http://fugitive.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Fugitives From Ignorance, Conformity, and Peer Pressure en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:49:03 GMT 2009-11-25T01:49:03Z 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=281474977911140&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace An Honest Prayer: It is a rare find, the honest prayer, one spoken with truth, and felt in the heart. The faux prayer, the pompous, arrogant prayer, the proper prayer, the spiteful prayer, the hollow . . . Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:45:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977911140&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Ylanne Sorrows 2009-11-21T03:45:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846523&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace   CBS News : OSLO, Norway -- President Barack Obama will  donate  the $1.4 million cash award that comes with the Nobel Peace Prize  to charity . White House spokesman Robert . . . Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:50:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846523&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace momlogic .. 2009-10-09T21:50:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977839226&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace i took my buffalo drum outside with me and sat in the grass under the silver maples the wind swished in the grasses while the distant crows argued and the blue jays called and the nuthatches . . . Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:39:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977839226&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace natasha ivanova 2009-10-05T13:39:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837686&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace ******** BUFFALO UPDATE ******** as reported in today's paper; Keanu Reeves and Company will be in Buffalo next month to begin filming "Henry's Crime" and there will be a casting call . . . Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:20:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837686&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Robert - just a simple man - B. 2009-10-04T04:20:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977835802&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Atheists keep challenging my objectivity in debates whenever my belief that God exists comes up.  “You are just proposing a personal belief as truth”, “That is just faith; I cannot . . . Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:19:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977835802&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Dennis Gilman 2009-10-02T16:19:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977832665&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace U.S.40 Year Prosperity chart I am posting this because one of my students is writing a paper on the juxtaposition of Democratic  and Republican rule.  I had bookmarked this article . . . Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:33:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977832665&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2009-09-30T21:33:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977829845&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace A number of large, hardbound books can be found at most County Clerks’ offices bearing the title, Drunkards, Lunatics, and Spendthrifts . Notwithstanding the fact that most people could fit into . . . Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:30:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977829845&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Ann Weaver Hart 2009-09-28T23:30:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846663&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Do you remember how old you were when you pulled the plug on racing around and collecting candy with your friends Halloween night? Was it your decision or one forced upon you by your . . . Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:42:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846663&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Carrie Marie P. 2009-10-09T23:42:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977845198&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace This is a good reminder to all those detractors (down in the south particularly), who are biased against the Obama's due to race. You probably share some blood-lines!   In First Lady’s . . . Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:46:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977845198&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Georgiana S. 2009-10-09T02:46:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846635&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace And you're UNHAPPY that he was awarded this honor?!?  YOUR response is to belittle, ridicule and TRASH it? REALLY?!? SERIOUSLY?!? SHAME!  SHAME on th' lot of ye! Well, . . . Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:12:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846635&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Chuck L. 2009-10-09T23:12:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846553&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace New Rule: Everyone Deserves Equal Rights   Bill Maher The Huffington Post Host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" Posted: October 9, 2 009 12:06 PM   "New Rule: Everyone . . . Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:24:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846553&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2009-10-09T22:24:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846037&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Antibiotics in our food supply is one day going to lead to huge health problems, even if you don’t consume it. Some professional medical and health safety groups are all ready setting off . . . Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:07:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846037&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Dexter S. 2009-10-09T16:07:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977828626&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Beyond all else, this article has recently been churning in my mind in reference to two article conversations.  One, the debate that manifested over the banner for the ‘Obama Sucks’ . . . Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:54:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977828626&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-09-28T00:54:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838512&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Why in the hell do so many of you celebrate Halloween? It’s a pagan holiday under attack by the ring-wing fundamentalist Neo-Christians in this country. They try to rename it “Fall Festival” . . . Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:47:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838512&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Dexter S. 2009-10-04T23:47:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977842816&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace On October 6, the Senate passed a $636 billion ($636,000.000,000) Pentagon funding bill that brings the total for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to $1,000,000,000.000. Why is the deficit . . . Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:23:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977842816&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Leo Lemmer 2009-10-07T17:23:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977827713&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace President Obama is proving he is a chess master. I think he is doing a masterful job of reversing America’s policy of acting alone in trying to fight off the bad guys without diplomacy as has . . . Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:11:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977827713&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Ruth MacGill 2009-09-27T00:11:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837033&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace I received this in the last day or so.  I THINK it's in response to an e-mail I sent that included my brother's health disaster story, but it's pretty hard to tell. In any case, Senator Stabenow, . . . Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:25:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837033&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Chuck L. 2009-10-03T14:25:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838519&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace America is slowing being filled with Latinos, mostly from Mexico. They have permeated the American population in great numbers. Well have our own image of them as a whole. Stereotypes run rampant . . . Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:57:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838519&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Dexter S. 2009-10-04T23:57:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977842488&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace The Long Island Coalition for Life held its 12 th Annual Stand Up for Life on October 4 th , 2009 in two locations.  The western location was in Huntington, and the eastern location was . . . Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:13:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977842488&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Christopher B. 2009-10-07T13:13:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838509&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace It's an Amendment, not a Commandment   People are not unreasonably frightened of others with weapons.  Understandably many would equate their ability to maintain their freedom . . . Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:38:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838509&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace libramoon C. 2009-10-04T23:38:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837259&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace UPDATE:  (I'd like to apologize to Brian T. from Chicago Brian T.   for deleting his original reply to this post.  It was an accident.  . . . Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:39:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837259&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Lloyd C. - Proud Democrat. c. 2009-10-03T20:39:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834329&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace The Business of Sickness   Good Day, Good Sir, Good Madam, I do hope all is well If not, we've got a spell to cure what ails You have come to just the place . . . Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:09:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834329&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace libramoon C. 2009-10-01T19:09:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837994&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Why Not One More Political Article? This post began as a comment on a topic by a friend here on Gather; I love this friend and had no intention of writing a pamphlet as a response.:) Yet, . . . Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:55:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837994&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2009-10-04T13:55:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977825630&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace STREAKING THROUGH THE YEARS - a pictorial history and an update - ©2009 Robert C Burnham   As I watched my dog Streaker fall off that cliff just eleven days ago, my heart . . . Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:18:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977825630&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Robert - just a simple man - B. 2009-09-25T03:18:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977836583&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace This is really amazing footage of a flight to 70,000 ft. I particularly like the final words to this video. So true, it would change the view on politics, religion and care for the planet if everyone . . . Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:50:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977836583&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Georgiana S. 2009-10-03T03:50:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834632&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace My father has traced our family (and my mother's) family trees all the way back to the year 909. No kidding. My parent's families were in in Lancanshire England at the same time way back then. . . . Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:39:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834632&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Carrie Marie P. 2009-10-01T22:39:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977836281&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Without an ID requirement, how does one screen illegal immigrants?* Senators turn back ID requirement for immigrant healthcare               . . . Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:11:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977836281&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2009-10-02T22:11:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834217&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace I have lived through a lot of history making events. There are a few that will stick in my mind for ever. It seems that they ones that had the lasting impression occurred when I was an adult. Like most . . . Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:04:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834217&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace Dexter S. 2009-10-01T18:04:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977832916&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace 11 year old Jonathan McCoy on the N word Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:58:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977832916&grpId=3659174697252572&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2009-09-30T23:58:43Z