Not for nothing, but who knew JC Penney had $1,000,000.00 worth of jewelry to steal? And a gang of jewel thieves preying exclusively on JCP? Usually when ‘Puter goes shopping for Mrs. ‘Puter’s anniversary gift at the JCP jewelry counter, … Continue reading →
President Obama had a teleconference yesterday with thousands of religious leaders. In his “40 Minutes for Health Reform” call with Christian leaders, there is an unstated assumption that Christianity requires support of his health care reform efforts. ‘Puter’s not a … Continue reading →
‘Puter would like to extend his heartfelt thanks to the fine government of Scotland for releasing the life-sentenced Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds. You see, Abdel Baset al Megrahi has prostate cancer and is dying, so it is only just … Continue reading →
Eric Reasons of The Tinker’s Mind writes in pointing us at his blog entry here. The conclusion sentence is what we need to be mindful of as the government tinkers (no offense, Eric) with innovation: “The market has room for … Continue reading →
“What Hungarians did here was very brave,” she said at a commemoration event. “Two enslaved nations together broke down the walls of enslavement… and Hungarians gave wings to East Germans’ desire for freedom. “The opening of the borders became irreversible … Continue reading →
To read the Czar’s review of HR 3200, pages 601-700, please click here. Doctors are little more than money-hungry, pocket-stuffing rich guys who drive around town lighting cigars with hundred dollar bills made out of the hides of poor people. … Continue reading →
As noted in several sources (such as the Wall Street Journal), Democrats definitely do not seem to care that the American public hates their ideas about healthcare. So they are strongly considering an end run around us. The idea is … Continue reading →
Gormogon observer D.F. writes in: Okay, so full disclosure time, I’m a huge PJ O’Rourke fan. Got just about all his stuff on my shelf, and I live by the Republican Party Reptile credo of opposition to government spending, aerobics, … Continue reading →
I enjoyed reading a decent opinion piece in the WSJ today at the beach. I don’t quite agree with all of the recommendations of the author, but would wholly embrace the statement: “Technology doesn’t wait around, so it’s all going … Continue reading →
Gormogon subsidiary FoxNews follows orders well. After waiting the designated amount of time, Fox publishes its article regarding the Obama Administration’s marginalization of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Not coincidentally, Fox’s article mirrors ‘Puter’s post from exactly two weeks ago. … Continue reading →
Some news that Google has been forced to reveal the actual name of a blogger who got too snarky with an uppity New York fashion model. The model did not appreciate the critic’s comments (which were Hilton-esque but not more … Continue reading →
Not that the Czar trusts Rasmussen any better than anyone else, but he quickly acknowledges that Rasmussen seems to produce the most interesting poll results. As you have heard, one in two Americans is not digging Hope and Change, and … Continue reading →
The Czar has put together the to-do list of the President’s taskforce on healthcare reform. This explains the weird actions by the White House lately, and shows the psychology that the President is operating under. The taskforce will probably issue … Continue reading →
Tweaking the renowned philosopher Forrest Gump, “Arrogant is as arrogant does.” ‘Puter, as any student of Washington, has known that many Congressmen are self-important blowhards with thinly-veiled disregard for their constituents. In recent days, at town hall meetings across the … Continue reading →
HR 3200, Pages 601-700 To read the Czar’s review of HR 3200, pages 501-600, please click here. We now move into rather sinister territories. By now, proponents of the bill will be wagging their fingers at the Czar’s post from … Continue reading →
All right, already. By now you know that the Obama-as-Joker Photoshop bit was done by a minority, liberal, and loyal Democrat. Shock and awe, since so many on the left were too busy condemning right-wing extremists to recognize that (a) … Continue reading →
Rep. Massa has been really good about holding town hall meetings and listening to his constituents. So when he comes out and says that he’ll vote against those he represents if he thinks he’s doing the right thing, is that … Continue reading →
Sorry, the ‘Puter is still wrong – much like when he argues that the sky is green just to throw the opposition off with his stubborn adherence to his argument. As the Czar points out alcohol and tobacco are not … Continue reading →
As ‘Puter and the Czar were discussing this post over Cohibas and mason jars of corn likker in Castle Gormogon’s study, ‘Puter inquired as to how Hello Kitty could hit the pictured bong, seeing as she has no mouth. The … Continue reading →
Thanks to questions from our dozens billions of fans, the Gormogon Gift Shop, in the first level of the Castle Gormogon (next to ‘Puter’s Pub and the Mandarin Grill) contains action figures for all of us. The Mandarin comes with … Continue reading →
