http://binky.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Bruce K. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:53:55 GMT 2010-01-03T08:53:55Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972018 Where exactly is the center of American politics? Why does the center of American politics seem to be like a black hole, somehow it pervades the entire universe, is infinitely massive . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:15:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972018 Bruce K. 2010-01-02T03:15:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969424 click here for Commentary from former Labor Secretery, Robert Reich   Former Labor Secretary under President Clinton, Robert Reich, has said it best, loudly and clearly, things . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:52:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969424 Bruce K. 2009-12-31T00:52:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966718   Almost as soon as we were in the so-called "war on terror" some complained about that terminology, saying you cannot declare war on an emotion.  The term "war on terror" is accurate . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:45:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966718 Bruce K. 2009-12-29T07:45:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962142 Yesterday I was watching a new piece on why we do not have enough swine flu vaccine for our country.  On first glance this does not seem to have much to do with how we evaluate our . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:46:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962142 Bruce K. 2009-12-24T21:46:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962116 Do most people just turn the channel now when they see or hear our "President of change" in the media.   Is it accurate to say this Obama guy is all talk now that he has had a year on . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:06:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962116 Bruce K. 2009-12-24T21:06:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960104   I went to see James Cameron's new movie effort "Avator" the day it came out.  This movie was reported to have taken over a decade to produce and cost almost half a billion dollars. . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:36:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960104 Bruce K. 2009-12-23T10:36:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959532 Seems to me the strategies for killing health care reform have been shifting and morphing like some kind of bad hallucination induced by a hard blow to the head ... which is what all of us who . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:02:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959532 Bruce K. 2009-12-23T01:02:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957489   Uhm, the image here just conveys a feeling and has absolutely nothing to do with this article. There is a movie coming out soon called "Killer At Large" that . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:28:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957489 Bruce K. 2009-12-21T20:28:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950808 Should Government Officials Have To Enroll In The Health Care Plan They Create?   I think many of us believe so, and many of us believe that if our government leaders are forced to use . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:07:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950808 Bruce K. 2009-12-17T02:07:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949964 Different people write different things daily as the country seems to be falling down around us almost perceptibly we are programmed to think.  The crime, the war, the terrorism, the danger . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:41:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949964 Bruce K. 2009-12-16T15:41:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977845579   Michael Greenberger: Derivative Casino - Taxpayers Pay The Losses For Bad Investments but do not get taxes paid on the huge gains possible in this elaborate scam to . . . Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:38:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977845579 Bruce K. 2009-10-09T09:38:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977841608 Charlie the Tuna Looking For Good Taste - from Wikipedia The recent spate of peculiar celebrity incidents has me thinking.  First there is Roman Polanski who raped a 13 year old and fled . . . Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:24:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977841608 Bruce K. 2009-10-06T22:24:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838783 David Letterman - from Wikipedia   To tell the truth I have never been crazy about David Letterman and the "Late Night with David Letterman Show".  As a kid I used to like Johnny Carson, . . . Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:34:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838783 Bruce K. 2009-10-05T04:34:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977836791 Roman Polanski's Hollywood Star - from Wikipedia When Roman Polanski's name popped back into the news after his detainment in Switzerland the other day there was a lot of talk, but very few facts . . . Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:40:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977836791 Bruce K. 2009-10-03T08:40:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977835960 Panorama of the city of Rio De Janiero, Brazil - from Wikipedia The issue of the 2016 Olympics was not one I was or am particularly interested in.  So when I saw the poll on the CNN website . . . Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:08:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977835960 Bruce K. 2009-10-02T18:08:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977826870 Extended Middle East Map from WorldAtlas.Com   As the American war on terror winds down, or maybe a better way of putting it could be "morphs" into a more refined intelligent and economical . . . Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:25:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977826870 Bruce K. 2009-09-26T01:25:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977822485 George Orwell's conception of the new world order The stability and continued existence of what we call the Free World and its hegemonic economic interests, seems to be mostly up to the United States . . . Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:03:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977822485 Bruce K. 2009-09-22T23:03:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977818896 Granlund Cartoon - Joe Wilson gets a taste of his own medicine It turns out that I have to modify some of my comments about "You lie!" Congressman from South Carolina Joe Wilson. Jimmy Carter . . . Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:35:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977818896 Bruce K. 2009-09-19T18:35:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977814500 Jimmy Carter today stated that the reason our new President Barack Obama is getting such a hard time is because he is a black man, and there are lingering feelings of racism that are erupting in . . . Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:32:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977814500 Bruce K. 2009-09-16T10:32:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977814056 Here is FastFlip.Google.Com . Google Inc. has launched a website that presents lots of news articles from many different sources in many different predetermined categories. Screen shot of . . . Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:38:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977814056 Bruce K. 2009-09-16T00:38:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977813837   InsideScience.Org , has published an article about Ukranian scientists who have produced the first ever detailed pictures of the electron cloud of, in this case, a carbon atom. . . . Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:07:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977813837 Bruce K. 2009-09-15T21:07:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977812400   Come on Republicans, our Founding Fathers and revolutionary soldiers were not lying SOBs trying to exploit their fellow citizens.  The Boston Tea-Party has nothing in common with the thuggish . . . Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:45:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977812400 Bruce K. 2009-09-14T21:45:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977812288   Corporations Deciding Who Will Live Or Die For Money. CIGNA Corporation is being accused of nothing less than murder of innocent customers who are dutifully . . . Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:17:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977812288 Bruce K. 2009-09-14T20:17:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810083 Monty Python arguing whether arguing can be just contradiction?   It's pretty clear that there are umpteen or more issues that the American people cannot decide or agree on.  Over time . . . Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:37:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810083 Bruce K. 2009-09-12T19:37:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977808708 If you have heard of the public option the re is a lot of controvery about what the public option is, and is not. Here is former labor secretary Robert Reich's simple and direct explanation of what the . . . Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:31:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977808708 Bruce K. 2009-09-11T16:31:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977807672   Yes, Joe Wilson, the loud-mouthed buffoon who yelled at the President last night during his speech on health-care reform had to be asked by the Republican leadership to apologize to the . . . Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:20:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977807672 Bruce K. 2009-09-10T21:20:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977803492 Virtually several times a day at this point if you are anywhere near any kind of media do we hear the nasty belligerent arguments about health care.  The unpleasantness of just hearing these nasty . . . Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:46:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977803492 Bruce K. 2009-09-07T23:46:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977801385 Why Should A Kid Be Afraid To Listen To The President? Yes, kids think!  And thank God kids can think because it seems a lot of their parents either don't think or are pretty confused when they . . . Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:43:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977801385 Bruce K. 2009-09-05T20:43:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977796929 Rocket Ship XM, one of the first 50's Sci-Fi Efforts When I was a little kid growing up in Texas it was a great privilege to be allowed to stay up late and watch the late movies.  Me and my . . . Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:36:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977796929 Bruce K. 2009-09-02T10:36:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793763 Here are some video clips about health care, the first few are from a documentary, derived from a book by Maggie Mahar called "Money-Driven Medicine". I am finding when I look for information . . . Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:16:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793763 Bruce K. 2009-08-30T23:16:00Z