We've been disappointed many times to see Trump survive what appears to be a term ending ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 18, 2019:

Be prepared. We MUST defeat as many Republicans as possible in 2020.

More on Trumps taxes.

wordywalt comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Of course. It involves Trump doesn't it?

'Arrest and Detain Giuliani Right Now,' Say Critics, After Trump Lawyer Refuses Congressional ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Damned right!!

Trump is a sociopath. [independent.co.uk]

wordywalt comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Without the slightest doubt!!!!

A two-fer! Is Trump Melting Down... Politically and Internationally?

wordywalt comments on Oct 16, 2019:

Nah. He is just being the idiot he is.

It was said many times, but I find it by own experience.

wordywalt comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Horse manure. I will carry on a rational discussion with anyone who will remain rational, stay within the facts, and not become uncivil. Right wingers cannot do that. In short, you are full of it.

If you were in need of an organ transplant, would you do it or would you say, "I've had a good life,...

wordywalt comments on Oct 15, 2019:

I am 82 years old, and I will not seek or accept any organ transplant under any circumstances. I have lived a full life and see no need to continue an increasingly marginal life at huge cost.

U.S. Health System Waste Hits $935 Billion A Year

wordywalt comments on Oct 15, 2019:

That is why we need universal healthcare.

„If premodern cultures were generally less bothered by the meaning of life than Franz Kafka, the ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 15, 2019:

It is thankfully true that pragmatism does not subscribe to true belief in grand political or religious ideologies. But that does not mean that pragmatism would deny the need to try to grasp the "bid picture" by analysis and synthesis of empirical information. Any tenable culture seeks to see the big picture.

Trump’s retreat in Syria turns into a mess - The Washington Post

wordywalt comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Given his inability, ignorance, and impulsiveness, "big picture" thinking is impossible for the idiot Trump.

What is the endgame with the current slaughter being played out in Syria?

wordywalt comments on Oct 14, 2019:

He has no strategy. He is simply a sycophant to autocrats.

Ask not what your country can do for, Ask what you can do for your country Trump: Run like hell, ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Infuriatingly true!

Apathy encourages entitlement.

wordywalt comments on Oct 14, 2019:

If anyone attempts to proselytize with me, I make it clear that I am not interested.

Teachers Sounding The Alarm Over ‘Room Clear’ Method | NBC Nightly News - YouTube

wordywalt comments on Oct 14, 2019:

As a former teacher, specialist in the research in effective teaching and school effectiveness, and administrator, I would say that something is terribly wrong here. First, any principal who would allow such things to happen in his or school should be fired. Second, I would lay odds that the teacher is truly lacking in classroom and disciplinary management skills, and/or in ability to connect with her students . Those three things are almost always the sources of such chaos.

[youtube.com]

wordywalt comments on Oct 14, 2019:

It is time for nold ideas which truly serve our nation and people, Those ideas can and will work, and will show just how bad a bill of goods the Republicans have been selling our people for decades. You want a country that will truly serve our constitutional democary and the well-being of our people? Think and act boldly!

I firmly believe this, and before anybody says "yankee", I was born in South Carolina, and raised ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 14, 2019:

As a person who was raised in the southern bible belt, I can attest that this post is true.

Trump Fears Next Election Will Be Decided by Americans | The New Yorker

wordywalt comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Let's make the idiot's worst fears come true.

Pastor Claims Gay People Are Possessed By “Fart Demons” That Can Drive Pigs To Suicide / Queerty

wordywalt comments on Oct 13, 2019:

The crap that these "ministers" come up with is hard to believe.

A Pastor Used the Death of an Atheist Mom’s Baby as a Sermon Illustration | Hemant Mehta | ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 13, 2019:

This is religion at its most heartless.

I don't have a Websters dictionary but does impeachment mean euthanasia?

wordywalt comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I don't want him dead. I want to see the living obscenity suffer.

William Barr: Our Less Christian Society Is To Blame For Mental Illness And Drug Abuse

wordywalt comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Bartl is full of it, up to his eyeballs.

