TheWiseOldFart

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I spent 68 years of my life rejecting negative emotions including anger and hatred. However, over the last nine years Trump and his fascist party have changed me in a manner I do not like. I hate him and many of his party with all the anger they have forced me to experience. If you read me regularly, you know that I am an original “baby boomer,” born in 1946. Therefore, it will not surprise you that I have been a strong patriot for most of my life. In elementary school we recited the Pledge of Allegiance every day at the start of classes. At sporting events I sang the Nation Anthem with pride. However, as Trump and his cult continue to destroy our country, bit by bit, I now have a list of names who bring out the rage which must always have been in the darkest area of my psyche. At the top is the worst man in the world, Donald John Trump. In just four years he destroyed most of the progress made by his 44 predecessors. When he committed treason on January

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   I woke up this morning, booted up my laptop, and began to scan the headlines, as usual. I looked for information I did not know, or fully understand. I found nothing to write about on this Thursday morning. I have read or written these same stories multiple times. The names have changed, but the crimes against our country and humanity in general remain the same. Unfortunately, Donald Trump remains topical, not for anything he has accomplished, but for his most recent criminal activities. George Santos, who is the most illegitimate member of Congress in history, remains in office. His constituents decided not to remove him, although he has been charged with multiple felonies, like the previous criminal in this paragraph. Alabama’s “chosen son,” Tommy Tuberville, continues to reveal what happens when ignorant voters select a former football coach with no experience in a normal lifestyle, to represent them in the Senate. War rages on in the Middle East, a situati