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Politics have no relation to morals. - Niccolo Machiavelli
brentan comments on Sep 15, 2019:
Political morality, I think, is a perverse thing. Macchiavelli understood political necessity; how it was unavoidable for rulers to hurt some people at some times to maintain social stability. This is a kind of collateral damage. Machiavelli believed that because of this necessity, it was not just ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 15, 2019:
Well, I believe every person knows when he is being mislead, even if they can’t find the proper reaction. I also think that people will adjust if a ‘hard decision’ must be implemented for the better good! It is the decisions that are implemented without regard for human nature in general, that leaves a residue of anger and resentment...the religious right is another story’
List: Every abusive Catholic church priest, clergy member named in every state in past year ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 9, 2019:
If ‘one’ can’t keep himself in check, why hide out in the church and trick people into sexual behavior while your nose is stuck in the ‘good book!’ And, it is not part of the rituals either! I would love that explained to me...just maybe it can be prevented? There are reasons for ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@TheoryNumber3 these incidents are long lasting, in our life! I wish more was done to prevent the misdirection with sexual matters! I do not recall a single word of instruction on sex in my childhood. It seemed taboo, except at Church you heard how sinful ‘fornication’ and ‘adultery’ was. So we knew ‘it’ was bad, but at the same time, kind of helpless on what it all meant! ‘Flying blind ‘ I would say!
With a good therapist who I've connected with, absolutely.
Kynlei comments on Sep 15, 2019:
Just wish it was more affordable.
Freedompath replies on Sep 15, 2019:
I agree. So many people could benefit from therapy.
Old saying from diplomacy, "If you don't know where you're going, be careful, because you may not ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 14, 2019:
Sometimes we just have to ‘wing it!’
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
@Remiforce Thoughts are things and they go somewhere and do something!
Josh Geltzer on what happens if Trump won’t concede in 2020. [slate.com]
TheDoubter comments on Sep 14, 2019:
i've said it earlier. when defeated in 2020, Trump, before inauguration day in 1/21 will say something like this: there is credible evidence of nationwide voter fraud in November. Until this matter is resolved, I'm declaring martial law. (all constitutional rights suspended). he told a GOP rally in ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
@KKGator He isn’t a ‘joker’ for sure!
Fairly apropos I think. [images.app.goo.gl]
Freedompath comments on Sep 14, 2019:
Trump has been inspiring...so much creativity over one single man’s image!!!
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
@LucyLoohoo i hope I can forget, once he is in distant location, but I wonder... he is like open wound that want heal!
Corruption is everywhere! 😡 Schiff accuses top intel official of illegally withholding 'urgent' ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 14, 2019:
The same as the Intel used for Muller’s investigation...now not being able to be accessed! This is criminal intend and wide spread and the American people are supposed to accept this as how politics and our government works. We will never accept this, as anything more than what it ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
@Redheadedgammy ...but it was pointed out about a week ago, that Mueller is a Republican.,,maybe he is an upright person, but because his ideology is ‘right leaning’ he just may not be as unbiased as we thought? He may have kind of ‘straddled the fence’. as Barr was sure able to get the upper hand, with only protests from Democrats!
Just one comparison out of many more out there, just what kind of fucked up bat shit crazy shit ...
Our_existence comments on Sep 14, 2019:
I want to slap that orange piece of shit silly so badly.
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
@Our_existence ...I never envisioned this either! I knew that the Republicans were doing everything they could to break the rules...but, never, did I think a person like Donald trump, would work their system of decent with criminal precision? There will be a breaking point, people will take just so much...and they will ‘go off!’ Trump’s cult want be enough to save him! And, the ‘underbelly’ that is driving the Republican Party, needs to be exposed! People could put more pressure on the Democrats, to do more! Work to preserve yourself, because the weaker you become, the less you can do if and when we are called! We have no guarantees now!
Just one comparison out of many more out there, just what kind of fucked up bat shit crazy shit ...
Our_existence comments on Sep 14, 2019:
I want to slap that orange piece of shit silly so badly.
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
Oh!...’slapped silly’ is to good for this lunatic! He deserves to suffer..,not ‘slapped’ for the misery that he has brought to an entire Country!
Just one comparison out of many more out there, just what kind of fucked up bat shit crazy shit ...
Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 14, 2019:
Trump is so much like a cartoon character science fiction villain/leader, that it’s hard to believe it’s reality.
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
How true! Even in a dysfunctional family, there are moments of clarity! Where is the clarity here..,just a buffoon bragging about how great he is...in public, EVERY day’
Corruption is everywhere! 😡 Schiff accuses top intel official of illegally withholding 'urgent' ...
RobertNappi2 comments on Sep 14, 2019:
Tell me it ain't so.....
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
I wish our ears and eyes were lying to us, but we know better!
Corruption is everywhere! 😡 Schiff accuses top intel official of illegally withholding 'urgent' ...
NHjulie comments on Sep 14, 2019:
Everyday there's a new layer to the corruption. I dont understand how they can keep getting away with it.
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
...it seems like a bottomless pit! And, why is it mostly on the Republican side?