If an anti-war activist falls in the woods, does she make a sound? Darling of the press and the far-left anti-war movement during the President Bush years Cindy Sheehan will be setting up camp on August 25th to remind President … Continue reading →
The Czar was optimistic this headline was about healthcare: Hurricane Bill still growing, U.S. unlikely target Turns out, not. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the … Continue reading →
The Czar’s impressions of HR 3200 are becoming a bit of a phenomenon. Thanks to the kind folks who have been linking to it. And thanks to the folks who sent excerpts of it to the AARP and the Motley … Continue reading →
The Czar and GorT make fair points. I expect no less from my Gormogon brothers. However, prohibition of drugs of any sort has never worked in American society. Didn’t work with alcohol. Won’t work with tobacco. Isn’t working with marijuana … Continue reading →
Fortunately, when ‘Puter is wrong, we know he is right and merely employing satire. For ‘Puter cannot actually conclude that legalization of drugs like marijuana will solve more problems than it creates. Drugs are not equivalent to tobacco and alcohol, … Continue reading →
In today’s edition, the New York Times calls for a bank employee compensation policy that would penalize what the NYT considers “speculative activities or other excessively risky transactions.” Interestingly, were the feds to adopt such a policy, it would discourage … Continue reading →
To read the Czar’s review of HR 3200, pages 401-500, please click here. You know, in a weird twist of irony, the Czar had surgery done on his foot quite recently. He hobbled into a small, community clinic, paid $20 … Continue reading →
A perspicacious Gormogon operative writes in in re the Œc. Vol.’s endorsement of The Last Tanks in Paris: Don’t get too excited about your rebellious Russian rockers. That’s a Che shirt on the second guy from the left. Seems like … Continue reading →
Well, the ‘Puter ain’t right here. There are staunch supports of either side of this argument. While the officers and my fellow Gormogon offer some compelling arguments for legalizing it, I think the downsides outweigh the positives. Updating the public … Continue reading →
The All Barak Channel (ABC) today announced the “celebrities” that will take part in the ninth season of Dancing With the Stars . The name that immediately caught my attention and had me thinking that they were bringing in a … Continue reading →
Reports indicate that Reader’s Digest is filing for bankruptcy protection. Bankruptcy court clerks say Reader’s Digest’s filing was delightfully abridged, devoid of big, fancy words, and written at a third-grade reading level. What’s ‘Puter going to do for bathroom reading … Continue reading →
Anthropogenic Continental Drift! Check out the graphs and charts. H/T to the mighty Borepatch. The Czar reads him every day. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in … Continue reading →
Blake, who represents our interests in Texas, writes the Czar to say: If Obama is okaying the dropping of the public option, and Dean says anyone who doesn’t support the public option needs to be primaried from the left, then … Continue reading →
In today’s Washington Post, Peter Moskos and Neill Franklin lay out a law enforcement based argument for legalization of drugs. Both authors are former Baltimore City police officers. Mr. Moskos is also currently a professor of criminology at John Jay … Continue reading →
…do this? Say, here’s a thought. Someone keeps saying there are 47 million Americans without healthcare coverage. How about this: find out who they are. The census folks should be getting this data in another few months anyway when they … Continue reading →
To read the Czar’s review of HR 3200, pages 301-400, please click here. Welcome to the World of the Bizarre! We are now ending the first half of HR 3200, and if the previous sections made you angry or confused, … Continue reading →
…One of the best ways to bring down costs, provide more choices and assure quality is a public option that will force the insurance companies to compete and keep them honest.—Barack Obama, July, 2009. Insurance companies do not compete? By … Continue reading →
Well, this sounds good and like a victory for American medicine. But read on a bit and you’ll see this: Under a proposal by Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., consumer-owned nonprofit cooperatives would sell insurance in competition with private industry, not … Continue reading →
So Alinsky begins by telling readers what a radical is. He is not a reformer of the system but its would-be destroyer. This is something that in my experience conservatives have a very hard time understanding. Conservatives are altogether too … Continue reading →
Mighty Paul from Montana writes in with two notable points. He mentions that the Czar’s explanation that a larger risk pool saves more money is not necessarily correct unless the insurance company has a sufficient amount of fixed administrative or … Continue reading →
