TheWiseOldFart

    Republicans don’t know or don’t care that the citizens of the richest and most populous state in the Union, California, are Americans. In fact they are true Americans while Republicans offer their fealty to Trump and his puppeteer, Vladimir Putin. I grew up in Los Angeles. I will always be grateful to have lived in the greatest city, the greatest state, until I was in my early 40’s. No other state offers such a variety of lifestyles. No other state offers the opportunities available in California. I lived in Los Angeles when many terrible fires occurred in Malibu, Laurel Canyon, and other wooded areas when the Santa Ana winds blew in from the east. However, I could never imagine the tragedies which are devasting such beautiful areas of Southern California today. As of today, Monday, January 13, 2025, more than 12,300 structures have burned and 24 lives have been lost. And the winds will be worse today according to Los Angeles weathermen. H...

  I guess I have to say it again: “if Trump’s piehole is open, he’s lying.” In another of his rambling speeches, filled with gibberish and unintelligible phrases, Trump offered another lie. Why? Because the majority of Californians reject a Trump presidency and will never accept him as their leader. It is clear that Trump is Beelzebub on earth. In a speech made from his fat, old, rich, white man’s playpen, Mar-a-Lago, Trump blamed the horrific fires occurring in Southern California on a shortage of water caused by Governor Gavin Newsome’s policies. He also claimed that President Biden has used all available FEMA funds and there are none left for him when he takes the oath of office in just 11 days. That oath will be nothing but another lie. Of course, both allegations are blatant lies. Newsome has never received a bill to sign related to water restrictions in California. He literally does not know what he’s talking about, regardless of the subject. Remember, he actually suggested t...

Principles, morals, respect, and trust. Every country, every nation’s leaders, and every individual in every country must possess the first two qualities and earn the latter two. Without these qualities, no country, no individual will accomplish anything of value, anything worth remembering. These things I learned from my grandfather and one of my uncles. I consider myself a good and spiritual man because I have worked hard to be the best person I can be. I am far from perfect, but my search for perfection continues at the age of 78. Education is a tool. If it is used properly, it can aid an individual in his or her search to reach higher levels of spirituality and understanding. Therefore, I believe in questioning everything. If you don’t receive answers which make sense, you should probably discard the information. Why am I writing about myself? The truth is that I am not important enough to have anything written about me. However, the most valuable part of my education has come from...

    I was reading an article in the Daily Kos this morning. It literally mirrored my evaluation of all right-wing politicians over the last nine years. An article by Bill Addis began with the truth. [Everything and all things relating to Trump start with cruelty and stupidity and end in hypocrisy. [In the Trump era, the Republicans have gone out of their way to change their minds because when a Democrat does it, it's an outrage. When it's a Republican, it's business as usual.] If you are a history buff, you know when this all began and these policies were instrumental in the demise of the once Grand Old Party. In 1981, Ronald Reagan refused to allow any Republican politician to have free thought and any opinion other than his own. Loyalty and unity were demanded by the actor turned president. After the Republican Party took its final breaths on January 19, 2017, there has been no dissent within Trump’s American Fascist Party. However, that may change i...

  The last two congresses, with control of the House in Republican’s incapable hands, passed the fewest bills into law in modern American history. Right-wing politicians spend most of their time protecting Trump from his many crimes and have no time and no interest in performing the jobs for which they were elected. When they are in the Capitol Building, they spend most of their time contacting current and potential donors for their reelection campaigns. Although they are only required to be in Washington 100 days a year, when they are present their efforts are seldom focused on passing legislation which benefits all Americans. It is fair to claim that the government of the United States of America is the most incompetent and corrupt in the world. Now for your Friday Funny: Congress was actually considering giving themselves a raise. If, in your job, your production nosedived, would you be asking your employer for a raise? The effort to give themselves a rai...

I must be totally honest with you: I did not read the attached article. The title of the story made me think about what is really wrong with America’s leadership, something ignored by the mainstream media, which once again hides the truth from our nation’s people. It made me think about why I am an Independent. The government of the United States is not only dysfunctional, it is the most incompetent and corrupt in the world. Every man and woman who holds a political office, including the Supreme Court, has ignored its primary purpose: to protect and expand the quality of life for all of America’s people. If you sit on the right side of the aisle, the profits of the super-rich and major corporations are priority number one. For the men and women who sit on both sides of the aisle, reelection is their primary goal. Political parties are the problem. There is no logical reason for belonging to a political party. They do not deserve your loyalty or support. The only thing they share is the...