List: Every abusive Catholic church priest, clergy member named in every state in past year ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 9, 2019:
If ‘one’ can’t keep himself in check, why hide out in the church and trick people into sexual behavior while your nose is stuck in the ‘good book!’ And, it is not part of the rituals either! I would love that explained to me...just maybe it can be prevented? There are reasons for ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
@TheoryNumber3 I know of very few myself...my abuse was minor compared to my sister (I learned as an adult).. Many women (and men) have revealed to me abuses and rapes that they were telling for the first tine in old age! It was kept hidden in the past, and we were all ashamed to say anything, because it seemed we somehow deserved it. And, in my case, I thought it was just the way life worked. It was the price we paid to be with other people. When I grew up, we lived out in the country and most of the people were poor and even uneducated. I cannot recall the better educated people associating with us. Just like country neighborhoods today, people mostly kept to themselves! Children were easy prey, for old men and older boys. And a girl knew that she would not be believed. Even in my mother’s youth, the child was not believed and even punished for suggesting sexual abuse! Isolation is not a deterrent against sexual abuse, on The contrary.
Baltimore protesters erect giant Trump rat balloon, street sign honoring Obama during president’s ...
Redheadedgammy comments on Sep 13, 2019:
Wish I could see the video, but since I'm suspended by twitter for telling Mike Pence I hope he dies in prison I can never see any video on twitter. twitter is so fucked up!!!
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
Don’t worry, Twitter is not the only ‘bus in town!’ You will get everything you need to know and see...it will come a little later and you may have to do a little searching! I have not missed Twitter at all!
Baltimore protesters erect giant Trump rat balloon, street sign honoring Obama during president’s ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 13, 2019:
I saw that, trump avoided that area...ofcourse he would! Lol ...he knows, he just can’t face the ‘real’ truth of what the majority think about him! He would dry up like a prune, if he lost his cult! I had a thought on these GOP retreats, as they seem to have a lot of them! They must get ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
@chalupacabre I wondered about that ( I still have no tv), at least that was a smart move! Trump’s speech scheduled at that same time, must have been on purpose? Way too coincidental! This is the kind of thing that causes me to hate trump even more...he is always trying to interfere, trip up or just plain outsmart everyone! This makes him look like a complete fool...it shows that his abilities are limited and he even screws up, his convoluted actions trying to outdo every person that isn’t heaping huge amount of praise on him! I wouldn’t trust this man to save me from a burning building!
More obstructions from DOJ.
Freedompath comments on Sep 13, 2019:
I do hope there is activity in progress that is not known to the public...on getting this government working better than it has been over the last 2/half yrs! Barr, I hope will be indicted along with trump and they get what is coming to them! But, my mind wonders on what the ‘hell’ to do with ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 14, 2019:
@19dacar52 exactly! But, they are blind to how religion can lead people astray...even Christianity! The Crusades show us that!
Baltimore protesters erect giant Trump rat balloon, street sign honoring Obama during president’s ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 13, 2019:
I saw that, trump avoided that area...ofcourse he would! Lol ...he knows, he just can’t face the ‘real’ truth of what the majority think about him! He would dry up like a prune, if he lost his cult! I had a thought on these GOP retreats, as they seem to have a lot of them! They must get ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@MojoDave nailed it!!!
More obstructions from DOJ.
Freedompath comments on Sep 13, 2019:
I do hope there is activity in progress that is not known to the public...on getting this government working better than it has been over the last 2/half yrs! Barr, I hope will be indicted along with trump and they get what is coming to them! But, my mind wonders on what the ‘hell’ to do with ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@MojoDave Let’s hope it continues, ‘cause religion has done enough damage to mankind! Let people follow their own path, not some idea presented with a ‘slick’ presentation under the pretense of a holy life! There is no such thing!
I'm troubled when I hear people say that we need to "respect" people's religious beliefs.
DSGavde comments on Sep 13, 2019:
I would go a step further and say that I choose to tolerate their beliefs until the time arises that those beliefs encroach upon my personal choices / freedom. In my opinion, no person is under any obligation to 'respect' anyone else's existence.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@DSGavde Good luck!
This has got to be fake.
mcgeo52 comments on Sep 13, 2019:
Funny how he looks just as orange in direct sunlight.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@MojoDave ...for sure!
This resonates with me today.
CommonHuman comments on Sep 13, 2019:
If you never have an emotional response to what is said to you from people in your life who matter, you won't have people who matter for very long. Feel free to ignore those who suck.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@HippieChick58 don’t let fear prevent you from doing what you need to do. I find that fear will creep in, as I have aged, and it can interfere with my faith to carry on. It is my major obstacle..,even a common ailment, is a disability (in my mind) now. Where as in the past, i toughed it out until things got bette and it never occurred to me, this might be the end! Lol. Be happy and carry on...you still have a purpose!
This resonates with me today.
CommonHuman comments on Sep 13, 2019:
If you never have an emotional response to what is said to you from people in your life who matter, you won't have people who matter for very long. Feel free to ignore those who suck.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@HippieChick58 good idea on notes! In the first place, hollowing across the room isn’t good even for people who hear well! (My daughter does that and with her back to me.) this is just a lazy way to communicate. Now, I believe my daughter does it, because she has so many things to do on her agenda, she has no time for living in the moment! Too many things must get done! My guess is...in my daughter’s case...one day she will just kill over from a heart attack! That’s not normal living. Take heart, if it really cannot be managed to your best ‘health wise,’ it would be better to retire at 62. My other daughter did exactly that! A stressful job, works against our health! And it is all that we have going into our old age! I have been watching ‘Ted’ on the research that has been done on cortisol (stress hormone) and what it does to our bodies. It is very damaging!! There will be a way for you to manage, you have managed life up to now...no reason to think that skill will disappear! I hope that things iron out...keep your friends close to help you, when you get snagged! My best!