What activity has most consistently given you a feeling of inner peace?

wordywalt comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Two things -- listening to classical music and fishing.

Does todays religions just crave Power.

wordywalt comments on Oct 13, 2019:

The most fundamentalistic groups in all religions are true believers who want to impose their beliefs on others, and actively engage in comingling of religion and politics to attain power.

Anyone have an adult child who is struggling to figure out what they believe?

wordywalt comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I think we have to respect each other's right to believe as we choose, whether we agree or not. I raised my two daughters with them knowing that I do not believe in any god. I allowed them to go to church with friends when they asked. Both have turned out to be agnostics or atheists. I believe that you have to accept your daughter's choice, but you also need to insist that she respect yours.

Does Poor Understanding of Physical World Predict Religious and Paranormal Beliefs?

wordywalt comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Yes. Definitely,

Barr claims secularism is the cause of many of our society's ills. [thehill.com]

wordywalt comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Barr is an ideologue and political opportunist unfit for office.

What emotional satisfaction do you get from being an agnostic or atheist?

wordywalt comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I feel freedom, contentment with my lot in life, and pride in my independence.

Master baker, master strategist, master spin doctor, master money maker, master president and Jack ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 11, 2019:

No.

Trump loses again. [cnn.com]

wordywalt comments on Oct 11, 2019:

His political demise draws nearer with each passing day.

Something about this amuses me. A lot.

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Too bad it was not deeper and crocodile infested.

This is a LONG read.

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

I was drafte4d in 1959. The time on my own away from home helped me to mature in many ways. In the Army, contact with men from all sectors of society and all parts of the country helped me to learn about people and to reduce biases I grew up with. A personal reaction against the stress of "don't think, do as you are told, on uniformity, and on conformity created in me an internal reaction and I resolved that I, and no one else would define me. I learned how to resist without "fighting city hall head on." That service also brought me to West Berlin at the height of the Cold War exposed me to a different culture, and heightened my cultural, intellectual, , and emotional development. It changed my focus in college from science to the social sciences. As I consequence, I have always believed that ALL young people -- man or women -- should be required to provide one to two years of service to our country in some capacity-- military, Peace Corps, Forest Service, "Teach for America or whatever. I believe that it would benefit all of our young people and our country.

Watching Rachel and see that the senior advisor to Secretary of State Pompeo has resigned.

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Let's hope so.

NC Sheriff’s Office Bans Employees from Cohabitating Before Marriage | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Unconstitutional.

A Betrayal Too Far - The Bulwark

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

I hope this is finally the stiffening point for the Republican moral and patriotic spine.

Another state abandons Columbus Day. What do you think of the idea? [cnn.com]

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Yawn.

Here's one for all you Trump haters.

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

I read most of Rand's writings some 50 years ago and found it interesting, but troubling. When I realized that her messages were just (1)all government is bad, (2) I have the right to do what in the hell I want to and no government or religion has anything to say about it, and (3) greed is good. Rand believers are letting themselves be let by the nose by a dead demagogue.

The obscenity of a president that allows genocide while he profits from the country and government ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

You are right. Trump is a living obscenity.

Florida man who shot unarmed man in parking-space dispute sentenced to 20 years [nbcnews.

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Justice was served.

Yesterday Chump said the Kurds didn’t help us in WWII, that’s why we’re abandoning them.

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Trump is a greedy, blightering idiot.

I'm beginning to think the Rethuglicans will suffer more damage trying to acquit Trump in the Senate...

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

I agree. They are on the verge of destroying their party.

Arrests made [cnn.com]

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Tick, tick, tick.

WOW! Scathing article! 😱 Is the GOP really willing to burn our republic to the ground in order ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

It is both astounding and frightening that so many Republican politicians have lost all senses of morality and patriotism.

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 beginnings. Today, it is a force for corruption, bigotry, amorality, and undeserved and unearned privilege.

Jon Voight may be a great actor but not very bright. [thehill.com]

wordywalt comments on Oct 10, 2019:

I will never watch another movie with Voight again. He is out of his damned mind.