In a recent article, I discussed the fact that Trump and his party were apparently paying homage to Elon Musk; accepting him as their “co-president.” Today, the failures on the right side of the aisle confirmed by assumption. "It's kind of interesting, we have a president, we have a vice president, we have a speaker. It feels like Elon Musk is our prime minister," Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) said in a CBS "Face the Nation" hit. This comment by another fake Republican confirms my many and frequent allegations that Trump’s party does not understand how America’s government functions, and there are reasons the men and women who take up space in Washington are elected by the people, not chosen by a dictator or Fuhrer. Very soon our country’s people will experience the most incompetent and untrustworthy government in American history.. Musk succeeded with Tesla, although recent problems with his vehicles question their reliability, but he displayed a narrow and limi...

Every year Republicans create a possible government shutdown. The “debt ceiling,” a situation which only exists in America, is an issue which is highly volatile, created by right-wing politicians, although they agreed to the yearly national spending budget at the beginning of the year. There is no other situation which offers irrefutable proof that the government of the United States of America is composed of men and women with a low level of intelligence, incapable of governing 340 million people. The two words which accurately describe the failures taking up space in Washington are ‘incompetent and corrupt.’ There are no “Republican” politicians in our nation’s capital. These pretenders abandoned the principles and morals of the Grand Old Party on January 20, 2017. Not allowed to think for themselves, they obey the demands of Donald Trump without question. However, there is a change in the way decisions are made in 2024. A new player, another self-serving super-rich and incompetent w...

Did I miss something? Did your ballot include the name of the wealthiest and one of the biggest morons in America? Was he a man with no experience in anything other than engineering who lost millions of dollars ruining twitter? Was that name Elon Musk? It is clear that we have one very old white man and one middle-aged white man in control of our nation’s future. Neither is qualified to hold public office at any level. Recently it was believed that the House would vote in favor of the Senate’s stop-gap plan to prevent a government shutdown. However, when Musk told the idiots on the right side of the aisle to vote against it, they obeyed. Later in the day Trump agreed with the fool from South Africa. Who’s running this country. I can tell you that it doesn’t appear to be the aging orange buffoon. I know that’s a good thing; or is it? I think America is f**ked. On Friday, just hours before a government shutdown was inevitable, Republicans in the House agreed to a temporary solution. In M...

America is a strange country. It claims many “firsts,” and all of them are moronic and destructive. Corporate profits are of far greater importance than the quality of life for more than 340 million people. Most legislation which would improve the lives of the majority are never addressed and never come to the floor for a vote. I continue to claim that the federal government of the United States is the mot corrupt and incompetent in the world. I can prove my allegations easily and simply. I begin with the Electoral College. No nation in the world allows states to choose their president, or leader by another name, than America. In every other developed nation, the people choose the woman or man who will lead them. Because the Electoral College exists, we have “red and blue states,” which divide our nation and remove credibility from the election process. America is also unique in the fact that it is the only nation in the world not to have universal healthcare. Only in America is the hi...

This list I give you does not come from the government, or the mainstream media. It comes from facts based on my 78 years of experience as a citizen of the United States of America. The American people have more enemies than friends. Based on the way Trump mistreated our allies between 2017 and 2021, and what he plans to do to them beginning in January, 2025, we will be hated by some of our closest allies. It will be unsafe for any American citizen to travel outside of our own country. However, we have much more to worry about right here in the “lower 48.” The most frightening enemy to the vast majority of Americans is its own government. After the results of the 2024 election, which I have reason to believe were definitely rigged, again, the quality of life for most will begin to decline. All members of our government will hide the truth for the same old bogus reason: “for reasons of national security.” Why don’t they just call it what it is: incompetence? Over the last nine years, al...

Democrats are cowards, and Republicans are liars and hypocrites. This is what it means to be a member of a failed political party. All political organizations are bad, some are just worse than others. It is not an exaggeration to claim that all Republicans are criminals and care only about themselves and their party. The truth is, the once Grand Old Party committed suicide in 2017. Democrats say all the right things but lack the courage to act decisively. Where do these facts fit into America’s future? As long as our choices at the polls are between these two failed political parties, our country has no future. The recent pardon of Hunter Biden by his father, the President of the United States, was courageous and the right thing to do. So why was Mr. Biden criticized by both Democrats and Republicans? You tell me: it makes no sense. Hunter Biden’s alleged “crimes” are seldom prosecuted. This situation was a Republican witch hunt and an effort to hide their many crimes over the last nin...

