A Phantom Menace?
The Czar is not sure where to go with this. It’s a New York Times piece by Carl Hulse, purporting to describe how the GOP is a conniving little bunch trying to “drive a wedge” between Speaker Pelosi and POTUS … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Ghettoputer’s identity revealed?
Is he named Peter Ngyuen? Could be. Because this is clearly the background on Walt Whitman that informed his famous analysis of “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed.” AP English? Hell, yeah! Caption: Walt does not approve. Confucius, Œc. … Continue reading →
The Sub-Prime Community speaks
Memo to America’s Irresponsible Tea Party Whiners: STFU But through all of it, some of us persevered. We made the hard economic choices. We fought off eviction by keeping Linda Mustaine juiced up with mai tais at Applebee’s happy hour. … Continue reading →
Stray thought of the day…
So everyone (on the right, at least) keeps noting that Obama’s “stimulus” package is nothing like an actual stimulus package and won’t help the economy. It’s just the an enormous spending and social-engineering package, the agglomeration of Democrat wish-lists of … Continue reading →
Must Not Unwatch’d Go
The Czar is aware that most liberals promote themselves as more scientifically literate, and that conservatives are religious zealot Luddites. Certainly, there is a disturbing prominence in the media to promote conservative (especially GOP) lunacy, and some of it is … Continue reading →
Emperor. Clothes. Etc., Part II
Thank you, Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH). Your statement that government debt and deficit spending is bankrupting our country gives ‘Puter faint hope that some in Washington do understand the consequences of our current actions. Please join Mr. Eastwood in the … Continue reading →
Emperor. Clothes. Etc.
Thank you, Clint Eastwood, for stating the obvious. Enforcers of political correctness are humorless jerk-monkeys. More than that, ‘Puter adds, P.C. gurus are afraid that any criticism of their secular religion will expose it as the fraud it is. Kudos … Continue reading →
Because I can’t stop watching it…
…you should suffer along with me. P.S. Welcome, Czar. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The Czar Greets Yon Cossacks
The Czar of Muscovy is overwhelmed to accept such a glorious invitation to post here on the Gormogons website. This is quite a smart bunch, and your Czar is as humbled as one (gifted by the grace of God with … Continue reading →
Korean Ambitions
The appropriately abbreviated SoS Clinton announced today that US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Bosworth will make his first trip to North Korea next week. The Czar finds it interesting, at any rate, that North Korea has its own … Continue reading →
What’s the frequency, Kenneth?
Sure, mock Bush for his pronounciation of “nuclear” and his “internets” gaffe…and mock McCain for not using email when he can’t because of his war injuries….but will anyone stand up and mock this clown? Gore hardly gets mocked in comparison … Continue reading →
$1,750,000,000,000.00
That’s President Obama’s projected deficit for this year. Assuming 330 million Americans, that’s about $5,303.03 for each of us. And this is before the Boomers start retiring en masse, crippling Medicare and Social Security. Stimulus = deficit spending (and a … Continue reading →
Why does this man still have a job?
Journalist? No, please. After the biased coverage well documented here and elsewhere during the conventions and the election, Mr. Matthews has moved on to drooling over the President. Maybe MSNBC should just be the casting couch for positions within this … Continue reading →
Thanks, Larry King!
Little did ‘Puter know, but Larry King pioneered sex, though hopefully not with Oprah. Larry also pioneered the suspenders-and-jeans combo. Kudos to you, o shrunken-apple-headed broadcaster of renown! H/t Drudge. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. … Continue reading →
The Secret Inner Councils of the Gormogons have convened
And have, for inscrutable reasons of their own, likely relating to plans for world domination, granted the Czar of Muscovy full posting privileges. Drop him an e-mail (instructions at left) to welcome him. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like … Continue reading →
Just One More Thing
‘Puter understood the Obama Administration to hold forth that consumers, companies, banks and states borrowing (leveraging) at crazy levels well in excess of their abilities to repay got us into this recession/depression/Armageddon. The Obama Administration’s proposed remedy is for the … Continue reading →
How do you say, “What is to be done?” in Pashto?
