TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart “If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck.” If you see something with your own eyes, it is reality, and cannot be questioned or denied. Trump is an idiot, and nothing proves this fact more than when he attempts to convince the American people that what they see is not real, and what he tells them is the only reality. The term is “gaslighting.” ["Gaslighting" (often misspelled "gaslighting") is a manipulative tactic where someone makes a victim question their own reality, memory, or sanity, creating self-doubt, confusion, and dependence, often to gain power, by denying events, trivializing feelings, or twisting facts. It's a form of psychological abuse, making the victim feel "crazy" or like they are "overreacting".] Trump’s biggest problem is that he thinks all Americans are as dumb as he and his followers choose to be. With our birthdays just three weeks apart, I would challenge the orange buffoon t...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Immediately, without an investigation, without discussing the tragedy with any member of a legitimate law enforcement agency, Kristi Noem stood before the television cameras and claimed that the victim who had just been shot and killed by a member of ICE was a “domestic terrorist who had attempted to run over the agents with her vehicle.” Two videos and statements by eyewitnesses rebuked her rash and unverified statement, calling the death of 37-year-old Renee Niclole Good a murder. NO ONE IN POWER CAN BE TRUSTED IN THE 21 ST CENTURY Personally, because I have learned not to trust anyone in our government, and all law enforcement agencies, while placing my trust in regular Americans, like me, I immediately called “bullshit.” Noem is another paid liar whose only true function is to protect her Fuhrer. Here’s what I know from what I read, not from watching the ‘boob tube.’ Trump, his Nazi Party, six members of the Supreme Court, the Pentagon, and 902 oligarchs ar...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart First, a reminder for our government: “this is our country. It belongs to us. You work for us and hiding the truth proves that you are lying about everything.” It is totally fair to judge your government by its own words and actions. When the men and women we elect lie to us, all trust is gone, forever. TRUMP LIES CONSTANTLY Since June 15, 2015, Trump told more than 100,000 lies in front of the television cameras, at his hate rallies, and on social media, likely while sitting on the toilet in the middle of the night. His biggest lie, a lie he knew was entirely false, claiming victory in the 2020 election continues. I find it unbelievable that anyone, any voter, in America is so weak-minded they ignore the decisions of more than 60 state courts, and his own, stacked Supreme Court. 2026: MORE LIES AND THE LEAST QUALIFIED ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY There is no possible way Trump could have chosen a less qualified staff for his second, illegitimate administration. Ma...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Another of Trump’s constant lies during the 2024 campaign is that his immigration policy would “only detain and deport undocumented immigrants who were criminals, including drug traffickers and rapists.” No surprise: he lied. Trump’s personal Gestapo, ICE, continues to kidnap and incarcerate anyone who is non-white, including citizens and others who have legal, temporary residence in the United States. There are multiple accounts when ICE has beaten, terrorized, and detained innocent men, women, and children. More recently it has murdered one woman in Minneapolis and mortally wounded a man and woman in Portland. These mostly poorly educated, white men wearing masks to hide their identity, claim to be law enforcement, when in reality they are Nazis, eager to cause harm and inflict pain on all non-whites, non-Christians, all women, the LGBTQ community, and anyone who resists their criminal and immoral actions. On Sunday, thousands of patriotic Americans in Minneap...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart We’re a little slow, but when the situation becomes unbearable, the American people eventually stand up and say, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore.” It’s time for ICE to be disbanded. Trump’s personal Gestapo is composed of villains and thugs. The level of violence from this group of less than humans, is escalating rapidly. When Renee Nicole Good was murdered by ICE agents in Minneapolis, the Trump administration began telling outrageous lies in an effort to cover-up the truth. However, eyewitness accounts combined with two videos don’t lie. This was an act of first-degree murder committed by a group of Nazis. On Thursday, two additional innocent American citizens were shot by Trump’s Gestapo in Portland. After the man and woman were rushed to a hospital, their condition unknown, Portland city council member, Sameer Kanal, had this to say.  “You are hearing and you are seeing attempts to justify the unjustifiable, to completely defend the in...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Thugs, villains, criminals, racists, bigots, Nazis: these terms clearly define the men who compose Trump’s personal Gestapo known as ICE. What happened in Minneapolis to 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was bound to happen. ICE has been escalating its acts of violence over the last 12 months. As a group, they continue to demonstrate a total lack of respect for human life. Like all schoolyard bullies, Trump is using ICE to commit crimes against humanity in his name. Trump and his woefully unqualified Director of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, are lying to cover-up what is clearly an act of murder. They claim that this mother of three was attempting to drive her vehicle into members of Trump’s Gestapo. This vile event happened in a residential neighborhood, and the following is an eyewitness account. [A witness to the shooting told CNN her "life is forever changed" after what happened. Emily Heller recounted how she was in the middle of making breakfast wh...