Readings for the Year of the Rat Published on December 29, 2007 The Year of the Rat is for the opportunist, the proactive, the profiteer and the politician. This, indeed, will be a year to keep a watchful eye on those who run the world financially, intellectually and dictatorially. The Rat year is also one of change, reform and the year to put well-thought-out strategy to work. Worldwide, it's a time when security will count and when political giants will want to protect what's theirs. As for the average Joe, the Year of the Rat means 12 months to turn...