TheWiseOldFart

The mistakes our Founding Fathers made at the end of the Constitutional Convention in 1789 are more numerous than you might believe. However, all of their errors can be credited to their naivete. They wrongfully assumed future leaders would possess the same integrity, dignity, principles, and morals which they shared. They failed to understand the weakness of most men and their desire for wealth and power at the expense of the people they were elected to represent and serve. Loud and angry debates were commonplace between the most and least populated regions and states. Hindsight is of no value, but it does reveal much of what has happened in Washington as our country entered the 21 st century, as a result of decisions made to appease smaller states. What is wrong with America’s political system? The number is high, but a few changes would have given the democratic republic more power to prevent corruption. First and foremost would have been term limits on all three branches. It is no...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Today, July 4, 2024, all real Americans celebrate the Birth of the New Nation, now 248 years old.. Our Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. I can’t imagine the excitement Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and the others felt as their dream had begun. The war with England was underway. The Revolutionary War began in Lexington and Concord in April of 1775, and would not end until September of 1783. The United States of America has often been described as “the Great Experiment.” Most factors were against the success of a new nation, founded on freedom and equality for all. The two primary principles were the elimination of an autocratic form of government and prevent what happened in England, and the final reason our Founding Fathers came to the New World, religious persecution. 248 YEARS LATER, WILL OUR SECOND PRESIDENT’S WORDS BECOME REALITY? “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders its...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   We know fascism is inevitable if Trump regains the presidency, but what would that mean, and how would he achieve Putin’s goals?   Here’s what Washington insiders have learned.   Trump’s daughter-in-law slashed the staff at the RNC, removing anyone not 100 percent loyal to the orange buffoon. Trump plans to do the same within the entire federal government.   He has plans to remake federal law enforcement into his personal gestapo and enact revenge against his many, many enemies.   Plans are being made to shred the Constitution and give massive power to the executiv e branch, making the legislative and judicial branches puppets for Trump and his cronies.   He would end free and fair elections, establishing an autocratic government. He would become Fuhrer Donald Tr ump, aka “Big Adolf.”   Secretive supporters re memb er the chaos which was the Trump administration between 2017 and 2021. They are completing plans to tak e c...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The image of the United States of America in the minds of our idealistic Founding Fathers can be found in the words contained in the Declaration of Independence and the first ten Amendments in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. However, I doubt they would see their dreams in today’s America. Some of the mistakes they made were originally based on the levels of integrity within their peers. Politicians have morphed into corrupt and ambitious men and women. Political success takes precedence over the welfare of our nation’s people in the 21 st century. The Word is Freedom Every person who signed our most sacred documents agreed that the First Amendment contained the rights most important to every American. However, in 2017 Trump and his American Fascist Party began to remove those rights, claiming that they are reserved exclusively for wealthy white men. Their ambition is to remove our democratic government and replace it with fascism with Trump as their Fuhre...