TheWiseOldFart

Okay, before you go ballistic about my title, I have a preponderance of evidence which proves that white men are the reason for American never becoming a “great country.” (Trump is simply the worst of the worst). Fact number one: most men my age who are white hold onto prejudices they had when they were much younger. Our generation was about “success,” and success meant making lots and lots of money. We were taught to be “politically correct,” at least in public. Christianity was the only valid religion. Black people possessed a lower level of intelligence than whites. And women were expected to “remain in their place.” One more thing: any type of sexual relationship other than heterosexual was forbidden by the leaders of every Christian religion. They preached their hate messages every time they stood behind a pulpit. Until the age of 16, most of my life was surrounded in an atmosphere of white privilege. In my last year of parochial education, there was a single Black student in the ...

I have a question to which I know I already have the answer, but I want you to tell me what you believe, unless you have been brainwashed by Trump and Fox News for the last 10 years. If you look at the facts and listen to your heart, would you describe Trump as a dictator today? Let’s begin with the facts, something Trump, his party, and his supporters hate more than anything else in the world. As he did in 2017, Trump is violating the Constitution every day he remains your illegitimate president. He is exercising powers which do not belong to the executive branch. In 2024, the corrupt and biased Supreme Court appeared to give him absolute power. However, this is not a reality. The once respected Court has become the most prejudiced and corrupt legal entity in American history. When our Founding Fathers wrote and signed the Law of the Land in 1789, their primary goal was to guarantee that the executive branch was the least powerful of all three “separate but equal” branches of our gove...

  Reports about ignorant Republican voters turning on their Fuhrer offer me a glimmer of hope for our nation’s future. They prove one fact I have been writing about for the last ten years. Wealth and intelligence are not synonymous, and Trump is as dumb as a bag of rocks. “Republican” politicians are about to relieve themselves in their pants. As the level of anger directed at Trump increases, their fears of not winning reelection in 2026 are also on the rise. Remember, all 435 seats in the House are up for reelection every two years. Republican members of the House have been obstructionists for the last 10 years, and the people are beginning to notice. The last two congressional sessions have been the least productive in modern history. The reason is clear and irrefutable: Republicans have been spending all of their time attempting to protect their Criminal-in-Chief. Their problems began immediately when Trump failed to keep his biggest campaign promise. Not only did he not end in...

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 was lying in bed this morning thinking about the last two-and-one-half weeks. I was musing selfishly and thinking about what it means to me. I realized that in my 78 years, the same number of years of life as Trump, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, my feelings for my country have changed. Unlike the politicians who share my age, I witnessed America from the real world, the world most of our country’s people share with me. When I was a boy entering first grade, I believed that America was the greatest country in the world. Of course, by the time I was in high school, I realized that the country I worshipped was not perfect, not by a long shot. Although I began my interest in politics at the age of 10, it became far more serious before I was in my 20’s. The debacle known as the Vietnam War greatly altered my view of the men and women who served in Washington. The first men who were sent to a war halfway around the world were in my age group. They were drafted into a war with...

Trump will never change. He will remain a liar, a hypocrite, and a self-serving fascist until he dies: probably not soon enough. This new year has already experienced multiple tragedies, including a senseless attack, an act of pure domestic terrorism, which killed 15 and injured more than 30 men and women in New Orleans. A second act of domestic terrorism occurred in Las Vegas, in front of Trump’s hotel when a Green Beret detonated explosives inside of a Tesla truck, killing himself and injuring seven others. Trump being Trump claimed that the tragedy in New Orleans was committed by an illegal immigrant. He obviously did not or could not read the story. He based all of his allegations on the name of the perpetrator: Shamsud-Din Jabbar. The truth is, the terrorist was born in America and was an army veteran. Even Fox News was forced to correct Trump’s lie. “When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that statement was constantly ref...

It is an irrefutable fact that the current Supreme Court is corrupt. Six of the justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, are biased towards right-wing extremism, and five are loyal to Trump. Not one of the six right-wing supporting justices is performing the jobs defined by the Constitution when they were sworn into office. When they committed the ultimate betrayal of their only purpose on one of the darkest days in American history, June 24, 2022, by repealing a 49-year-old decision by a legitimate Supreme Court, Roe v Wade, they prove that they are the most corrupt and unprincipled Court in history. Roberts is obviously ashamed of himself and his five corrupt associates. He also appears to be frightened, aware that our nation has become the most violent in the nation thanks to Trump and his fake Republican Party. No longer is violent reaction exclusive to the right-wing extremists who are loyal to Trump and his fascist policies. “There is of course no place for violence di...

On November 9, 2016 when the nightmare became a reality, I was very aware that four years of an illegitimate Trump presidency would be very bad. However, I underestimated both his incompetence and his lack of average intelligence. His fake presidency was 100 times worse than I imagined. Trump intentionally divided our nation’s people to a level not seen since the Civil War. He trashed the Constitution on a daily basis as he made it perfectly clear that he would punish all non-whites, the LGBTQ community, anyone who challenged his doomed to fail policies, his belief that women had only one purpose, and displayed his support of a plutocracy, believing that simply being wealthy made you more intelligent and qualified for anything you desired. Then, during the last days of his illegitimate presidency, he committed the most heinous crimes of all. On January 6, 2021, he committed treason as he planned, organized, and executed a failed coup. On January 20, 2021, as he was evicted from the Whi...

Today completes one week since one of the darkest days in our nation’s history. I find it strange that in just nine years my list of the darkest days in American history has drastically changed. Prior to Trump’s intrusion into our nation’s politics, my personal list of the most horrific days in our nation’s 248 years began with three unforgettable and unforgettable events: 9/11, December 7, 1941, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. In the 21 st century, I believe there are other tragic events which threatened our nation’s future from within. Events within our own country, committed by our own leaders, with the assistance of leaders from other nations, could eventually erase the dreams of our Founding Fathers. On January 6, 2021, a sitting president organized, planned, and executed a failed, violent coup after losing badly in his bid for reelection. The truth is, this terrible day could have been stopped before it began if our government and our military had ...

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   I can’t help but think, “what would Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and John Kennedy be thinking today about the worst government in the world?”   For the first time in my life, I know that all three branches of our government are corrupt, and nothing will change without courage and determination by our nation’s people. However, If I can j udge today’s America by the polls, the dream of our Founding Fathers is about to take its last breaths.   All of our nation’s great leaders would be shocked to know that a man who attempted to overthrow our government was allowed to run for office, and even more so that he had millions of supporters.   WORSE THAN ANY THIRD-WORLD COUNTRY   Let’s look at this year’s election honestly, not politically.   I remember my first presidential election. I turned 21 in 1967, and in 1968 I would be voting for the man who would lead my beloved country for the ne xt f...