tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post2041517490176819393..comments2023-06-24T01:15:34.627-07:00Comments on The Skeptic Zone: im-skepticalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-23608726259630776412017-02-06T10:28:30.015-08:002017-02-06T10:28:30.015-08:00If Trump's behavior is indicative of what'...If Trump's behavior is indicative of what's to come, let's hope the shock doesn't wear off.<br />im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-41087032922240762672017-02-06T10:27:02.686-08:002017-02-06T10:27:02.686-08:00Thank you. I'll check that out.Thank you. I'll check that out.im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-10354188747470756322017-02-06T09:05:49.254-08:002017-02-06T09:05:49.254-08:00The shock should wear off soon.The shock should wear off soon.Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-37197993316064623182017-02-06T09:04:54.028-08:002017-02-06T09:04:54.028-08:00This is an area where we largely agree. I think it...This is an area where we largely agree. I think it won't take long before people who wanted Trump will regret it. I have joined Jeff Lowder's blog Opposing Trump, along with Randal Rauser, Keith Parsons, and Jeff. <br /><br />Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-9289792516290041032017-01-31T09:40:37.037-08:002017-01-31T09:40:37.037-08:00It's nice to know that we can agree on some th...It's nice to know that we can agree on some things. Perhaps we can disagree on other things without so much animosity.im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-84709848929584352262017-01-31T04:36:37.000-08:002017-01-31T04:36:37.000-08:00I have started a blog "Resistance is not futi...I have started a blog "Resistance is not futile and i do political posts on Fridays on metacrock' blog. your comments would be welcome Skept and you too Papalinton.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-11666796077611177512017-01-31T04:32:37.851-08:002017-01-31T04:32:37.851-08:00What I am saying is there is a resistance movement...What I am saying is there is a resistance movement growing against trump.We are going to need everyone we can get and work together and work hard to change things, we are going to have to aside our pet causes about atheism vs Christianity and work together.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-45374948952749553272017-01-31T04:30:33.909-08:002017-01-31T04:30:33.909-08:00Not going to happen if we don't Make it happen...Not going to happen if we don't Make it happen,<br />Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-26192025707216778962017-01-26T09:58:47.220-08:002017-01-26T09:58:47.220-08:00Yes, the good news is that this is not permanent. ...Yes, the good news is that this is not permanent. On the other hand, there can be a lot of damage that will difficult to overcome. <br /><br />During the Obama administration, there were numerous reports of corruption and incompetency in various government organizations, such as the Secret Service, for example. What many people don't realize is that this was largely the effect of the culture that was left over from the Bush administration. But Bush covered these things up and allowed them to continue, and Obama didn't. I fear the Trump administration is going to be far more secretive and far more corrupt than Bush was. The signs of this are already apparent, and it's only been a few days. Just wait until they have a chance to establish the new norms. The big fear is that those norms become permanent.<br /><br />I'm sure that whoever succeeds Trump in office will be seen as a relief, and I look forward to the day. But it will take someone of tremendous character to restore our government to something that can be trusted by Americans and by the rest of the world.<br />im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-21238829031094206252017-01-26T02:17:43.426-08:002017-01-26T02:17:43.426-08:00From the outside things are beginning to look very...From the outside things are beginning to look very bad for the US. This is not a time for worrying, though, just a time for accepting the real 'great commission'. ;o)<br />Just as the world sighed a huge sigh of relief when Obama got in, so too will it happen again in 2, maybe 4 years from now. From the bottom of my heart, remember these times and commit to memory. Don't get angry, and when then time comes get even. The US is much bigger than any ugly underbelly of conservative politics that Trump and his cronies represent.<br /><br />Papalintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818630173726146048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-2011436271101285192017-01-26T02:14:15.625-08:002017-01-26T02:14:15.625-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Papalintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818630173726146048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-34736553973259337632017-01-25T16:09:42.910-08:002017-01-25T16:09:42.910-08:00I think you're right, and the news is getting ...I think you're right, and the news is getting worse, hour by hour as we see what Trump is doing.<br /><br />Moving the embassy to Jerusalem would be costly as well as dangerous, with no practical benefit of any kind.<br /><br />Reinstituting <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/25/trump-executive-order-torture-black-sites-guantanamo-bay" rel="nofollow">torture</a> isn't going to make us safe. It's going to enrage lots of people man make many new enemies.<br /><br />He isn't interested in what's best for our country. He's interested in making a statement, and he has no regard for the consequences.im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-48870827103622473282017-01-25T09:47:41.833-08:002017-01-25T09:47:41.833-08:00Twenty years from now children will look up to the...Twenty years from now children will look up to their parents and ask, 'What did <i> you</i> do to resist Trump?'. Any person that wants to retain the respect of their children had better have a good answer.jdhueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548783175350394626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-63395738815052771212017-01-24T08:10:24.668-08:002017-01-24T08:10:24.668-08:00I heard about Trump's address to the CIA on Sa...I heard about Trump's <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/john-brennan-donald-trump" rel="nofollow">address to the CIA</a> on Saturday. A lot of it was just plain stupid. He spent much of it trying to impress his audience with how smart his is, and what a great choice he has made for the new director ("Believe me.") He seemed blissfully unaware that practically everyone there is far more intelligent than he is.<br /><br />But the thing that bothered me the most is his statement that to stop ISIS, we should have just taken the oil, and "perhaps you'll have another chance". This is horrible policy, because it immediately offends and alienates our allies in the Middle East - the very ones who are fighting along side with our own troops in Iraq and elsewhere, and places them in grave danger.<br /><br />Trump has no idea what he's doing. He doesn't understand the consequences of what he says and does. He's a danger to all of us.<br />im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.com