http://opinons.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Opinionated Opinions en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:52:28 GMT 2010-01-05T01:52:28Z 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=281474977976687&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Joe Klein, in the current Time Magazine, has and interesting column about the left wing blogosphere and the health care debate. "In the end, the sillier left-village practitioners are stoking the . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:39:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976687&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2010-01-05T01:39:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976419&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed weapons and manslaughter indictments last week against four employees of defense contractor Xe (formerly Blackwater). The employees engaged in a shooting spree that killed . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:11:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976419&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Ann Weaver Hart 2010-01-04T23:11:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976363&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace In an article for Human Events Online focused on the sale of a new Mark Steyn book a fact was cited, the consequences of which were to be explained in the book “America Alone”.  Many . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:41:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976363&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Char H. 2010-01-04T22:41:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976275&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment!                                                 . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:41:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976275&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Mark M. 2010-01-04T21:41:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976248&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace I had a friend who was murdered by six high school students a few years ago--only because he was in a gay neighbor. One of the students was the son of a school principal. I have two friends in wheelchairs . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:21:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976248&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Leo Lemmer 2010-01-04T21:21:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975971&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace WASHINGTON (SR) - Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano announced Monday that all major airports will be installing and using new body-scanners, in an attempt to tighten security. In response . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:06:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975971&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Scooter Van Neuter 2010-01-04T18:06:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975907&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace January 3, 8:28 PM Baltimore Conservative Examiner Al Ritter Al Gore, a self described expert in climate change has no degree in climatology. He doesn’t even possess a teaching degree to teach first . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:32:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975907&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Dan E. 2010-01-04T17:32:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975833&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Two rib ticklers and a sober! Enjoy! The State Pledge- All just political authority is derived from the People, and government may only be established and maintained with their consent. A government . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:31:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975833&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2010-01-04T16:31:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974606&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace With each passing year it seems holiday diner conversations get weirder.  I suspect the cranberry sauce. It is a dish served only at Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Too low a frequency . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:28:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974606&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Greg Schiller 2010-01-04T05:28:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974979&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Let's have some fun.  From the list below, tell all of us who you feel is the greatest of all time (not for you personally - but for everyone) and why: 1.  American 2.  President . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:15:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974979&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Dale Coparanis 2010-01-04T04:15:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974938&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Jesus said: "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed! Do you think I came to . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:38:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974938&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Dale Coparanis 2010-01-04T03:38:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974827&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace It is that time of year where those of us who write reviews of films, look back and discuss the cinematic mistakes that were.  Since I’m not a professional I’m stuck knowing that I . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:52:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974827&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2010-01-04T01:52:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974747&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace He  Lives  In   a  Bottle, Somewhere  in  the  mountains ; And  drinks  to  face  the  day. Then  he  drinks  . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:47:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974747&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Lonnie F. 2010-01-04T01:47:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974697&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Uglies was an interesting book in that it was set in the future in a world so obsessed with beauty that EVERYONE in it world has massive surgeries provided to them at the age of 16 to make them . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:15:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974697&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Kimber L. 2010-01-04T00:15:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974618&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace President Obama came into office with the promise of fundamentally changing the country.  Some say he has gone to far, others say he hasn't gone far enough.  However, there is one change, that . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:04:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974618&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Poliwonk USA 2010-01-03T22:04:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974595&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace  I have always been or at least tried to be a tolerant person. I have always tried to see the side of others. But more and more I have found myself reacting negatively when I hear or read the words . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:47:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974595&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Juan J Martinez 2010-01-03T21:47:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974584&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace The great news is that there were no combat deaths in Iraq in December and, according to General Ray Odierno, our top commander there, American combat forces will leave the country, as scheduled, by the . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:34:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974584&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Dave McGill 2010-01-03T21:34:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974539&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace According to John Fugelsang, a comedian and author (whose parents happen to be an ex-monk and an ex-nun): "Jesus was a peaceful, radical, non-violent, revolutionary, who hung around with lepers, hookers, . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:42:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974539&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Carla G. 2010-01-03T20:42:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974522&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace I don't read mass e-mails.   So if your subject reads like a mass e-mail or simply an ad to invite me to read your latest article, I didn't open it and I didn't read it.  If you are on my . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:19:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974522&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Julie Ann Dawson 2010-01-03T20:19:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974510&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Chapter 4 Nephi convinces his brothers to head back into Jerusalem since God's on their side and clearly, no matter how many servants Laban may have, they're not enough to overcome the will of God.  . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:05:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974510&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Rob Slaven 2010-01-03T20:05:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974489&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Proofreading is a Dying Art these days! Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter Huh! Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:49:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974489&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Leo Lemmer 2010-01-03T19:49:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974465&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace My answer is easy, Rush Limbaugh.  By the way, have the doctors in Hawaii found either his heart or proof of his American Citizenship? Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:23:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974465&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Karl Leuba 2010-01-03T19:23:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974364&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Washington, D.C., is too far gone to salvage. Freedom in America has only one hope, the resurrection of State independence and sovereignty. The wizards in Washington and on Wall Street have us figured . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:58:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974364&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2010-01-03T17:58:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973971&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace A much needed book for scientific and non-scientific communities alike. Written by science writer (and former New York Times editor) Cornelia Dean, the book makes the case that scientists need to make . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:31:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973971&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace David K. 2010-01-03T12:31:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973719&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace In 1776, our founding fathers declared our freedom in the magnificent Declaration of Independence; our guide to governance. They established a nation of free and independent states. Declaring that the . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:59:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973719&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2010-01-03T06:59:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973585&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Overall, I would have to say that 2009 was a pretty good year for movies.  I think that Hollywood, more so than ever, is trying to diversify the films that they release.  I think the most . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:50:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973585&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2010-01-03T04:50:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973580&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Chapter 1: The Creation God creates heaven and Earth from what appears to be a pre-existing substrate of some sort, “the earth being unformed and void.”  How can something be both . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:33:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973580&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Rob Slaven 2010-01-03T04:33:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973487&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Grave Secret is the 4th book in the Harper Connelly series by Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels.  I like the series - it is interesting.  It is about a girl who has been . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:12:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973487&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Kimber L. 2010-01-03T03:12:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973266&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace I'm updating my mark emailing list for 2010. If you'd like to receive my monthly newsletter and hear about exclusive offers from mark , please send me a message with your email address. . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:49:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973266&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace cadi w. 2010-01-02T22:49:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973126&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace This is the very fear I've discussed in my last two articles.  Giving up our freedoms, one by one, to a world body. There IS a hidden agenda in the United Nations. Power. Even if every person . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:01:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973126&grpId=3659174697243752&nav=Groupspace Glome . . . 2010-01-02T21:01:39Z