POS Trump Shooting the Kurds!

wordywalt comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Yes, he is that stupidly reskless and treacherous.

Not Emotional Huh?!?

wordywalt comments on Oct 9, 2019:

All vicious, unctuous excuses for men.

Another article of impeachment? [bloomberg.com]

wordywalt comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Typical Trump

Trump defends abandoning Kurds by saying they didn't help US in WWII

wordywalt comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Rotten, treacherous SOB.

Televangelist Jim Bakker sells $45 Trump coin, calls it ‘point of contact’ with God - AOL News

wordywalt comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Greedy, corrupt demagogue!

Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: Ukraine plot shows Trump now a 'domestic enemy' to the U.S.

wordywalt comments on Oct 9, 2019:

An accurate depiction.

The Cruelty Is the Point - The Atlantic

wordywalt comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Yes, they all seem to have a malicious streak, and lack the self-control and civility to restrain it..

Few words from a vet

wordywalt comments on Oct 9, 2019:

As an old vet, I second that.

Maybe there is a coup taking place.

wordywalt comments on Oct 9, 2019:

A feeble attempt at a coup is taking place. It will be shut down as it has no constitutional basis.

Trump fan Joseph Schumacher accused of flashing loaded gun at Warren supporter - The Washington Post

wordywalt comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Jail the SOB!

Donald Trump, I am a tax-paying American citizen.

wordywalt comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Trump is not fit to shine my shoes.

Sucking up to Putin.

wordywalt comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Bit by bit, the corrupt traitor Trump is selling out the USA>

Meet the Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement

wordywalt comments on Oct 8, 2019:

The culture of greed in action.

Hiding behind your military service?

wordywalt comments on Oct 8, 2019:

As a veteran, I believe that most veterans condemn the idiot Trump for both his corruption and his lack of patriotism.

Reminder: Trump Has a Massive Conflict of Interest in Turkey – Mother Jones

wordywalt comments on Oct 8, 2019:

The corrupt egomaniac has conflicts of interest almost everywhere.

Interesting graphic. How many repthuglicans do you think would believe it? [imgur.com]

wordywalt comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Almost all Republican politicians know how much taxes on the rich have fallen since WW II. But, that does not keep them from being falsely demagogic about the issue.

Health Insurance That Doesn’t Cover the Bills Has Flooded the Market Under Trump

wordywalt comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Another bit of evidence that Trump and the Republicans do not give a damn about people.

Pea power: Can the humble crop save the planet? - BBC News

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

I have been growing and eating field peas for most of my life. They are delicious. They are easy to grow -- given heat and moisture, they grow like weeds. They add nitrogen to the soil, like all legumes. I grew up with acre peas and brown crowder peas in Florida and Georgia. I had acre pea seeds sent to me when I lived in Kansas, and in the Kansas summer heat they produced like crazy. I am sure that they would do well anywhere in the South or Midwest.

Before the next election rolls around, perhaps investigations should be opened into the business ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

I hope to see them all in jail within two years.

Trump Sees New Polls and Orders Ukraine to Investigate Elizabeth Warren | The New Yorker

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Good and appropriate satire.

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.

Anything can happen.

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

That would be a great day for America.

[alternet.

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Agree. They are essential to maintaining our constitutional democracy.

Just saw this on Facebook. Yup, that's what we're dealing with.

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Truly idiotic, immoral, and totally unpatriotic crap.

I just finished 84 days at St.

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Bravo! Stay with it, man!

Have a look at this chart . . . .[epi.org]

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

That shows how exploitive the Republican Party has been in the last 80 years.

All Trump's doing.

wordywalt comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Trump is a destructive, egomaniacal idiot.

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 acting in a profoundly immoral and unpatriotic manner. I will never have any empathy for that fact.

As Stocks Drop, HP Fires 9,000 Employees Trump's economy is crap. [youtu.be]

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Trump's economy is doing great for all workers, right?

