A day to remember those who have, and are now, serving for us all.
Today is Veterans Day
Posted in General with tags patriotic squirrel, veterans day on 11 November 2009 by The Pissed Off Tree RatSesame Street turns 40
Posted in General with tags Sesame Street turns 40 on 10 November 2009 by The Pissed Off Tree RatWell look at that 40 years old without a day of government run health care. Although taking into account the fact that nobody on Sesame Street has teeth I’m guess the PBS dental plan sucks.
No Happy Friday Beer Hotties today
Posted in General with tags Fort Hood 5 Nov 2009 on 6 November 2009 by The Pissed Off Tree RatIn honor of my fallen comrades at Fort Hood on November 5th 2009.
God with God my brothers and sisters.
Created by a graphics artist with Multi National Forces-Iraq for Memorial Day 2006
Week 9 NFL Picks of The Pissed Off Tree Rat
Posted in Football with tags Football guru, NFL Predictions, Week 9 NFL Picks on 5 November 2009 by The Pissed Off Tree Rat
After the Rams beat the Lions in week 8 my crystal ball shattered. That may have had something to due with my throwing it to the ground and stomping it with my boot in a drunken rage, but I can’t be certain about that. I think it was just a faulty product. I hope the duct tape holds it together for this week.
The Week 9 NFL Picks of The Pissed Off Tree Rat:
Tuesday football hangover
Posted in Football with tags detroit lions, NFL on 3 November 2009 by The Pissed Off Tree RatI can’t even post about it yet. For the love of God a loss to the Rams………………..
Happy Eallra Hālgena ǣfen (Halloween)
Posted in General with tags Eallra Hālgena ǣfen, Halloween on 31 October 2009 by The Pissed Off Tree Rat
I am the “who” when you call, “Who’s there?” I am the wind blowing through your hair. – Jack Skellington (1993)
Little by little the Rat’s master plan begins to takes shape…
Posted in Politics with tags 2010 elections, Beowulf The Final Battle, congress, NMI, No More Incumbent, poison tongue on 30 October 2009 by The Pissed Off Tree RatSlowly, oh so painfully slowly, it seems that the general public is beginning to swing over to my beer clouded way of thinking about Congress. America has this infatuation with the President being an all-powerful political figure. While he may in fact be the most powerful ‘individual’ political figure, the Congress is by far the most powerful political ‘body’. The power granted to the Senators and Representatives is what has the immediate, daily and enduring impacts on the lives of every American. In my humble Rattish opinion it’s these clowns that are to blame for the mess we are in. Time for them to face the music in 2010.
(FNP) A sizable majority of Americans (64 percent) say the country would be better off by throwing “most” members of Congress out, a jump of 19 percentage points from two years ago. Only about one in five Americans (19 percent) feels the average representative deserves to be re-elected, a seven-point drop from October of 2007. Even half of Democrats take the view that we need to clean house and start over with new people.
When moving from an institutional perspective to a more personal view, a slim 51 percent majority of Americans want to keep their own member of Congress in office.
This phenomenon of “hating” Congress but “loving” one’s congressman is an established trend in politics. However, even in this setting, more people opt for getting rid of their representative today (35 percent) than did two years ago (29 percent).
Beware the poison tongues of the politicians.
Beowulf The Final Battle:
“Hot, poison will pour from his tongue.
I feel no shame, with shield and sword
And armor, against this monster: When he comes to me
I mean to stand, not run from his shooting
Flames, stand till fate decides
Which of us wins. My heart is firm,
My hands calm: I need no hot Words.
Wait for me close by, my friends.”
Sometimes a headline screams “What the hell did that just say?”.
Posted in General with tags Coyote, Taylor Mitchell on 29 October 2009 by The Pissed Off Tree Rat
Now this is not how you hear about people crossing the great divide very often.
(CNN) Taylor Mitchell, 19, was at the beginning of the Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Tuesday afternoon when she was attacked, according to Chip Bird, the Parks Canada field unit superintendent for Cape Breton.
My sympathies to the Mitchell family. But sh#t coyotes, really?! I’d be demanding the CSI: Cape Breton get onto this one.
Week 8 NFL Picks of The Pissed Off Tree Rat
Posted in Football with tags Football guru, NFL Predictions, Week 8 NFL Picks on 29 October 2009 by The Pissed Off Tree Rat
The Week 8 NFL Picks of The Pissed Off Tree Rat (The source of all NFL odds for the Greater Tasmania Chamber of Commerce):
A couple of NFL mid-season Mea Culpas from the P.O.T.R.
Posted in Football with tags Brett Favre, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, NFL, NFL mid-season on 27 October 2009 by The Pissed Off Tree RatTo the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts. I was wrong in my preseason assessment of the Saints and Colts, and I’m man enough to admit it. I called the Saints “overrated hype”. My apologies. They are a proving to be a solid team winning the hard games early and deserve to be 6 and 0. I stated the that “Colts and Patriots dynasties are over”. That may be true for the Pats, but as long as Peyton Manning is on the field the Colts are Superbowl contenders.
Brett Favre is putting some of the shine back on his image. Myself, like many NFL fans, were sick to death with his offseason retirement/non-retirement B.S. I thought he was doing irreparable damage to his legacy and just wanted him to go away. Looks like he really does still have the heart and ability to play after all. He will be in the Hall of Fame one day and I’m glad his last two seasons with the Packers then that mess with the Jets will not be his last. If the Vikings make it to the big game this year my hope is that he will take that time to end a remarkable career on a high note and leave with a smile on his face and Superbowl ring on his finger.
