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wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:
What in the hell is "communitarian?" I have never heard or seen the phrase.
Hi. Apologies in advance for this rather abrupt question: Is this site an echo chamber?
wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:
Quite differing view exist on this site. Some members are open to real discussion. Some cannot disagree without being disagreeable. Some simply do not know to or c\simply can't really debate openly. Some just rant.
Texas of course! [theguardian.]
wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:
This is what hap;pens when Republicans hold office at the state level.
If the Corona Virus (and resultant stock market downturn) scuttles the Drumpf tenure in the WH will ...
wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:
No. It will be simple moral justice.
I haven't seen a better description of the Trump presidency.
wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:
One more ingredient is needed: greed.
Trump misidentifies first US coronavirus fatality
wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:
From him, to be expected.
Trump Wants to Cut Taxes to Battle the Coronavirus Donald Trump attacked Democrats at a mass ...
wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:
Trump's position is total economic insanity, designed to bolster his re-election chances .
What rude representatives of our country that man and his wife are.
wordywalt comments on Mar 1, 2020:
Agreed.
What do you suppose gives rise to and supports belief in God?
wordywalt comments on Mar 1, 2020:
Religion began with human beings feeling ignorant and powerless. Humans were led to believe in gods who, they were told, had the answers and power. In believing, they were told, they would protect themselves. I would recommend that you consult the philosophy of Feuerbach, and read ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM by Erich Fromm
What is your take on Principles . What is your Principal principle?
wordywalt comments on Feb 29, 2020:
In the way you write of it, I define a principle as a core belief which helps to form he entire structure of your ethical belief system. My core principle is, "Treat all others, and the earth itself, with dignity and respect.
Sitting here listening to Rachel and drinking a Corona Extra to help not get the Corona virus.
wordywalt comments on Feb 28, 2020:
I think you meant 6 million people in our country could die from the corona virus. .
Trump defends huge cuts to the CDC's budget by saying the government can hire more doctors 'when we ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 28, 2020:
Sheer arrogant insanity!
Move over pence...Let a REAL expert handle this!!!!
wordywalt comments on Feb 28, 2020:
That would be in character for the Trump family.
Pinata pole Which candidate are you siding with ?
wordywalt comments on Feb 28, 2020:
These troubled times require a candidate with bold, effective, and people-oriented solutions.
Thats true
wordywalt comments on Feb 27, 2020:
All too damned true!!
Woman's OBGYN told her she needed her husband's permission to get her tubes tied...in 2020
wordywalt comments on Feb 27, 2020:
She needs a new ob-gyn doctor.
AG William Barr: “Men Are Far Likelier to Obey Rules That Come from God” | Hemant Mehta | ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 27, 2020:
Oh, really?
27-Hour Hospital Stay Leaves Parents Of A Killed One-Year-Old Not Only In Grief But Also In $175k Of...
wordywalt comments on Feb 27, 2020:
Crap like this is a prime reason why we need universal healthcare!
It may take Scotland, for lack of Senate republican balls, to lock the turd up! [rawstory.com]
wordywalt comments on Feb 27, 2020:
Whatever it takes!
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wordywalt comments on Feb 26, 2020:
Anyone who does the research, instead of blowing smoke to mislead, would come to the same conclusion.
Do you think your lack of God affects how you feel about the insults of aging?
wordywalt comments on Feb 26, 2020:
At age 83, I ask you" What is the value of dwelling thigs you will never have, and on things that are simply a part of the life of each of us? It makes no sense.
NSA phone surveillance program cost $100 million and yielded one major investigation: report ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 26, 2020:
You have no idea of the intelligence data that NSA produces and the value of those data to us and our country.
It sometimes feels that we seldom stray far from the topic of religion on this site, so I have a ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 26, 2020:
Your initial obser vation is all too true. Many, many topics are more worthy of discussion.
Who has been the most influential Atheist/Agnostic famous person for you?
wordywalt comments on Feb 25, 2020:
I can't say that I truly identify with any specific atheist or agnostic. I arrived at my absence of religious belief on my own.
‘Belief’ definition I surmise that one cannot think about beliefs in the singular as if they...
wordywalt comments on Feb 25, 2020:
A belief system could also be called an ideology. If is thought of a fixed or unchanging set of beliefs, it could be called a dogma.
