America’s Federal Government is Composed of Cowards and Hypocrites: Canada’s Mark Carney is Not Afraid of the Orange Buffoon
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart There has only been one “great” president in my 80 years on this planet. His name has become as American as “mom and apple pie.’ John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected and became America’s 35 th President during the first semester of my first year in high school: 1960. Although I had always had an interest in politics, beginning in 1956, his eloquent speech gave me greater feelings of pride, patriotism, and hope. Few of you remember that before he was chosen to lead our country, he wrote a best-selling book. The title was “Profiles in Courage.” The book was released in 1956. Its subject focuses on short biographies of eight U.S. Senators who deserved JFK’s admiration. Sadly, this book could not be written today. It is not feasible that eight men or women out of 100 senators could be called courageous. Hell, they seldom follow the golden rule and simply “do the right thing.” Trump can be defined by many terms: mentally deficient, a malignant n...
