http://californiayankee.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by California Yankee at Gather en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:16:50 GMT 2009-12-29T00:16:50Z 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=281474977966128&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace I had an interesting conversation with one of my brothers on Christmas Day.  His job entails negotiating with the Chinese on manufacturing contracts for an industrial firm based in Massachusetts.  . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:15:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966128&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Sheryl O. 2009-12-28T22:15:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966129&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace The next few weeks, dear readers, we are going to do a series of articles on the battle between the far left and the far right here in the Western World. This week we will look at the propaganda put . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:05:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966129&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Allan Janssen 2009-12-28T22:05:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966004&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Democrats feel that they’ve ignored the will of the people enough for now.  With re-election looming, they need time to rehabilitate their images before they take on another unpopular issue. . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:12:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966004&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T20:12:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966003&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Is anyone surprised given the hiring binge the government has been on under Obama?  Not to mention the cushy raises in compensation levels ? Government employees are much more bullish about . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:12:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966003&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T20:12:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966002&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace An Outside the Beltway commenter calls this the “self-licking ice cream cone” phenomena. As a lifelong civil servant, anytime you create a large bureaucracy to deal with a specific problem, . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:12:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966002&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T20:12:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966001&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace As I’ve pointed out before, and as Janet Napolitano is now admitting despite asserting that the “system worked ” over the weekend, the failure of the Detroit bomber to achieve his . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:12:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966001&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T20:12:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966000&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace It’s been clear to the public that since 9/11 the government’s main concern with airline security has been to make people think that they are safer.  Sure they’ve taken . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:12:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966000&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T20:12:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965999&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Apparently this was a faked photo after all . An apparent photo of then-Senator John Kenned on a Mediterranean cruise with five naked women (and his brother Teddy and fellow Senator George Smathers) . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:12:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965999&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T20:12:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965998&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Tragedy was averted last Thursday, in a real-life Christmas Miracle on the wings of Northwest Flight 253. Claiming to act on behalf of Al-Qa’ida, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, the wealthy son of a . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:12:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965998&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T20:12:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965793&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace As the first decade of the 21 st century comes to a close many historians are calling it one of the worst decades on record. And the year 2009 ranks among the top contenders for the title of worst . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:41:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965793&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Devin Barber 2009-12-28T17:41:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965322&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace At this point, has Obama casually broken so many promises in such a blatant fashion that Americans are beginning to tune it out?  Maybe Obama is hoping that the public will get so used to his deceptions . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:36:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965322&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T07:36:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965277&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Heroic Thoughts   I have been thinking about what makes a hero.  Not the mythological super-hero figure or historical icon or even religious  - simply a hero.  Is it . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:35:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965277&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Anita D. 2009-12-28T07:35:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965301&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace The impoverished nation of Yemen, Osama bin Laden's ancestral home, keeps popping up in the news, and not in a good way.  Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian terrorist who tried to ignite a destructive . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:10:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965301&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Dave McGill 2009-12-28T07:10:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965210&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace World Net Daily have a lot of petitions for conservatives to pick and choose. Feel free to sign any of these choice's. And lets take the USA back from these gangsters. Here are the petitions created . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:37:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965210&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Thomas E. 2009-12-28T05:37:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965122&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace But, rock and roll ain’t noise pollution , is it? AUSSIE rockers AC/DC could have to cancel a sold-out concert because their big sound poses a danger to rare birds. Animal rights campaigners . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:24:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965122&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T03:24:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965121&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace So all you liberals getting outrageously outraged over Rep. Hoekstra trying to hang the blame around Obama’s neck will save some of that scorn for your own team , right? Robert Gibbs and . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:24:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965121&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T03:24:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965120&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Really?  Only a failed detonator stopped this unsuccessful plot from being a very successful and very bloody act of terrorism, and we’re supposed to believe that everything worked like clockwork? . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:24:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965120&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T03:24:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965119&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace He’s done it twice.  He was quoted in the Detroit Free Press making this accusation, and he made it again when asked about it by Fox News’ Chris Wallace: From The Hill : Rep. . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:24:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965119&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T03:24:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965118&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Doug Leier put it succinctly on his reader blog the other day: “Spending our way to prosperity is about like eating more to lose weight.” A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:24:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965118&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T03:24:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965117&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Somehow, this seems symbolic appropriate given our current political and economic climate. Original article Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:24:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965117&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-28T03:24:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965032&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Just got this email from Campaign for Liberty. Keep these career politicians on their toes. And keep them accountable to the taxpayers money. December 27, 2009 Dear Friend of Liberty, . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:47:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965032&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Thomas E. 2009-12-28T01:47:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964897&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace <iframe scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/26727176#26727176" width="425" height="339"></iframe> Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:12:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964897&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-27T23:12:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964792&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Aborted fetus cells used in beauty creams By Valerie Richardson A San Francisco cosmetics company has ignited an outcry among pro-lifers for including an unexpected ingredient in its anti-aging . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:12:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964792&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Thomas E. 2009-12-27T21:12:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964706&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Whether you agree or not with these issues I have listed some boycotts that might interest you. Please if you can speak with your pocketbook. 1. Boycott PepsiCo AFA asked Pepsi to remain neutral . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:55:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964706&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Thomas E. 2009-12-27T19:55:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964650&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said that the thwarting of the attempt to blow up the Amsterdam-Detroit flight this week demonstrated that “the system worked.” So, someone smuggles . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:00:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964650&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-27T19:00:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964649&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace ...that was the sentiment of some of the more woolly headed Liberals a while back, not only had Obama kept us safe, but actually kept us safer than George Bush, who had prevented any more terrorist . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:00:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964649&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-27T19:00:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964643&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace 1. Obamacare From The John Birch Society: While the Senate has all but passed the health care takeover bill, do not despair for we have additional opportunities to stop the progression. Remember . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:53:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964643&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Thomas E. 2009-12-27T18:53:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964552&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:59:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964552&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Allan Janssen 2009-12-27T16:59:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964200&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace President Obama was notified of the terrorist bombing attempt after 6AM this morning Hawaii time. But, Obama would not be dissuaded from his vacation and still managed to get in a round of golf today. . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:24:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964200&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-27T06:24:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964027&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace From the “no good deed goes unpunished” file, an “investigation” into corrupt “community organizing” group ACORN has found no wrong doing by ACORN but rather some wrong-doing . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:12:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964027&grpId=3659174697239108&nav=Groupspace Rob Port 2009-12-27T02:12:12Z