I have often thought how could German people allow the atrocities of the Nazi regime, I found their ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 15, 2020:

The Republican party has been hijacked by racists, xenophobes, and violent reactionaries. It has become the enabler of fascism. It is now a clear and present danger to constitutional democracy.

The ACLU argues that whistle blower Edward Snowden is a persecuted American hero, not a villainous ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2020:

No. I call him an egotistical egotist who engaged in criminal activity.

Trump lawyers switch gears, claim fraud is 'undetectable'

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2020:

And they call themselves lawyers???????

Donald Trump Has Hidden Evidence Of His Crimes For Years.

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2020:

To be fair and just, Biden should simply give his attorney general free rein to pursue existing evidence against Trump wherever it does, and stay out of the process.

[msn.com] The F&^%ers never give up. They peeve me off sooooooo much

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2020:

Patriotism and morality are beyond Miller's comprehension.

The insanity persists. [theblaze.com]

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2020:

Absurd..

More people need to understand this

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2020:

I am not entitled to tell you what your opinion should be, but, but in a rational world, I am entitled, indeed encouraged, to tell you when your opinion is wrong and why it is wrong, so long as I provide supporting facts and reasoning.

12/13/20 Trump's legal attempt to overturn the election has failed, now the street fights have ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2020:

There will not be widespread violence. A few nuts here and there.Trumpites may be politically stupid, but they are not suicidal.

Author John le Carré dies age 89.

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2020:

A great writer who will be missed. He was a fantastic wordsmith!!!

Cry me a fucking river..

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2020:

To use a bad old joke, "As they say in southern Russia, touch shitsky, y'all."

Melania Trump refuses to meet with Dr. Jill Biden: report - TheGrio : TheGrio

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Melania has never shown either intelligence or class.

Almost half of US voters think Trump will go down as ‘one of worst presidents in history’ says ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2020:

He is not "one of the worst presidents in history. He is the ABSOLUTE WORST PRESIDENT IN ALL OF AMERICAN HISTORY!!!!!!!.

The G.O.P. Can No Longer Be Relied On to Protect Democracy | The New Yorker

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2020:

It is now a subversive conspiracy whose sole purposes are to protect and preserved undue personal and partisan privilege, personal and partisan power, and persona; profit.

Trumpkin pastor calls for Democrats and journalists to be executed [dailykos.com]

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2020:

He calls himself a Christian??????

Rural like in central New York is not at all idyllic.

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Seems like they enjoy making tasteless and senseless asses of themselves.

Trump's final desperate despotic acts to hold onto power?

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2020:

No doubt. He is one of the biggest and worst losers of all time.

"Looser of the Year!" [huffpost.com]

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2020:

For those of you not aware, Der Speigal is the German equivalent of TIME magazine. A quality publication.

Conspiracy Theorist: I Will Refuse the COVID Vaccine Even “If Jesus Takes It” | Beth Stoneburner...

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2020:

These wierdos are simply wacko.

Texas GOP chair calls for SECESSION after SCOTUS rules against Trump

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2020:

He is a treasonous reactionary in the mold of John C Calhoun of South Carolina who led the drive causing the Civil War in 1861.

Trump Calls Supreme Court A 'Disgrace', Says He Got 'Screwed' In Deranged Meltdown

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Trump is a disgraced and disgraceful sociopath.

Ron DeSantis in hot water after warrant to raid Florida scientist's home turns out to be fraudulent ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2020:

DeSantis is well on his way to being a one-term governor. He is as inept as his mentor, the idiot Trump.

misanthropy philosophy

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2020:

What are the criteria for "successful?" I do not believe that existentialism flatters us or makes us th center of the universe. It simply says that we exist in a vast universe which we do not control.. Ergo, the quote is inaccurate.

Bernie Sanders Calls Betsy DeVos Worst Education Secretary in US History

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2020:

That is not news. Any educator knew that at least two years ago.

When I was a young kid in elementary school there were many dangerous contagious diseases common in ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2020:

I am 83 years old and had most of those childhood diseases. None of them had the mortality rate or degree of lingering after-effects that CIVID 19. COVID deserves every bit of the attention it is getting. If yu cannot see h difference, you have a problem.

[politico.com] Should we REALLY feel sorry for him?

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2020:

nOT A CHANCE!!!

Letters From An American 12/11/2020

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Thankfully, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case brought by these traitors.

The progressives I know always knew he was shite.

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Give Biden a chance and judge him ion what his administration accomplishes, please. You pre-judgment is unwise and inappropriate/.

This is the most thought provoking thing I've seen in quite a while.

