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In 1959 through 1962, KKruschev was threatening to attack our troops in West Berlin if we did not ...

powder comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Ancient irrelevant history for today's situation. USSR sought to expand their communist ideology. Today, Russia is not communist. How do you work out he is aiding Turkey AND Russia? They will be shooting at each other soon. Honestly, your nation dishonoured itself by illegally occupying Syria in ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 15, 2019:

@powder Hogwash. Any nation which is being actively threatened by the actions and plots of a terrorist group has the right to act against such groups wherever they are. It does not matter whether the nation in which the terrorists are based accepts them willingly, or whether they are too weak to act against them. The US went into Afghanistan because the Taliban were deliberately allowing Al Quaeda basses in their country. The action was fully justified, but terribly carried out. We should have been in and out within 6 months.

In 1959 through 1962, KKruschev was threatening to attack our troops in West Berlin if we did not ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 14, 2019:

1959 - 1962 is a long time. The Russians certainly showed a lot of restrain there, more than US does, but then of course they had not quiet figured out how profitable war was and is for them.

wordywalt replies on Oct 15, 2019:

@Jolanta What are you talking about? I have no idea.

Given the number of unwarranted shootings by police officers in the past few years, something is ...

MsAl comments on Oct 15, 2019:

I think we should teach them to use non deadly force first. We need to train them in ways that take into account that they are mammals and will have a fear response.

wordywalt replies on Oct 15, 2019:

As a person who has been in dangerous situations, I know that there is a huge difference being prepared for the situation and being highly alert and ready, and in being in an undisciplined near panic.

In 1959 through 1962, KKruschev was threatening to attack our troops in West Berlin if we did not ...

Violdude comments on Oct 14, 2019:

For the first time in my 81 years, I am ashamed to be an American because so many people have lost sight of basic Humanistic values as exemplified by Trump and his gang! The day Trump leaves office, should be a national holiday!

wordywalt replies on Oct 15, 2019:

I fully agree with your sentiment about Trump. At 82 years old, I am still proud to be an American, but stand in total opposition to today's corrupt Republican party and the idiot rump. Neither represent me or my values.

In 1959 through 1962, KKruschev was threatening to attack our troops in West Berlin if we did not ...

powder comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Ancient irrelevant history for today's situation. USSR sought to expand their communist ideology. Today, Russia is not communist. How do you work out he is aiding Turkey AND Russia? They will be shooting at each other soon. Honestly, your nation dishonoured itself by illegally occupying Syria in ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 14, 2019:

@powder Ha, ha, ha..Saying something does not make it true. .

In 1959 through 1962, KKruschev was threatening to attack our troops in West Berlin if we did not ...

powder comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Ancient irrelevant history for today's situation. USSR sought to expand their communist ideology. Today, Russia is not communist. How do you work out he is aiding Turkey AND Russia? They will be shooting at each other soon. Honestly, your nation dishonoured itself by illegally occupying Syria in ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 14, 2019:

@powder You have a piss poor understanding of the USA and the American public, as well as of world events.

In 1959 through 1962, KKruschev was threatening to attack our troops in West Berlin if we did not ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 14, 2019:

1959 - 1962 is a long time. The Russians certainly showed a lot of restrain there, more than US does, but then of course they had not quiet figured out how profitable war was and is for them.

wordywalt replies on Oct 14, 2019:

@Triphid Yes there were a few thousand French and British troops there. But, it was the military might of the USA that deterred the Russians. The British and French assisted, but in a minor way.

In 1959 through 1962, KKruschev was threatening to attack our troops in West Berlin if we did not ...

powder comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Ancient irrelevant history for today's situation. USSR sought to expand their communist ideology. Today, Russia is not communist. How do you work out he is aiding Turkey AND Russia? They will be shooting at each other soon. Honestly, your nation dishonoured itself by illegally occupying Syria in ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 14, 2019:

Please do not judge the USA by the behavior of the idiot Trump and the Republican party. I do not understand your reasoning about Turkey and Russia. Authoritarian leader almost always share acquisitive or expansive aims the repressive internal methods. They very often agree to consort with and abet each other. The USA did not "occupy Syria. We sent a limited number of troops into a chaotic almost failed state simply to destroy a real ISIS threat. Further, I predict that with the idiot Trump gone, you will see a new Democratic leadership distancing itself from the Saudis . In short, I consider most of your post to be off base.

