TheWiseOldFart

The Saga of the Drumpf Family   Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart You all know it, although I would never brag about it, but I am nine months away from being an octogenarian. Trump is just eight months closer to being way too old to hold any office in any government in the world. Trump’s life experience is far different from my own, and for that, I am grateful. He was born into a life of extreme white privilege and great wealth. I, too, was born into an atmosphere of white privilege, but we were poor and never knew it. However, my life’s path experienced many changes: changes which made me the man I think I am today. Trump’s life never changed. He is the same person today that he was on June 14, 1946. He never learned how to be a good and respected man. He remains a spoiled, rich, white brat who has to have everything his way. His parents really sucked at raising him. This is one of the primary reasons Trump loves his personal Gestapo, ICE. They are nothing like the men and women I knew in l...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   There is no government in the world of developed nations more corrupt than the one occupying seats in the Capitol Building of the United States of America. They are the primary reason why I am ashamed to be an American citizen in the 21 st century. Let me tell you a story. There was a man born in Brooklyn on June 14, 1946. He was the son of a moderately wealthy family which according to other family members offered little more than food and lodging for their new addition. It was not a home filled with love and support. In 1959, at the age of 13, the young man was removed from aloveless home and placed in a military-style boarding school. There was nothing remarkable about him, he was nothing more than another castoff from a wealthy family who chose to have someone else raise their child. After his tenure was complete, he was accepted by Fordham University. His father, a New York businessman, found this less than adequate, paid for a defer...