TheWiseOldFart

First, two facts which cannot be denied by any person with common sense who faces reality. All religions are cults, and all governments are bad: some worse than others. I have long made the claim that at least one half of all Americans are ignorant; not because they lack basic intelligence, but because they choose ignorance. It is too difficult for them to look at facts and make intelligent decisions based on the truth. This is why religions exist. Most people are sheep in need of a sheppard. The only time professional politicians pretend to listen to the voting public is during an election year. They will say and do anything to remain in office. Washington politicians live lives of power and privilege incomparable to any other profession in our country. Their aides do all the work. They are far too busy campaigning and begging for contributions for their next election to perform the jobs for which they were elected. When religious zealots and ambitious politicians unite, they intentio...

I watched “60 Minutes” on Sunday evening, February 2, 2025. Everything Moscow Mitch McConnell said was a lie. He is desperate to save the illusion of his far too many years in the Senate. I consider old man Mitch to be America’s second greatest criminal. Number one on my list is his violation of the intent of the Constitution after Trump was impeached twice by the House of Representatives. On both occasions Moscow Mitch declared the criminal innocent and refused to conduct a fair trial in the Senate. In my estimation, this was a form of treason against the Constitution and the future of the American people. Number two was his failure to perform his duty to hold hearings for Merrick Garland in February of 2016. Moscow Mitch made up a rule in direct opposition of the Constitution, claiming that no Supreme Court justice should be confirmed during an election year. In October of 2020, he pissed on his own rule and rushed through the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett after the highly respec...