With the tremendously important debate currently taking place regarding the perceived need for healthcare reform and the government’s alleged responsibility to provide coverage for every person in this country – which your Mandarin can guarantee will include those in the … Continue reading →
GorT is on vacation with the family. On the way to the undisclosed location (orders have been issued to Biden’s handlers to keep his mouth shut) we were able to stop and see some good friends. A good point was … Continue reading →
The Gormogons have a new favorite Russian band, Posledniye tanky v Parizhe, or the Last Tanks in Paris (a pun on The Last Tango in Paris). Turns out that, like the Gormogons, they hate Vladimir Putin and his sleazy, corrupt, … Continue reading →
Maybe not all, but there seems to be enough anecdotal evidence to warrant some sort of investigation or regularization of their status relative to the Armed Forces. Doubtless there are some bad guys in there, but for those who aren’t? … Continue reading →
The Gormogons secret plant inside the construction industry writes in to say a couple of things worth sharing with the entire planet. I have thoroughly enjoyed your synopsis of the Health Care Reform Bill. I tried to read one of … Continue reading →
Some years ago, when I was a slip of a lad, I found myself commiserating with a distinguished American songwriter about the death of one of his colleagues. My 23-year old girlfriend found all the condolence talk a bit of … Continue reading →
To read the Czar’s review of HR 3200, pages 201-300, please click here. Welcome back! Mastermind correspondant Jeanne asked the Czar about reimbursing early retirees’ medical claims (particularly unions or public sector employees…even those at a non-federal level). The Czar … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been doing a little thinking about health care. It’s all anyone can talk about in the sauna at Castle Gormogon. Even Dat Ho, the Czar’s Vietnamese houseboy is up in arms. Anyhoo, we’ve all seen myriad seasoned citizens get … Continue reading →
To read the Czar’s review of HR 3200, pages 101-200, please click here. Meanwhile, let’s get going and plow into pages 201-300. Poor Ronald Reagan. Perhaps you remember, as the Czar does, the astonishing Tax Reform Act of 1986. This … Continue reading →
Gormogon Operative 24601 [code-name SVETLANA MONSOON] writes in about the latest cause célèbre in bunched-panties liberaldom. Yes, not since Tom Monaghan ran Domino’s Pizza and had the effrontery to give money to right-to-life causes has there been an opportunity to … Continue reading →
To read the Czar’s review of HR 3200, pages 1-100, please click here. The Czar, honestly, did not expect the national attention his effort produced, and is grateful for the cheerleading to press on. Thanks, too, to Jonah Goldberg for … Continue reading →
The key to discrediting a non-rationally held belief system is with equally a-rational emotions. Like ridicule. Laughter. Given that Globalwarmingism is effectively a cult impervious to evidence (no warming? Call it “climate change” and proceed without blinking), the Gormogons have … Continue reading →
Indeed, Happy Birthday, Grandma P! The Czar remembers her as a little girl, chasing the other kids around the Castle Gormogon. How she’s grown. The Czar knows that the ‘Puter is too modest to say, but his Grandmother pays her … Continue reading →
Brave Gormogons front-line fighter Jeanne takes a moment from her insidious plot to take over the news media from within to write the Czar on pages 1-100 of HR 3200. Go back and look at P. 65, Section 164. It’s … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s off the the greater D.C. Megaplex this weekend to celebrate his grandmother’s birthday. What’s so special about Puter’s grandmother’s birthday? Well, she’s turning 100 Saturday on the Feast of the Assumption of the B.V.M. (Blessed Virgin Mary, for all … Continue reading →
Click here to read our introduction. Your Czar has completed reading pages 1-100 of all 1,017 pages, eager to learn how HR 3200, if passed, would make healthcare affordable to all Americans. It’s a little hard to fathom that the … Continue reading →
Let the Czar point out how anti-science the Democratic Party is. Again. Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, who is a member of the Senate Energy Committee no less, says that she can feel global warming’s effects when she flies. “Global warming … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s favorite protest sign to date from the fustercluck known as health care reform. It was only a matter of time before the Obama Administration attempted to nationalize the deviant sexual practices industry, which, according to ‘Puter’s review of teh … Continue reading →
The Czar has an announcement he would like to make. While sitting here scratching the insects from his facial hair (Agh! Beard lice, thy name is Legion!), the Czar realized that he has yet to read the actual proposal or … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s short attention span has left him bored with ObamaCare. Here and here are two of ‘Puter’s favorite timewasters, guaranteed to make you forget all about ObamaCare for a while. And who can forget the Hasselhoffian Recursion? Don’t say ‘Puter … Continue reading →
