Team Trump admits holding back billions for Puerto Rico disaster recovery Trump administration ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 23, 2019:

The man is a vicious, greedy bigot.

Skin care brand Sunday Riley wrote fake Sephora reviews for two years, FCC says

wordywalt comments on Oct 23, 2019:

Simply a part of the culture of greed and corruption that seeks to exploit others.

Trump Constituency

wordywalt comments on Oct 22, 2019:

Add to those groups Republican politicians without a trace of a moral or patriotic spine.

Are Atheists racist

wordywalt comments on Oct 22, 2019:

Some people are both atheists and racists. There are some of those on this site.

DO YOU THINK DISORGANIZED (NEW AGE) RELIGION IS AS BAD AS ORGANIZED RELIGION?

wordywalt comments on Oct 21, 2019:

All religionis based on ignorance, fear, and false premises.

One of the posts I read indicated that being an atheist or an agnostic is a choice we make.

wordywalt comments on Oct 21, 2019:

Any decision is a choice. Pure and simple.

Why so many posts about God?

wordywalt comments on Oct 21, 2019:

My sentiments as well. I am more than 55 years past religion. Thoughts about it are not part of my life. Seems like a lot of members on this site are still struggling with the issue.

Good morning all!!!

wordywalt comments on Oct 21, 2019:

Just wait. It is early.

What If Trump Wins? - POLITICO Magazine

wordywalt comments on Oct 21, 2019:

It must NOT occur!!

Michele Bachmann: Climate Change is a ‘fraud’ because God promised Noah there’d be no more ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Bachmann has always been more than a few bricks shy of a load.

Do you think Elizabeth Warren is a LUFTMENSCH (an impractical person with their head in the clouds) ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Hell, NO!! Warren grew up in near poverty, yet grew up with a real desire for learning and to be of service to others. These troubled times are ones which shout out for bold ideas, ass did the 1930s and the Great Depression did. There is nothing impractical about her ideas. What is impractical in our politics is shallow depths of information and analysis. We are the ONLY industrialized nation in the ENTIRE world that does not have an effective system of universal healthcare. Such systems work and cost much less than our current healthcare system does. People need the real facts and to get their minds straight. I am no flaming left=winger. I am an 82 year odd man grew up in poverty in the dep South, acquired an extensive education, served my country in the US Army, and believes in true democracy which serves ALL of the people we.. Warren is the REAL THING!!!

What are the TOP 5 ‘must have’ qualities that your potential partner MUST have before you would ...

wordywalt comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Intelligence, truly knowing and accepting herself, caring and empathic, wanting to make a difference in a positive way, honesty.

Green Party communications manager Michael O’Neils, peaking on behalf of the Green Party, Friday.

wordywalt comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Given the fact that about 1/3 of our voting age population is composted of marginally educated, ethnocentric, religious people who feel left out and not in control of a culture that is changing and that they do not understand, and often easily appealed to by right wing demagogues, the emergence of a real third party would create the threat of that group coming to dominate our culture, and politics -- leading to the creation of a tyrannical, repressive and vicious permanent dictatorship.

THE CONCEPT OF NOTHING.

wordywalt comments on Oct 20, 2019:

When we use the word nothing, we usually mean "not one thing."

Possible or is he not smart enough. [deepleftfield.info]

wordywalt comments on Oct 20, 2019:

This man is capable of any corrupt act.

The Nancy Pelosi photo is a Rorschach test for an America cleaved into two - The Washington Post

wordywalt comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Too many of our Americans live in self-chosen delusion fed by ethnocentrism, fear, and xenophobia.

Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness | Salon.com

wordywalt comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Reagan was no hero.

Russia Picked Donald Trump and Ran Him for President, Former Israeli Intelligence Officer Says

wordywalt comments on Oct 19, 2019:

I believe it.

Tracking the Truth: Media Bias and Media Bastions

wordywalt comments on Oct 19, 2019:

From PBSm NPR, NBC, and CNN.

US Democratic hopeful criticises Clinton over Russia remarks | News | Al Jazeera

wordywalt comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Clinton would do well to stay out of presidential politics. She had her chances and blew them. She adds little or nothing of value to the dialogue.

Bill Maher regarding Trumps constant sniffing while talking He has treasonal allergies.

wordywalt comments on Oct 19, 2019:

How about the added possibility of drug addiction problems?

Trump's G7 gambit isn't like his other emoluments problems (it's worse) | MSNBC

wordywalt comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Sheer unbridled greed.

Trump's Character Always Made Him Unfit to be President | Time

wordywalt comments on Oct 19, 2019:

How anyone ever felt Trump fit to be president is and has always been unimaginable to me.

Architect of bin Laden raid says Trump is working to 'destroy' the country - CNNPolitics

wordywalt comments on Oct 19, 2019:

His actions and their results are nothing but damaging to us and our country.

HUD officials knowingly failed 'to comply with the law,' stalled Puerto Rico hurricane relief funds

wordywalt comments on Oct 19, 2019:

All persons involved should be fired immediately -- and should be sued individually by Puerto Rico..

Admiral McRaven is a former commander of the United States Special Operations Command.

wordywalt comments on Oct 18, 2019:

The number of highly reputable people now speaking out against Trump is piling up -- to the point that it has to begin to affect Republican politicians who do not want to go down in ignominious flames, and even some of his non=politician supporters.

q:415471..

wordywalt comments on Oct 18, 2019:

He deserves it! He has become spineless.

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.

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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?