From There to Here
wordywalt comments on Feb 25, 2020:
By the time I was 15, I had read the Bible 3 times from cover to cover. Each time I read it, the more I saw that did not make sense, or which I knew not to be true. Further, I did not like being depicted as a sinner just for having. normal human thoughts and urges. From there increasing knowledge and education took over.
Another important supporter has his say..
wordywalt comments on Feb 25, 2020:
Marco, I hope that you have to pack your bags.
Trump Is 'Using the Power of the Presidency to Conceal' Russia's 2020 Scheme to Re-elect Him, Says ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 24, 2020:
And, she is dead right!
Why are we letting him destroy the USA?
wordywalt comments on Feb 24, 2020:
Ask th Republican Party.
Typical mitch......
wordywalt comments on Feb 24, 2020:
It is amazing and infuriating that McConnell has ANY credibility with ANYONE!!
Veterans Vs Trump!!!!!!
wordywalt comments on Feb 23, 2020:
Count me in!
Meme on trump
wordywalt comments on Feb 23, 2020:
Not to me. Nothing they can do will ever make Trump look smart or sane.
More hamberders.
wordywalt comments on Feb 23, 2020:
WE are the only hope!!!
Trump threatens to pull licenses for CNN, MSNBC; claims they are run by people who are "bad for ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 23, 2020:
Those would be acts of a tyrant.
What do you think of backward ball caps on older men?
wordywalt comments on Feb 22, 2020:
I don't care for it, whether the man is young or old.
Bernie is winning,! Can he beat Trump?
wordywalt comments on Feb 22, 2020:
YES!!
Just a thought I had from one that I dearly call 'friend'.
wordywalt comments on Feb 21, 2020:
Glad to share a name with someone like that.I am an atheist, but I agree, he is a good person.
Lawmakers Are Warned That Russia Is Meddling to Re-elect Trump [nytimes.com]
wordywalt comments on Feb 21, 2020:
I did not stand face to face in resistance to Russian aggression in West Berlin to now have a president who is a Russian asset, a senate leader who is showing himself to be a Russian fellow traveler be doing everything he can to make sure that our government does not work, and spineless and unpatriotic members of congress who aid and abet these destructive people and actions. Damn the whole lot of them!
Everybody concerned with America becoming a dictatorship should see this Amampour video. [youtu.be]
wordywalt comments on Feb 21, 2020:
We MUST all be concerned!
Christian parents sue their school district to force it to out trans kids / LGBTQ Nation
wordywalt comments on Feb 20, 2020:
When they lose, I hope that those parents have to pay court costs and the school district's legal costs.
Trump said very good chance stone will be exonerated
wordywalt comments on Feb 20, 2020:
Stone willNOT be exonerated. He is guilty as hell and it has been proven. Still, Trump will probably pardon him, just like the other corrupt people Trump has pardoned.
As Joni Mitchell said, ‘You don’t know what you had until it’s gone.
wordywalt comments on Feb 20, 2020:
You are absolutely right. The whole world has much to fear from the idiot Trump. It is up to us Americans to do everything we can to remove this egomaniacal sociopath from public life. Wish us well.
Saw the debate last night, the biggest loser was Bloomberg, he lives in a huge glasshouse and it was...
wordywalt comments on Feb 20, 2020:
Warren performed the best last night. Bernie did not do as well as you depict. Some of his statements last night will come bacvk to bite him.
Will anyone try to rein in this 🤥 CBS news article dated Feb. 19, 2020 See why: q:461734
wordywalt comments on Feb 19, 2020:
Each of us has to do our part to stop it.
Have you ever thought of religion and communism as not being that different?
wordywalt comments on Feb 19, 2020:
Both ar total system ideologies. That is, they both purport to explain and include everything. They are both fatally flawed in reasoning, if fully accepted, are totalitarian in effect.
Damn right we're angry! 😡 ‘Democrats are angry’: Polling shows a ‘massive blue wave’ is ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 19, 2020:
It is time for the entire cou ntry to erupt with righteous indignation!!!
The family of 1 new Trump pardon recipient donated $200,000 to Trump's re-election effort last fall
wordywalt comments on Feb 19, 2020:
Trump only has empathy for cohorts in corruption.
Cleaning out an elderly parent's home. Your thoughts?
wordywalt comments on Feb 18, 2020:
My daughter is having to do that now, as her mother recently died. Mira says she feels like she is invading her mother's privacy.