Trump is the “Antichrist,” the “Great Pretender.” However, he would not have risen from the depths of hell if one man had the courage to support the Constitution. I cannot predict how history will remember Moscow Mitch McConnell. If it is a truthful accounting, his 40 years in the Senate will be revealed as four decades of support for himself and his party. There is not a single record of accomplishing anything of a positive nature in his life. He has never served the majority of our nation’s people: he ruled over us since 1985. The Great Destructor, the Antichrist, continues to destroy every positive action by his predecessor, a true American and a lifetime patriot, President Joe Biden. However, none of this would be happening if Moscow Mitch had chosen to obey the Constitution. Trump was impeached for cause twice; in 2019 and 2021. The first impeachment came after Trump violated the Constitution as he attempted to bribe the President of Ukraine. The second was for “obstruction of jus...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Moscow Mitch McConnell: three words which aptly describe the old man of the senate and where his loyalties have been over the last 39 years. He will be remembered as a self-serving failure who refused to do the right thing for the people of Kentucky and the United States of America. His only “accomplishment” of significance was taking unconstitutional action to stack the Supreme Court for the sole purpose of strengthening the agenda of right-wing extremists. In direct opposition to the intent of our Founding Fathers, the Court is now politicized by a margin of 6-3. The primary reason this destructive situation exists is the fact that the Supreme Court is above the law, and the foundation for this irrefutable fact is lifetime appointments with no recourse available to the American people. TERM LIMITS FOR ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT ARE A MUST President Biden stated a plan to force term limits on Supreme Court justices in response to two dangerous and unconst...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The only responsibility of a President, a member of the House of Representatives, a Senator, or a Justice of the Supreme Court is to serve the electorate, the people who elected them, or the individuals who nominate them, hoping that they would serve them well by supporting their needs and wishes. There is no other reason for their existence in a Democratic Republic. Sadly, our elected officials, and the justices on the Supreme Court, continue to ignore their reason for living lives of luxury and privilege. The majority of our nation’s people are ignored by all 546 men and women who decide the future of 330+ million people. The executive branch primarily consists of two people: the President and Vice-President. The Legislative Branch is composed of 435 members of the House, and 100 Senators. There are nine members of the Supreme Court. We, the people, who compose the United States of America, rely on these 546 individuals to make decisions based on...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In 2010 the Republican Party was invaded by a political organization created by the Koch brothers, calling themselves the “Taxed Enough Already,” or the TEA Party. They were so extreme their policies helped to make our government incompetent. However, they were too “moderate” for many of these incompetent men and women calling themselves “Republicans.” In 2015 a group of disgruntled men and women in the House created the most radical group within the GOP today, calling themselves the Freedom Caucus. These anti-Americans rejected any policy not their own, and fought not only with Democrats, they created dissention within their own party. IN 2017, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CEASED TO EXIST In 2017, after Trump won the Electoral College in an election rigged by Vladimir Putin, both the TEA Party, and the Freedom Caucus, along with other men and women formerly called moderates, surrendered their dignity and citizenship to the man known as “the worst president in American ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart For more than 40 years, Moscow Mitch McConnell had one goal. He wanted to make his party, the once Grand Old Party, the most powerful in Washington for the remainder of his life. Not once did he accomplish anything which resulted in positive benefits for all Americans. THE DO NOTHING PARTY It is Moscow Mitch who created the “party of no” in January of 2009, promising that his party would do nothing until “that man was out of office.” Until this very day, he kept that promise. It was his obstructionist party which prevented the passage of legislation in 2023. In a normal year, the number of bills passed by congress ranges between 200-600. Last year only 34 pieces of legislation reached President Biden’s desk. PREVENTING THE VOTING PUBLIC FROM KNOWING THE TRUTH It was Moscow Mitch who prevented the American people from knowing that Vladimir Putin was interfering in our 2016 election in support of Donald Trump. When every security agency confirmed this fact in Octo...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Today, Moscow Mitch McConnell announced that he will step down as the leader of Republicans in the Senate. This is too late. In collusion with the Federalist Society, he maneuvered and stretched the law, allowing three unqualified and biased individuals to become Supreme Court Justices who are appointed for life. This is the single reason why the American government is incompetent, irreparable, and forever corrupt. In October of 2020, I lost all hope for the future of my beloved country. This was the third member of the Court appointed by Trump and his partner in crime, Moscow Mitch, in just four years. The old man of the Senate was fully aware that these two men and one woman were unqualified and loyal to right-wing extremists. Moscow Mitch accomplished his lifetime goal of overturning every woman’s right to make decisions about her own mental and physical health by overturning Roe v Wade. If we take an honest look at this American tragedy, the reasons behind t...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   I don’t care if anyone reads this: I simply had to vent my disgust with Trump and his “MAGA Party.” They choose not only to ignore most Americans, they intentionally divided our nation and have a single goal: to shred the Constitution of the United States of America. The leaders of this new “American Fascist Party” have been Trump, Moscow Mitch, and Cancun Cruz over the last seven years. Are these they type of old, white men you would choose to lead the nation founded by Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, and Madison? I hope not. Let’s look at the lack of principles, morality, and character of these three men. It won’t take long because none of them deserve respect. Ted Cruz was the most hated man in his own party when he arrived in the Senate in 2013. His first effort was to attempt a government shutdown. One of his constituents, Republican Senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, told the press: “If someone shot and killed Cruz on the floor of t...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   On this day, 9-18-23, what are House Republicans doing? They are focusing on two things. First, they want to impeach President Biden, although there are no valid reasons. Second, they want to put thousands of American out of work by shutting down the government. I ask you, what good will these two actions accomplish for the American people? Who in the hell are these guys? Why are they in Washington? Over the last 14 years the men and women who call themselves Republicans have earned the label of “the party of no.” It is true that they have accomplished nothing of value since the inauguration of President Barach Obama, but a more accurate label would be “the party without purpose.” Today’s fake Republicans refuse to perform the jobs for which they were elected. The path they have chosen will destroy every positive accomplishment made by a real government over the last 60-70 years. The most accurate name for the members of the once Grand Old Party of today i...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   While speaking with reporters in Kentucky Wednesday, Moscow Mitch McConnell appeared to ‘freeze’ once again. He remained silent for about 30 seconds. Photos from the event appear to reveal Moscow Mitch as a very frail 81-year-old man. Questions about his health began some time ago when he displayed what appeared to be a purple discoloration on his hands, arms, and face. Recently, questions about his mental acuity have risen. Our government has a serious problem with age, created by the refusal from congress to establish term limits for itself. 19 of our nation’s 535 lawmakers are 80 or older. 54 of our country’s 100 Senators are over 65. The average age of all members of the House and Senate is 64. I strongly oppose agism: I am 77 years old. However, I find it unreasonable that our nation, whose average age is 38.2 years of age, is governed by men and women who should be at home in their rocking chairs with their grandchildren or great grandchildren sittin...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   There is no longer a “Republican Party.” Those who call themselves “Republicans” today are without leadership, morals, or principles. Speaker McCarthy is a joke. He is loyal to Trump, not to his country, and is a huge embarrassment to the title of Speaker of the House. The “old man of the Senate, Moscow Mitch McConnell, has never accomplished anything for his country. His goal has always been “party first” throughout his seven, six-year terms in office. He literally “ramrodded” his agenda through the Senate, including the appointment of the last three biased and unfit Supreme Court Justices. In collusion with the Federalist Society, six Republican-biased justices struck down a 49-year-old decision by a legitimate Supreme Court guaranteeing a woman’s right to make decisions about her personal physical and mental health related to the termination of an unwanted pregnancy. This was one of the darkest days in our nation’s 247 years, June 24, 2022. I...