http://tds1024.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Troy Stouffer en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:34:07 GMT 2010-01-03T15:34:07Z 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=281474977968695 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 Troy Stouffer 2009-12-30T15:09:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952330   As the Senate winds down with their plan to further destroy our economy with healthcare reform, they have thrown away any semblance of transparency or desire to actually reform healthcare. The . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:57:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952330 Troy Stouffer 2009-12-18T02:57:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977941822 President Barack Obama and Democratic Congressional leaders have hypocritically promised since taken office in January that are going to be “deficit hawks”. We have not even reached the . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:41:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977941822 Troy Stouffer 2009-12-11T03:41:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895195   I trust that you will forgive my posting my weekly article early this week, but because of the topic, I felt it was appropriate.   Last Thursday as the country watched in horror the . . . Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:21:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895195 Troy Stouffer 2009-11-11T04:21:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887577 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided to try to strong-arm through her plan to destroy our health care system, even in the face of overwhelming signals that she is fighting a losing battle. In the . . . Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:41:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887577 Troy Stouffer 2009-11-06T02:41:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977876908   House Sp eaker Nancy Pelosi held a ceremony to officially release the final version of the House’s Health Care Reform bill. Their version of the government destruction of our health care . . . Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:19:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977876908 Troy Stouffer 2009-10-30T02:19:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977866065   Over the past few weeks the White House has openly declared war on the Fox News Channel. It has been going on since before the election when the Obama campaign refused to send campaign staff . . . Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:55:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977866065 Troy Stouffer 2009-10-23T03:55:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977845114 At nearly the same time that the ground war began in Iraq, the Democrats began comparing the war in Iraq to Vietnam. They claimed that Iraq was an un-winnable war. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid . . . Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:29:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977845114 Troy Stouffer 2009-10-09T01:29:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834797 Throughout the Presidential campaign, the legislative record of President Obama was looked at in an attempt to understand how he would lead as President. There was a common theme through out his . . . Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:18:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834797 Troy Stouffer 2009-10-02T01:18:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977816896   222 years ago 39 delegates gathered in the city of Philadelphia to sign Constitution of the United States of America. On September 17, 1787 our Founding Fathers created the greatest and fr eest . . . Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:34:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977816896 Troy Stouffer 2009-09-18T01:34:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977807965 Since January 20, President Obama has made more than 110 speeches or remarks concerning his push for Health Care Reform. On Wednesday evening the President addressed a joint session of Congress to . . . Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:32:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977807965 Troy Stouffer 2009-09-11T02:32:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799363 Over the past 12 months we have seen unfettered spending out of Washington D.C.. The reasoning for the fiscal recklessness has been attributed to the declining economy. The “drunken sailors” . . . Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:52:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799363 Troy Stouffer 2009-09-04T00:52:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977790693 As I returned from vacation last weekend I became aware of the desperation of the Democrats and the White House over their socialist takeover of our health care system. After weeks of plummeting . . . Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:21:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977790693 Troy Stouffer 2009-08-28T02:21:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977772977 August is turning out to be a very hot, and uncomfortable month for the White House and especially the Democrat-led Congress. Members of Congress have been met with outrage and frustration over the . . . Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:06:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977772977 Troy Stouffer 2009-08-14T01:06:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977765740 The debate surrounding the Obama administration’s and Congress’ plans to reform our health care system has exposed the folly of the media proclamation of the President as some sort of . . . Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:52:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977765740 Troy Stouffer 2009-08-07T01:52:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977748547 The Health Care Reform debate was ordered to be complete by the August recess of Congress. President Obama declared that Congress needed to pass Health Care Reform by the time that they departed . . . Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:17:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977748547 Troy Stouffer 2009-07-24T02:17:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977733458 When President Obama was sworn in as the 44 th President of the United States, he enjoyed meteoric poll numbers. His approval numbers remained relatively high after the initial euphoria of the inauguration . . . Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:54:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977733458 Troy Stouffer 2009-07-10T02:54:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977722610   Today the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 2454, the American Clean En ergy and Security Act. The mammoth bill consisted of more than 1500 pages and would be more aptly named . . . Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:33:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977722610 Troy Stouffer 2009-06-27T01:33:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977716230   Ac cording to the United States Department of Justice, a “Hate Crime” is “ the violence of intolerance and bigotry, intended to hurt and intimidate someone because of their . . . Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:09:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977716230 Troy Stouffer 2009-06-20T02:09:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708677 President Barack Obama has decided that all of this reckless spending has to stop. He has told Congress that they must now cut $1 from somewhere else in the budget for every $1 that they spend. The . . . Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:48:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708677 Troy Stouffer 2009-06-12T02:48:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701684 President Barack Hussein Obama, formerly known as candidate Barack Obama, has proven once again that his own Vice President, Joe “which government secret should I reveal this week” Biden . . . Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:59:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701684 Troy Stouffer 2009-06-04T20:59:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977694557 On Election Day, Barack Obama and the Democrats won control of Washington DC. Since the inauguration of Barack Obama, the President and the Democrat controlled Congress have set forth legislation . . . Thu, 28 May 2009 20:41:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977694557 Troy Stouffer 2009-05-28T20:41:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977682916   For the past se veral weeks, the media and the Democratic leadership in Congress have screamed and yelled about the enhanced interrogation techniques employed after the September 11 attacks. . . . Fri, 15 May 2009 01:15:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977682916 Troy Stouffer 2009-05-15T01:15:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977676857   Back in February , after President Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress passed the $787 billion stimulus bill, we were told no to worry about massive fraud and waste because they government . . . Fri, 08 May 2009 02:23:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977676857 Troy Stouffer 2009-05-08T02:23:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977664401   President Bara ck Obama is apparently unable to make a decision and stand by it. Last Thursday the President promised that no officials from the Bush administration would be prosecuted for the . . . Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:29:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977664401 Troy Stouffer 2009-04-24T00:29:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652718 This week holds varying degrees of significance for a wide variety of people. For some, Easter is nothing more than a typical Sunday where they sleep in and dread going back to work on Monday morning. . . . Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:52:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652718 Troy Stouffer 2009-04-11T03:52:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977645150   I have taken a bit of criticism over the past few weeks because I have defined President Oba ma’s proposals as socialist. In the interest of fairness, I have decided to explore socialism and . . . Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:52:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977645150 Troy Stouffer 2009-04-03T02:52:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977638213   Over the past few weeks I have focused on the hypocrisy of President Obama and the rest of the political class in Washington DC. After reading the responses I have come to an interesting conclusion. . . . Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:59:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977638213 Troy Stouffer 2009-03-26T19:59:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977631331   In Septembe r of 2008, the Federal government orchestrated an $85 billion bailout of the insurance company American International Group, better known as AIG. The move was part of an effort to . . . Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:46:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977631331 Troy Stouffer 2009-03-20T01:46:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977623902   During his P residential campaign, President Barack Obama promised to end the era of earmarks in Washington. Sadly for the American taxpayer, his promise has turned out to be nothing more than . . . Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:54:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977623902 Troy Stouffer 2009-03-14T02:54:31Z