Your Œcumenical Volgi runs hot and cold on Ralph Peters, who is often brilliant, and often seems a tad off his rocker. Here, however, he’s in fine form on Afghanistan. Your Volgi shares his skepticism that Afghanistan, never much of … Continue reading →
A new majority?
That‘s what FotG David Frum’s site NewMajority.com is about assembling, and this is the best piece of practical analysis in that direction I’ve seen there. This guy argues you have to start with this fact: That’s right: according to the … Continue reading →
Freddie “the Beadle” Barnes channels GorT
And Ghettoputer on unions. Unions spur unemployment, and “there is no question” about it. “High union wages that exceed the competitive market rate are likely to cause job losses in the unionized sector of the economy.” That is the unvarnished … Continue reading →
Gov. Jindal needed to pay more attention in Contracts
Because he’s clearly fallen afoul of an Ironic Faust Clause. You always gotta keep an eye out for those. At least that’s what Profs. Goethe & Marlowe taught. Ghettoputer’s head nearly exploded when the Senator He Voted For started bashing … Continue reading →
The Czar writes in to say…
…in response to Ghettoputer’s commentary on Mr. Turo, the 700-pound man accused of dealing prescription drugs out of his house, that he’s familiar with Mr. Turo’s attorney in the case, a Mr. B. Fortuna, Esq. (at right in their court … Continue reading →
Congress: Dedicated to Keeping Poor Black Children Down
The Washington Post’s editorial board this morning notes that contrary to President Obama’s lofty rhetoric on education’s importance, Congress is committed to killing Washington, D.C.’s successful school voucher program. It appears that teachers’ unions and their wheelbarrows of campaign cash … Continue reading →
Dental Safety Update
Never, under any circumstances, ask this dentist to drill your cavities. It’s like asking Chuck Norris to see his three hole punch. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims to be an in-law of the … Continue reading →
President Obama’s National Address
Courtesy of an unnamed Gormogon mole in the White House, ‘Puter got his hands on the full text of President Obama’s address to the nation, scheduled for tonight. Here’s President Obama’s planned address, in its entirety. “[America], you can’t spend … Continue reading →
Upstate’s Greatest
Ah, Cayuga County. Your rolling hills, wide open corn and soy fields, huge freshwater lakes. Heck, ‘Puter even hunts deer and turkey there. It’s practically paradise on earth. But who gets to live in this little slice of rural heaven? … Continue reading →
America needs a Divine Wind?
GorT’s imaginary father, Thomas Sowell,* is imagining some nightmare scenarios for the American-Iranian clash we’re staggering involuntarily towards. And when I say nightmares, I mean my literal waking nightmare of our natal Washington vanishing in a shockwave and fireball. It … Continue reading →
Scare-o-flot
Great piece by Confucius’s former colleague, Reuben Johnson, on some crazy, crazy goings-on on Aeroflot. What makes it brilliant is Reuben’s tying Aeroflot’s cavalier disregard for international regulations with the Russian government’s general conduct. In a larger sense this episode … Continue reading →
Do we really need them?
I’m going to harp on one of ‘Puters favorites – Unions. Sure, at one time, unions were necessary to ensure the fair treatment of workers. And maybe, in some industries, that’s still needed. Many times, however, the general public doesn’t … Continue reading →
Private Charity v. Government Handouts
It has always struck ‘Puter that government is singularly bad at effectively distributing needed aid to the poor. To be certain, government does a great job at spending taxpayer money on programs, but does a lousy job at achieving meaningful … Continue reading →
’Puter ain’t getting his theme park any time soon.
Much to Mrs. ’Puter’s relief. It seems that the porn industry’s tidal wave of cash first cresting with the advent of the VCR has finally started ebbing. So we likely won’t see ’Puter’s Vividland or the Penthouse Hotel & Casino … Continue reading →
Questions About the Housing Bailout
‘Puter prefaces his remarks on the Amazing Technicolor Bailout Package/Auto Company Bailout/Mortgagor Bailout with the caveat that he has no greater insight than most on what will or will not work. ‘Puter’s different from most, though, as he admits he … Continue reading →
“Prepare Your Time”
The Obama administration has a large task in front of them. No, not the economy. It’s defending the country against the increasing risk of Cyberwarfare while still allowing an increase in the use and power of networked computing. Unlike his … Continue reading →
Are you getting worried yet?