In 1959 through 1962, KKruschev was threatening to attack our troops in West Berlin if we did not ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 14, 2019:

1959 - 1962 is a long time. The Russians certainly showed a lot of restrain there, more than US does, but then of course they had not quiet figured out how profitable war was and is for them.

wordywalt replies on Oct 14, 2019:

The only thing that prevented the Russians from taking Berlin was American resolve to prevent them from spreading their tyranny to West Berlin and the rest of free Europe. There was NOTHING in Russian behavior to compliment.

Today nearly every Republican sounds like a Nazi true believer but in 1940 they sounded more like ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Due to "leadership" by aggressive ideologue fools Gingrich, DeLay, Cruz, Jim Jordan, McConnel and other destructive people, the Republican Party has moved so far to the right that Today's morally and intellectually bankrupt Republican Party is unrecognizable when compared to th Party's honorable ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 12, 2019:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz I am getting sick and tired of your bullshit. First, you are dead wrong on a factual basis, as you lack a sufficient historical basis. Prior to 1982, the American political mainstream was somewhat right of center in all sectors. Under Roosevelt's leadership, the mainstream moved slightly left of center on fiscal issues and in investment in people, but not on racial and sexual issues. Kennedy and Johnson continued the shift to the left on social and sexual issues. With the entry of Nixon and Falwell and his "moral majority" into prominence, the mainstream move back to the right on all issues. And the mainstream continued its shift to the right under the Republican presidencies of Reagan, Ford, and Bush. Faced with that fact, the Democratic Party under Clinton moved somewhat back to the right on some issues in order to regain power. The Republicans, under Delay, Armee, Gingrich, and McConnell began an aggressive and uncivil assault, aided by Grover Norquist. to drive the mainstream even further to the first to regain power. That is the truth and those are the facts. If you assert otherwise, either you do not know your history or you are simply knowingly making a false assertion. You can accept that, and I hope that you would apologize -- but I greatly doubt it. You can simply accept the facts, or kiss my ass.

Today nearly every Republican sounds like a Nazi true believer but in 1940 they sounded more like ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Due to "leadership" by aggressive ideologue fools Gingrich, DeLay, Cruz, Jim Jordan, McConnel and other destructive people, the Republican Party has moved so far to the right that Today's morally and intellectually bankrupt Republican Party is unrecognizable when compared to th Party's honorable ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 12, 2019:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz You continue t show your abusive personality. I feel sorry for your lack of moral judgment.

There is a quantum difference between Elizabeth Warren and most politicians.

Flowerwall comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Can I ask why you prefer Mrs. Warren over Mr. Sanders? What are the specific areas that make her better than him?

wordywalt replies on Oct 11, 2019:

Warren and Bernie have similar leanings. The depth and thoroughness of her ideas far surpasses those of Bernie.

We must spread the word far and wide that the “deep state” is a malevolent fiction created to ...

St-Sinner comments on Oct 11, 2019:

No, I believe Deep State exists in all countries. There always counter philosophies in a society and some take their passions too far. I believe that about Peter Strzok and Lisa Page in Washington.

wordywalt replies on Oct 11, 2019:

To me, the two were patriots trying to protect the country from both the Russians and a man they knew from evidence to be evil.

Today nearly every Republican sounds like a Nazi true believer but in 1940 they sounded more like ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Due to "leadership" by aggressive ideologue fools Gingrich, DeLay, Cruz, Jim Jordan, McConnel and other destructive people, the Republican Party has moved so far to the right that Today's morally and intellectually bankrupt Republican Party is unrecognizable when compared to th Party's honorable ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 10, 2019:

@Lizard_of_AhazYour continued insults show what kind of a person you are. Do you really want everyone to know?