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2020:

You need to read THE NEW CLASS by Milovan Djilas. Djilas was was a communist leader and became vice president in Yugoslavia under Tito. But, over time he became disillusioned with Marxism and communism and wrote the book explaining what the deadly serious flaws in Marxism are. For writing the book, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. His book is the most through explanation and criticism ever written.

Agree?

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Romance is simply the delight of shared physical and emotional attraction. Real love is much deeper and more enduring.

Worker threw exception | [www.rawstory.com] | Cloudflare

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Beautiful irony!!!

Michele Bachmann: “My Vote Was Stolen” By Satan! | Beth Stoneburner | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2020:

What a lying, corrupt nut!!!

Letters From An American 12/10/2020

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It is a day of infamy for the Republican party.

In Russia, pro-Kremlin media is urging Trump to seek asylum in Russia after the election.

wordywalt comments on Dec 10, 2020:

They can have the bastard. He would do more damage here than there.

Who created man with such a complex structure?

wordywalt comments on Dec 10, 2020:

No being consciously created the human being.

[yahoo.] And Florida goes on after RJ

wordywalt comments on Dec 10, 2020:

Not Florida, but Florida trumpite idiot Gevernor DeSantis.

MSN.com | Could Trump get asylum in Russia? [msn.com]

wordywalt comments on Dec 10, 2020:

Of course he could. If he did, that might be good for us in the USA. He is too stupid and irrational to be of much value to the Russians. His defection would quiet many of the nuts who currently support the idiot. And, all of his properties in the USA could be confiscated to pay for crimes and lawsuits.

White House Will Be Thoroughly Disinfected in the Hours After Trump's Exit

wordywalt comments on Dec 10, 2020:

Too bad that we cannot get rid of the source of the contamination today.

Put it down to 2020, design/manufacturing obsolescence or alien sabotage?

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2020:

A combination of design and lack of maintenance.

Politics and virus aside, it is 75 degrees with bright clear skies here in Dallas, TX 😍🌝 on ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2020:

It is 61 degrees and clear here in Tampa, Florida.

Ken Paxton: The rank hypocrisy of the Texas AG's election case (opinion) - CNN

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Paxton is and has always been a corrupt criminal.

As one who has opposed Creationism during my adult life, I found this article notable.

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Trump will descent to the depths of corruption and depravity to achieve his egomaniacal ends.

Harvard Law Professor Hits Donald Trump With The Cold Truth: ‘You Are A Loser’ | HuffPost

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2020:

We can and will say that again and again.

Cleaning out our bookshelves of hundreds of books.

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2020:

That is a painful task. i went through that about 5 year ago. It was hard to get rid of professional books, those on leadership politics, history, organizational effectiveness, and great literature.

What personality traits were passed down from your ancestors?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2020:

That would be difficult to ascertain. Personality characteristics are at least as much due to upbringing and to social and physical conditions during development as they are to heredity.

Lying Pastor: The Election May Be the Most “Prolific Deception” in History | Hemant Mehta | ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2020:

A consienceless demagogue.

Why do conservatives always lump Marxists, socialists and communists together as if they were all ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2020:

They really don't know what the differences are and don't ever care to. They just see the terms as hot button words with which they can use as weapons to derogate and disparage people. This has been going on ever since the Joe McCarthy era in the 1950s.

Anyone play Fastpitch Softball?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2020:

I did many years ago. I I played on my Army unit team in West Berlin as an outfielder many years ago. When I was shipped back to the states, we were on top of the Berlin league with a record of 14 -2 We also played the previous year's European command champs in an exhibition game, losing 2 - 1.

"Trump Officials Passed When Pfizer Offered to Sell More Vaccine Doses to the U.

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

True.

Whistleblower Rebekah Jones Raided at Gunpoint by Florida State Police Orders of Governor DeSantis

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

DeSantis is working hard at being a one-term politician, like his mentor the idiot Trump.

Southern schools' history textbooks: A long history of deception, and what the future holds

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Absolutely true. It is so bad that there have been more than a few cases of teachers being fired just for teaching about prejudice and discrimination.

Trump plans TV stunt on Air Force One on Biden's inauguration: Axios - Business Insider

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

What an utter egomaniacal fool!!!!!

Mitch McConnell's dark pivot: Wreck the economy — and sabotage Biden's presidency | Salon.com

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

This is all that McConnell knows how to do -- to block and sabotage. He is utterly incapable of principled and productive leadership.

Maria Bartiromo and Newt Gingrich push a stream of debunked conspiracy theories about the election |...

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Gingrich is one of the original causes of the extreme partisanship in this country. He is a man without principle or morality.

Wine, guns and cellphones.

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

If you have an open bottle of wine in the car, you are breaking the slaw. I also see no reason why you should have a gun either in your car or or your person. If either of these is true, you should worry.

