So he isn't as dumb as he appears.

wordywalt comments on Feb 14, 2019:

He is every bit as dumb as he looks. By the time that Pelosi and the Democrats outplay him at every turn on his damned wall, he is going to look very incompetent and stupid.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Scientific Illiteracy Threatens U.S. | Michael Stone

wordywalt comments on Feb 14, 2019:

The dumbing down of America is a deliberate policy by Republican politicians.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tweets: 'Lobbyists Pay the Homeless + Others to Hold Their Place So They ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 13, 2019:

Disgusting behavior, but to be expected from representatives of the culture of greed.

Sports store to close after removing all Nike gear in Kaepernick protest - SFGate

wordywalt comments on Feb 13, 2019:

That is the price for bad judgment.

Wow! Totally clueless! Local grocery store company stirs controversy with ad mailer ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 13, 2019:

The store owner did not sound very bright.

What does "freedom from religion" mean (compared to "freedom of religion")?

wordywalt comments on Feb 13, 2019:

To me, freedom of religion means having the publicly sanctioned permission to choose to accept or deny any or all religions. In Turn, freedom from religion means, as a matter of public policy, not any and all religions thrust upon me in any sense. That includes not having religious tenets enacted into law and made a matter of public policy, and freedom from being bombarded with proselytizing.

After you die, you're aware that you've died

wordywalt comments on Feb 12, 2019:

Your nervous system may not have shut down, but if you are aware, you cannot be completely dead.

Trump supporter attacks BBC cameraman at El Paso rally - BBC News

wordywalt comments on Feb 12, 2019:

Every Trump rally is just a step away from a mob gone amok.

I think there are way more urgent and worthwhile things to be worked on than the environment.

wordywalt comments on Feb 12, 2019:

The absolute stupidity of your remarks on this post is totally underwhelming.

Trump and the Duetsche Bank utube link below. [youtu.be]

wordywalt comments on Feb 11, 2019:

As in Watergate, FOLLOW THE MONEY!

I had to unfriend someone today on facebook.

wordywalt comments on Feb 11, 2019:

We have every right to discontinue communication with people who are abusing us, who want to prey on us, who cause us senseless discord and/or pain. I have un-friended people on facebook who were obviously trying to scam me -- as well as my grand-nephew who is so far out on the irrational religious and political right that we do not live on the same planet. I have also recently discontinued communication with a close friend of over 50 years, who, in his old age has moved to far in extreme religiousity and in reactionary political thought that continuing communication only hurts.

Do Animals Have Feelings? - The Atlantic

wordywalt comments on Feb 11, 2019:

Of course animals have feelings. The higher up the eolutionary scale, the greater the potential range of feelings.

Trump has played golf so much in the last two years that there is a web site that is keeping count.

wordywalt comments on Feb 11, 2019:

To that greedy sociopath, the USA is his piggy bank.

Economic Reality check:

wordywalt comments on Feb 9, 2019:

Reump has no clue as to how most Americans live. What is worse, he really does not give a damn.

Has this site been invaded by Russian Trolls? [google.com]

wordywalt comments on Feb 9, 2019:

I think that is is possible. About a year ago, I encounered several on this site whose comments were highly political, yet did not seem cognizant of typical American beliefs and ways of expressing ourself.

TransCanada says Keystone likely source of Missouri oil leak | Nation | omaha.com

wordywalt comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Surprise! Surprise! (Sorry for the sarcasm)

So, bad night.

wordywalt comments on Feb 8, 2019:

I get those scam calls almost daily. It is a shame that over half of the calls that I get these days are such damnable intrusions.

trump and his republican Fascists are fleecing Veterans, their Families by empowering direct thief ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 8, 2019:

We must crush Trump's culture of corruption.

I'm sure that we are all opposed to this:

wordywalt comments on Feb 8, 2019:

It is true that evangelical leaders and many Republican politicians are conspiring to co-mingle politics and religion. That is a real threat to our democracy!

The last of my carrots from last summer. Dig out of my garden this afternoon.

wordywalt comments on Feb 8, 2019:

We are just now eating carrots from my fall garden.

"So, we have a system that's fundamentally broken.

wordywalt comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Wow, does she have the ability to ask the right probing questions!! She is going to become a powerhouse.

Presidential Goals

wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I would state Trump's goal a bit differently: To create a permanent system of oligarchic control within our country and throughout the world.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says National Enquirer publisher tried to extort him - CNN

wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Exactly what I would expect from one of Trump's friends.

trump and his republican Fascists cohorts are outright destroying the Middle class, the working ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2019:

A cpontinuing display of Trump's predatory corruption.

