Archive - politics

memorial day…

31 May 2010 by ratman, Comments Off

i felt sorry for the president as well as those that expected him to speak today in elmwood, il. the weather in illinois changes every 10 minutes, so to some extent it must have been expected. i hope that everyone had thoughts of the men and women that protect us 24x7x365. i know that i [...]

not enough time on my hands…

25 February 2010 by ratman, Comments Off

hi. been a while huh? there just isn’t enough time in the day. so. i listened to some, but not (as yet) all of the health care summit today. i was quite taken with the passion that the president and the rest of the democrats during what i heard. i was, as usual, not impressed [...]

of these ends…

17 December 2009 by ratman, Comments Off
of these ends…

here is a friend of mines site. i enjoy his humor and his drawings. political slant. good humor. give it a try. what can it hurt? http://oftheseends.com see ya there…

health care…

17 December 2009 by ratman, Comments Off
health care…

today i removed the sign up that had been a part of my site for months. the way that health care is being directed, isn’t the change that i voted for. it’s just such a shame. i was so supportive of real change, and instead seem to be getting much the same with a government [...]

the state of climate change…

6 December 2009 by ratman, Comments Off
the state of climate change…

personally, i believe that we are slowly killing the planet. however. even if we aren’t why are we fighting to keep oil companies in place? oil has it’s problems, and there can’t be a everlasting supply of it, because there just can’t. what’s wrong with trying to move forward on different alternatives? why can’t we [...]

bye bye… lou dobbs…

12 November 2009 by ratman, Comments Off
bye bye… lou dobbs…

bye bye lou. wonder how long it will be before you are on the faux network. QuestionsView Results

i was reading some blogs tonight….

6 November 2009 by ratman, Comments Off
i was reading some blogs tonight….

and one that i read really ticked me off. not knowing that there was a limitation as to the number of characters that were allowed, i had at it. well. it wouldn’t save. so. for you folks that started and couldn’t finish, or really just want to flame, here it is in it’s entirety… ( [...]

imagine if this happened to you or someone you knew… another reason for reform…

21 October 2009 by ratman, Comments Off

excerpt:   Christina Turner feared that she might have been sexually assaulted after two men slipped her a knockout drug. She thought she was taking proper precautions when her doctor prescribed a month’s worth of anti-AIDS medicine. Only later did she learn that she had made herself all but uninsurable. Turner had let the men [...]

all the news… and some that wasn’t…

18 October 2009 by ratman, Comments Off
all the news… and some that wasn’t…

what a week. my wife and i hit our 16th year of marriage. we celebrated by taking in a show and then returning home for a meal that i cooked for the family. it’s a family affair, these anniversaries. there is nothing wrong with that. they all have been a part of the past years, [...]

indoctrinate…

26 September 2009 by ratman, Comments Off
indoctrinate…

sure. you can find the definition of indoctrinate in any dictionary. here is a link to m-w.com. ok. here is what it says: 1: to instruct in fundamentals or rudiments : teach 2: to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle this definition can be placed with any number [...]