You have to wonder at the people who loathed Obama and now love Trump ...
Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 13, 2019:
It’s sad that deplorables were allowed to vote and gave us this corrupt monster.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Now, I am wondering about them as people...one vote can’t last forever, but how long will they remain in their present state of mind?
You have to wonder at the people who loathed Obama and now love Trump ...
EMC2 comments on Sep 13, 2019:
It is and continues to be so, the most frustrating situation in a life time. Watching our nation turn Proudly, into ignorant asses whilst listening to the word master genius.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
...who knew there was such a challenge waiting in the ‘wings?’
This has got to be fake.
EdEarl comments on Sep 13, 2019:
It is a lie, he looks orange in sunlight, too.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
In his eyes? Maybe that ‘halo’ he was awarded has blinded him?
This has got to be fake.
wordywalt comments on Sep 13, 2019:
He did say that. I saw the newscast.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Me too!
This has got to be fake.
Charlene comments on Sep 13, 2019:
Come on..he's a capitalist pig that would rather sell out our world, health and survivability for damn near $20 bucks..he's orange due to over use of spray on tans..
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Exactly! Wrinkles color-up differently!
This has got to be fake.
chalupacabre comments on Sep 13, 2019:
Must've absorbed a little somethin' extra from that Russian mattress.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Oh his ‘absorbing days,’ began long ago and faraway...in ‘never, never land,’ lol
This has got to be fake.
mcgeo52 comments on Sep 13, 2019:
Funny how he looks just as orange in direct sunlight.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
...at least from our vantage point! He must be having aging issues show up...during one of those Twitter nights, and he got a glimpse of his reflection and realized he has been letting himself go! So instead of diet and exercise...he would just change the lighting! Let’s not forget, trump does not see the world like normal people...he is different! Lol
This has got to be fake.
silverotter11 comments on Sep 13, 2019:
This is our reality. He has no clothes on but the gop swears he's dressed just fine.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
...indeed dressed in the greatest ‘finery!’
This resonates with me today.
CommonHuman comments on Sep 13, 2019:
If you never have an emotional response to what is said to you from people in your life who matter, you won't have people who matter for very long. Feel free to ignore those who suck.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@HippieChick58 maybe you should have told her that is what it took to get her attention! Here is another story similar to your situation. Now I have some kind of different understanding than I had in my 40s-60s. (I knew very little on this issue back then.). But my neighbor (now 70) was a supervisor at the IRS, before she retired. And she admits, that she had no patience for ‘slow’ and needy people. (And she is still one of the least understanding and tolerate person). And, at one point I said to myself that had ‘she been one of my supervisors back when I worked at the IRS, I would have killed myself!’ Lol...She is a clear narcissist and I cannot imagine what she was like as a supervisor! But it could not have been good! These people get to these positions because they are smart in learning details and the mechanics of things, but emotionally they are also mechanical...their understanding of feelings do not come from empathetic feelings! Just words that describe what they are displeased about and there it ends. Hang in there... keep seeing through her, as her approach is probably not based in ‘smarts AND humility!’ These people chafe at seeing any resemblance of real (frustration etc) emotions in other people. I surmise that they ‘dare not,’ go there...because at some point in their development...this personality type, put up a block to their (soft) emotions and it has been like that for so long, even a ‘peak’ (when other people display a real frustrsted emotion in their presence), this seems to bring on panic for them. Why else would they ‘blow’...so to speak! I know you did not ask for this story...but this is my neighbor and she leans on me and I want to make sure, I ‘see her’ in her truest behavior! She is ‘hard work’ when it comes to the ‘calm living’ side! Lol. And yet we are neighbors and she would come in a jiffy, if I needed help! I need to understand...I want to keep myself together!
To paraphrase Walt Whitman, "Do I contradict myself, very well, I contradict myself, I am large--I ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 13, 2019:
If nothing in us is ‘important’...that would mean ‘nothing’’ is important! My mind is not abstract enough today to get my mind around that notion.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@Remiforce ...interesting! When I encounter people who keep repeating themselves...it has mostly meant some sort of brain impairment or mental illness.
I'm troubled when I hear people say that we need to "respect" people's religious beliefs.
DSGavde comments on Sep 13, 2019:
I would go a step further and say that I choose to tolerate their beliefs until the time arises that those beliefs encroach upon my personal choices / freedom. In my opinion, no person is under any obligation to 'respect' anyone else's existence.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@DSGavde but the human condition itself is not all known...certain behaviors I can not respect in a person...but his humanity, that I would respect. We can’t all ‘jump through hoops’ trying to prove our worth, especially if you came from a culture that could not instruct acceptable behaviors! And what about ‘acceptable norms,’ of different cultures? The ‘human being’...first, then his behaviors. that is what I have adjusted myself to accept and until I have evidence to the contrary...that will be my position. If I found a person suffering, I would not first filter it through can I respect this person...I would give aid, and leave it with that!
List: Every abusive Catholic church priest, clergy member named in every state in past year ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 9, 2019:
If ‘one’ can’t keep himself in check, why hide out in the church and trick people into sexual behavior while your nose is stuck in the ‘good book!’ And, it is not part of the rituals either! I would love that explained to me...just maybe it can be prevented? There are reasons for ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@Triphid my thoughts exactly! But, there is a very good possibility that out of our own consciousness will come our punishments! We do not know, what is not within us already! So when we think about payment for our sins...we also need to think...is the price I pay for something worth it? I always see punishments...not mitered out in same...but can come from another unforeseen direction, but still from our own consciousness! A clear and life supporting conscious, may be the greatest gift we give ourselves?