Respecting beliefs.. [youtu.be]

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

There is no hell or life after death, so the whole question is senseless.

Bill Moyers The Shadow Network with Anne Nelson “And from the beginning, in terms of ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Nelson nailed it!!!

Are we headed for a second Civil War?

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

I doubt it.

Why are you agnostic? If you're not agnostic then why are you only a theist or an atheist?

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

I am an atheist as I am firmly convinced that no gods exist and no guiding force in the universe.

Armed Trump supporters protest outside Michigan Secretary of State's house to deny voting results.

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2020:

No weapons of any kind should be allowed on government property; and anyone attempting to carry guns on government property should be arrested, their weapons confiscated, and given a hefty fine of at least %50,000. That would slow down that crap.

"This week on Hidden Brain, economist and political scientist Timur Kuran explains how our personal,...

wordywalt comments on Dec 6, 2020:

Nothing new. Such behavior is to be expected any time when th privately expressed opinions are at odds with the beliefs and attitudes which are the norms within a cohesive group. Leon Festinger's work in the 1950s and 1960s about cognitive dissonance predicts such behavior.

Respecting beliefs.. [youtu.be]

wordywalt comments on Dec 6, 2020:

I respect anyone's right to believe whatever he or she chooses within limits, no matter how stupid and ill-grounded the beliefs may be. But, that does not mean that I endorse such beliefs. And, I totally reject any claim of having the right to try impose such beliefs on me.

I wonder if this is true?

wordywalt comments on Dec 6, 2020:

I hope that it is true!!!!

Ralph Reed Tells Religious-Right Voters Freedom and Survival of US at Stake in Georgia Senate Races...

wordywalt comments on Dec 5, 2020:

Knowing Reed, do you expect anything else??

Just because a person is agnostic doesn't mean that they have to believe in evolution and the same ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 5, 2020:

Of course I do. All of the available scientific evidence supports evolution.

Michele Bachmann: God, Will You “Allow Donald Trump to Have a Second Term”?

wordywalt comments on Dec 5, 2020:

Bachmann has always been off her rocker! It is astounding that she was ever elected to public office.

Why is it that republicans refuse to honor the oath that they swear to follow?

wordywalt comments on Dec 5, 2020:

Damned good question!!!

Right-Wing Pastor: The “Coup” Against Trump is a Sign of the “End Times” | Beth Stoneburner ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 5, 2020:

The crap these nuts can come up with is hard to comprehend.

Wyoming health official says 'so-called pandemic' a communist plot

wordywalt comments on Dec 5, 2020:

What a dnagerous damned fool!!!

Letters From An American 12/03/2020

wordywalt comments on Dec 4, 2020:

I agree. The people living during the depression were so involved in just trying to get by from day to day that they did not have an historical perspective.

No, trump just tried befriending at least one!

wordywalt comments on Dec 4, 2020:

He will handle that a damned sight better than the idiot Trump has!!!

Today's hike in snow. Quiet and serene without other people and dogs.

wordywalt comments on Dec 3, 2020:

One thing that I always enjoyed about fresh, deep snow was the beautiful silence.

Paula White: I Can’t Abandon Trump Because “What Would That Say About Who I Am?

wordywalt comments on Dec 3, 2020:

To Paula: We already know who and what you are. You can't sink much lower.

Pastor: Trump Will Soon Arrest and Execute People Trying to “Steal” the Election | Hemant Mehta ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 3, 2020:

What kind of an evil, blasphemously demagogic fool is this Enlow??????

Trump Hints at Another Act in Four Years, Just Like Grover Cleveland

wordywalt comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Two things: (1) the idiot Trump is no Grover Cleveland, and (2) after the atrocious first Trump term, we Americans, as a whole, just are not that utterly stupid.

Freshly pardoned Michael Flynn shares message telling Trump to 'suspend the Constitution' to hold a ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Flynn is showing his true nature -- evil.

I do not know whether, or not, this will be of use, or help, to anyone else, but the hatred stirred ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 3, 2020:

I believe that justifiable righteous indignation can and should serve good purposes. It stirs us to action to speak out and act out against true evil.

Can't the Republicans see now that Trump is crazy, trying to make as big a mess as possible for ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 2, 2020:

The Republicans see it, but they are obsessed with personal and partisan power and position. Their sense of honor, morality, and patriotism is simply dead.

Education Secretary Betsy Devos calls student debt forgiveness 'a truly insidious notion' and free ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Devos is a truly mean-spirited person.

Have you lost friends or family due to the division in America?

wordywalt comments on Dec 2, 2020:

I have cut off all contact with two nephews and their families. Their open racism and reactionary stances cause me much more anguish than I want or need.

