http://www.politicsramble.com/ Politics Ramble en Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:39:00 GMT Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:39:00 GMT info@politicsramble.com info@politicsramble.com http://www.politicsramble.com/images/fork-in-the-road-for-orble.jpg http://www.politicsramble.com/ http://www.politicsramble.com/trick-or-treat-heres-the-wicked-witch-of-capitol-hill/ By Steven Barrett Halloween came early for the big kids on Capitol Hill, Wall Street and eventually a Main Street near you., Unfortunately the ill-effects of what one woman possessing... http://www.politicsramble.com/trick-or-treat-heres-the-wicked-witch-of-capitol-hill/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/trick-or-treat-heres-the-wicked-witch-of-capitol-hill/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:39:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/politics-of-personal-destructionalways-in-vogue/ By Steven Barrett Governor Palin, welcome to the capitol city of drive-by innuendoes, slander for sport and what the late Vince Foster called the "politics of personal destruction." Vince Foster... http://www.politicsramble.com/politics-of-personal-destructionalways-in-vogue/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/politics-of-personal-destructionalways-in-vogue/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:41:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/red-stateblue-state-dixie-sunbelt-frostbelt-or/ By Steven Barrett What a fun time this campaign will be this year. At least kids in school might finally learn their American geography lessons, if not the history behind... http://www.politicsramble.com/red-stateblue-state-dixie-sunbelt-frostbelt-or/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/red-stateblue-state-dixie-sunbelt-frostbelt-or/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:31:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/will-we-ever-be-content-a-nations-mood-disorder/ By Steven Barrett Do nations have "mood disorders" like individuals? That's a question brought up by author and Boston Globe guest columnist today in "America's Mood Disorder." Before anybody picks... http://www.politicsramble.com/will-we-ever-be-content-a-nations-mood-disorder/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/will-we-ever-be-content-a-nations-mood-disorder/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:55:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/time-for-a-good-laugh-break-bill-oreilly-creates-a-full-parody-zone-for-nbc/ By Steven Barrett NBC has a little "objectivity problem." At least according to Fox's Bill O'Reilly and columnist Peggy Noonan concerning the way the network's news department had been seen... http://www.politicsramble.com/time-for-a-good-laugh-break-bill-oreilly-creates-a-full-parody-zone-for-nbc/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/time-for-a-good-laugh-break-bill-oreilly-creates-a-full-parody-zone-for-nbc/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:07:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/nyts-boston-globe-dont-get-it-its-not-kumbaya-its-politics/2/ By Steven Barrett Predictable. Ever predictable. Sigh, perhaps boring, too. The double-pip'd organ representing the northeastern liberal press, i.e. the New York Times and its little sister, the Boston Globe... http://www.politicsramble.com/nyts-boston-globe-dont-get-it-its-not-kumbaya-its-politics/2/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/nyts-boston-globe-dont-get-it-its-not-kumbaya-its-politics/2/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:36:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/obamas-giving-us-his-idea-of-political-change-quickly-political-cannister/ By Steven Barrett "We should all be proud of Governor Sarah Palin's historic nomination, and I congratulate her and Senator McCain. While their policies would take America in the wrong... http://www.politicsramble.com/obamas-giving-us-his-idea-of-political-change-quickly-political-cannister/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/obamas-giving-us-his-idea-of-political-change-quickly-political-cannister/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:03:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/round-up-the-usual-suspects-day-on-the-other-hand-/ By Steven Barrett It's going to be one of those never-ending "round up the usual suspects" days for me. Well, actually I don't want to. Nor do I have to... http://www.politicsramble.com/round-up-the-usual-suspects-day-on-the-other-hand-/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/round-up-the-usual-suspects-day-on-the-other-hand-/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:25:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/mccains-surprise-pick-of-sarah-palin-checkmates-dems/ By Steven Barrett Earlier this morning while getting up I was resigned to the prospect of my former part-time and mindless "governor," Mitt Romney getting McCain's nod to be his... http://www.politicsramble.com/mccains-surprise-pick-of-sarah-palin-checkmates-dems/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/mccains-surprise-pick-of-sarah-palin-checkmates-dems/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:53:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/obamas-worst-nightmare-he-gets-pinned-and-cant-get-out/ By Steven Barrett Remember all that fuss about Barak Obama not wearing a flag lapel pin? Well, I guess he's starting to wear one more often lately. Besides, I'm more... http://www.politicsramble.com/obamas-worst-nightmare-he-gets-pinned-and-cant-get-out/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/obamas-worst-nightmare-he-gets-pinned-and-cant-get-out/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:41:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/flatulence-reigneth-supreme-at-obama-coronation/ By Steven Barrett I mind the coronation part less than the flatulence that's going to symbolize this year's Democratic Party Coron ... Convention of the candidate that walks on water... http://www.politicsramble.com/flatulence-reigneth-supreme-at-obama-coronation/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/flatulence-reigneth-supreme-at-obama-coronation/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:24:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/obama-shows-a-less-eggheady-side-picks-biden/ By Steven Barrett Here it is Sunday, Aug. 24th with a little more than a day to go before the Democrats bang their first gavel to open their convention high... http://www.politicsramble.com/obama-shows-a-less-eggheady-side-picks-biden/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/obama-shows-a-less-eggheady-side-picks-biden/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:14:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/taking-new-fork-in-the-road-p-2/ By Steven Barrett Pope Benedict XVI The other day while waiting for my ride to the church where I volunteer at, I just pulled out a book to read and... http://www.politicsramble.com/taking-new-fork-in-the-road-p-2/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/taking-new-fork-in-the-road-p-2/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:42:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/im-taking-yogis/ By Steven Barrett Yogi Berra famously quipped, "When you see a fork in the road, take it." Well, that's what I'm doing. Last night while answering a political-religious question on... http://www.politicsramble.com/im-taking-yogis/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/im-taking-yogis/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:25:00 GMT http://www.politicsramble.com/aclu-leave-nambla-now/ By Steven Barrett It's time to put the North American Man-Boy Love Association, more commonly known as NAMBLA, or even more commonly hated and despised as on of world's worst... http://www.politicsramble.com/aclu-leave-nambla-now/#comments http://www.politicsramble.com/aclu-leave-nambla-now/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:11:00 GMT