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart After his failure to protect our nation’s people from the attacks on 9/11, George W. Bush championed the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the Patriot Act, and ICE. None of these actions were necessary. America had agencies in place to protect our nation, but they lacked sufficient funding and competent leadership. Actions by the Bush Administration were purely political; efforts to secure victories in the midterm elections. For the next three years, Bush and his party controlled our nation with fear tactics. Every speech, every news conference contained references to 9/11 ad nauseum. The Department of Homeland Security wasted no time in proving its incompetence. With the use of emotions, it controlled our nation’s people for the next several years. Under puppy killer, Kristi Noem, it has become an asset for Trump’s personal Gestapo. The Patriot Act removes protections guaranteed to every citizen under the First, Fourth, Fifth, and 14 th Amendmen...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart George W. Bush placed our nation in two unwinnable and costly wars. His lies and misleading allegations cost our nation dearly with the loss of life and nearly bankrupting our economy. His lack of oversight for Wall Street, and a failed fiscal policy of trickle-down economics, caused the Great Recession. However, a ‘knee jerk’ reaction to 9/11 resulted in two additional mistakes and crimes which continue to harm our nation today. A Republican led Congress passed bills which created the American Gestapo, known as ICE, and the Unconstitutional Patriot Act. On October 26, 2001, Bush 23 signed the Patriot Act into law. We were told that it was an effort to prevent another terrorist attack on our nation. However, it was far more nefarious. It allowed every law enforcement agency in America to detain any individual suspected of a possible act of terrorism, It also allowed these agencies to confiscate items found on their person, in their vehicles, and in their homes. ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart No one will disagree with me when I say that Halloween is every child’s second favorite holiday. They love dressing up as their favorite character, real or imagined. What child doesn’t love candy? Adults have attempted to make it a day when men dress as the monsters they would like to be and women as the type of woman they are hiding within. One of the symptoms of malignant narcissism is the need to intentionally harm others. Last night, children across America were celebrating Halloween as their parents watched them closely, fearing they might be kidnapped by Trump’s Gestapo. My wife and I live in Northern Nevada, in a housing development of more than 1,600 homes. It is about 12 miles north of downtown Reno, considered a safe neighborhood. All of our streets are cul-de-sacs.  We moved here in 1999. Like all new homeowners, we were anxious to celebrate every holiday. We had no idea how many children to expect on Halloween night. I don't remember for certain,...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart After the cowardly attacks on 9/11, our country became obsessed with “terrorism.” A ‘knee-jerk’ reaction by a Republican administration created the unconstitutional “Patriot Act,” and created a Gestapo known as ICE. However, a few years ago, then FBI Director, Christopher Wray, informed Congress that domestic terrorism is now the greatest danger to the American people. This has been proven by one statistic. Since 2017, there have been more mass shootings every year than days on the calendar. However, with a Hitler wannabe defiling our White House in 2025, domestic terrorism has revealed itself as our own government, and members of the United States Military. Trump is using a group of thugs and criminals as his own personal Gestapo, known as ICE, to accomplish his personal goal to ‘ethnically cleanse’ all Hispanics from America. Hitler was his idol. Every legitimate news agency with the courage to report the truth has stories to tell about these thugs and villain...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I pride myself on being an informed, caring, and today, a frightened American. Obviously, I despise and reject our current government. It has devolved into the most corrupt and incompetent body of governance in the world. Its leader is clearly the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler. Five words repeated by every professional politician incessantly are intended to hide the growing level of corruption in all three branches of a government which are failing to perform in a manner designed and designated by our Founding Fathers. These words are “for reasons of national security.” Today, one of Trump’s “armies” is revealing the true ambitions of America’s biggest traitor, who is supported and encouraged by his handler, Russian President Vladimir Putin. If you are one of the few who refuse to watch television “news,” and take the time to read, you are fully informed and know the truth about what is happening inside the confines of what was our nation’s most cherished Whtie ...

