TheWiseOldFart

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...

The names Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth are interchangeable. Their history proves that they are depraved sexual predators, have addictive personalities with drugs and/or alcohol, and are confirmed but not convicted criminals. The one difference is that the furor over Gaetz based on several Congressional investigations forced him to remove himself from the nomination to become the Attorney General. Hegseth has no integrity or self-esteem and continues to fight for Senate confirmation as Secretary of Defense. I say, “what the hell! All of Trump’s nominees are woefully unqualified and have a dark past. Why not allow another another ‘Trump clone’ to defile the West Wing?” Let’s be totally honest about this serious situation. Members of a president’s cabinet and nominees for other critical institutions including the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency, have extremely important jobs necessary to sustain the American way of life. To suggest that a no...