This is so true.

wordywalt comments on Mar 9, 2020:

Sadly, entirely true!

Sen.

wordywalt comments on Mar 9, 2020:

Could his quarantine last for 4 years, please?

Republican economy

wordywalt comments on Mar 9, 2020:

That has been the Republican plan for decades.

I know little, but…this little makes me different I am standing in a world of my own We stand ...

wordywalt comments on Mar 8, 2020:

I have travelled through High Springs often on my way to Madison County, where I grew up. Enjoyed tubing in he Ichtucknee Springs and River. Also enjoyed time at Camp O'Leno. The Maxwells, who used to run Camp O'Leno, were family friends

Trump faces a coronavirus threat. Let’s look back at his Ebola tweets. - Vox

wordywalt comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Yhe idiot Trump is a notorious germaphobe. But, all he cares about is his own sorry ass.

This is the earliest I've seen bulbs and sedum appearing in our gardens.

wordywalt comments on Mar 8, 2020:

That is early for Ohio!

Fact check: from coronavirus to Kim Jong Un, Trump makes at least 14 false claims in Fox News town ...

wordywalt comments on Mar 8, 2020:

The idiot Trump simply does not know how NOT to lie.

Pastor Who Raped Kids After “Spiritual Baths” Will Go to Jail for 34 Years | Hemant Mehta | ...

wordywalt comments on Mar 8, 2020:

The sentence was too light.

It is all very obvious.

wordywalt comments on Mar 8, 2020:

You should read A THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS by Thorsein Veblen, published in 1899. It is one of those very important forgotten books. Veblen notes the same kind of things about religion. He also has important observations about the super-wealthy, and about glass-bead playing academia.

I was attacked by a troll on this site [agnostic.

wordywalt comments on Mar 8, 2020:

The guy you note is one very strange turkey. I have encountered him before.

I started my veggie seeds inside too early! Frost free day isn’t for another 3 weeks! If I put my ...

wordywalt comments on Mar 7, 2020:

I always do that. Have a grow light hooked up in my garage. It enables me to get my tomatoes in the ground as early as I can. This year, for example, my tomato plants are in the ground, almost 3 feet tall, and full of blossoms. I also plant my potatoes in late January or early February .

I think it’s important to realize that we are very fortunate to live in a time that we can think ...

wordywalt comments on Mar 6, 2020:

In that sense, we are at least a half century behind western Europe.

Trump Supporters Interrupt Sanders Rally; Nazi Flag With Swaztikas

wordywalt comments on Mar 6, 2020:

I hopew that they continue such shit. They are so obnoxious that they will turn off all decent people -- even some conservatives.

Trump Says Folks With Mild Coronavirus Can Still Go To Work In a recent interview with Sean ...

wordywalt comments on Mar 6, 2020:

What a destructive idiot Trump is!

MAJOR voter suppression!! 😡 ‘Voter suppression, plain and simple’: Texas closed hundreds of ...

wordywalt comments on Mar 6, 2020:

That is EXACTLY what one can expect from southern Republicans.

I can't find my pencil sharpener.

wordywalt comments on Mar 5, 2020:

It happens to us all.

It’s time for Sanders to take on Biden’s atrocious fifty-year anti-liberal record.

wordywalt comments on Mar 5, 2020:

You grossly distort Biden's record by cherry-picking. Over a lifetime, we all make many mistakes. In fact, anyone who does anything makes mistakes. Do you want a person who takes no action ever. We also evolve in our beliefs ad political stances over the years. As a young man, I was conservative. At age 82 I am quite left of center and proud of it. What are you trying to do -- divide and conquer to that Trump will win?

What could go wrong?

wordywalt comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Under Trump and Pence,anythign can go wrong, and too damned much will.

Warren is dropping out. I'm sad.

wordywalt comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Me, too. She was my favorite, by far.

Bernie... Oh Poor Bernie Why is no one endorsing Bernie?

wordywalt comments on Mar 4, 2020:

People are not endorsing Bernie for several reasons: (1) the political right will label him as a revolutionary socialist; (2) They know that Bernie does not work well with people who disagree with him; (3) Bernie is more of an ideologue than a person who can create the legislative support and cooperation to get things done. I agree with much of what Bernie wants to accomplish, but I do not see him accomplishing those things.

Today is Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Does anyone know when Bernie Sanders is going to drop out?

wordywalt comments on Mar 4, 2020:

No. Bernie will not drop out. Even if he knows that he is going to lose he has to save face with his hardcore followers. Also, he will want to influence the party platform.

Do you think it is possible for a professing Christian to be agnostic?

wordywalt comments on Mar 4, 2020:

She is on the borderline of being an agnostic. If something happens to make her truly question her chosen beliefs, she may well become a full agnostic.

US strikes Taliban forces, in first hit since peace deal - AOL News

wordywalt comments on Mar 4, 2020:

The U.S. will eventually leave Afghanistan to live with its own chaos. No external force -- in all of history -- has every assumed control of Afghanistan or imposed peace upon it.

GOP blocking coronavirus bill — because it limits how much drugmakers can charge for a vaccine: ...

wordywalt comments on Mar 4, 2020:

It woulda be passed easily were it not the ultimately corrupt Mitch McConnell.

Is it elitist to think we have a responsibility to others?

wordywalt comments on Mar 3, 2020:

An elitist is, by definition, a person who thinks he or she is better than, above, and/or more deserving than others. There are few truly benevolent tyrants, if any.

I think this country would be better off with an Atheist in the White House.

wordywalt comments on Mar 3, 2020:

I would agree that we could be much better off if the person were an atheist, but not necessarily an anti-theist. I believe in comp0lete separation of church and state, but also freedom of religion if -- and only if-- it includes freedom from religion. Do not necessarily assume that all atheists would be truly interested in treating all people with full dignity and respect in advancing the human condition, in democracy. I would want belief in those things, as well.

Trump's Second Term: Not Worth Freaking Out About.

wordywalt comments on Mar 3, 2020:

It appears that ou have no conception of the damage the idiot Trump can and would do in so many sectors of our lives and institutions. I would take Biden any day over this bit of human excrement.

Can we please get him out now! [deepleftfield.info]

wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:

The SOB had better now try!!! If he does, we will had his ass to him in pieces.

Fareed Zakaria explains.

wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Part of what you say I agree with, but I do not like the way that you are misrepresenting issues. . Part of it I see as a misrepresentation. Bernie is not a democratic socialist. He is an anti-capitalist. There is a huge difference. Democratic socialism is for a regulated form of free enterprise within a mixed economy. Much of what Bernie wants can be accomplished by less drastic means. That is why I fully support Elizabeth Warren.

Someone should make a (blue) hat.

wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Hah! We don't need slogans and stupid hats. We need responsible action.

[pocket.

wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:

The phrase "government takeover" which you use is intended as a loaded derogatory phrase to demean the whole idea of universal healthcare. Yes, you correct in that price gouging is allowed in the current system of profit-based health insurance. And, the reason that we have such gouging is the Republican Party is in the picket of the price gougers. A universal healthcare system will take care of all of that. That ain't gonna change until the party in power changes. In is not a government takeover, but a takeover b y the people by electing members of congress who represent their true best interests.That is proven by the fact that all other industrialized nations have universal healthcare systems which cost less and serve all their people well. You are at it again, misrepresenting the issue.

The latest view from Dr. Brandy Lee: [alternet.org]

wordywalt comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Damned well stated.

A useful test to see where you stand politically; See the image below to see my profile.

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.