I've always been fascinated by Christians who say they believe in heaven, then scramble in a panic ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 13, 2019:
The thought of pain, may come into play with what you suggest. After death, I hear people say he/she is now with ‘so-in-so!’ ‘They are all together!’ Once I moved out of that way of thinking, about a ‘heaven with streets paved with gold,’ it seems so strange to hear someone say that ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@Winkiedink54 ...maybe go door to door? Lol. I wonder if the people who strongly believe this ideology, have given this much thought? My bet is, most have ‘bent over backwards,’ trying to never make a mistake, so that they don’t have to think it through! Mistakes made in the ‘dark,’ or out of sight don’t count and of course we can allow our brain to cover-up transgressions...and just go senile!
List: Every abusive Catholic church priest, clergy member named in every state in past year ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 9, 2019:
If ‘one’ can’t keep himself in check, why hide out in the church and trick people into sexual behavior while your nose is stuck in the ‘good book!’ And, it is not part of the rituals either! I would love that explained to me...just maybe it can be prevented? There are reasons for ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@TheoryNumber3 you described what happens when a child’s innocence is robbed! We are driven from inside by ‘unknown’ forces...until we can put feelings and names on what happened to us. I hope that you have given your experience the attention it deserved and freed yourself from carrying a hurtful secret far too long. We are not our history...and freedom to be, is what you/me and everyone deserves! I am so sorry that your innocence was violated...before you had learned to defend your self. Take heart, healing is good anytime it can happen. My best to you.
John Bolton Waves Goodbye, Returns To Sea To Be Walrus Again | The Babylon Bee
Freedompath comments on Sep 12, 2019:
I am no Bolton fan...but I hope he holds a small ‘bomb shell’ that will jar some of the evil trump supporters out of their delusion! For us who read between, on the sides and at the bottom of everything can clearly see the evil path America is being taken down! And we know that at the end of ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@LucyLoohoo ...and we get the privilege...why? I never invited these people to my ‘party!’
I've always been fascinated by Christians who say they believe in heaven, then scramble in a panic ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 13, 2019:
The thought of pain, may come into play with what you suggest. After death, I hear people say he/she is now with ‘so-in-so!’ ‘They are all together!’ Once I moved out of that way of thinking, about a ‘heaven with streets paved with gold,’ it seems so strange to hear someone say that ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@BajaSusana 🤪...don’t worry they are all dust now! Where we too will end up! I guess, all kinds of configuration can come from dust? 😛
[smithsonianmag.
Freedompath comments on Sep 13, 2019:
I did not know that a woman originally invented monopoly. But, a man reaped the rewards! Strange how things sometimes work out!
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
@Cast1es Come to think of it...that doll from my area back in Ga, was the original idea of a woman! (I am having a senior moment here.) I have been to that ‘doll hospital’ many times! Now, I remember ‘Cabbage Patch,’ dolls!
I'm troubled when I hear people say that we need to "respect" people's religious beliefs.
DSGavde comments on Sep 13, 2019:
I would go a step further and say that I choose to tolerate their beliefs until the time arises that those beliefs encroach upon my personal choices / freedom. In my opinion, no person is under any obligation to 'respect' anyone else's existence.
Freedompath replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Did ‘anyone else’ choose to be here or did the ‘force of life,’ put them here? Not, respecting ‘anyone else’s existence,’ feels like a low blow! Being with the living, is not an ideology.
John Bolton Waves Goodbye, Returns To Sea To Be Walrus Again | The Babylon Bee
Freedompath comments on Sep 12, 2019:
I am no Bolton fan...but I hope he holds a small ‘bomb shell’ that will jar some of the evil trump supporters out of their delusion! For us who read between, on the sides and at the bottom of everything can clearly see the evil path America is being taken down! And we know that at the end of ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 12, 2019:
@LucyLoohoo let’s hope...Bolton wasn’t happy on being tricked about his resignation...as well he should! Trump made the first stupid mistake when he brought him into the fold!
Proof that tRump is not the only rethuglican destroying our democracy. [washingtonpost.com]
Charlene comments on Sep 11, 2019:
All Rethuglicans are out to destroy our Republic..for Money & Power..
Freedompath replies on Sep 11, 2019:
...don’t forget for ‘their god!’
Millions spent at Prestwick. [qz.com]
Freedompath comments on Sep 11, 2019:
...and the ‘sleepy’ trump supporters, don’t care, that our tax dollars are being allocated to benefit trump personally...while a multitude of natural disasters reduce hundreds and thousands of people’s lives to not even having basis needs to live! But, billionaire trump needs our tax ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 11, 2019:
@ChurchLess ...what else can it be...they must mostly be ‘asleep at the wheel?’ They are still functioning, but on auto pilot! You know...like sleep walking!
“We Are Striking to Disrupt the System”: An Hour with 16-Year-Old Climate Activist Greta ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 11, 2019:
We hope the ‘backbone’ is there!
Freedompath replies on Sep 11, 2019:
@EdEarl they aren’t in the streets! I will need some more proof!
Donald Trump does not like spies, thinks they get in the way of his ‘personal relationships’ ...
altschmerz comments on Sep 11, 2019:
I have to admit, I really don't know that much about this particular topic, so I'm asking – does the CIA do anything besides overthrow democratically-elected governments? Like, what are we really using them for? I honestly don't know what the CIA really does. Sorry if I sound stupid.