Today nearly every Republican sounds like a Nazi true believer but in 1940 they sounded more like ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Due to "leadership" by aggressive ideologue fools Gingrich, DeLay, Cruz, Jim Jordan, McConnel and other destructive people, the Republican Party has moved so far to the right that Today's morally and intellectually bankrupt Republican Party is unrecognizable when compared to th Party's honorable ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 10, 2019:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz two of my concentrations in graduate school were political science and American political and intellectual history. So much for your fucking intended insult, sucker.

Today nearly every Republican sounds like a Nazi true believer but in 1940 they sounded more like ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Due to "leadership" by aggressive ideologue fools Gingrich, DeLay, Cruz, Jim Jordan, McConnel and other destructive people, the Republican Party has moved so far to the right that Today's morally and intellectually bankrupt Republican Party is unrecognizable when compared to th Party's honorable ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 10, 2019:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Horse manure. Pure fabricated fiction typical of the Trump era.

There is a quantum difference between Elizabeth Warren and most politicians.

Paul4747 comments on Oct 9, 2019:

That's a big assumption about what "most" people go into politics for. I've encountered and dealt with a number of politicians in Michigan, and all of them felt they went into politics to serve their constituents. The way they do that might be vastly different from the way we think they should, ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 10, 2019:

@Paul4747 I am sorry that you do not seem to be able to understand the complexities, morality, and legitimacy of Warren's proposals. I would expect better from a person with your purported education.

Confederate Flag ::: A comment about those who revere the Confederacy, and the Confederate Flag ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Horse manure. All of my great-grandfathers fought in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. I refuse to honor any of them for that act. They all chose to embrace the immoral institution of slavery and to commit treason against the United Stated. Regardless of what they thought, they were ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 10, 2019:

@Jacar You are spewing venom. Unacceptable!

We humans just can't seem to avoid creating and dredging up ideas which promise eternal existence of...

Archeus_Lore comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Humans did not create the ideas of religion and life after death out of fear of death, they created it for the use of those in power to retain power. . "Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 9, 2019:

I disagree. They created religion because they could not tolerate the sense of being ignorant and powerless. After they created it, the priestly caste arose and began the dogmatic domination.

There is a quantum difference between Elizabeth Warren and most politicians.

Paul4747 comments on Oct 9, 2019:

That's a big assumption about what "most" people go into politics for. I've encountered and dealt with a number of politicians in Michigan, and all of them felt they went into politics to serve their constituents. The way they do that might be vastly different from the way we think they should, ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 9, 2019:

Whatever the case, there is still a huge difference between them and Elizabeth Warren.

Moscow Mitch should be expelled from the Senate for being such a spineless eunuch. [msn.]

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

He is not spineless, merely totally corrupt and immoral. His obstruction is deliberate and willful.

wordywalt replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@Mofo1953 It was Mitch's demagoguery for years that created the condition which allowed Trump to come to office. Know your history.

Only an idiot would want to shut down the US oil and gas industry.

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Boll shit. Your are just another oil indoctrinated Okie with a big mouth and few facts. .

wordywalt replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@Trajan61 And, you are dumb enough to ask that question?

Only an idiot would want to shut down the US oil and gas industry.

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Boll shit. Your are just another oil indoctrinated Okie with a big mouth and few facts. .

wordywalt replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@Trajan61 Try it, turkey! You will be either obliterated or imprisoned. Either way, our constitutional democracy would be better off.

There is a difference between that statements, "I don't believe in god(s).

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

I see no difference between the two except sentence structure. .

wordywalt replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@Gawd If they have not re4ad Hesse, it would be to their benefit and enlightenment to do so.

Confederate Flag ::: A comment about those who revere the Confederacy, and the Confederate Flag ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Horse manure. All of my great-grandfathers fought in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. I refuse to honor any of them for that act. They all chose to embrace the immoral institution of slavery and to commit treason against the United Stated. Regardless of what they thought, they were ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@Jacar That is not true. As a native southerner who understands southern culture and history, I can say with certainty that most poor southerners who did not own slaves actually aspired to do so. One of my ancestors who actually did oppose slavery in St. Augustine was forced to flee to the North for his own safety.

There is a difference between that statements, "I don't believe in god(s).

