http://politicaltalk.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Political Open Discussion en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:16:13 GMT 2010-01-01T11:16:13Z 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=281474977970934&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace By Jerome Starkey In Kabul American-led troops were accused yesterday of dragging innocent children from their beds and shooting them during a night raid that left ten people dead. Afghan government . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:38:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970934&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2010-01-01T01:38:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970647&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace As we ring in the new year and a new decade, it is often beneficial to look back at the past year/decade to learn from it. This way you can create a brighter future. Fox News did a poll on the . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:46:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970647&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Poliwonk USA 2009-12-31T20:46:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970632&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace As a stockholder who was collectively gang raped by Wachovia and then Wells Fargo, I find this story heart warming. From Forbes Wells Fargo & Co.'s four top executives won't get cash bonuses . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:25:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970632&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2009-12-31T20:25:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970593&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace From Yahoo News WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government's Christmas Eve pledge of unlimited financial aid to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is aimed at making sure the housing market doesn't . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:14:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970593&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2009-12-31T20:14:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970558&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace The movement has begun, a genuine attempt to preserve the sanctity of the sacrement of marriage in the USA.  The California 2010 Marriage Protection Act is moving toward the ballot, and possible . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:17:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970558&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Karl Leuba 2009-12-31T19:17:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970227&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace HAPPY NEW YEAR Everyone! Hope your New Year is everything you want it to be. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:47:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970227&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-31T14:47:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970088&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell described a superstate called Oceania, whose language of war inverted lies that “passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’, . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:47:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970088&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-31T12:47:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969553&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace This is just too funny and unsettling at the same time.  " Karsten Nohl, a German encryption expert, said he had organised the hack to demonstrate the weaknesses of the security measures protecting . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:08:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969553&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Dale Coparanis 2009-12-31T03:08:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969476&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace YOU CAN'T CATCH 'EM ALL - How come Amazon can track millions of books, but Obama can't track one loon? Because Amazon doesn't have to track millions of books whizzing around the warehouse at random. . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:42:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969476&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Omnipotent Poobah 2009-12-31T01:42:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969264&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace For one I was against the bailouts for these big banks. They could of weathered the storm, and a few have already returned the money.Plus all those big bonus' givin out. Too many big lobbyists . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:21:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969264&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Thomas E. 2009-12-30T22:21:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969201&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace William Tate at The American Thinker provided this list. Politics aside, it has comedic value: 10. My teleprompter was on vacation last week. 9. Polishing a Nobel Prize takes longer than you think. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:39:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969201&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace AC W. 2009-12-30T21:39:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968695&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace I had planned to write a summary of 2009 with my thoughts, but the events of the past week in my family changed my plans.  I hope that you will forgive my abandoning of politics for this week. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:09:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968695&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Troy Stouffer 2009-12-30T15:09:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968690&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Syed Fahad Hashmi can tell you about the dark heart of America . He knows that our First Amendment rights have become a joke, that habeas corpus no longer exists and that we torture, not only in black . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:42:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968690&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-30T14:42:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968598&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London , which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a "neutron . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:22:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968598&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-30T13:22:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968557&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Sir Richard Branson: the airline owner on his new war By Rowena Mason Published: 3:10PM GMT 28 Dec 2009 Comments 35 | Comment on this article Richard Branson, pcitured . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:01:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968557&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Dan E. 2009-12-30T13:01:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967987&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace SHH, MUM'S THE WOID - From a tiny ACORN a million conspiracies will grow. Ahh, memories. It’s the time of year when every media outlet on planet Earth has a look back over the last year, . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:40:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967987&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Omnipotent Poobah 2009-12-30T01:40:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967984&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace "We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom": Stephen Vincent Benet: "I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be": Thomas . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:37:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967984&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-30T01:37:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967873&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Given the latest airplane terrorist attempt, there is a new call for more Walk-Through Scanners in airports.  Many object to them, because they are a little too accurate in showing what is under . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:28:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967873&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Poliwonk USA 2009-12-29T23:28:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967664&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace US plans for a missile defence shield are holding up a new nuclear disarmament treaty, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said. Russia and the US are yet to find a successor to the Cold . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:51:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967664&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-29T20:51:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967639&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace The Washington Post reported December 29 that the defense bill signed into law by President Obama in December had nearly 100 pages containing almost 1,000 congressional earmarks in it. The Post says, . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:31:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967639&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace AC W. 2009-12-29T20:31:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967570&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace 1.NO civil rights for terrorists http://www.conservativeoutpost.com/campaign/no_civil_rights_terrorists   2.Say NO to Bank Nationalization! http://www.conservativeoutpost.com/campaign/say_no_bank_nationalization . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:39:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967570&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Thomas E. 2009-12-29T19:39:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967416&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is quoted as warning two centuries ago: “Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:57:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967416&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-29T17:57:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967382&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace The New York Times ran a column December 28 that argued millions of middle-class taxpayers would be hit by a 40 percent excise tax if the Senate version of healthcare reform legislation becomes law. . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:33:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967382&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace AC W. 2009-12-29T17:33:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967194&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Reuters ran a story December 29 citing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as saying that the "illusion" of U.S. President Barack Obama was finished. Reuters says, "Quoting from both Karl Marx and the . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:04:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967194&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace AC W. 2009-12-29T15:04:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966447&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Highly regarded for his principled, energetic and idea-driven leadership, Marco Rubio is a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010. In 1971, Marco was born in Miami to Cuban-born parents who came to America . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:44:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966447&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Thomas E. 2009-12-29T03:44:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966281&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace The recent passage within the House and Senate of markedly different versions of comprehensive health care legislation should not be viewed (despite what nearly all Democrats and the President are quick . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:29:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966281&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Ken S. 2009-12-29T00:29:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966179&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace BRING IN THE CLOWNS - Republicans aren't the Party of the Big Tent, they're the party of the Big Top, unable to address real problems with an answer other than no and constantly dragging out non-issues . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:53:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966179&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Omnipotent Poobah 2009-12-28T22:53:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965991&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Gazans have not been able to obtain building supplies to repair damage UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said more must be done to repair damage done in the Gaza Strip by Israeli military . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:07:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965991&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace Jack E. 2009-12-28T20:07:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965858&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace The Politico reported December 27 that some Senate Democrats are telling the White House to drop its plans for cap and trade climate legislation in the coming year. Politico says, "Bruised by the health . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:21:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965858&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace AC W. 2009-12-28T18:21:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965787&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace The Financial Times reported December 27 that French President Nicolas Sarkozy is somewhat less than enthusiastic about his relationship with U.S. President Barack Obama. The Times says, "Nicolas Sarkozy, . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:27:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965787&grpId=3659174697242172&nav=Groupspace AC W. 2009-12-28T17:27:55Z