TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Every morning I read the news on my laptop. It is an overused complaint that it is always bad, never good. However, in 21 st century America, It is mostly about situations which are just plain moronic. Everything I read could be easily repaired, shouldn’t have happened in the first place, or about issues which are not in reality, news. There was a time when this type of reporting originated primarily from the weird sate of Florida. However, it is clear that the “virus” has spread to all 50 states. TODAY’S STORIES WHICH ARE NOT “NEWS” One of Trump’s most recent disasters is his redesign of the National Mall’s reflecting pool. When it was completed the first time, algae made the water turn “puke green.” Then patches of blue paint began to float to the surface. It was clear that the company paid to remake the pool had no idea what they were doing. Breaking another rule, this from the Department of Parks and Recreation, Trump refused to get three bids for the proje...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I ask a question; “how dumb are we.” The “we” includes an uninformed and therefore ignorant electorate which decides who will represent the people in Washington. Sitting on the right side of the aisle are the dumbest and most corrupt men and women in our nation’s history. It could be worse. “Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.” Will Rogers LATEST STUPIDITY FROM THE RIGHT Recently New Jersey passed a very sensible law which could save thousands of lives. Assault rifles have a single purpose: to kill a large number of humans in a few seconds. With gun violence escalating in the U.S., the New Jersey state legislature banned the sale of AR-15’s to regular citizens. A group of right-wing-leaning federal judges struck down the law. There are more mass shootings in America than days on the calendar, and apparently, that’s acceptable. Real presidents attempt to inspire our nation’s citizens. Not the orange buffoon. On Thursday even...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Over the last seven months, gun violence/domestic terrorism has experienced a huge increase. This happened in 2017 when Trump was enjoying his first illegitimate presidency. Domestic terrorism and mass shootings make America the most dangerous nation in the world. Add to this the end of American democracy and the fascist in the White House who is eager to place anyone who is not pure white in his growing number of concentration camps, and I ask an honest question: “Why would anyone from a foreign nation want to come to America.?” Trump is a national disaster. His policies are destroying the flourishing economy he inherited from President Biden. It is now completely clear that the Pentagon supports its fascist/Nazi Commander-in-Chief. This is sad for many reasons, but most importantly because WWII was a fight against fascism. The leaders of our military are telling the American people that the more than 407,000 men and women who sacrificed their lives to save the...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart This time it happened in Alabama. If the perpetrators were Muslim radicals, right-wing politicians would be screaming and demanding that action be taken immediately. However, for those is Washington, it’s just another bloody weekend in “the greatest country in the world.” That’s what politicians tell us. The headline this Sunday: BIRMINGHAM, Alabama. — Four people are dead and 18 others were shot when multiple shooters fired on "people in the open" Saturday night, according to Birmingham police.] Information obtained by law enforcement is leading them to believe that this was not an isolated incident. However, it is not clear who the target might have been, or why it happened. What they do know is multiple shooters began firing into a crowd. Officers believe that many of those injured or killed were innocent bystanders. THE NRA GUN LOBBY, AND RIGHT-WING POLITICIANS OWNED BY THE NRA, WILL LIE, CLAIMING THAT GUNS ARE NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM If you have r...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Where were you, and what were you doing on the morning of September 11, 2001? There are only two days in my 78 years that I remember in detail: November 22, 1963, and September 11, 2001. I was a senior in high school in 1963. I was walking between third and fourth period classes when I learned that President John F. Kennedy had been murdered in Dallas, Texas. Sitting in my fourth period classroom, there was nothing but silence throughout the school. We were eventually sent home. It was a Tuesday and I was out for my morning run in the BLM land just north of my home. As I was returning home, my wife was waving frantically in our front yard. My mother was in hospice care in Idaho, and that was my first thought. When I reached home, my wife just said, “you have to see this.” The top floors of the first tower of the World Trade Center were burning. I couldn’t believe my own eyes. The date was 9/11/01. OUR NATION WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME Not since December 7, 1941, ha...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   Some people sitting behind the podium, and a few reporters and cameramen saw him. They watched someone “bear crawling” on top of a building just outside of the event where Trump was about to hold another hate rally .    The Secret Service and other law enforcement officers did nothing, and apparen tly saw nothing until the sound of gunfire was heard by everyone.   Trump reached his hand up to the right side of his face and dropped down behind the podium. When he was helped up by about a half dozen men and women, blood was trickling from his right ear. I couldn’t help bu t think about a time when I watched a documentary about professional wrestling.    There’s a saying in the fake sport: “red gets green.” This simply means that “blood draws spectators.” The blood is real, but the reason for it was an illusion. The “injured” wres tler had a razor blade between his first two fingers and cut himself.   I’m not claiming tha...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The latest Gallup poll reveals that at least 56 percent of all Americans are in favor of strict controls over gun purchases, and banning assault rifles, high output magazines, and bump stocks. Several years ago, FBI Director Christopher Wray sat before congress and informed our elected officials that “domestic terrorism” is the greatest danger to the American people. The focus was on the growing number of mass shootings in America. A mass shooting is defined as ‘four or more individuals wounded or killed in a single incident involving the use of a gun.’ Over the last seven years, the number of mass shootings is greater than the number of days on the calendar. No place is a safe place in America. Shopping malls, grocery stores, restaurants, bars, movie theaters, concerts, the workplace, churches, synagogues, mosques, and schools have been targets for deranged individuals armed with a weapon or weapons of mass destruction. HAPPY FATHER’S DAY AT THE...