Frank Apisa

What the heck are you talking about, Benkei? You originally said, "So, I think in the meantime I agree with it being better to vote for Biden next fal...

I asked a question, Benkei. What would you do if you were able to DICTATE what could be done? If you would put that out there, you would see that you ...

Okay. So...so let's change the question from "if elected DICTATOR for life, do you think you could do what the American people WANT" to "if elected DI...

What exactly do you want from the politicians we elect, Benkei? Do you (we) want them to do what the people want? That seems to be the demand I hear m...

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Agreed! I live in a safe Biden state...New Jersey. I've even considered staying home if he chooses Stacey Abrams for the second spot. She is totally u...

Trump is a danger to our Republic...and has caused our Republic more damage than all of its foreign enemies through the years...mostly because the dam...

Of all the idiomatic indulgences used in a philosophical forum...the term "believe in" is the most needlessly over-used. It exacerbates fogging up the...

Yeah. Had a version of it over in another forum in a thread about Mike Flynn. The guys comment essentially was, "He did not lie. He just didn't tell t...

Well said! I wear a mask because it almost certainly has some value in protecting others if I should be infected and not know it. And, not incidentall...

No problem, C. We disagree on this issue...and disagree strongly. Baden is all wet on this...as are all the Sanders supporters who, in states that mat...

Oh, shit. My bad. I have twisted up those two so often, by now I should be getting it correct. Thanks, 180. (Although, even Condoleezza would be okay ...

The first thing that must go (and probably the first thing that WILL go) is the notion that everyone has to earn their living...earn their food, cloth...

What is certain, as best I can determine, is that it will continue to be spelled philosophy. All the rest is in flux or doubt.

Yep!

Right on, BC. If not all of them (I think definitely not all of them)...certainly most of them...and for sure the ones that deal primarily with NEEDS ...

Yup...a good one indeed. At the White House, the press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, told CBS News Trump was taking hydroxychloroquine. “I can absolute...

Just having a bit of fun, Sush. Yanking on the chain a bit. No meanness intended (or taken, I hope). It is a fun thread...and I thought I'd bust some ...

If you say someone is a philosopher, you are indicating that he/she has a hobby of collecting stamps... ...oh, wait a minute. I'm not gonna post this ...

The "thought experiment" is an absurdity. It was not really a thought experiment at all. It was a set-up to make something not especially logical...se...

At my age, I doubt I will see many more elections...but, like you, I hope Trump is never surpassed as the absolute worst US President of ALL TIME. The...

Whatever!

Bullshit. Or if you are a religious person...horse shit.

Yes, indeed! Good list...any of whom would be vastly superior to Pence being a Big Mac away from taking the reins. I know there is lots of blow back t...

ANYONE who helps Trump get re-elected, which includes almost all of the childishly disappointed Sanders people who are not voting or who will vote thi...

The fact that we do not have universal healthcare for everyone in this country...is a more derisive comment about us than anything ANY of our enemies ...

They have indeed...and will probably lift lots more during the decades to come. I am hoping they China lead the world to understand that an amalgam be...

There is this small country in the far East called China. It has been a socialist/communist country since 1945. During the last 2 - 3 decades, it has ...

Old leftist ideas have died??? When did that happen? Damn, I stay away from the news for a few hours...and history happened.

I have come to the conclusion that people who describe themselves as "atheists" do so because they are the reverse side of the coin on which "theist" ...

You asked us to do something absurd...something that by the nature of your "suppose" would end up where you want us to end up. I merely presented a sh...

Biden stated unequivocally that the person he will select as his vice-president will be a woman...and will be qualified to step into the job starting ...

The Bernie Sanders people helped elect Trump... ...and are doing their best to see that Trump gets re-elected. The Trump supporters are mostly ignoran...

Anyone who think there is nothing at stake...is probably not old enough; intelligent enough; or sane enough to be voting. THERE MOST ASSUREDLY IS LOTS...

Imagine there actually is a god...and further imagine that the GOD actually reveals itself to everyone in an unambiguous way so that everybody realize...

Yeah, the Trump administration tells us this often. They ask, "What are you gonna believe, you're lyin' eyes or what we tell you is so?"

Any "rights" you suppose you have...almost certainly came to you because others fought and died to obtain them. It appears that the only right gods (i...

Judas is indispensable to the story...to the myth, if you will. Without Judas...there is no story.

My guess is that there was a time when EVERYONE on Earth "perceived" that the sun, moon, and stars traversed the sky around the flat Earth below. It i...

If our economy can produce enough for everyone NOW...and we can make it more productive by removing counter-productive people...of course it can be pr...

I suspect that if everyone were guaranteed a decent life...MANY THINGS WOULD CHANGE. I won't see it. (I'm 83) But my guess is that there are people al...

Right you are. No machine will ever be able to deliver TLC when needed like a human nurse; no machine will be able to serve up a shoulder to cry on li...

Quick story: I had a friend who was a night janitor at a YMCA. It was a great job...he loved it...and was good at it. He came in when the Y closed...a...

I agree totally. BUT...not wanting to work often results in a person not doing a productive job.

Right you are. Spending more time with the family...tending more carefully to the house and yard...reading more books...playing more golf... ...all ma...

And many do not want to work. Better to give them what they need to live a reasonable life...and keep 'em the hell out of the way.

Everyone here has worked with someone who would increase productivity by simply staying home. OFTEN it is a boss...or a supervisor. But there are plen...

People DO NOT HAVE TO WORK. In fact, America could dramatically increase its overall productivity...if it limited the number of people who are allowed...

I KNOW MORE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SMOKE DOPE BUT WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM SMOKING SOME... ...THAN I KNOW WHO DO SMOKE IT BUT WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM GIVING I...

Any "rights" you suppose you have, you have only because other people fought and died to obtain. But we do have "natural rights" insofar as we can die...