TheWiseOldFart

We hear about it all the time: national security. Stories about espionage, computers being hacked by foreign nations, individuals selling national secrets, and more, spike the interest of our nation’s people who are concerned about events which might affect themselves and their loved ones in the future. Politicians, attempting to hide their crimes and the crimes of their fellow congressmen, constantly claim that we, the people, don’t have a right or need to know, “for reasons of national security.” Our government will never tell you about the number of spies our country has around the world in key spots to learn information critical to America’s survival. However, the number would surely surprise most of you. It’s one of the oldest military tactics in history. Is all of this a cover-up for things more sinister and frightening? I ask this question because events over the last 10 years appear to reveal just that. The major policy of our government has become the prevention of our nation’...

  One look at Trump’s residence inside Trump Tower on 5 th avenue in New York City, and it is clear that the malignant narcissist has delusions of grandeur. Gold paint is everywhere on everything. It is gawdy and unlivable for any normal human being. The only differences in Trump 2.0 and his original illegitimate presidency in 2017 is that he is exacerbating his destruction of American values at a much faster pace, and is finding ways to spend more of your tax dollars, while reducing the amount of revenue necessary to slow or end the rising national debt. Between 2017 and 2021 Trump averaged more than six million dollars each month using taxpayer money for personal pleasure. He is on pace in 2025 to increase that unfathomable number to ten million each month. Once again, he is reducing taxes for the super-rich, using funding allotted for Medicaid and other necessary funds to justify his homage to those who don’t need it. He hasn’t talked about his most moronic idea, yet, his unnec...

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...

Everyone who claims to “work” in Washington is useless, corrupt, and a waste of taxpayer money. However, there is a single thing we can always count on from these cowards: they will never “do the right thing.” Let me use two examples of how I learned that the government of the United States of America would be overpaid if they worked for nothing. One month before the 2016 election, a meeting was held in the White House. The meeting came at the request of the leaders of all 18 security agencies. In attendance were President Obama, Vice-President Biden, Moscow Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Chuck Schumer, and Nancy Pelosi. The purpose of the meeting was to confirm the fact to our nation’s leaders that Vladimir Putin was interfering in our upcoming election in support of Donald Trump. However, our gutless leaders decided that the voting public had no right to learn the truth. The result was Trump becoming our 45 th and illegitimate president. Our government has ignored the fact that they ar...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   I was recently diagnosed with high blood pressure. All that is needed is for me to take a single five-milligram pill every morning.   My wife and I cannot afford Medicare part “B” and belong to a group wh ich finds medical services for people without insurance at a reduced cost when we pay for services rendered in full.     A Perfect Example of how F**ked Up our Healthcare System has Become   I picked up my prescription at a loca l, large, chain, pharmacy. I paid $25 for a one-month supply. We are also Costco members. We called their pharmacy and inquired about their prices. The y do not have an agreement with our medical services company. However, a three - month supply of the same medication would cost me only $8.99 if we did not have insurance . We picked up my new prescription on Friday.   The Moral of this Story is “ Don’t Trust Government Sponsored Programs”   There is some hope in America that some of our corpor...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   If you want to see Donald Trump’s America, watch the “highlights” of the annual bitch-fest known as CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, over the next few days. However, if you have high blood pressure, or a heart condition, listening to men and women who have a lower-than-average IQ, and hate their country, may result in a cardiac event or even death.   Today's Ringmaster is Also a Clown The leader of all right-wing politicians received an award this week. In a rating from first to 45 th , Donald John Trump received the much-deserved title of “worst president in history.” If he’s the best they have to offer, take a moment to think about how disastrous the rest of his party would be if allowed to defile the White House.   The truth is simple and irrefutable. Not a single man or woman calling themselves a “Republican” is qualified to lead our nation, and most, like Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Loren Boebert, Jim Jordan, Ted...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   Our government continues to fail its primary responsibility: to improve the lives of all Americans. Although the mainstream media continues to lie about the fact, Greedflation continues to be a serious problem for most Americans.   One half of all Americans live in the low-income level or below the poverty line. This guarantees one fact: housing and the cost of food are their greatest necessities, and both have escalated dramatically. GREEDFLATION REMAINS A BIG AND GROWING PROBLEM  Just months ago, our grocery bill averaged about 120 dollars each week. This has risen to an average of more than 180 dollars per week. Fortunately, my wife and I purchased our home in 1998. Our house payment is about two hundred dollars less than the average one-bedroom apartment in the Reno/Sparks area.   Another area which proves Greedflation continues to exist is our monthly utility bill. Over the last several months our gas and electric bill has risen mor...