For a refresher read our posts here, here and here. Now, I’m not a X-Files conspiracy theorist, but taken these in concert with the White House pushing this language into the Giant Technicolor Stimulus Bill which got reduced has me … Continue reading →
Saving Energy: The Sequel
The Czar is a wise man. A capitalist market will more quickly drive increased innovation and decreased prices than the most successful government directed scheme-of-the-moment. A few thoughts on The Czar’s worthy posting. Folks have been predicting the end of … Continue reading →
Foreign-policy roundup: We’re in trouble.
The WaPo editorial page is on fire with foreign-policy goodness today. (I’m giving Ghettoputer’s sister credit.) First, Professor Baktybek Abdrisaev, former ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, writes that U.S. policy towards Kyrgyzstan became reduced to simply maintaining our airbase at Manas. He … Continue reading →
It’s Energy Day chez Gormogon!
Max Schulz, who goes way, way back with the Gormogons, has a terrific op-ed on the chimera of alternative energy in the Journal this morning about alternative energies. Read the whole thing, but if clicking through is just too damn … Continue reading →
I have an alibi.
Rock solid. Also, my Civic is a ’91. Otherwise, I take the Fifth. 本田技研工業株式会社!万歳!万歳!万歳! Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →THE CZAR: Saving Energy
[Continuing his homage au Puter the Czar drops another screed on a topic near and dear to the Ghetto P’s heart. Energy. The Puter knows a lot about energy, actually, and now we’ll all wait with bated breath to see … Continue reading →
We interrupt the regularly scheduled…
…goofiness for some Washingtonian goodness. Oh. My. Lord. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Now, Sir, You’ve Gone Too Far!
If this doesn’t cause the peasantry in New York to rise up and burn down the manor, nothing will. You can have my porn when you pry it from my cold, dead hands! OK, mixing “porn” and “‘Puter” and “hand” … Continue reading →
In Which ‘Puter Returns From Gomorrah
‘Puter has returned from his cross-country extravaganza to Los Angeles, California. A good time was had by all. The ‘Puter family visited the world headquarters of Vivid Entertainment and Larry Flynt’s enterprise. Actually, we just drove by on our way … Continue reading →
As much as your Volgi spends his time…
…worrying about whether insufficient F-22 and naval buys are going to inadvertently lead to war with China, it’s stuff like this that’s genuinely terrifying on an individual level. Because what people don’t understand about the “free” medicine they think they’re … Continue reading →
Anyone got a rope?
We’re going to need one to pull ourselves up this slippery slope we’re on. Word came out yesterday that the US Automakers need another $16-20 Billion in bailouts to survive and even then, their plans are sketchy. Banks are clamoring … Continue reading →
THE CZAR: Union Jacks
So at the Dorje Drak Lamaist monastery this week, a monk meditates in serene peace when he becomes aware of another monk approaching him from the wind-swept hillside. They nod, and the newcomer says “Didja hear about A-Rod?” “Dude,” says … Continue reading →
B.C., A.M.D.G.
Boston College, “a school in the Jesuit tradition,” cleaves to…the Cross? (Great first line.) Clearly the Lord approves. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Ghettoputer: Gone Fishin’
Or huntin’ or mani-pedi-facialin’ or whatever it is he does. To keep up the posting volume, the Czar of Muscovy has kindly stepped in with some contributions. I’ll be posting them, but if the title begins THE CZAR:, it’s by … Continue reading →
THE CZAR: Courts and McCarthyism
Slate.com, which is to journalism what the G4 cable network is to responsible babysitting, has a typically snarky overview of the recent Federal court decision which pimpslaps the claim that vaccines cause autism spectrum disorders. Slate adds a little analysis … Continue reading →
Sometimes I wonder if we’re getting overexposed
More from the Czar: Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →What a man.
David Smiley, rest in peace. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Siamo tutti fascisti adesso.
