http://nechtan.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by George McNaughton en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:29:51 GMT 2010-01-08T03:29:51Z 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=281474977901066 Liberalism and conservatism have been at odds in America from its foundation.  The American Revolution has frequently been analyzed as a non-revolution since it was led by the prominent business/merchant . . . Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:12:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977901066 George McNaughton 2009-11-14T20:12:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977791749 Anyone who has surfed the Prop 8 debate and perhaps become involved in it a little will come across an interesting phenomenon.  Both sides believe that they have been imposed upon.  Being a . . . Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:36:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977791749 George McNaughton 2009-08-28T21:36:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977784305 As a Mormon, I believe there are at least two differing groups of Mormons caught up in the aftershocks of Prop 8.  There are those who are sympathetic to the Gay and Lesbian causes who feel that . . . Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:06:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977784305 George McNaughton 2009-08-23T00:06:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977688565 Does anybody else think this whole debate about incarcerating terrorists in United States prisons is a bit strange?  We feel safe putting mobsters, gangsters, and druglords in domestic prisons -- . . . Thu, 21 May 2009 21:13:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977688565 George McNaughton 2009-05-21T21:13:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977664257 If we wish to move this country along, repair the damage done by the Bush Administration both at home and abroad, and pursue the tax reforms and healthcare reforms this country needs, it is not going . . . Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:47:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977664257 George McNaughton 2009-04-23T20:47:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652690 When you hear someone being accused of having stereotyped a group, it is not normally a very nice accusation.  It has this veiled feel to it like you have just been called a racist.  Well, that . . . Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:02:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652690 George McNaughton 2009-04-11T03:02:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977643209 To most politically active Americans to be called un-American is a pretty nasty insult.  Unfortunately, since there seems to be a growing number of Americans who do not understand what it means to . . . Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:26:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977643209 George McNaughton 2009-04-01T03:26:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977641835 Be ye not conformed unto the world.  What was Paul trying to tell us.  That is a  question that bounces around Sunday School from time to time.  Instructors normally are talking about . . . Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:03:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977641835 George McNaughton 2009-03-30T22:03:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977641821 Any of you tired of hearing far right people denounce this or that Democrat or program or policy or whatever as being socialististic?  Like any government intervention to actually help people is . . . Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:42:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977641821 George McNaughton 2009-03-30T21:42:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977641800 What the government giveth, the government can take away.  So what is happening here?  One outsider's guess.  Chrysler is privately owned so we are about to see it sacrificed to see . . . Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:23:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977641800 George McNaughton 2009-03-30T21:23:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977641796 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:17:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977641796 George McNaughton 2009-03-30T21:17:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977639517 Okay, a little friendly help here.  In Vermont we don't have to deal with rabbits in our gardens because we have plenty of coyotes, foxes, and fisher (in Vermont we call them fisher cats -- not . . . Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:35:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977639517 George McNaughton 2009-03-28T03:35:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977639312 It was suggested that being anti-Mormon is the new politically correct anti-semitism given what happened to Romney in Dixie.  There are some problems with that concept especially down in Dixie.  . . . Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:50:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977639312 George McNaughton 2009-03-27T22:50:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977637394 Christ told a parable that I believe has some significance to today's current economic problem.  And, no, I am not a conservative about to pontificate about self-reliance and being prepared like . . . Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:41:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977637394 George McNaughton 2009-03-26T00:41:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977637223 I suspect by now most Mormons, whether they live in California or not, are aware of Proposition 8.  Most of us have heard various views as to why the Church leadership did what it did, and the justifications . . . Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:45:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977637223 George McNaughton 2009-03-25T21:45:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977631202 Hate to say I told you so, but...I told you so: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977578076&nav=MyGather Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:17:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977631202 George McNaughton 2009-03-19T23:17:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977628598 Obviously, we have a major failure of the corporate culture to "get it."  Most Americans would kind of like to be a millionaire someday, and most know its not very likely for it to happen.  . . . Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:44:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977628598 George McNaughton 2009-03-17T21:44:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977627246 Okay, paying out the bonuses was a bonehead move, and if they can claw them back, that's fine with me.  But....where is the rage over the fact that we indirectly bailed out a bunch of foreign . . . Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:29:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977627246 George McNaughton 2009-03-16T21:29:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977624847 We have been blessed or cursed, depending on your viewpoint, with a string of rabid free market believers in the White House from Reagan through George W. Bush.  The result has been mixed and the . . . Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:38:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977624847 George McNaughton 2009-03-14T22:38:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977592743 Enough...already.  The Republicans have never played the bipartisanship game.  Pelosi is right, let's get on with cleaning up the debris left behind by the Republicans.  And yes, you . . . Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:36:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977592743 George McNaughton 2009-02-12T22:36:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977578076 Well, we cannot expect him to be perfect, although many have already canonized him.  The pick for Secretary of the Treasury was a mistake.  It was a mistake before it was even revealed that . . . Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:35:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977578076 George McNaughton 2009-01-29T03:35:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977560427 Obama needs to strip the stimulus proposal of the credit for new hires.  This is an old and unsuccessful concept, it did not work back then and will not work this time.  That money needs to . . . Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:35:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977560427 George McNaughton 2009-01-12T00:35:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977557713 The Democrats that are criticizing the tax cuts proposed by Obama are right.  We cannot go down a road similar to that Bush traveled and expect to arrive somewhere else.  We do not need the . . . Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:24:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977557713 George McNaughton 2009-01-09T02:24:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551713 Hm?  Citigroup just injected a 1/2 a billion in fresh capital into their Korean banking subsidiary because the National regulators deemed it to be undercapitalized.  I guess we now know where . . . Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:31:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551713 George McNaughton 2009-01-03T03:31:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977539351 Okay, so Bush is going to bailout the auto industry by running it through the bankruptcy shredder.  At that point do the Feds step in and recapitalize it via a new start up loan?  Hm? Well that . . . Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:12:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977539351 George McNaughton 2008-12-18T22:12:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977537430 And if you think that pouring money into heavy construction roadwork and bridge construction is going to help out the current residents of New York City... well there is this bridge for sale. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:44:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977537430 George McNaughton 2008-12-16T22:44:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977536357 What happens when you destroy the worlds greatest manufacturing base and the strongest middle-class market in the world?  Global meltdown.  Not only have we been allegedly bearing the military . . . Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:42:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977536357 George McNaughton 2008-12-15T22:42:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977527276 Okay, we voted for Obama because we wanted change and we wanted it now.  But, he seems to be staying out of the economic fray as much as possible.  Is he following the precedent set by FDR when . . . Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:37:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977527276 George McNaughton 2008-12-05T23:37:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977517276 The Bush Administration seems to be bent on completely looting the Treasury to save banks, but it chokes on doing anything to help the people losing their jobs.  The additional buying of mortgage . . . Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:14:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977517276 George McNaughton 2008-11-25T15:14:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516741 I believe it is time for disclosure.  Before the American Taxpayers are asked to bailout Citibank so it can honor its default swaps, I think that it is about time the American Taxpayers were informed . . . Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:29:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516741 George McNaughton 2008-11-25T00:29:01Z