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

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Nature is not a being. It has no design. Yes, the human being has evolved with internal cognitive, emotional, instinctive, and chemical and other contradictions. It is the realization that we have these contradictions and the inernal struggle to resolve them that leads to human progress. If poorly handled, it can lead to individual and human species extinction.

Two days ago, Trump was blaming big pharma for this Ukraine thing. Today?

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

The SOB is panicking. Lay on all the heat we can!

Headlines in tomorrows papers: tRump resigns and is immediately arrested Pence Impeached Barr ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

That would be fantastic!!

Report Advertisement ‘Pure rage’: AP reporter paints terrifying picture of anger and paranoia ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

I hope it eats the slimeballs alive!!!

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. .

From an atheist perspective (and I am an atheist), is there a difference between religion and a ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

There ae two main differences. The first is a matter of degree. In a cult absolute unquestioning loyalty and adoration for the human leader is required. Also, a cult may be political or philosophical, not just religious.

Trump suggests, without evidence, that drugmakers are behind impeachment inquiry

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

the idiot is out of his damned mind.

Where is everyone?

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Not many members on this site engage in chatrooms.

Official Socialism Approval Poll | Make America Great Again

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Thanks. I told him.

Fox News Op-Ed: Atheists Are ‘Bullies’ Who Try To Force Their Beliefs On Others

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Most atheists make no attempt to force their views on others. That tends to be the domain of evangelical Christians.

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 your reasoning.

Trump and republicans accuse Schiff of orchestrating whistleblower complaint

wordywalt comments on Oct 5, 2019:

To be expected from today's characterless Republicans.

Why do we choose to do something?

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

It depends entirely on the person and the situation. Some people constantly let their emotions and biases override their reason and judgment.

Televangelist Jim Bakker: The American Left Is Under ‘Massive Demon Possession’

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Bakker has always been greedy and corrupt. Now we can add delusional.

[alternet.

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Wouldn't that be great!

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. .

I have a sore throat, a huge headache and am rather lethargic. What is wrong with me?

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Could b the onset of a cold, flu, strep throat, pneumonia, or some other infection.

‘A Reckoning for Our Species’: The Philosopher Prophet of the Anthropocene

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

we need more people like him.

Radical warming in Siberia leaves millions on unstable ground - Washington Post

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Maybe Putin will accept that there is global warming. If he does, Trump will.

I listened to tRumps latest rant this morning and his push back against impeachment.

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

It is up to every one of us to do our damnedest to make sure that Trump goes out of office, either by impeachment or by defeating him in 2020. We can and MUST beat the sorry sack of shit.

Nothing But Bullshit 2020!

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

with Trump around, "no more bullshit" is an absolute impossibility.

Just this morning I am finding out that Trump openly asked China to investigate the Bidens.

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

With 11 13 undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, I would estimate that Trump's behavior indicates that his IQ is not above 80.

Republican fail: 40 years of tax cuts, record debt and inequality gap

wordywalt comments on Oct 4, 2019:

A complete trail of evidence damning the Republicans is there for everyone to see.

Trump baselessly accuses drug industry of fueling impeachment push - POLITICO

wordywalt comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Every quote true.

The makings of a feminist.

wordywalt comments on Oct 3, 2019:

My story is similar , but significantly different in others. I was 25 years old before I ever cooked for myself, ironed my own shirts, did my own laundry, or did simply housekeeping. Once married for the first time, I wanted to concentrate on my career and on being the primary provider, so I turned all of the cooking, housekeeping, too much of the child-rearing, and the family finances over to my wife. I grew to regret that. My first wife turned out to be too self-centered, manipulative, and coercive to be a good shaper of the lives of our daughters. She also eventually used her managing of our finances into an opportunity to take almost all that I had earned and saved. But, as a consequence of that I have become pretty good at taking care of myself and my own life and relationships.

Simply: What is your favorite activity alone?

wordywalt comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Reading, thinking or reflecting, listening to classical music, fishing all give me joy.

I think it's too late for this

wordywalt comments on Oct 3, 2019:

I want the idiot talking. The more he talks, the more he legally imperils himself.