TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Most of you know that on November 9, 2016, I promised myself to never watch television news again, and to fact check every article I read. I have kept that promise. My reason for this decision was based on the 2016 campaign. There were many lies about Hillary Clinton posted on social media and the mainstream media. However, the most grievous crime against American voters was posting headlines filled with ambiguity and half-truths. As a political writer, I understand the importance of titles to get the attention of readers. However, legitimate journalists continue their refusal to do the right thing and use words which are definitive and their meaning undeniable when writing about the worst president in history. Not once in November or December 2020 did I read a headline which told the absolute truth. Not a single legitimate publication had the courage to say, “Trump Lies to the American People,” or “Trump was Badly Beaten in the 2020 Election, and He Knows It,” ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Military leaders are seldom the “sharpest tools in the shed.” They are narrow minded. Their focus is on one thing and one thing only, ‘how to fight the next war.’ I should have said “two things,” the second being how much money they will receive each year from congress. Therefore, I doubt that the Pentagon will learn from their last four defeats by far less costly and numerous forces they promised to defeat quickly and with minimum effort. If we go back to WWII, the last war in which the military of the United States could honestly claim victory, the same lessons we should have learned from Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq apply. In the 21 st century, wars will not be won by force. Hitler’s ambition was world domination. Allies who refused to accept rule by fascism united to defeat the Nazi armies and save millions of people around the world from being forced to bow to a ruthless, fascist dictator. If WWII taught governments and military leaders anything, ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart There is an important historical point in America’s 249-year history which I hope will be recognized by everyone in the future. I call it the “Pre-Reagan Period.” Reagan not only moved our nation in a 180-degree turn, away from a progressive direction and into our darker past, he also encouraged dishonesty, refusal to work with their brothers and sisters across the aisle, and the end of transparency in government. There are few, very few in Washington today who have a genuine patriotic attitude and the courage to speak truth to power. One of these individuals is Jasmine Crockett. Ms. Crockett is a congresswoman from the state of Texas. Last Sunday, she made a speech to her supporters and held nothing back, unlike most of our nation’s cowardly politicians. She not only lambasted the worst president in history, she told the truth about six members of the Supreme Court who are directly responsible for Trump’s ability to destroy everything good about our nation. “We...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Thursday evening, Stephen Colbert announced that his show, “Late Night with Stephen Colbert,” has been cancelled. CBS management surrendered its First Amendment rights to Fuhrer Donald Trump. Another reason to boycott television news and most networks in general. For ten years Trump has pissed on, shit on, and flushed the Constitution down the toilet. Another thing I never thought would happen has happened. A broadcast network, with all the rights and guarantees of the First Amendment places its profits ahead of the future of our country, and the rights of the people to know the truth about corruption and crime in Washington. [CBS Television's management structure is a key part of Paramount Global, with George Cheeks serving as President and CEO of CBS, overseeing various divisions including CBS News and Stations, CBS Sports, CBS Studios, and CBS Media Ventures. Other key executives include Bryon Rubin (Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, CB...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Republicans are idiots, cowards, and traitors to the American people. As I knew they would, Trump’s senators passed Trump’s big bill, which will lessen the quality of life for our nation’s most needy and reduce taxes for his 813 oligarchs. America is mirroring Germany in the 1930’s. But why should Trump care? He is not an American. Trump is loyal to Vladimir Putin and continues to praise his idol, Adolf Hitler. He cares about Donald Trump, exclusively, and the power and wealth his position as America’s illegitimate president offers him. Red state voters, who blindly vote in support of right-wing candidates, live in the poorest states in the Union, and Trump’s policies will result in enormous harm to their future. Let’s call it what it is. In 1981, the once Grand Old Party began to separate itself from their democratic counterparts. Reagan demanded loyalty without dissention, or the audacity to question their leader’s actions. By 2000, the necessary tools to allo...

The Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of our federal government are completely dysfunctional and the situation is irreparable. Our military is useless. It is the largest and most expensive in the world, but hasn’t won a war since WWII. It was unwilling to protect our legislative branch from a violent insurrection, organized, planned, and executed by your illegitimate president. All of these complete failures continue to allow Trump to violate the Constitution every day, and commit the most egregious crimes in American history. In addition to violating the Emoluments Clause, he is holding America’s institutions of higher learning, the Department of Justice, and agencies whose only purpose is to expose government fraud hostage until they comply with his demands. Only in the story of America does a schoolyard bully win against all odds. Our “leaders” are cowards, frauds, and hypocrites. Next Sunday, June 15 th , and although he has no authority to demand their cooperation, Tru...

Trump’s primary effort in 2017 and for the next four years was to divide our nation’s people. The plan, co-created by his puppeteer, Vladimir Putin, worked very well. “Divide and conquer” was their motto, and because most Americans learn everything they know from television, it was a major success. During the 2024 campaign, empty seats dominated the stories about Trump’s hate rallies. That was just the beginning. Kamala Harris received massive amounts of campaign donations, far surpassing those of the old man. After another election, which I am convinced was once again rigged by Putin, Trump is extremely unpopular with the two most important groups: Democrats and Independents. Once again, I believe our corrupt government is hiding the truth, hiding their incompetence. There are signs at every protest calling Trump what he is, a fascist, and demanding his removal from the White House. The right wing’s fascist manifesto, Project 2025, is being checked off plan by plan. The 922-page docum...

I have long been aware that the first meeting between Trump and Vladimir Putin was in Moscow in 1987. The 41-year-old business failure was desperate to save his future. When he received an invitation from the KGB to come to Moscow, he and his first wife, Ivana, eagerly accepted the invitation. As you would expect, there are no records of the time they spent in the Russian capital. However, we do know that in the late 1980’s Putin was a high-ranking member of the spy agency, and a rising star in Russian politics. Between 1987 and 2013, there is no proof that the two men met again in person. However, when Trump’s real estate business began to fail during the time he was in Moscow, and continued into the 1990’s, Russian oligarchs began to invest in his New York and Florida properties and he was rescued from a bankruptcy and the likely demise of his “empire.” Then, in 2013, under the guise of taking the Miss Universe Pageant to Moscow, Trump once again traveled to the Russian capital. A fo...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If I look at the 2024 election objectively, I would swear that Republicans don’t want to win the presidency. Looking at politicians, and voters who claim to compose the GOP, if Trump is the best they have to offer, this tells us a lot about the lack of ability and intelligence coming from the right side of the aisle. Not that I would have voted for her in November, but when Nikki Haley declared her candidacy last year, I believed Republicans had a very good chance of taking back the presidency in 2024. ARROGANCE AND IGNORANCE CREATE LOSERS First, we look at the entire Republican Party. Insiders claim that most Republican politicians despise Trump. However, without the support of his cult, winning elections is nearly impossible. Hillary called them “a basket of deplorables,” and she was 100 percent accurate. Most of them support Trump for one reason: he is the leader of the white supremacist movement in America. Racism is a far more severe problem t...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   In 2016 , I wrote my first “Letter to the American People.” I warned every eligible voter about the dange rous and likely disastrous possibility of Donald Trump becoming our 45 th president.   Most Americans paid attention. He lost to Hillary Clinton in the popular vote by three million. However, interference by Russian agents, following orders from Vladimir Putin, he received the Electoral College vote and became our country’s first illegitimate president.   WHAT AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT MUST NOT BE   Donald John Trump is a man without morals or principles. His life’s story is built on lies and misconception s . Much of the damage for which he is responsible between 2017 and 2021 is irreparable. He must not be given four more years to complete his orders to destroy the nation of our Founding Fathers.   Thursday’s decision by a jury of his peers in a federal court revealed to everyone the extent of his debauchery, lack of a moral compa...