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Rick's Blog – December 2008 Archive (8)

I could have told them this 20 years ago, but they wouldn't have listened.....

This was taken from a news article on President Bush and where he "lost" the American people. You can read the whole article here:

Back when I was a Republican, I watched the so called "Religious Right" come into the party. They came in like a virus. They did and still do the same approach. "We'll stick a toe in and… Continue

Added by Rick on December 30, 2008 at 8:30pm — 4 Comments

THIS JUST IN AND IT IS A START IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!

No Evangelizing At Recruiting Sites

December 28, 2008McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

The Pentagon is cracking down on evangelizing at its national network of recruit processing centers, telling religious groups that it won't permit proselytizing at the sites.

A new regulation quietly distributed last month to commanders of the 65 centers says that religious literature and publications produced by other "non-federal entities" may be made available to… Continue

Added by Rick on December 29, 2008 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

If you are a vet, this is something you should be aware of....

This was brought to my attention by my former business partner. Now some of us were in uniform prior to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Well, starting back in the early 90's the military started to take DNA samples of all it's service members. The reason for this was simple. If you got killed in combat, and had lost your dog tags or had decomposed, they could use your DNA to identify your body and bring you home. No more Unknown Soldiers. That meant… Continue

Added by Rick on December 28, 2008 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

What is happening to our country?

Yesterday my girlfriend needed some gas for her car. Right now financially it is tight for both of us and I help her out whenever I can. So getting her some gas to go back and forth to work is a no brainer. Well its morning and we're both peckish so I send her into the store to give the clerk there my gas card and tell him we're going to buy some other things. Well she comes out and says I have to show the guy my ID. That struck me as odd because if I… Continue

Added by Rick on December 28, 2008 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Sigh....

Okay so I'm at my girlfriends mother's home. We have Xmas early because she has to work on Xmas day. So we go to her mother's to celebrate earlly. Family comes over and so on.

So later that night I turn on the History Channel. I'm a guy, right? It's all we ever watch unless there is a game on. Ask any women, they'll tell you this is true. Must be written in stone somewhere.

So I'm watching this show about the Garden of Eden. Guy says it was located once where the Persian Gulf is. Ok.… Continue

Added by Rick on December 24, 2008 at 6:30pm — 3 Comments

An Oppertunity exists.....

Been chatting with an old friend of mine. He's a wiccian. Now, I divide wiccians into three groups. The first group actually believes in the ideas of wicca. The second group uses it as an excuse to party, and as one rocket scientiest said, "I might see my ol'lady get it on with another women..." Third, they use it to explain their not fitting in with the main stream. And I mean "ANY" main stream.

He's still in the Reserves. He found out that the Army is looking for a Wiccian "priest" or… Continue

Added by Rick on December 18, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Xmas time again....

I'm off this coming weekend to go with my girlfriend and visit her family in LA (the state, not the city). Fortunately there isn't going to be anything "Religious" in the visit. Now, her family is Catholic but they seem to be rather open minded. Like the Les cousin and her significant other, a few children born out of wedlock. But she has a tendency when telling her family about me that I'm an atheist.

I'm not going to deny it. No one has ever gotten nasty or ugly with me. I've never known… Continue

Added by Rick on December 17, 2008 at 3:00pm — 7 Comments

Bible pounder attempting to be funny...or cute...

Joined Face Book. Joined an atheist group. Got this posting from this guy about how April 1st, okay, April Fools day is the only day that atheist have that equates to say, Xmas. Well, I read it and thought about responding to the clown. Then I read that he'll then have access to others on my "Friends" list.

I thought about it, and decided not to respond to the clown. I figured, "why should this twit bother others like me?" So I didn't respond. Wanted too, but didn't.

Now I could have,… Continue

Added by Rick on December 13, 2008 at 5:30pm — 5 Comments