TheWiseOldFart

Co-presidents, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are sticking together. However, other members of Trump’s American Fascist Party are revolting, and once again the turmoil is about immigration and xenophobia. The H-1B visa program is important to America’s future. It allows students from foreign nations to attend our colleges and universities and find employment at our major tech companies, including Microsoft and Google. In collusion with right-wing extremists and the fascist manifesto called Project 2025, Trump adopted a severe and unwise stand on immigration. However, in the interests of America’s tech industry, Trump’s co-president, Elon Musk, announced that he supports the H-1B visa program. After his announcement, Trump offered his support for his new friend and ally. However, the most extreme members of his fascist party have been extremely vocal about their opposition and are now in conflict with their party’s leader. Convicted felon and one of the leaders of the most extreme branch of...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart A couple of months ago, President Biden, his party, and Republicans in Congress agreed to a plan which would help secure our southern border. However, a phone call from Trump to the House Freedom Caucus forced the bill to fail. Over the last few days, his American Fascist Party, blocked a bill protecting the rights of perspective parents to obtain an IVF procedure. Trump recently lied, claiming that he supported the process, but I and others knew better. Yesterday, House Republicans squashed its own plan to prevent a government shutdown . Can you say “incompetence.” AN ENTIRE PARTY CONTROLLED BY A DEMAGOGUE: NO FREE THOUGHT ALLOWED Anyone who can prove to me that the “Republican Party ” exists in Washington today, I will be happy to retract this article. The facts prove that every man and woman on the right side of the aisle today surrendered their power, free thought, dignity, and self-respect on January 20, 2017. I offer you an irrefutable fact: a democratic g...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I live in Northern Nevada. In 2010, Republican Sharron Angle challenged Democrat Harry Reid for his seat in the Senate, a seat he first won in 1987. As the press stated, “Sharron Angle is Reid’s greatest asset.” Angle constantly made moronic statements to the press. Her ignorance made many politicos like me almost forget Dan Quayle. Trump is trying even harder. His lack of knowledge about what is happening in his own party reveals a level of stupidity seldom heard from a party’s major candidate. One of Kamala Harris’ proposals is to end price gouging by the companies providing food and other necessities to our grocery stores. Trump calls her plan “communist,” and claims these would be “Soviet style” controls. There’s a little problem about your statement, Donny boy. A number of Republican Attorneys General along with their Democratic counterparts, are planning measures similar to those of Ms. Harris. [In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Repu...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart For 78 years I thought I had grown up in a country where principles, morals, and things as simple as the truth and doing the right thing were as American as loving your mother, apple pie, and patriotism. However, since 2017, I have watched all the values which define what it is to be an American spit on and flushed down the toilet by every man and woman who calls themselves a Republican in Washington. It is an undeniable fact that Trump is not the chairman of the GOP, he is in fact a dictator. With free thought forbidden from anyone on the right side of the aisle, whatever Trump demands from his minions is automatic. Because Trump is clearly a fascist devoted to the leader of another nation, he cannot claim his American citizenship. By association, this applies to his party. THE RIGHT WING’S BASE IS IN STEEP DECLINE The largest percentage of Republican’s voting base has been baby boomers for more than four decades. My generation is rapidly becoming extinct. This...

Op-ed by James Turnage The Party of Lincoln began a slow death in 1981. When Ronald Reagan became our 40 th president, he met with party leaders and made a single demand: absolute loyalty. His policies and vision for our nation were to be supported unconditionally, Dissent would not be tolerated, and if this demand was not accepted, their future elections would not be supported by him and every other Republican. This policy continued throughout the administrations of George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. Insiders claim that most Republicans despise Trump, but fear losing votes from his cult. The sad truth is this oath to serve their party’s leader removes the First Amendment rights of all Republican politicians. America is all about the exchange of ideas and without free thought, and dissent, fascism has become an acceptable inclusion into the platform of today’s fake Republican Party. “Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agre...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart A government shutdown could happen at the end of September. Twelve bills were scheduled to come up for a vote within a week. However, Speaker Mike Johnson and his fellow Freedom Caucus cronies decided to cancel next week’s work schedule and begin their six-week summer vacation. What a job: collect a paycheck and do nothing for it. To date, the 118 th Congress has passed just 70 bills. The average is 200-600 per year. Not only are Republicans incompetent, they refuse to make their own decisions. Trump controls the Freedom Caucus, and tells them how to vote. Non-Freedom Caucus members bow to their demands. AMERICA’S GOVERNMENT IS THE MOST CORRUPT IN THE FREE WORLD Only the worst Supreme Court in American history is exempt from the election process. Big mistake. The other 537 government officials in Washington are elected, public servants. The duties of the President, Vice-President, 100 Senators, and 435 members of the House are to serve the needs and wishes of t...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   Okay, I let it out. Hopefully this is the last of my negative emotions today. It’s my own fault. I read too much. Few things affect me deeply. I refuse to be lied to. Once someone, anyone, lies to me, the relationship is over. Whether it be friend or family, earning my respect is equal to my ability to give unrestricted love. Last, but not least, I abhor anyone who chooses ignorance over fact. I call them “idiots.”   This is the term I now use to describe Trump’s political party, his cult, fake newspersons, anyone who supports Trump in 2024.   TRUMP IS AN EMPTY, VENGEFUL, AND DARK VESSEL   I consider myself an informed, intelligent voter. Political party affiliation will never be a factor. First and foremost, my choice is based on the issues most important to me and those I love. I research the candidates and select the one most closely aligned with my needs and wishes. Secondly, he or she must possess a sincere sense of morality and compass...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The right-wing’s wars on minorities, the working class, the LGBTQ Community, women, and all non-Christians began during the Reagan Administration. Over the last 43 years these attacks on specific groups, all of which are protected by the Bill of Rights, have escalated thanks to the worst president in American history. His close ties with the leaders of Neo-Nazi groups, combined with his personal history, are the reasons America is now a divided nation. THE REPEAL OF ROE V WADE WAS AN ABOMIMATION: IT WAS AN ATTACK ON THE RIGHT OF EVERY WOMAN TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HER OWN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH Trump is bragging about his part in the repeal of a 49-year-old decision by a legitimate Court known as Roe v Wade. This is no surprise. He has no respect for womankind. He has been married three times, and had extramarital sex during each relationship. He has been accused of sexual misconduct by at least 25 women. One of his closest friends was Jeffrey Epstein. He is...

  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...