In Case You Need a Reminder.......Trump Crime Syndicate.
wordywalt comments on Feb 18, 2020:
A justified depiction.
Malls: Never mind the Internet. Here's what's killing malls - The Economic Times
wordywalt comments on Feb 16, 2020:
Malls were a place encouraging rampant consumerism or "conspicuous consumption."
My stepson's wife posted this in Facebook.
wordywalt comments on Feb 16, 2020:
Disgustingly sad.
Current administration
wordywalt comments on Feb 16, 2020:
An accurate depiction of what the idiot Trump is attempting.
I've come to the conclusion that trumps supporters WANT to live under authoritarian rule.
wordywalt comments on Feb 16, 2020:
They are ignorant or ill-informed enough to want that. But, once they experience the down-side of that oppression on themselves, they will change their minds quickly.
Can the number of "Nones" be slowing?
wordywalt comments on Feb 16, 2020:
the time span is not sufficient to establish a trend.
Devin Nunes's Family Farm Moved to Iowa, Employs Undocumented Workers
wordywalt comments on Feb 16, 2020:
Just the kinf of hypocrisy I would have expected from Nunes and his family.
The most radical 2020 presidential candidate: Trump.
wordywalt comments on Feb 16, 2020:
He is not radical, but simply utterly rabidly reactionary.
‘Moral degenerate’ Trump is ‘unfit for command’ — and military leaders know it: historian...
wordywalt comments on Feb 14, 2020:
Not just the military leaders. Also field officers, most enlisted men, and veterans basically any military person with any sense. .
Someone I know is dying and has expressed that she would like to just fall asleep and not wake up.
wordywalt comments on Feb 14, 2020:
I understand fully what you are saying. She can find groups on line who can help her with the desire. If I find myself in a similar dilemma, I will act to determine the time and means of my death. What her family wants and believes is simply irrelevant.
I discover more and more that in any group of people, there's a tendency for it to fragment.
wordywalt comments on Feb 13, 2020:
Read the work of Leon Festinger. Group cohesion and individuality are antithetical. The thing that defines a cohesive group is a shared set of values and norms. If one show significant failure to adhere to those values, he or she will be urged to "come back into the fold". If he or she does not, he or she will be expelled or excluded from the group.
His wife works for the same company I do and she is as rabid as he is.
wordywalt comments on Feb 13, 2020:
I would blow her a kiss just to piss her off.
Chickens and gardening, what a perfect combination. [backwoodshome.com]
wordywalt comments on Feb 13, 2020:
I can remember when I was a teenager, we used chicken manure to double the production of our 20 pecan trees.
I just finished a fascinating article about artist Barbara Kruger.
wordywalt comments on Feb 13, 2020:
We need to do whatever it takes to stir up people's righteous indignation and spur them to action in behalf of a just cause.
I thought this was a joke at first but it’s not [wkrn.com]
wordywalt comments on Feb 12, 2020:
Absurd political corruption.
Latest headline from Reuters [msn.com]
wordywalt comments on Feb 12, 2020:
Unconscionable!!!
Barr takes control of legal matters of interest to Trump, including Stone sentencing [nbcnews.com]
wordywalt comments on Feb 12, 2020:
Totally unethical!
WHY BERNIE WILL BE A GUARANTEED FAILURE?
wordywalt comments on Feb 10, 2020:
You are one helluva troll!
‘This act is criminal’: legal experts break down how Trump broke the law by firing the Vindman ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 9, 2020:
One of many crimes.
Reports from/about one of our strongest historical allies.
wordywalt comments on Feb 9, 2020:
It is frightening how destructive the idiot Trump can be.
It's getting very difficult these days with having some family members as trump supporters.
wordywalt comments on Feb 8, 2020:
I refuse to talk about politics with my conservative family. If they try to, I cut them short quickly.
18 U.
wordywalt comments on Feb 8, 2020:
It already is.
Vindman has been fired and was escorted from the building.
wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2020:
A travesty perpetrated by a vicious traitor to the principles of our democracy.
Where does religion stand in America now?
wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2020:
No., the Bible belt will not disown those senators. Their ethnocentrism is stronger than their attachment to religious doctrine.
‘We’re in the heads-on-pikes phase’: Ex-White House official warns unrepentant Trump is about ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2020:
Trump is a vicious sociopath and a total egomaniac.
@Admin More than 50% of the alerts I received today for the postings of friends, and other ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2020:
I hope that you remain on the site.