The second Civil War began quietly in 1981. It escalated and reached its peak in 2017 with the inauguration of our 45 th and first illegitimate president, Donald John Trump. Real Americans lost the war on November 5, 2024. I remain uncertain that the election was fair. There are too many questions unanswered by our government and the mainstream media. We know that Putin was involved heavily in efforts to secure a victory for Trump, and with the inclusion of the richest man in the world, who shares egomania with Trump, I have reasons to believe the election was rigged by the best hackers in our universe However, legitimate or not, Trump’s agenda, known as Project 2025, is a 922-page fascist manifesto which will end the dreams of our Founding Fathers forever. With his selections for a cabinet and closest advisers, Trump confirms another big lie. During the 2024 campaign season, he lied to everyone, claiming that he knew nothing about the document. However, every idea, every plan in Proj...

Would you choose to work in a city where no one trusts one another; where success is measured by power and wealth; where doing the right thing is forbidden; where morality, integrity, and principles are not allowed to exist inside the city’s boundaries? If you are one of the men and women who spend most of their time in Washington, this is your life. It began in 1981, and was fulfilled in 2017: the government of the United States is the most corrupt and incompetent within the world of developed nations. Trump is making serious efforts to make it even worse. Not a single nominee named by Trump is qualified for his or her position. They have no experience or training in the agencies they will lead. Of even greater interest, is that each of these individuals has been suspected, accused, or indicted for crimes big and small. Trump’s administration was rightfully called the “Washington Mafia” between 2017 and 2021, and this group will be thought of as the “Washington Mafia 2.0.” I have been...

It’s obvious that qualifications have nothing to do with Trump’s nominations for his White House staff. Just a few names offer irrefutable proof for my claims: Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard, and Matt Gaetz. Three biased individuals who are incapable of free and intelligent thought. However, just a small examination of who he nominated reveals his reasons, and the fact that Trump knows nothing about governing our country. A number of his nominees are based on reciprocity. They helped him win specific states, like Rubio in Florida. Others share his extreme views of our nation’s future. At least two were Fox personalities. Fox has been his personal propaganda machine for nine years. Like Hitler, he could not have won without a functioning agency focused on brainwashing uninformed Americans. With the nomination of Matt Gaetz, it was an obvious display of gratitude for the American Nazi Party, calling themselves the Freedom Caucus. Felons and sexual predators flock together. Not a single nomin...

  Okay, when Trump announced his choice of Little Marco Rubio to be his Secretary of State, I chuckled. Rubio is known as “the laziest senator in Washington.” He was expected not run for reelection in 2016. However, Moscow Mitch McConnel was desperate to retain Republican numbers in the senate and convinced him to remain on the ballot. When I read that Trump planned to nominate Rubio for Secretary of State, I assumed the orange buffoon had found a sense of humor, so I laughed a little. These two hate each other, and have since the 2016 campaign. As Trump began to announce other choices for his White House staff, I thought he was planning a modern version of the 1933 Marx Brothers movie, “Duck Soup.” I laughed even harder when I heard that Elise Stefanik would be his choice for U.N. Ambassador. When I read that a Fox personality was his choice for Secretary of Defense, I laughed so hard tears began to fall. Pete Hegseth has no experience in government and his views are harsh, ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart As I began writing about Donald Trump in 2015, I discovered more questions than answers. Facts I did learn confirmed what I expected: Trump was a complete failure at everything he attempted to accomplish. He even did the impossible, lost money as the owner of a casino. I also learned that he was a draft dodger. Daddy Fred purchased two exemptions from a doctor, claiming bone spurs on his feet. I learned that he was a racist, like his father. I discovered what appears to be a relationship with Vladimir Putin beginning in 1987. It was no secret that he was a sexual predator and engaged in multiple extramarital relationships during all three marriages. One of his closest friends was fellow sexual deviate, Jeffrey Epstein. After researching his business interests, I discovered multiple bankruptcies. His businesses were saved with the assistance of Vladimir Putin, Russian oligarchs, and the Saudi Royal family. Like many other political writers, I wanted to learn more...