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 First and foremost, ICE should not exist. Its creation was unnecessary, a “knee-jerk” reaction to the tragedies which occurred on September 11, 2001. They are poorly trained and far from a legitimate law enforcement agency. They have become Trump’s personal Gestapo. Raids, national guard deployment, and the creation of concentration camps, are poorly disguised efforts to ethnically cleanse America, and punish Trump’Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump’s ignorant supporters would claim that my title is a lie. If you call ethnic cleansing, political retribution, destroying critical agencies, giving tax cuts to those who don’t need or deserve them, golfing, partying at Mar-a-Lago, and spending more than 10 million dollars of taxpayer money to open a golf club in Scotland, then yes, he is very busy spending your money for his own purposes. Let’s go back in time. In his first week in office in 2009, Barack Obama gathered the greatest minds available and make plans to save ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In March of 2003, an incompetent Republican administration acted hastily and without intelligent examination and consideration to create a new government agency. It was, and is, unnecessary. This rash decision resulted in what can only be called what it is: a secret police force to be used in any manner our presidents decide acceptable. This followed the misnamed “Patriot Act,” which removed the 4 th , 5 th , and 14 th Amendment rights of every American citizen. ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is unlike any legitimate law enforcement agency. Its guidelines and policies vary, not cemented in any form of legitimate and comprehensive rules and regulations. It is very obvious that what little training its agencies receive does not include public relations or even respect for the men, women, and children they kidnap and detain. Most Americans do not respect or trust ICE agents. They are nothing more than brutal thugs. Trump is using them as his personal Ge...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It was May 6, 2024. While playing with his boy toys, his oligarchs, at Mar-a-Lago, Trump made a hilarious statement, calling President Biden and his staff the “Gestapo Administration.” His reason was based on the fact that a real President was purging traitors from our nation. Biden had the ‘nerve’ to prosecute criminals who just happened to be GOP candidates running for political office. If Trump was allowed to run for office, after committing the greatest act of treason in American history, why shouldn’t they? The reason: the only person placed above the law by the Supreme Court of the United States in history is Donald John Trump. This is hilarious because Trump is using his personal Gestapo, known as ICE, to violate the Fifth Amendment rights of thousands of men, women, and children by kidnapping them and placing them in concentration camps without due process. It is impossible for any man or woman who reads the truth about what is happening in our country t...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart ICE is Trump’s personal “GESTAPO,” simply spelled differently. They are thugs who are devoted to Hitler, Putin, and Trump, raising their right arms and shouting “Sieg Heil” whenever one of their masters are present. Members of ICE are also members of Trump’s Neo-Nazi army. It’s about time for the mainstream media to be honest and label Trump with the name he has earned. He never was “President Trump.” He must be referred to as Dictator Trump, or more formally, “Fuhrer Trump.” Yesterday he placed the people in Washington D.C. under “martial law.” Today they established checkpoints. About eight last evening about 20 masked thugs began stopping traffic at a very busy intersection. They are apparently looking for anyone who is non-white, claiming they are ‘illegal immigrants.’ In just days every American will be required to carry their “papers,” proving they are in America legally. However, experience proves that it doesn’t matter to Trump and his thugs. If you are ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Let’s get right to it. Law Enforcement and our nation’s Military are fascist organizations. Neither could exist without unwavering obedience to their superiors, and absolute loyalty is understood by all. This should not be a surprise. If you ever served time in the military, the concept of “chain of command” is repeated ad nauseam. The same is true in every law enforcement training facility. I have a confession to make. Before I was a junior in high school, I was ignorant, not because I didn’t read or ask questions, because the real world had been hidden from me. I learned that I had been raised in an atmosphere of white privilege. My life had been focused on church and school. The Catholic Church controlled my life. I never came in contact with a Black child until I left St. Bernard’s High School and attended Venice High School. I learned a new term, a new reality: our country was divided into “two Americas.” I was raised to believe in an illusion, I’m not talk...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart “I will end inflation on day one.” “When I am president, I will end the policy of taxing tips.” “On day one, I will end the war in Ukraine.” “I will be too busy making great deals to play golf.” These and more Trump campaign promises were all lies. What Trump has done is fire government employees who actually worked in Washington, and passed legislation that will eliminate healthcare for as many as 60 million Americans, and give additional tax cuts to his 813 oligarchs. Under the guise of “immigration reform,” Trump and his personal gestapo, ICE, have begun what can only be called ‘ethnic cleansing.’ Another “accomplishment” was to add two totally unnecessary flagpoles on the White House lawn. His next plan is to use 200-400 million dollars to construct a ballroom inside the White House. Is this really important in a nation which is bleeding money as fast as Trump can waste it? Trump is seldom in the “People’s House.” Most of his time is spent golfing or partyin...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is a Nazi. He is proud of his concentration camp built in the middle of the Florida Everglades. He gave it what he thought was a clever name, “Alligator Alcatraz.” This is what people who hate America are willing to do to innocent men, women, and children who are guilty of nothing more than seeking a better life, not unlike the early settlers who arrived from Western Europe in the 1500’s and 1600’s. [The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025,” was released this week by Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human Rights Watch and Sanctuary of the South. It alleges widespread mistreatment of migrants detained at the Krome North Service Processing Center, Broward Transitional Center and the Federal Detention Center in Miami.] There is no denying the fact that Trump’s personal gestapo, hiding their faces behind masks and calling themselves “ICE,...