Regular readers know that ‘Puter thinks health care is not a right. ‘Puter further defies you to show him where in the Constitution “health care” is mentioned, let alone “privacy” or “abortion.” But, back on point, ‘Puter does not think … Continue reading →
If ‘Puter were to attend a town hall meeting, ‘Puter would ask his representative or senator the following question: You state that the public option in pending legislation will increase, not limit, the health care options of all Americans. If … Continue reading →
Let us play a word substitution game, because you can learn a lot about someone by substituting analogues for what they say. And if they object, it’s only because they employ situation ethics. If you are unfamiliar with that phrase, … Continue reading →
Yeah, well, like most liberals, Mr. Jordan needs a history lesson. Tom Jordan attended the President’s town hall speech in New Hampshire today. Mr. Jordan, an Obama supporter and social studies teacher, does not understand some of the protest signs. … Continue reading →
It’s not a really big number, but this $30,000 issue is emblematic of New York’s fiscal woes. The New York Department of Labor paid 11 inmates $30,000 in unemployment benefits. Then again, maybe it’s not a mistake, but just another … Continue reading →
The Czar generally does not vacation to happy places. He did once, and was so delighted by what he found that he had the entire housekeeping staff gunned down. The Czar is not sure why he thought to say this, … Continue reading →
The Czar enjoyed a leisurely morning at the barber shop, getting his locks shorn and the dead lice combed out. That should last him another year or two. On the television, the WGOR morning news show was offering up a … Continue reading →
A 74 year old woman in Ouray, Colorado was mauled to death by a bear. Horrible, you say. Wrong. One Donna Munson spent much of her time violating Colorado law and feeding wild bears. One such bear (a 400 pounder, … Continue reading →
Behold! Indisputable evidence that Secretary of State Clinton, or someone very close to her, is a secret reader of your Gormogons. ‘Puter innocently enough posted this item, speculating that the Obama Administration used former President Clinton as an envoy to … Continue reading →
Gormogon Operative Mark writes Confucius*, apropos Gen. McPeak’s op-ed (which Confucius mainly posted to bash the general’s apparent fecklessness as a high-level advisor, but with the general thrust of which he agrees): Ask anyone who served in the Air Force … Continue reading →
To assist the media with getting a jump on their competition, the Czar has assembled a Barack Obama question answerer. Simply fill in the blanks, and you already have your story. Actual words may be different from what the President … Continue reading →
There are many logical and practical reasons to oppose ObamaCare. Among the valid reasons to oppose ObamaCare are cost, coverage, rationing, effect on Medicare, etc. And despite Andrea Mitchell and Nancy Pelosi’s views, stating any of these concerns does not … Continue reading →
If you want to see more Democratic hypocrisy, you are in luck. You never need to wait long. Because remember: Obama is the science and technology president! Scientists celebrated that the Bush days of public lynchings of physicists, and underground … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin remembers an old saying that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that is really true than Nancy Pelosi should be smiling from ear to ear. Rather she is very vexed that the “evil and vast” right-wing … Continue reading →
C’mon Dr. Krugman. Really? Today’s op-ed piece in the New York Times is the best you can do? For a Nobel laureate, it’s a really weak piece of work. Heavy on moral certainty, light on evidence. Dr. Krugman’s argument est … Continue reading →
Today’s Wall Street Journal carries an opinion piece by John S. Baker and Elliott Stonecipher stating their concern about counting illegal aliens in the 2010 census. Counting illegals will give California, according to the authors, 8 representative seats in Congress … Continue reading →
Can any of us remember a time when a president of the United States had his own logo? While I only really remember Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr. and Obama, I don’t recall seeing a logo for any of … Continue reading →
OPINION AUGUST 9, 2009, 7:43 P.M. ET Why We Need the F-22 It’s been more than half a century since American soldiers were killed by hostile aircraft. Let’s keep it that way. By MERRILL A. MCPEAK The United States relies … Continue reading →
The Czar and the Царица were on official business in the far Southwest corner of the empire some days ago, and were heading back up I-55 North. The Царица was reading the news paper, and turned to the classified ads … Continue reading →