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

I see no difference between the two except sentence structure. .

wordywalt replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@Gawd I am not into playing glass bead games. If you are not familiar with the term, read Hermann Hesse's THE GLASS BEAD GAME.

I am always annoyed when people describe "Atheism" as a belief when it's anything but.

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

What you are trying to say (not very well) is that atheism is not an ideological system. But, when you say that there is no philosophy in atheism, you are dead wrong. All serious thought involves philosophical thinking. You need to improve your selection of terms and the accuracy and clarity of ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@gNappyHead Oh, really? Prove your assertion. I do not think you can.

Some food for thought: Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899–1990) viewed humans as a biological paradox.

mordant comments on Oct 5, 2019:

It's a fair and accurate observation that self-awareness / consciousness of mortality is a heavy burden and that overall as a species we often as not struggle to cope with it. I think we are making slow but accelerating progress with that, although in my view, our ultimate success is not assured ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@mordant I greatly disagree that suffering always diminishes the sufferer. It may. But the opposite is often true. It is often that the dealing with the suffering and its causes that leads one to reach greater levels of strength, resolve, and understanding which leads to real and enduring progress. Overgeneralization is a serious error in reasoning and may lead to false conclusions.

Only an idiot would want to shut down the US oil and gas industry.

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Boll shit. Your are just another oil indoctrinated Okie with a big mouth and few facts. .

wordywalt replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@Trajan61 Again, bull shit . There are not enough of you out of their mind dolts to pull it off.

I am always annoyed when people describe "Atheism" as a belief when it's anything but.

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

What you are trying to say (not very well) is that atheism is not an ideological system. But, when you say that there is no philosophy in atheism, you are dead wrong. All serious thought involves philosophical thinking. You need to improve your selection of terms and the accuracy and clarity of ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@gNappyHead Yes. That is the core basis for the term atheist.

Only an idiot would want to shut down the US oil and gas industry.

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Boll shit. Your are just another oil indoctrinated Okie with a big mouth and few facts. .

wordywalt replies on Oct 4, 2019:

@Trajan61 Give us time. We will, and our people and nation will be a damned sight better off.

Only an idiot would want to shut down the US oil and gas industry.

gater comments on Oct 4, 2019:

This coming from a blonde haired, blue eyed woman that thought she was an American Indian - the woman is clueless.

wordywalt replies on Oct 4, 2019:

ellow, you are full of it. Warren is more intelligent, rational, and caring than you could ever hope to be.

Whats the wrong thing about religion?

wordywalt comments on Aug 17, 2019:

There are many things wrong about religion. The greatest among them is the personal attempt to escape from the freedom that we have by becoming a true-believer in a false total system ideology.

wordywalt replies on Oct 2, 2019:

@JeffMurray I think you are misinterpreting what I am saying. I am saying that people who choose to believe in either religion or a total system political ideology are choosing to escape from the potential freedom that they have. Evidently you have never read Erich Fromm's classic book on the ps7ychology of religion, ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM.

Whats the wrong thing about religion?

wordywalt comments on Aug 17, 2019:

There are many things wrong about religion. The greatest among them is the personal attempt to escape from the freedom that we have by becoming a true-believer in a false total system ideology.

wordywalt replies on Oct 2, 2019:

@JeffMurray You betcha.

Are we all born bad?

rsabbatini comments on Oct 1, 2019:

Good and bad are moral, socially-designated concepts. So, it depends on education (nurture) and social conditioning. Our brain has been molded by an interaction between society, individual, genetics and biology. There is no way we can extricate them from one another.

wordywalt replies on Oct 2, 2019:

@Grecio "Will" is a bit hard to define. In some ways, it is the courage to act. In other cases it is the facing of bleak reality or feeling that, one has nothing left to lose, or that one has to do something, even if it is the least bad alternative. In some ways it is the comparison of owns avered values with what alternatives which the situation presents and saying to oneself, "If I am the person I claim to be, I must act and the only alternative which affirms my values is A."

Conscousness without a body?

jlynn37 comments on Oct 1, 2019:

How would anyone know this? It would not be something anyone would/could know, it is something someone believes. Believing is not knowing.

wordywalt replies on Oct 2, 2019:

@jlynn37 Your statement does not alter or negate mine. The two are simply different statements of the same thing.