I sincerely hope Schiff has hired James Clapper and John Brennan.

wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Sic 'um on that SOB!

Not just going around "the wall" by sea, now they're going over it by air.

wordywalt comments on Feb 6, 2019:

The druggies are a damned sight smarter than the idiot Trump.

In the Tax Act, Trump authorized oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain of Alaska.

wordywalt comments on Feb 6, 2019:

That is the reason that congressional rules should limit the topics to be included in one piece of legislation to one.

The Republican Party

wordywalt comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Responsible for both the greatest increases in national debt and growth in income inequality of all presidents.

This is total bull shit! trump is pushing himself as some sort of healer! This orange bastard ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2019:

The man is either delusional or a totally self-absorbed con man -- or both.

Thought I would just remind everyone that the President's State of the Union address to the nation ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2019:

I cannot sand even the sound of the man's voice. I will listen to the critiques.

The State of the Union is Worrying

wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2019:

As long as Trump is president our nation, our democracy, our people are in danger.

"We are all assigned a gender at birth.

wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2019:

We are not assigned a gender at birth. We are biologically born with a gender. The vast majority of people are comfortable with their biological gender. A feware not. Those are the facts. While I do not condemn transgernder people, I do not understand it at all.

trump and the republican Fascists thought that the people of this country would not notice that they...

wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2019:

The Republican tax cuts clearly benefited only the wealthy. They should be revoked immediately.

This article is for informational purposes only WHAT DO YOU THINK THE STATE OF OUR UNION IS ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2019:

The state of our Union is that, due to Trump, our nation, democracy, and people are in imminent danger.

"Ted Bundy looked right through me," Sally said.

wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2019:

I don't think we will ever understand what made Bundy tick. He was a truly malevolent, vicious human being deviant who managed to appear normal.

Average worker to CEO

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Disgraceful. No CEO is worth that much!

Washington Post airs Super Bowl ad honoring journalists, press freedom | TheHill

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2019:

I used to love football. This year, I did not watch anything about the Super Bowl, the game itself, or any of its hype.

Convinced of his own greatness, Trump rejects possibility of impeachment | MSNBC

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2019:

What a demented fool! I hope that he continues in his ingorance.

Do you think that standing up for Freedom of Religion helps promote Freedom from Religion?

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2019:

I believe that in our constitutional democracy, freedom of religion MUST include freedom from religion.

The military is poisoning America’s groundwater: The Pentagon assumes no liability and ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2019:

That must be changed. Congress must require the military to clean up its chemical messes, and take the ocsts out of their current budget until the messes are cleaned up and the practices stopped.

The right-wing attack on Medicare for All! The campaign of lies continues.

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2019:

There is a simple argument for universal healthcare. Just note that most all other industrialized nations have implemented unversal health care. Most are operating their version of universal healthc care successfully at much lower per participant costs. Are oppnents of univeral health care in the USA saying that we are so stupid and incompetent that we cannot design, implement, and manage a successful system???? If that is their stance, tell them that their opinion of Americans is terribly derogatory of us all.

So, I am seeking a way to merge my aptitude for science with my passion for social justice and ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Network as much as possible. Pick you battles and focus your efforts on the ones you can influence. No not argue with irrational reactionaries. Prove them wrong with real, understandable facts, and let it go.

Trump doesn't understand even the basics of national intelligence [latimes.com]

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2019:

He is not intelligent enough to understand any of the menings of any kind of intelligence.

Why Donald Trump's Concussion Remarks Are Dangerous

wordywalt comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Trump expresses baseless opinions on most topics. One cannot trust either the veracity or the content of his statements.

‘A watershed moment’: Trump faces crossroads amid mounting threats on all sides

wordywalt comments on Feb 3, 2019:

I hope that the pressures break the sociopath!

I'm on a roll this morning.

wordywalt comments on Feb 3, 2019:

A true statement.

This is too fucked up for words!!!! ?

wordywalt comments on Feb 3, 2019:

What an absurd, evil stance!

I am good with half. Lol

wordywalt comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Thee is a smart lady who thinks like a lot of us.

"Objectivity is a distinctively human trait, as only human beings have the capacity for objectivity.

wordywalt comments on Feb 3, 2019:

That may or may not be true. But, as we cannot communicate with other species with the specificity needed to determine the accurate of that assertion, we will never really know.

Donald Trump Rejects Intelligence Briefing Facts | Time

wordywalt comments on Feb 3, 2019:

He is a dangerous, treacherous wacko!