Freedompath replies on Sep 11, 2019:
We may have been ‘sold’ something that is really a secret! At the moment it appears that they ‘straddle the fence!’ Not even our Constitution and Democracy seems to apply to them! Them of all people!!! There may be a lot of surprises rearing their UGLY heads for Americans! Things that we do not stand for and do not approve of! Who/where is our real government?
List: Every abusive Catholic church priest, clergy member named in every state in past year ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 9, 2019:
If ‘one’ can’t keep himself in check, why hide out in the church and trick people into sexual behavior while your nose is stuck in the ‘good book!’ And, it is not part of the rituals either! I would love that explained to me...just maybe it can be prevented? There are reasons for ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 10, 2019:
@Triphid that breaks my heart...I am so proud to hear of your bravery from something so horrible...I am so sorry that happened to you. No one should ever be treated this abominable...I have trouble just wrapping my mind around, who would do such a cruel and inhuman attack on anyone!? You have my admiration on taking what happened to you and putting it to good use. I can only hope that you too, have gotten support when you have needed it! 🤗 thank you for sharing your story with me. It surely needed to be told!
I find it amazing how much so many of us have in common on this site, much of it due to our lack of ...
wordywalt comments on Sep 8, 2019:
There have always been uncivil and aggressive right wing reactionaries on this site, as well as angry anti-theists (not just atheists). If you did not encounter them a year ago, you were lucky.
Freedompath replies on Sep 10, 2019:
@Bushshaker when we get the Evangelicals with all their money removed out of our government, then we can truely see what is happening between those that are left!
WHAT? Trump reached out to McMaster for advice amid frustration with Bolton [msnbc.com]
Redheadedgammy comments on Sep 10, 2019:
I hope McMaster told him to go fuck himself! LOL
Freedompath replies on Sep 10, 2019:
Sister you don’t mince words!
It never ends
EMC2 comments on Sep 10, 2019:
Oh I DO believe it is ending now. All this shit is coming and beginning to really go public
Freedompath replies on Sep 10, 2019:
Do you mean we have missed something?
Well, I cut my already small dose of Lexapro in half recently, and I was shocked at how quickly my ...
Donotbelieve comments on Sep 10, 2019:
I had the same issue. Glad you're feeling..."better". 😉
Freedompath replies on Sep 10, 2019:
@Donotbelieve me too!
LMAO! Did he get fired or did he resign? I think Bolton resigned cause we know trump is a liar.
EMC2 comments on Sep 10, 2019:
Like a hurricane , he must now come up with a scapegoat for The wonderful, heartening Tailiban visit gone sour. Camp David is sort of like sacred ground where some of the most significant issues have been addressed with both Statemanship, Dignity and a PLAN> Here we had the fucking taliban ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 10, 2019:
There is something ‘suspect’ with that whole thing! It is not passing the smell test, with me!
Trump says he fired national security advisor John Bolton
chalupacabre comments on Sep 10, 2019:
Probably only hired him after seeing him on Fox News. It isn't like Bolton ever agreed with Trump on anything, especially N. Korea or Russia. Maybe he can have Jared do another search on Amazon.
Freedompath replies on Sep 10, 2019:
Or even better...give Jared another task? He seems to have endless talents!
Trump says he fired national security advisor John Bolton
MojoDave comments on Sep 10, 2019:
That's the first smart thing I remember him doing. Unless of course he brings in somebody who's worse!
Freedompath replies on Sep 10, 2019:
If this decision was made from his ‘smarts’...that would come under a ‘miracle’ and I don’t believe in miracles where trump is concerned! On second thought it could be a miracle that he has survived this long? So I am convoluted, here!
I find it amazing how much so many of us have in common on this site, much of it due to our lack of ...
wordywalt comments on Sep 8, 2019:
There have always been uncivil and aggressive right wing reactionaries on this site, as well as angry anti-theists (not just atheists). If you did not encounter them a year ago, you were lucky.
Freedompath replies on Sep 10, 2019:
@JacobMeyers, @Bushshaker ...if you think about it...that (fox& cnn) seems so narrow in perspective (and even narrower coming from Fox), maybe if we had more parties, it would give more people a feeling of inclusiveness? Then on the other hand, if finding an agreement works like now...I guess our government would become only a symbol and not a working government!
I find it amazing how much so many of us have in common on this site, much of it due to our lack of ...
wordywalt comments on Sep 8, 2019:
There have always been uncivil and aggressive right wing reactionaries on this site, as well as angry anti-theists (not just atheists). If you did not encounter them a year ago, you were lucky.
Freedompath replies on Sep 10, 2019:
@JacobMeyers My thought is on the younger generation who appear to have little interest in political parties to begin with.
Shakespeare, "First we kill all the lawyers"
Freedompath comments on Sep 9, 2019:
That would not suit me...as it is difficult to keep up with all the laws! Shakespeare is not living today among all the manmade laws! What we need is greater accountability for non-ethical and immoral character.
Freedompath replies on Sep 10, 2019:
@Fernapple that’ll be the day...laws are passed faster than the public can keep tract! As if all behavior can be legislated, lol. Short cuts usually leave out basic experience and knowledge.
Shakespeare, "First we kill all the lawyers"
Freedompath comments on Sep 9, 2019:
That would not suit me...as it is difficult to keep up with all the laws! Shakespeare is not living today among all the manmade laws! What we need is greater accountability for non-ethical and immoral character.
Freedompath replies on Sep 9, 2019:
@Remiforce ...the justice system is definitely not fair or balanced!