So, this happened yesterday: I blew up at my wife when our 5-year old daughter said that God made ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 1, 2019:

I would simply present following question to my daughter: Do you really think that a loving god would deliberately create people with problems that make life difficult for them? My hunch is that she would mull over that one for years.

wordywalt replies on Oct 1, 2019:

I can remember that as a young child I was presented with thoughts and questions I did not comprehend, but the questions stuck with me for more than a few years, and helped to guide the development of my thinking.

Conscousness without a body?

JeffMesser comments on Oct 1, 2019:

yes, it exists apart from the mind.

wordywalt replies on Oct 1, 2019:

@JeffMesser What are vedas? I have never heard of the term.

Conscousness without a body?

jlynn37 comments on Oct 1, 2019:

How would anyone know this? It would not be something anyone would/could know, it is something someone believes. Believing is not knowing.

wordywalt replies on Oct 1, 2019:

Knowledge is belief so intense and backed by sufficient current evidence that we are willing to act on it. Much of today's "knowledge" will be disproved in the future by better evidence.

Conscousness without a body?

Grecio comments on Oct 1, 2019:

It's amazing that consciousness arises out of a material brain. Sam Harris talks a lot about this. When a person dies, he seems unconscious, and we see no evidence of a soul. Also, I guess a person has to be born in order to get a soul. His/ her/other may not have a soul before they are born. ...

wordywalt replies on Oct 1, 2019:

@dahermit None of us have a soul. The concept is humanly created fiction.

Conscousness without a body?

JeffMesser comments on Oct 1, 2019:

yes, it exists apart from the mind.

wordywalt replies on Oct 1, 2019:

What are your grounds for this assertion. I fail to see any tenable grounds.

So, this happened yesterday: I blew up at my wife when our 5-year old daughter said that God made ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 1, 2019:

I would simply present following question to my daughter: Do you really think that a loving god would deliberately create people with problems that make life difficult for them? My hunch is that she would mull over that one for years.

wordywalt replies on Oct 1, 2019:

@skado It is never too early to get a child to think about serious questions.

Are we all born bad?

rsabbatini comments on Oct 1, 2019:

Good and bad are moral, socially-designated concepts. So, it depends on education (nurture) and social conditioning. Our brain has been molded by an interaction between society, individual, genetics and biology. There is no way we can extricate them from one another.

wordywalt replies on Oct 1, 2019:

@Grecio All that changed them was the belief that something gave them the strength to extricate themselves from the control of the addicting substance. In actuality, that control potential always existed in the person. What was missing was the will. On the weight loss thing, two things made a difference, (1) body chemistry or metabolism changed, and/or (2) he changed his behavior. Most answers are simple.

Donald Trump Impeachment Inquiry Is ‘Doomed To Fail,’ Says Ken Starr

WonderWartHog99 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

## He has a point. NO PRESIDENT HAS EVER BEEN REMOVED FROM OFFICE USING ONLY THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS. Either the process fails, or in Nixon's case they resign. We need a better process, i.e. a vote of no confidence. # Wait for it: they won't change the impeachment process. ...

wordywalt replies on Sep 30, 2019:

Because something tends not to occur does not mean that it will not occur. To say so is fallacious reasoning.

George Conway posts epic tweetstorm obliterating Lindsey Graham’s ‘pure garbage’ defense of ...

Freedompath comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Thanks George, good for us who do not know the legal jargon! Lindsey Graham has sure went the way of a doo doo bird...makes we wonder what happen to him, almost over night? Surely, Graham isn’t that power thirsty?

wordywalt replies on Sep 29, 2019:

wWithout McCain to keep him honest, Graham's spine has disintegrated, nd he is now slithering in Trump's world of corruption.

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been.

wordywalt comments on Sep 27, 2019:

An insightful post.

wordywalt replies on Sep 27, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Where in northwest Florida? I grew up in a town of 240 in Madison County.

NBC News reported that Trump met with NRA chief LePierre today, asking for funds from the NTA to pay...