Only the New York Times would have the intentional blindness to consider Obama’s handling of North Korea a success. A success it is not. Bill Clinton kowtows and gets two jailed journalists freed, and it’s a miracle, for North Korea … Continue reading →
Democrats in the House order eight G5 Gulfstream jets for $550 million that will be used by the Pentagon to ferry around VIPs in Congress — even though the Pentagon says it does not need or want the planes. The … Continue reading →
Nancy Pelosi continues to misinterpret the pulse of America as a cool disco beat, when in reality it is fingers tapping in annoyance. Indeed, the thumping of drums may follow the August recess. In a story barely starting to get … Continue reading →
One of ‘Puter’s favorite columnists, Leonard Pitts, Jr. of the Miami Herald, penned this piece on race, conservatives and America. Read it. Do it now. ‘Puter will wait. ‘Puter reads Mr. Pitts’ column to state certain conservatives are using race … Continue reading →
‘Puter lives in Upstate New York, home of Buffalo wings, Genny Cream Ale and the Teamsters’ Pension Fund. Oh, and wickedly high property taxes. For example, ‘Puter pays nearly $8,000 annually on a house full value assessed at $194,000. ‘Puter … Continue reading →
Maybe we should make this a series as well. At a Town Hall meeting to discuss the ObamaCare / Healthcare issue in St. Louis, MO, an organized group of people beat a black man who was peacefully passing out flags. … Continue reading →
When caught with a hard drive full of kiddie porn, use a variant of the Son of Sam defense. Keith Griffin of Flordia claims that his cat hopped around on his keyboard, downloading all manner of illegal child pornography. The … Continue reading →
So check this out. The US Air Force has toyed with the idea of putting a high powered laser on the nose of an aircraft for a long time. The problem with this is that air has enough particulate matter … Continue reading →
By now, you’ve seen (and possibly have done) one of those on-line political quizzes to see where your political views fall on a coaxial scale. Many Gormogons readers probably fall to the right of center. Some of our readers, of … Continue reading →
And now John Hughes is dead. Frankly, the Czar never thought much of his pictures, even when he was super-popular in the 1980s. He was pretty good at exploiting pop culture, making his movies worth seeing as little slices of … Continue reading →
CNN (and virtually every other media outlet) is reporting that newly-minted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic to sit on the high court. ‘Puter calls B.S. Justice Benjamin Cardozo was the first person of Hispanic descent to … Continue reading →
The solution to the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae mess is to move all the bad loans off book. Or so thinks the Obama Administration. You see, the problem isn’t that political motivations caused quasi-governmental entities to make (purchase) and … Continue reading →
Will you still feed me, when I’m 64? Not coincidentially, today is the 64th birthday of atomic warfare. In an intriguing column today in the Wall Street Journal, Warren Kozak posits that you can tell how an American feels about … Continue reading →
So let me get this straight, it is a moral outrage for heads of large corporations that produce something and generate revenue to purchase and operate private jets. This is crazy talk and reeks of the Democrats class warfare strategy … Continue reading →
Special nod to Space for Commerce (the Czar reads him every day, and so should you if you want to keep that pretty head of yours), who not only saluted our inscrutable Mandarin for being so gosh darn inscrutable, but … Continue reading →
From the New York Times describing Clinton and Gore meeting at the airport yesterday. They shook hands first, and than hugged for a full five seconds, with Mr. Clinton patting his hand along Mr. Gore’s back and lingering before moving … Continue reading →
Former President Bill “Call Me Daddy” Clinton is being universally praised in the mainstream media for his “diplomatic” mission to North Korea. ‘Puter has a sneaking suspicion that the Obama Administration had an ulterior motive for acquiescing to North Korea’s … Continue reading →
Geep—there is no coincidence. As revealed in the somehow-obtained memo from SoS Clinton, our North Korean parolees were hardly in the wrong place at the wrong time. They were intentionally breaking the law by crossing into and out of China … Continue reading →
The two young ladies recently freed by North Korea were lefty reporters for Al Gore’s liberal news outlet and money pit, Current TV. Two of the three hikers recently captured/abducted/arrested by Iran are screaming liberal, Bay Area, UC-Berkeley grad, freelance … Continue reading →
To: All State Department EmployeesFrom: Secretary of StateDate: August 5, 2009Re: New Policies on Human Collateral Effective immediately, all American citizens being held hostage, detained, arrested, or captured, legally or illegally, may be seen as valuable commodities to the governments … Continue reading →