We’re all fascists now, says Michael Ledeen. He’s right, of course. The cartelization of industry under state control (and partial ownership)—exactly the “bailout’s” mandate—is textbook fascist economics (as the Volgi pointed out frequently when the Clintons attempted to cartelize the … Continue reading →
The Czar’s Okhrana reports back with the following
Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →1234567890….Whoo Hoo!
It would be a failure on my part if the Techie in me fails to point out that at 11:31:30 p.m. GMT, we reached 1,234,567,890 seconds since Unix time “began”. For those still scratching their heads, many computer systems determine … Continue reading →
Poland & Missile Defense
Rule Number One of international politics is to know who your friends are. And Poland has been a great one, participating jointly with the United States in virtually every enterprise they have been asked to do, including NATO and Iraq. … Continue reading →
America’s Pastime
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) is the second from the right. (Click on picture for full effect). Just kidding about the baseball, although Sen. Byrd (D-WV) was actually a long time Klan member. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer … Continue reading →
FFPE: Russia
Read Matthew Kaminski on Russia. And re-read five times this succinct summary of the Fallacy of Foreign-Policy Egocentrism: The conceit is we can win the Kremlin over by modifying our behavior. Great conclusion: Ultimately it’s up to the Russians to … Continue reading →
You thought we were kidding.
Oh no. We’re not kidding. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Repressed subtext of the day
From today’s Post: One of the most jarring images of the exhibition is an elegant and austere 1932 poster showing Hitler’s face hovering like a disembodied mask against a dark background, with a single word — “Hitler” — written underneath … Continue reading →
And some might have learned to adjust | But then it never was a matter of trust [Updated]
Now this is worrisome: Perhaps even more important than job-creation efforts is the threat of diminished trust among Americans—in each other, in those responsible for large public and private institutions, and in their own ability to get ahead by investing … Continue reading →
More reports from the hinterlands
The Czar submits yet more sightings of Gormogonical influence. (And we therefore reward him, a dog lover, with this link.) From Japan (you wouldn’t believe the stuff we’ve got going on there): Damn right: An’ from da grayder Chicawgolänt ärea: … Continue reading →
Is anyone else getting this?
So the democrats take control of the Congress in 2006 with the self-proclaimed goal to be the most “honest, open and ethical” Congress ever. They proceed to hold closed-door sessions on immigration reform, they have numerous ethical problems, and some … Continue reading →
Just Ask The French Jews
Mr. Sarkozy, France’s current president, speaking in Iraq recently noted that “Our collaboration has no limits.” Far be it from ‘Puter to pick on heads of state, but ought one really use words that bring to mind France’s shameful cooperation … Continue reading →
Greedy Teachers Unions Unite!
New York’s powerful teachers’ union is running commercials advocating an increased income tax on what they consider to be high earners (currently down to about $250,000). The tax would increase the current top state income tax rate from 6.85% to … Continue reading →
Invest in Real Innovation
With the Senate passing the Giant Technicolor Stimulus Bill, people have started looking at some of the details – for example, the $10 Billion for broadband access. It sounds like a great idea. The U.S. as powerful as it is, … Continue reading →
Sage Advice
‘Puter shan’t be getting Mrs. ‘Puter any of these lovely gifts for Valentine’s Day. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims to be an in-law of the Volgi, although no one really believes this. ’Puter … Continue reading →
Dorky Quote of the Day So Far
‘Puter’s watching The Weather Channel this morning, and hears Weather Channel uber-dork Bill Keneely unleashes his inner ’70s geek with this gem. “As Boz Scaggs would say, ‘Next stop Chi-town!” * ‘Puter, a self-professed dork, loves hisself The Weather Channel. … Continue reading →
Another fine democrat
It was reported onthe news here in D.C. last night that Mayor-For-Life Marion Barry has failed to file his 2007 taxes. This is after he failed to file his taxes from 1999-2004 and was changed for his tax problems in … Continue reading →
“Mutual respect?!”