"I thought that I was in the photo in the yearbook, but couldn't remember which one I was.

wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2019:

I grew up in the deep south with cultural racism instilled in me. It took several years as an adult and friends in a different culture who asked me the tough questions that needed to be asked to get rid of that malignancy. But I out grew it in the early 1960s to get rid of that malignancy. But I never attacked a Black person or posed either in blackface or in KKK attire, and Northham did it in the mid-1980s? Not at all acceptable. And the den of that medical school which allowed those pictures to appear in the yearbook also had no character.

7-Year-Old Boy Killed While Being Punished For Failing To Memorize Bible Verses | Michael Stone

wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2019:

That is hard to believe. I cannot comprehend how parents could treat their child in such amanner. That is not purported christian love, but vicious and evil anger.

Would you pay extra taxes so that all can get health care?

wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2019:

Yes. Without a doubt. Further, if a well-designed universal health care system would be developed, actual health care costs would actually go down, as it would cut out the excess profits of health insurance companies, drug companies, and for profit hospitals and physicians.

"Rosenstein told my lawyers I'm not a Mueller target.

wordywalt comments on Feb 1, 2019:

Rosenstein would not have told him that he is a target, even if he is. Trump lies about everything.

from: Pascal Boyer: "Religion Explained.

wordywalt comments on Feb 1, 2019:

Interesting observations, many accurate. Religion is an attempt to survive and prosper in a complex and often threatening world which one does not understand or control. As an evolutionary device, however, it fails. It prevents search for real understanding and consequent truly adaptive behavior.

Interesting article and for me, an optimistic view of our future: "The human race could live ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 31, 2019:

The human species -- not race -- will not live forever. Neither will our planet.

Yeah, terrible how the last two scary caravans of desperate people looking for some small assistance...

wordywalt comments on Jan 31, 2019:

I hope that you are being sarcastic. If not, you are a mean-spirited bogot spouting pure BS.

The U.

wordywalt comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Just another indication that the Trump cabal does not give a damn about people and hyman rightsd.

Donald Trump's Spiritual Adviser Paula White Suggests People Send Her Their January Salary or Face ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Paula White is a con artist who abandoned her husband and her church in Tampa, Florida because she feelt that she bring in more money for herself in New York. She is a match for Trump's greed and treachery.

Sarah Sanders: God wanted Trump to become president

wordywalt comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Only a demagogic, evil liar could say that

trump and his republican Fascists cohorts will not stop until they poison and destroy our Air, our...

wordywalt comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Of course it does. Trump and his cabal are the epitome of the culture of raw greed over everything else.

Roger Stone warns Trump's presidency is in peril - CNNPolitics

wordywalt comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Although his reasoning is bizarre falsehood, I hope that his conclusion is correct!

Trump chastises intel chiefs after they contradict him on Iran and claims of foreign policy success ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Trump is the height of megalomaniacal stupidity.

Trump has been a lot better president for business than Obama ever was as Obama was a regulation nut...

wordywalt comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Your understanding of economics and business is worse than bad.Your facts are wrong, and you ignore the fact that Obama inherited a crash from Bush. He was not a regulatory nut, but put in regulations to protect people and the environment in legitimate and valid ways. . Wait until Trump is finished with his tax cut hurting the middle class and increasing the national debt hugely, with his insane tariff wars, with his government shutdowns and other insanities: Than we will have a crash ranking with the Great Depression. Trump is a dangerous fool in every sense.

Today's hike: Sunrise peeks over ridge at Lanham Lake

wordywalt comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Your obvious feelings about that setting and being in it remind me of myself and of a different time an place. I used to love going fishing at Wilson Lake in Kansas, putting my boat in h w eater at dawn. I would be on he lake, with mist rising off the water, masking the rugged hills an prairie. i had a stereo ratio on the boat and I would do out to the middle o the lake,turn the radio to a c classical station, and fish away, watching the sunrise and absorbing all of the sensory input in magnificent solitude.

Howard Schultz and His Anti-Democratic Party Campaign – Talking Points Memo

wordywalt comments on Jan 29, 2019:

I hope that he does not run. While he is somewhat liberal on social issues, he is a lreal fiscal conservative wno does not understand that a number of human services are needed and can be can be provided at reasonable cost, with a reasonable progressive tax program.

US intel chiefs: Trump is wrong on just about everything he says

wordywalt comments on Jan 29, 2019:

The same is true for almost every policy area. The arrogant dolt is incompetent.

I've noticed that the majority of you that are against the wall don't live anywhere near the border.

wordywalt comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Two reasons: (1) there is no crisis, and (2) it won't work. It is that simple.

Wow ... so much hate

wordywalt comments on Jan 28, 2019:

The problem you face is that most people equate the idea of universal consciousness with belief in a supreme being. I tend to agree with them. To me, an existential point of view is more realistic.

The perfect date..LOL!

