end of 2016. REPUBLICAN VOTERS ARE IN DENIAL ABOUT PROJECT 2025 AND AGENDA 47 I talked to one of my brothers-in-law yesterday. He watches FOX News and chooses to be brainwashed. I asked him what he thought about Project 2025. He said, “none of that will happen.” I wanted to ask him ‘where were you living between 2017 and 2021,’ but thought better of it. He’s a great guy and I didn’t want to ruin our relationship

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If our Founding Fathers were alive today, they would take a long look at what they accomplished in 1789. Much of what was done during the Constitutional Convention was both great and revolutionary. However, they would also learn that they overestimated their faith in mankind, and this single fact placed the future of the new country in jeopardy. At the top of their revelations would be the failure to establish term limits for all three branches of government, and their creation of the Electoral College. Their intent was to allow the people to choose their president, but the Electoral College gave that right to the states. They believed that every vote should count, but that has never happened. “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This quote describes both the legislative branch and the judicial branch in the 21 st century. The legislative branch is not broken, it is shattered and dysfunctional. Lost are the precepts of a two-party system whe