I would like to know how many of you would vote against someone soley due to their open religious ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2020:
If their agenda is to enact their religious beliefs into law, I will vote against them every time.
The lying sack of shit award
wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2020:
Now a total pig has been honored.
I am listening to the orange oracle and I have not heard one truth yet.
wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2020:
I refuse to listen to a single word of his speeches. I know in advance that it will be a despicable web of self-aggrandizing lies.
Wondering if anyone else accepts the Absurd (pursuing meaning in a meaningless world)?
wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2020:
It is not absurd, just reality. It is the nature of the human organism to construct patterns of meaning that enable him or her to function. You should read the psychology of Jean Piaget.
Study of European Countries where young people are not religious.
wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2020:
I do not think that you would find the level of religious fundamentalism in Europe that you have among American evangelicals and pentacostals.
What did your adult child(ren) thank you for doing while raising them?
wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2020:
My eldest daughter said that she learned more about effective teaching from me than she did from a university teacher education program. At that time I was heading up a multidistrict staff development center focusing on improving teaching. and leadership.
Trump reportedly compiling Nixonian ‘enemies list’ as he seeks revenge for impeachment ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2020:
Not surprising. He is a vicious sociopath.
Could I be considered an atheist or a deist?
wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:
A deist.
I can't say I'm very shocked by these comments, but it does make me wonder how these people could ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:
These Christians are such "loving" people. (I am being facetious, of course.)
A Nashville Art School Will Purge All Non-Christian Faculty Now That It Has Been Taken Over by a ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:
I hope that the Christian university gets its ass handed to it in court.
Former Republican lawyer takes parting shot at ‘lawless, immoral’ Trump in scathing column ...
wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:
The few Republicans with courage and character really stand out!!
[pbs.org] 57% of voters say they won't support trump in 2020. Hope they are right!
wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:
It is up to us; pof us to make sure that they are right!!
[pbs.org] 57% of voters say they won't support trump in 2020. Hope they are right!
wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:
It is up to all of us to ensure that they are right.
Nurses are sick of being treated like hotel workers
wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:
On target! My wife is a retired nurse.
Trump Expands Immigration Ban - Adding Mostly African Nations President Trump just added six ...
wordywalt comments on Jan 31, 2020:
Exactly what one would expect from the idiot Trump.
I understand that this does not become official until Wednesday, but...
wordywalt comments on Jan 31, 2020:
Disgraceful. It is time for the American public to react in righteous indignation and voted out of office Republican politicians art all levels. Their lack of courage, morality, and patriotism should relegate the entire party to the dustbins of history.
If you had Chickenpox, you can get Shingles.
wordywalt comments on Jan 31, 2020:
Do it I have had a full case of shingles and it is not at all pleasant.
Dershowitz is nuts. Been following Trumps impeachment trial (?
wordywalt comments on Jan 30, 2020:
He is not nuts. He is despicably corrupt.
There are many things that we can debate and argue over with religion.
wordywalt comments on Jan 28, 2020:
Any comingling of religion and politics.
Trump Tweets Schiff Has Not Yet Paid the Price for His Actions President Trump continued to ...
wordywalt comments on Jan 28, 2020:
Trump is a vicious sociopath.
Republican House Members Think a $450K Salary Is Middle Class The article is from '17, but still.
wordywalt comments on Jan 28, 2020:
That shows that Republicans have no idea of the situation of the average person.
Not sure how this works but there seems to be a demeaning air toward all religious leaders here, ...
wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2020:
I would agree that many on this site act in such a manner. To their detriment, they overlook the fact that some religious leaders have profound thoughts and acts in relation to other sectors of life to their credit that benefit us all.
Discrimination and human rights.
wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2020:
You are correct. Regligion is often used to "keep women in their place", and it a moral travesty.
Child molester accepts "deal" with District Attorney's Office and gets probation
wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2020:
I would lay odds that te judge was a Republican. They seem to have a way of rationalizing the worst of immorality.
The Climate Apocalypse Is Accelerating–If We’re Going To Dodge Extinction, We’d Better Hurry ...
wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2020:
Meanwhile Trump and the entire culture of greed ignore the truth because acting on it would limit their ability to act unfettered on their greed.
Now Eric Trump Is Accused of Stealing From a Cancer Charity What'd you expect!?
wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2020:
The whole Trump empire is a criminal enterprise.