List: Every abusive Catholic church priest, clergy member named in every state in past year ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 9, 2019:
If ‘one’ can’t keep himself in check, why hide out in the church and trick people into sexual behavior while your nose is stuck in the ‘good book!’ And, it is not part of the rituals either! I would love that explained to me...just maybe it can be prevented? There are reasons for ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 9, 2019:
@Triphid when a man begins his study for the priesthood, why is sexuality not made a point of study and counseling. Just taking a vow of celibacy, means little...if a person does not understand how brain, emotions and sexuality works! You can’t just take a ‘pill,’ for this problem! Then on the other hand maybe being allowed to have a partner would solve a lot of the sexual issues. Human nature being what it is, will never be perfect, but I think that it could be a lot better!
Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, "We claim progress, not perfection"
Freedompath comments on Sep 5, 2019:
And that is the way it should be! There is nothing in the Universe that is perfect and never will be and yet it all works even imperfectly.
Freedompath replies on Sep 9, 2019:
@Remiforce Makes sense to me!
I find it amazing how much so many of us have in common on this site, much of it due to our lack of ...
wordywalt comments on Sep 8, 2019:
There have always been uncivil and aggressive right wing reactionaries on this site, as well as angry anti-theists (not just atheists). If you did not encounter them a year ago, you were lucky.
Freedompath replies on Sep 9, 2019:
@wordywalt I agree! A lot of people have ‘come out’ libertarian as they are leaving the gop and don’t care for the democrats...seems like they feel better straddling the fence, than choosing sides. And on the whole...the majority of the people have little idea what Libertarianism is all about! My guess is...less now than in the past!
I would home school now.
Freedompath comments on Sep 8, 2019:
It is not normal...instead of solving the problem, ‘they’ would sacrifice the emotional development in a generation of children! Sic!
Freedompath replies on Sep 9, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99 ...maybe at your end! But, I was there at my end!
Winning!!!
Freedompath comments on Sep 8, 2019:
...and yet miraculously, trump never loose HIS money! How does that work?
Freedompath replies on Sep 9, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99 I am looking at his spending habits! Yes, seeing his tax returns would tell us a lot, until then...maybe he is just spending borrowed money? Plus, he is sure supporting a slew of family members?
"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate.
Freedompath comments on Aug 8, 2019:
Yes...that has the ring of truth to it! Like something I heard back when I was a Christian...’if Jesus came into being today, he would be crucified all over again!’
Freedompath replies on Sep 9, 2019:
@yvilletom That I do not recall, it has been repeated many times over my lifetime! Lol
I would home school now.
Freedompath comments on Sep 8, 2019:
It is not normal...instead of solving the problem, ‘they’ would sacrifice the emotional development in a generation of children! Sic!
Freedompath replies on Sep 9, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99 ...if we had been better informed, we would have done differently. It wasn’t a lack of desire, but knowledge.
Quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin: “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 8, 2019:
If god wants to see us happy...why are there so many unhappy and just plain miserable people?
Freedompath replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@altschmerz maybe the answer lies in his ‘papers?’
Today is a not so bad day. I hope this is true for all of you too.
Freedompath comments on Sep 6, 2019:
That about sums it up for me...but no matter how bad and confused we feel...’we should never give up or give in!’ 🤗
Freedompath replies on Sep 7, 2019:
@MST3K I agree!
Another investigation. [politico.com]
Cherie4444 comments on Sep 6, 2019:
Same shit, different day. 🙄🙄
Freedompath replies on Sep 6, 2019:
...and very tiring!
84 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump [nytimes.
Freedompath comments on Sep 6, 2019:
I simply cannot believe that trump can focus this well to roll back this many reggs! This is being driven by the Republicans who do not care about Country or humans! This is what they have worked all their lives for...to stick it to those liberal Democrats! The reason that I believe this is, no ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 6, 2019:
@MojoDave They ‘are mean vindictive people,’ who pull off their ‘ideology’ ...looking you straight in the eye with a smile on their face! Because they have god on their side!
84 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump [nytimes.
Freedompath comments on Sep 6, 2019:
I simply cannot believe that trump can focus this well to roll back this many reggs! This is being driven by the Republicans who do not care about Country or humans! This is what they have worked all their lives for...to stick it to those liberal Democrats! The reason that I believe this is, no ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 6, 2019:
@MojoDave yes! But, don’t forget the GOP have been trying to ‘take over’ long before Obama came on the scene! Put the two together and you can see how mad they are! They have been playing to win al all cost for a long time! At least 40 yrs that I know of! They are mean vindictive people, who think they have god, on their side, so how can they go wrong! It is not a pretty picture, and our democracy just may go down...because what they espouse does not support peoples or the earth!
Vlad the Cad must be a student of Sun Tzu, The Art of War, "You can win without fighting by sowing ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 5, 2019:
But, sooner or later the ‘tables turn!’ I hope Putin gets his just deserts!
Freedompath replies on Sep 6, 2019:
@Remiforce that too! I am hoping that safeguards are in place against Putin contaminating our elections! But, the other worry is that Putin is not going anywhere soon and will continue to be a thorn in our side, as well as other countries!
Vlad the Cad must be a student of Sun Tzu, The Art of War, "You can win without fighting by sowing ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 5, 2019:
But, sooner or later the ‘tables turn!’ I hope Putin gets his just deserts!