242Foxtrot comments on Sep 27, 2019:

He just wants the money the NRA gets from Russia.

wordywalt replies on Sep 27, 2019:

he guy is a leech and a grifter. He wants all the money he can get from anybody.

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been.

wordywalt comments on Sep 27, 2019:

An insightful post.

wordywalt replies on Sep 27, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Not very different from the culture of rural north Florida, where I grew up.

When one grows up poor, in a loving family, and not in an absolute struggle to avoid starvation, one...

St-Sinner comments on Sep 26, 2019:

But it is not necessary to grow up poor, in a loving family, not in an absolute struggle to avoid starvation to be all good things you mentioned, right? Can a child of an affluent family be taught all good values?

wordywalt replies on Sep 26, 2019:

@St-Sinner Sorry, I mistyped what wanted to say. See the edited correction.

When one grows up poor, in a loving family, and not in an absolute struggle to avoid starvation, one...

St-Sinner comments on Sep 26, 2019:

But it is not necessary to grow up poor, in a loving family, not in an absolute struggle to avoid starvation to be all good things you mentioned, right? Can a child of an affluent family be taught all good values?

wordywalt replies on Sep 26, 2019:

@St-Sinner Please read my words more carefully and non-judgmentally. You objection has nothing to domy point. Poverty can, and often break many families and people. My point was that in functional families in or near poverty do often meet those circumstances in a manner which teaches much of value to their children. It is the circumstance which demands a productive response to produce growth. Yes, struggles break some people. But, they also make good and great people.

When one grows up poor, in a loving family, and not in an absolute struggle to avoid starvation, one...

St-Sinner comments on Sep 26, 2019:

But it is not necessary to grow up poor, in a loving family, not in an absolute struggle to avoid starvation to be all good things you mentioned, right? Can a child of an affluent family be taught all good values?

wordywalt replies on Sep 26, 2019:

Yes, they can, but I believe it less likely, as it is less necessary.

A very good opinion piece for history buffs. Not what you learn in school. [rt.com]

wordywalt comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Anyone who has seriously studied political ideologies knows that communism and naziism knows that the two are only alike in that both are totalitarian systems. Other than that, their bases, intellectual structures, and organization are entirely different. ,

wordywalt replies on Sep 26, 2019:

@Fernapple I said in the beginning was that the only ideology they share in common is that both are totalitarian in structure and effect. What is your problem?

A very good opinion piece for history buffs. Not what you learn in school. [rt.com]

wordywalt comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Anyone who has seriously studied political ideologies knows that communism and naziism knows that the two are only alike in that both are totalitarian systems. Other than that, their bases, intellectual structures, and organization are entirely different. ,

wordywalt replies on Sep 26, 2019:

@Fernapple I stand with my prior comment. This is an area in which had an interest in graduate school, and which I studied in detail. My comment dealt with the ideologies themselves. Your deal with side issues irrelevant to ideology and to to my comments.

Why the Private Health Insurance Industry Faces an Existential Crisis | Common Dreams Views

wordywalt comments on Sep 25, 2019:

More and more people are beginning to recognize that universal healthcare will benefit them in every sense. The health insurance industry has more than ample reason to fear that. By the time it is all over, the American health insurance industry will be very small, consisting of a few firms ...

wordywalt replies on Sep 25, 2019:

@MarkiusMahamius Do you realize how dumb and demeaning that sounds?

Why the Private Health Insurance Industry Faces an Existential Crisis | Common Dreams Views

wordywalt comments on Sep 25, 2019:

More and more people are beginning to recognize that universal healthcare will benefit them in every sense. The health insurance industry has more than ample reason to fear that. By the time it is all over, the American health insurance industry will be very small, consisting of a few firms ...

wordywalt replies on Sep 25, 2019:

@MarkiusMahamius We will see. I give the American public more credit for intelligence. Further, universal healthcare will still constitute a substantial, but lesser percentage of the economy. But the difference in cost will result in growth in other sectors of the economy, due to the lesser personal expenditures for healthcare..