That’s what the President hopes can characterize our relationship with Iran? Uh, ok. Can we wait until they show us some deference and respect first? Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →More from the Czar
Man, he’s good. Digging up the occult clues we leave everywhere. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Just Amazing
So the House passes a bill and it becomes obvious that over half of it is filler that is unlikely to be anything close to a stimulus. So the Senate jumpes in on the action now and what happens? Well, … Continue reading →
To The Victors Go The Racial Spoils
Here’s another good example of why New York is so monstrously messed up. The Bar Association has a racial spoils system, dedicated to promoting diversity in the Bar’s governing House of Delegates. That’s right, no need to run for election … Continue reading →
Draw you own conclusions….
…mine aren’t too positive about this: Apparently a mere three weeks into office and you know what is a focus area for the Obama administration? The economy? Well, maybe with the Giant Technicolor Stimu-porkus Bill. Education? No. Health Care? Maybe, … Continue reading →
A Humble Suggestion For Sen. McConnell
Quit fighting President Obama’s Giant Technicolor Bailout Extravaganza Stimulus Bill. Let the Democrats pass the abomination of a spending platform on their own. Just require one small tweak. Insist that any state that takes bailout/stimulus money of any kind have … Continue reading →
More evidence of our spreading the good word
Found at local parishes: and here… GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the … Continue reading →
More Russian provocations
This is, in theory, technically feasible for the Russians and Chinese, but I’m not sure this isn’t just a probe to see what we’ll say and do (or won’t). Clearly, though, the Russians are feeling a lot more emboldened in … Continue reading →
The tentacles of the Gormogons surface
The Czar has been driving around Muscovy painting icons. And, of course, this again. Oh yeah. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Really?!? We need this?
Maybe I should check with Volgi before condemning this product to mockitude and see if its in the future for his clan. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the … Continue reading →
Thanks, New York!
As a taxpayer of the wonderful Empire State, articles like this make ‘Puter’s blood boil. Of course, ‘Puter has a sneaking suspicion that more state workers are turning in this sort of job performance, regardless of job requirements, than he … Continue reading →
A Bright Light in a Dim Room
Sen (Dr.) Coburn (R-OK) is fighting the good fight. I caught up on my newspaper reading this morning and caught his excellent OpEd in the Wall Street Journal. Let me highlight a few of the salient points: less than 10% … Continue reading →
Cautionary Tale
Governor Charlie Crist (R) of Florida unwittingly provides the Obama Administration an object lesson in how not to use government to fix a perceived problem. When government participates in the market, and rigs the rules such that it is unprofitable … Continue reading →
The World Needs Ditch Diggers, Too
Magnus Linklater (member of The Gormogons’ All Name Team) writing in The Times (of London) today states the inconvenient truth behind England’s current educational philosophy, which truth is equally applicable on this side of the Atlantic. Mr. Linklater notes that … Continue reading →
Keep watching the skies
And working on ballistic-missile defense. Meanwhile, there’s some disturbing strategery (or politicking) afoot on Team Obama. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Kanye says, “President Obama hates white people!”
No, not really, but this does make a decent point about what a raw deal Bush got relative to Katrina (compounded, of course, by his and his administration’s typically expressive-aphasic communications), which apparently destroyed him and the GOP politically. Confucius, … Continue reading →
U.S. out of Kyrgyzstan!
Or perhaps that should simply be a period. Looks like Russia is pulling another former SSR closer into her orbit. This is neither catastrophic nor irreversible at this point, but it shows how weak the U.S. is (or is perceived … Continue reading →
Twenty million Chinese back to the countryside?
Confucius saw that headline in the Financial Times today and remarked to a bystander, “If the economic crisis goes on—and protectionism starts seriously affecting foreign trade—this is the kind of thing where the Mandate of Heaven gets withdrawn and tens … Continue reading →
Pay the Piper, Call the Tune
‘Puter absolutely hates it when he has to admit he agrees more than not with this column by Richard Cohen in today’s WaPo. ‘Puter wishes Mr. Cohen had gone farther in calling for requiring education reform in exchange for education … Continue reading →
Line of the day
Well played, Mr. Good: [President Obama] said: I am not in favor of concealed weapons. There has not been any evidence that allowing people to carry a concealed weapon is going to make anybody safer. So let’s have him order … Continue reading →