Rumored: Trump will pardon everyone who has been or who will be convicted of a federal crime.

wordywalt comments on Dec 1, 2020:

No. Will not happen. The public would not stand forf it.

Favorite philosopher?

wordywalt comments on Dec 1, 2020:

Jean Paul Sartre. Followed by John Dewey, and Reinhold Niebuhr. Neibuhr was a theologian, but had much to say of great value

With Tanden Choice, Democrats Stick it to Sanders Voters

wordywalt comments on Dec 1, 2020:

Why are some Sanders supporters so prickly and aggressively defensive????

Citing rise of 'Christian nationalism,' Secular Democrats unveil sweeping recommendations for Biden

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

The extreme right has attempted to appropriate (and claim as solely their own) key words, symbols, and values. And they use those both to incite their members and followers and to falsely stigmatize their opponents. We cannot pull followers away from them by attacking those symbols and values. Instead, we must attach new and more appropriate meanings to those and continually use them to our own advantage In so doing we can make real inroads. That was a key message in Postman and Weingarten's book, THE SOFT REVOLUTION, written in the early 1970s. It was an insightful and astute book -- still worth reading.

Reasons trump should not be pardoned.

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

I believe that, if the Supreme Court is asked to rule on the issue, it will rule that Trump cannot legally pardon himself under the provisions of the constitution.

Morals Without Religion? How?

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

Real morality has nothing to do with religion.

Mario Murillo Says Refusing to Accept Biden’s Victory Is a Test of Loyalty to God ...

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

The twisted crap that some of these religious nuts come up with is almost unimaginable.

Rick Wiles: Trump Should Use a Firing Squad on Supposedly Traitorous Liberals | Hemant Mehta | ...

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

What a vicious excuse for a human being. What is worse, I think that Wiles comes from a family of distinguished and kind educators. What went wrong with him?

Christian Evangelist Denounces “Godless” Agenda of Human Decency and Education | Hemant Mehta | ...

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

Graham is an immoral demagogue.

Alleged Rapist Says Victim Was of Legal Age… Based on Her Date of Conception | Hemant Mehta | ...

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

I hope that he gets the book thrown at him, both because of the rape and because he will not take responsibility for his actions.

As Iran buries slain nuclear scientist, leaders vow revenge and no negotiations with the West

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

The real issue is that Netanyahu ordered the assassination now to try to prevent Biden's negotiation of a new Iran agreement.

The South’s Deadly Revenge for the Emancipation Proclamation

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

That was just the beginning of the South's revenge. The entire region's morally, socially, and economically retarded today due to a continuing racist culture which focuses more on keeping Blacks down than it does on opportunity for development of all people in the region.

Hey, I made it to level 7! 🎶 go me! 🎶 go me!🎶🥳🕺💃 Wonder if I’ll still be ...

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

It'll be a while. I have been on the site for some 3 years and am at level 8.8. If you think getting to 7 is slow, wait until you get on level 8.

Poor thing! Hope she lands on her feet after daddy loses his job. /s

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

I hope that she lands on her pampered ass and that it really stings!

Rick Wilson urges ‘humiliation and incarceration’ for the GOP’s ‘grubby sellouts’ who ...

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

I love this guy's righteous indignation!

Letters From An American 11/29/2020

wordywalt comments on Nov 30, 2020:

Do you expect anything different under the "leadership" of McConnell in the Senate? The only answer tis a Democratic majority in the Senate so that we can push Mitch's sorry ass to the side.

Although I don't believe the world is ending soon , I believe there's a God, a force that has power ...

wordywalt comments on Nov 29, 2020:

We are not "superior" over animals. We are animals. I do not understand your apparent insistence on a hierarchy of control and superiority.

They really do keep making this so easy. [m.dailykos.com]

wordywalt comments on Nov 29, 2020:

As a Floridian, I am deeply ashamed of our U.S. Senators ( Rubio and Scott) and of our Governor Desantis. They are all morally bankrupt.

Whole Foods CEO blasts socialism: It's 'trickle-up poverty' that 'impoverishes everything'

wordywalt comments on Nov 29, 2020:

I detest such ideological demagogues who have a way of wrapping everything they disagree with (often simply out of greed within the blanket of a negative hot-button term.

The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in the Pandemic - The Atlantic

wordywalt comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Well done. As Festinger pointed out, the coercive power of a cohesive group in which specific beliefs dominate, can lead one to lose contact with facts and reality if one wishes to (or has to) remain a member of the3 group.

Statement From Dominion on Sidney Powell's Charges - Dominion Voting Systems

wordywalt comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Powell is a nut job pretending to be a lawyer.