27 Jun
Can somebody please explain to me why congress is even debating a mortgage bailout? What happened to personal responsibility? How is it I’m going to end up paying for someone else’s bad judgments? Both the lenders and the borrowers made bad decisions to enter the contract in the first place. But it’s a CONTRACT! So, [...]
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08 Jun
Don’t be fooled by the R party designation. He has made some conservative decisions (SCOTUS Judges Roberts and Alito, and Tax cuts) but his ideology is not conservative. For proof, look at the following items: Medicare Drug Plan Department of Homeland Security No Child Left Behind Immigration The sum of these policy decisions has increased [...]
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10 May
At every level and nearly every function the government is too big, too inefficient, wasteful, and all too often, interferes with private citizens and enterprises who want to get things done. Here is an example. We need to take back our country from the politicians (both parties!)who have stolen it from us! The President has [...]
Posted in Economy, General by: rattrap
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07 May
I recently had a conversation with a person about the Constitution of the U.S. I indicated that I am a constitutionalist. Upon hearing this she went into this dissertation on how it was ratified and asked me what I felt. I told her that I didn’t vote because I wasn’t there at the time, so [...]
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20 Apr
I have posted the outline for the series of articles which will discuss the American Identity, what it is, how it has been diminished in our culture, and how it can be restored in this great country. As the articles are written the points in the outline will become links, so check back often.
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17 Apr
Rattrap’ Rants welcomes bloodboughtpatriot as an editor to the blog. We look forward to insightful articles from him in the near future. In the meantime check out an article he wrote on the 5th anniversary of the Sept 11 Terrorist attacks here.
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16 Apr
Market forces will deliver a better product than a government monopoly. We need to take the control of the education of our kids away from the government, and place it in our own hands. This will create a marketplace where we as consumers of the product (our kids education) choose where we are going to [...]
Posted in Education, General by: rattrap
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11 Apr
Americans are having an identity crisis. In the coming weeks I plan on posting why this is so, how we can turn it around, and showcase people who exemplify the American identity as it was, and as should be.
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11 Apr
We Americans have lost a generation, and the Christian Community is to blame! – Judgment begins in the House of God – I Peter 4:17 For 40 years the Christian majority in this country has sat back and done nothing while the liberals and the left have killed 45 Million people. Abortion has cost the [...]
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11 Apr
The fourth space tourist took flight on Sept 9, 2006, and the US media missed the ride. On Monday the fourth private citizen flew to space. Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian born American entrepreneur, flew aboard a Soyuz spaceship as the first woman to engage in the commercial aspect of space travel, and the first Iranian [...]
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