What we know and do not know about Greta Thunberg?

wordywalt comments on Sep 25, 2019:

This post is an aggressive attack intended to damage and diminish a courageous and moral young lady. You should be ashamed.

wordywalt replies on Sep 25, 2019:

@St-Sinner I do not quite know how to take your posts. You say some intelligent things, but your posts reek with a presumptuous air of superiority. You are not. You are just a person, like the rest of us.

What we know and do not know about Greta Thunberg?

wordywalt comments on Sep 25, 2019:

This post is an aggressive attack intended to damage and diminish a courageous and moral young lady. You should be ashamed.

wordywalt replies on Sep 25, 2019:

@St-Sinner Ha, Ha. Ha, ha! Your parade irrational spite as fact. Don't be ridiculous. How stupid do you think people are?

Is empathy an emotion or a choice?

wordywalt comments on Sep 23, 2019:

For most people it is a choice. Sociopaths, psychopaths, and people with autism, however, will never experience empathy.

wordywalt replies on Sep 24, 2019:

@Nakedterror Yes.

Pentecostal Christians Are Burning Australia’s Sacred Aboriginal Objects | Michael Stone

wordywalt comments on Sep 22, 2019:

All pentecostals have a screw loose.

wordywalt replies on Sep 22, 2019:

@DenoPenno Hubh

Dear Progressives for Warren: Your Class Is Showing - CounterPunch.org

TomMcGiverin comments on Sep 22, 2019:

I agree with all of this and that's why I support Bernie and don't trust Warren. She is clearly an ally of Hillary and most of her supporters backed Hillary last time. Tells you all you need to know about her and her supporters, neither of whom really want political revolution, no matter how much ...

wordywalt replies on Sep 22, 2019:

You are do dfar wrong that it is difficult to believe. Warren is the candidate most intelligent, most moral, and most concerned about our people and nation. She has no political or ideological linkage to Hillary. I voted for Bernie 9n the 2016 primary over Clinton. This time, I will vote for Warren over Bernie, as the sis the best person in the field.

Those who dispute global warming are either grossly stupid or, even worse, like the poster child for...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Currently my book club is reading The Uninhabitable Earth - Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells. I'm not confident of the world we're leaving my grand children. It makes me very sad for them.

wordywalt replies on Sep 20, 2019:

Like you, I am not confident that we will; have enough people showing the will; and morality to get the job done.

Those who dispute global warming are either grossly stupid or, even worse, like the poster child for...

WilliamFleming comments on Sep 20, 2019:

How do you feel about highly qualified climatologists such as Roy Spencer who says, yes, the climate is warming at a low pace (0.13C/decade), the human part of that warming is unknown, and it is not known if the trend will continue, and that furthermore the situation does not warrant expensive ...

wordywalt replies on Sep 20, 2019:

97 percent of all climate scientists agree that global warming is a rapidly increasing problem. That is a overwhelming majority. Enough said.

Those who dispute global warming are either grossly stupid or, even worse, like the poster child for...

BigMac10 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Or may be we just refuse to get sucked into the schemes of the idiot politicians like Al Gore. You would have been underwater by now, according to him!

wordywalt replies on Sep 20, 2019:

My post applies.

Still looking at your thumb, I bet.

wordywalt comments on Sep 19, 2019:

No. I did not look at my thumb once. I just wondered : Why this bunch of meaningless statements?

wordywalt replies on Sep 19, 2019:

@Jolanta I read a lot of garbage statements to make sure that I am giving the person and the post a fair shake.

Redemption for your failing Economy I am an Australian and realise that we follow you guys in the ...

wordywalt comments on Sep 18, 2019:

You vastly overestimate the man. He reminds me, historically, of candidate Upton Sinclair during the Great depression, whose campaign slogan was "a chicken in every pot."

wordywalt replies on Sep 18, 2019:

@rathswohl Yes I have listened closely. He has not really revealed any coherent potential policies.

95% of Black Women plan to vote in 2020

wordywalt comments on Sep 12, 2019:

Great! Now, lets work on getting the Hispanic vote equally as high.

wordywalt replies on Sep 14, 2019:

@gNappyHead There may be some conservative Hispanics, but the vast majority are not so stupid as to vote for Trump.