Freedompath replies on Sep 6, 2019:
@Remiforce it may be a while yet...Putin has elevated himself to ‘Master,’ and HE has the skills and the support of powerful people in Russia...he didn’t get to be one of the richest men in Russia working his day job! It want be easy bringing Putin down!
Mike Pence accused of humiliating hosts in Ireland: 'He shat on the carpet' [theguardian.
Freedompath comments on Sep 5, 2019:
From that pic. Pence seems strained, maybe from the logistics of getting to Dublin, since he stayed at trump’s property 150 miles away! I don’t feel sorry for Pence at all...it looks as if he got a good ‘look see’ on what other Countries are thinking! And most have not been indoctrinated ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 5, 2019:
@chalupacabre I did see it...another embarrassment for America! This is what happens when we see ourselves HiGH above the rest...it shows ALL of our weaknesses! And Pence shows it in spades!
[washingtonpost.
KKGator comments on Sep 5, 2019:
Shocked is more like it. Then again, it could be nothing more than a plan to increase revenue. Anything, any member of this "administration" does is suspect to me. I don't trust any of them to do anything that would benefit anyone but themselves and their cronies.
Freedompath replies on Sep 5, 2019:
I agree 100%!
Colorblind or Just Plain Dumb?
LucyLoohoo comments on Sep 5, 2019:
And we'd all believe it, wouldn't we?
Freedompath replies on Sep 5, 2019:
Only if a gun is pointed at our head! Lol
Hmmmm.
Freedompath comments on Sep 5, 2019:
Some people believe that saying something makes it a fact...especially the trump family! These people live in their own ‘trump made’ reality!
Freedompath replies on Sep 5, 2019:
@LucyLoohoo since most everything coming out of that HOUSE is based on a lie or is almost the truth.,,it would not surprise me at all! What goes on there has to be mostly ‘twisted’ ...wouldn’t you agree?
Trump is willing to break federal law instead of admitting he was wrong about Hurricane Dorian ...
Redheadedgammy comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Of course, has he ever been held accountable for his lies?
Freedompath replies on Sep 5, 2019:
@LucyLoohoo the way I see it 40/60 is way out of balance!
Hmmmm.
Freedompath comments on Sep 5, 2019:
Some people believe that saying something makes it a fact...especially the trump family! These people live in their own ‘trump made’ reality!
Freedompath replies on Sep 5, 2019:
@LucyLoohoo Maybe 35-40%. That leaves a lot of people not in his corner!
Trump is willing to break federal law instead of admitting he was wrong about Hurricane Dorian ...
Redheadedgammy comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Of course, has he ever been held accountable for his lies?
Freedompath replies on Sep 5, 2019:
@LucyLoohoo I can go along with that! A cat may have nine lives...but, that ninth one was the clincher!
Hmmmm.
Freedompath comments on Sep 5, 2019:
Some people believe that saying something makes it a fact...especially the trump family! These people live in their own ‘trump made’ reality!
Freedompath replies on Sep 5, 2019:
@LucyLoohoo yes! But they can only appeal to people with blind spots!
Trump is willing to break federal law instead of admitting he was wrong about Hurricane Dorian ...
Redheadedgammy comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Of course, has he ever been held accountable for his lies?
Freedompath replies on Sep 5, 2019:
@Our_existence Surely...by sheer accident, he will get ‘cut off at the knees’...once?
We've had 5 category 5 hurricanes in the last 4 years.
Nightshade1313 comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Moron...
Freedompath replies on Sep 5, 2019:
@BirdMan1 so true!
Trump’s Hurricane Dorian Map Looks Mighty Suspicious
silverotter11 comments on Sep 4, 2019:
I really had to check on this one - I thought for *SURE* this had to be a fucking Borowitz Report, or something from the Onion. No, this appears to be fucking *real*!! It's also a fucking crime!! AND his staff is covering it all up like it's no big deal!! This IS a big deal! There is a crazy ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 5, 2019:
It isn’t a ‘big deal to his staff,’ ...nothing is a big deal to them! They are running this Country with happenstances! But, the joke falls on us!
Trump is willing to break federal law instead of admitting he was wrong about Hurricane Dorian ...
Redheadedgammy comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Of course, has he ever been held accountable for his lies?
Freedompath replies on Sep 4, 2019:
@Our_existence ...?
After a 2 week hiatus the late night pundits are back.
Freedompath comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Yes, and it is very important to keep connected to people who are physically there with us. The uncertainty is what takes us for ‘a ride!’ My mother was similar to trump and she was a torment to me up until she had her heart attack and died 3 months later. For some reason in those last 3 ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 4, 2019:
@silverotter11 ...and you wouldn’t be alone! When trump was elected...this reminds me of my friend in Vietnam, she said, ‘I wouldn’t shed a tear, if trump died!’ (She knew of him many years ago, as I did, only she has never lived in the states.)
Interesting news feed on CNN on line.
Freedompath comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Ofcourse, that is what respect looks like to this kind of personalities. It is a kind of hero worship...they must have a hero to follow, it gives their life meaning! Some of us have learned that worship of another person, will provide major disappointments and our worship may turn to hate because ...
Freedompath replies on Sep 4, 2019:
@Our_existence thanks!
After a 2 week hiatus the late night pundits are back.
19dacar52 comments on Sep 4, 2019:
What worries me the most is the way he demonizes the media..
Freedompath replies on Sep 4, 2019:
@19dacar52 ...it would be good for this Country, if he were put in his ‘playpen!’
After a 2 week hiatus the late night pundits are back.
19dacar52 comments on Sep 4, 2019:
What worries me the most is the way he demonizes the media..