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Hadn't seen you on the site for a long time. Hope you are doing well.

Today is international Holocaust Remembrance Day, and yet many do not believe it really happened.

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Those who do not believe it are bigots who do not want to believe the truth.

DeVos: 'Teachers' Unions Are the Only Thing Standing in the Way' of School Choice

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

As usual, she is lying.

Putin's Puppet SAVING NATO.... NY Times Editorial Board [nyti.ms]

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

NATO is the backbone of our international relations and our international defense. If Trump takes any action to take our country out NATO, he should be impeached on the spot!

Shooting someone on 5th Avenue

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Probably an accurate depiction of inent and possible result if we do not stop it.

Are Republicans keeping House Intelligence Committee unstaffed to slow Mueller investigation?

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Do it without them. They will only attempt to obstruct justice.

Now you guys can't tell me you don't have any DIY projects.

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

I grew up poorand in a rural area, so do it yourself was a way of life. For me, it still is for many things, even at the age of 81.

When dealing with the VA doctors, by trial and by error, what I have discovered is that dealing with...

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

I am an 91 year old vet, but I have never used the VA. Further, its record is frequently so bad that I believe that we would be better off if the agency were done away with and all vets were given insurance cards allowing them access to regular medical care by any doctor and facility. If the vet seeking care were also under medicare, the card should cover all costs above those provided by medicare. .

Some folks harbour so much ignorance and hate in their heart.

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Unfortunately, some humans will always choose to hate and to be willfully ignorant. We will never eliminate thos who do, ut what we can do is to make it most uncorfortable for them to express such attitudes and behavior.

Bill Maher Doubles Down on Comic Fans

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Wow, did he zing 'em!! I outgrew comic figures over 70 years ago., and I agree with Maher.

For those of you with extensive knowledge of U.

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

I don't think he will do it again, either. He knows that it would kill him politically. What he will do is to falsely pretend to snatch an empty victory from the real jaws of defeat.

Slate Ann Coulter on Her Support of Trump: “OK, I’m a Very Stupid Girl”

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2019:

For the first time, I agree with Coulter on something!

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

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Hourse manure! It is the fandamentalists of all religions who do that.

Rolling the sexual violence clock back quietly. ? [independent.co.uk]

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Trump nd his cabal befoul everything they touch.

US shutdown: Four reasons why Trump blinked 3 hours ago [bbc.

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2019:

Those would not have mattered to him if his poll numbers had dropped precipitously.

Ann Coulter continues to taunt Trump and she always gets under his skin! It'll be hilarious if he ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2019:

Go ahead, Trump. Let Coulter grab you by your puny balls and goad you into absolute stupidity. Make our Day!

We can only hope!

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2019:

I hope that you are right Lindsay, because you ain't getting the damned wall.

Checkmate Donald

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2019:

She is one bright, tough cookie who simply outclasses Trump in every sense.

Celebrate the government is open and Nancy gave no wall! [youtu.be]

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2019:

Damned good ones!

45 is going to do something really desperate, and really dangerous, to US.

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2019:

That lis a distinct possibility and I hope that Democratic s in Washington are prepared to put a quick stop to any such attempts.

Jeebus. Just shut up. [cnn.com]

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2019:

The impeachment process should start that Trump even tries this stunt.

George Carlin talks about discovering and being who he is, with Jon Stewart. [youtu.be]

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2019:

What a smart, caring, and emotionally "on target" Carlin was! It is a damned shame that we do not have a lot more like him.

Trapped in a hoax: survivors of conspiracy theories speak out [theguardian.

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2019:

They have been jurt by their own gullibility and by their own negative emotional tendencies.

Provoked By Trump, The Religious Left Is Finding Its Voice : NPR

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2019:

Interesting. It is about time that some christians finally spoke out on how completely Trump is violating their theology.

44 GOP senators vote to keep government shut to make Trump happy

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2019:

We need to make sure that the entire American public knows the names of all 44.

Kudlow: Fed workers are 'volunteering,' some feel 'allegiance' to Trump | MSNBC

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2019:

I never liked Kudlow. Now I like him even less.

The Brittish are pissed! [facebook.com]

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2019:

I hope that they ban Trump from visiting Great Britain.

You Gotta Believe In Something Why Not Believe In Me?

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2019:

Did you ever read Gunter Grass's THE FLOUNDER? If not, I think you would thoroughly enjoy it.

Obstruction of justice? What is your opinion. [washingtonpost.com]

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2019:

Of course it is.

This lady tells it like it is! Go Nancy!

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2019:

Call it like it is, Nancy. Keep it up.

The House Oversight Committee just took aim at Jared Kushner with new security investigation

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2019:

Go after him!