Freedompath replies on Sep 4, 2019:
...and every chance he gets, he demonizes immigrants, even children apparently! And, don’t forget friends and anyone, who calls him to account! He is surely is inept...
The British legislators have more guts than our Senate! Brexit rebels seize control after defeating...
ShadowAmicus comments on Sep 4, 2019:
The trouble is that the electorate is being given the finger by their MPs. A majority voted in 2016 to leave the EU, but the majority of MPs do not agree with the decision .... so MPs are working to prevent the UK leaving the EU Johnson wants the option to leave the EU on WTO rules, the same rules...
Freedompath replies on Sep 4, 2019:
I know it is best to get a ‘win win’...but to say that ‘it is not good democracy’...I don’t know? The majority in this Country voted for Clinton, but the electoral college voted differently...so is that good democracy? I wonder? It seems to me that there was ‘indoctrination,’ that countered ‘good democracy’...across Europe and the US, with no good intent. In other words, it appears to me it was ‘for the lessor good’ and was not driven ‘for the good of mankind!’ Narcissistic thinking and motives would not benefit democracy and it appears to me that this behavior is found more in this movement! Getting something going ‘their way,’ just for the ‘hell of it’..or, I want, what I want! And I do know as fact, that people like the Mercers put their money behind spreading their kind of narrow vision of mankind's betterment...and IT is not democracy! Do we wait and use war to straighten out the ‘demise,’ of a country that started with other errant people?
After listening to an old DVD with Joseph Campbell, it occurred to me that most worthwhile human ...
Freedompath comments on Sep 4, 2019:
That makes good sense. I enjoyed the Campbell lectures and tapes and books, seemingly years ago! I wish I had them back again.
Freedompath replies on Sep 4, 2019:
@mjb007bond I only have this phone hooked up to internet. I did forget about that though...thanks!
We've had 5 category 5 hurricanes in the last 4 years.
Nightshade1313 comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Moron...
Freedompath replies on Sep 3, 2019:
@Redheadedgammy ...is it worse, or being completely exposed?
Being an Aspie and loving an Aspie is so hard.
Freedompath comments on Sep 2, 2019:
...explain, I have never seen that word before!
Freedompath replies on Sep 3, 2019:
@Annaleda thanks...that would be a challenge, for sure!
People say "older and wiser" my question is, how old will Trump have to be?
RobertNappi2 comments on Sep 2, 2019:
He acts like a toddler
Freedompath replies on Sep 2, 2019:
@LucyLoohoo now...there’s a combination! Oh! Holy Mother!
People say "older and wiser" my question is, how old will Trump have to be?
LucyLoohoo comments on Sep 2, 2019:
In a century (if humanity's still in communication with one another) the pustule will be classed in the same group as Nero, Caligula, Hitler and Pol Pot.
Freedompath replies on Sep 2, 2019:
@LucyLoohoo that IS educational..,just reading about what it was like is nothing like having a despot ruining your waking hours and intensifying your nightmares! Makes for s whole different understanding of history...wouldn’t you agree?
Life is an Illusion, a Dream, a Bubble, a Shadow.
brentan comments on Aug 26, 2019:
He would have been useless in the fight against the Nazis! Seriously though, I wonder could an argument be made that those soldiers wasted their time?
Freedompath replies on Sep 2, 2019:
@FlaGoldenGirl ...emotions are all ‘emotions’ in our mind and body, if you stamp out one, how does that effect the rest? They have all developed in our nature for some purpose!
Life is an Illusion, a Dream, a Bubble, a Shadow.
Freedompath comments on Aug 26, 2019:
Oh! I think little children in cages, is worthy of my anger. Dehumanizing people...is definitely worthy of my anger!
Freedompath replies on Sep 2, 2019:
@FlaGoldenGirl ...it keeps me alert to what hurts other people, animals and places! I am not wearing it like a garment!
[friendlyatheist.
brentan comments on Sep 2, 2019:
I can't decide whether people were always this mad or the political climate is bringing it out.
Freedompath replies on Sep 2, 2019:
I think it has been capitalized upon..,it may have been fear in the minds of some people...and then it was studied and stoked! Think of all the ‘outreach’ groups that the Kochs used to sway especially the Christians...just to gain more power!
People say "older and wiser" my question is, how old will Trump have to be?
LucyLoohoo comments on Sep 2, 2019:
In a century (if humanity's still in communication with one another) the pustule will be classed in the same group as Nero, Caligula, Hitler and Pol Pot.
Freedompath replies on Sep 2, 2019:
For sure! It has been educational to see up close and personal...how a leader can have no heart at all...and no sign of good sense!
As MassacreMitch Trends After Texas Shooting, Democrats Urge McConnell To Act [m.huffpost.com]
Charlene comments on Sep 2, 2019:
He's gonna do nothing but send his thoughts and prayers..👿👿👿👿👿👿
Freedompath replies on Sep 2, 2019:
He has perfected, fake empathy!
People say "older and wiser" my question is, how old will Trump have to be?
RobertNappi2 comments on Sep 2, 2019:
He acts like a toddler
Freedompath replies on Sep 2, 2019:
...with stunted growth!
No one is posting this Sunday morning; everyone must be going to church.
Joanne comments on Sep 1, 2019:
As I type this, I am in the church of my house, sitting at the altar of my dining table, partaking of my holy sacrament--a mocha latte.
Freedompath replies on Sep 1, 2019:
...and giving thanks for what is.,.lol

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