Since 2006 or so, when David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett decided America needed was an untested, uninterested community organizer as president, we’ve been told America’s conducted its foreign affairs wrong since its inception. What America truly needed was “smart diplomacy,” a … Continue reading →
What has Barack Obama accomplished as president? Permit ‘Puter to rephrase the question. What has Barack Obama accomplished as president that has been good for America? ‘Puter would argue that Obama has accomplished exactly nothing that has made America a … Continue reading →
America negotiated with terrorists to secure the release of a soldier* who, based on the facts available as of this posting, is likely a deserter. Not only did America break one of its most rigid rules to secure this soldier’s … Continue reading →
The other day, Dr. J. left a copy of The New York Post in the Cafetorium, and pointed out that Gormogon sleeper agent John Podhoretz wrote a piece there entitled Conservative Media is Unintentionally Protecting Obama. Within, Mr. Podhoretz writes … Continue reading →
Papal biographer and long-time vaticanisto George Weigel provides an interesting, tough-minded reading of the Vatican’s take on the meetings between President Obama and Pope Francis. He doesn’t think the clerics were impressed with the pols. Official photo released by the … Continue reading →
Long-time readers of the Gormogons’ will be familiar with the Volgi’s Fallacy of Foreign-Policy Egocentrism. This states, more or less, “it’s not all about us.” Which is a short way of saying that, because states determine their own interests and … Continue reading →
The East Europeans know they inhabit the battleground between the West and a Russia that wants to return them to its sphere of influence. Ukrainians see tens of thousands of Russian troops across their border and know they are looking … Continue reading →
The American media is doing a really poor job of covering the Ukraine crisis, and this is largely because they ignored its importance for so long that they are scrambling to catch everyone up, what with gays not getting timely … Continue reading →
Except for the Black kid, every one of the people in this picture is to blame for Obamacare’s abject failure to deliver anything it promised. Actually, being liberal means never having to acknowledge your policies have tradeoffs. At least until … Continue reading →
Hey, in case you missed it because the media cannot comprehend the impact of it, Obamacare died Monday afternoon. Basically, this is true. Before you get overwhelmed with optimism and put on your Ronald Reagan straw hats and fire up … Continue reading →
So writes in Island Dweller: Your august majesty It’s still very early in the game for detailed analysis of the House Armed Services Committee information released yesterday, and I have not read the entire 450-page screed, rather only a synopsis … Continue reading →
And it wouldn’t be Thursday without Island Dweller spotting something to tick us off. He brings up the subject of former Defense Secretary Gates: Most illustrious, dread, awful, and so on – Your slightly chilled minion here in the hinterlands … Continue reading →
The Czar finds himself in the Crossroads State today, but no matter—your mail finds him wherever. The Retired Spook wants to add one more thing to his observations on the 2008 election: Your Czarosity; As I recall, the NYT endorsed … Continue reading →
CNN conducted what appears to be the 7,346th straight poll that spells real problem for the Democrats. In this their latest, even CNN is conceding that it’s a rough time to be a Democrat. Worse, CNN—who at worst shills for … Continue reading →
The snow is finally falling here in Muscovy, and the holidays must be fast approaching because all the car commericals on television are written by and for 5-year-olds. Seriously: whoever it was at Honda who greenlit the use of Michael … Continue reading →
Island Dweller says a bunch of things here, but seems to touch on the need for term limits: Most dread and awful majesty – Last night, while giving Lobot Ami a rubdown to prepare him for his next flight back … Continue reading →
Obama is presently not enjoying his worst polling numbers since, well, ever. And given his glee for blaming his predecessor for everything, the Czar wondered how President Obama’s numbers look superimposed over President Bush’s numbers. Hogwash, Obama’s supporters will say: … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin is very concerned about the possibility of a zombie apocalypse. Not because this is a piece of popular culture but more due to the fact that something may or may not have gone wrong in the lab the … Continue reading →
The following essay is a guest post from Island Dweller. We remind our readers that you are welcome to submit your thoughts either as an email or as a complete essay. Your majesty: The more you study his diagram, the … Continue reading →
Island Dweller brings charm, not just wit: Y’Maj, Thinks have been rather grey and wet here on Shangri-La of late. After placing some rocks beneath an A/C drain outside the house yesterday and performing some forestry functions with the Czarina, … Continue reading →
Our guest writer today is no less a celebrity than JAB, who writes to you from the Doublewide. “’The gentle but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the provinces. Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and … Continue reading →
The Czar loves getting mail. But the truth is this: the worse things get out there, the more mail he receives. And we are sad to confess, as you have noticed, the Czar has been getting a lot of mail … Continue reading →
Inevitably, future historians will write detailed biographies of President Barack Obama as they have done for all the presidents. God willing, President Obama will enjoy a long, happy retirement with his family and take the time to read some of … Continue reading →
Island Dweller checks in on employment. Data posted today on the web indicates at least one sector of the economy is experiencing an employment boom, with numbers of these employees increasing 18 percent since 2009. The employees I mention contribute … Continue reading →
Pictured, Secretary of State John Kerry (who looks like a horse) in full fox hunting regaliabeats a dead horse whilst taking the air at hissummer cottage on Nantucket. Not to beat a dead horse, but ‘Puter’s got to keep his … Continue reading →
Hypnotoad would be a more effective president than Obama President Obama addressed the nation last night on ObamaCare. Well, Obama didn’t so much “address the nation” as summon NBC’s Chuck Todd to the White House to consult Obama, the Left’s … Continue reading →
Many conservatives are having a grand time poking fun of Barack Obamas apparent hypocrisy over the Washington Redskins. Specifically, the alleged hypocrisy is that the President has no trouble congratulating the Chicago Blackhawks despite deploring the Redskins’ name. Okay, since … Continue reading →
America is now a nation full of people willing to be the 36 year old “kid” living in their parents’ basement, eating their food and paying for nothing.* Sure, Healthcare.gov blows chunks. And sure, anyone with a brain in their … Continue reading →
Other than Obama having found and unleashed a Hypnotoad in the White House Press Briefing Room, what’s a plausible explanation for otherwise sane, sentient reporters buying Obama’s unending stream of lies, slander and other horse manure? ‘Puter said he might provide … Continue reading →
Hey, this ‘Puter guy’s making sense. Maybe Obama’s not — ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!* Welcome back, ‘Puter’s friends, to the show that never ends. ‘Puter’s so glad you could attend, step inside. Step inside. Stick with ‘Puter, people. We’re almost … Continue reading →
Who are you going to believe, Obamaor ‘Puter Gormog — ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!** Welcome back, Friends of the Gormogons, loyal operatives and various and sundry minions! ‘Puter’s truly glad you’re enjoying his series on the most fascinating topic … Continue reading →
Obama and his lapdog media commandyou! Ignore the facts concerning Congress’constitutional prerogative to do exactlywhat it’s doing, holding Democrats over abarrel until they negotiate!* Welcome to the third installment of ‘Puter Does the Debt Limit! We hope you’ve learned something … Continue reading →
Like Hypnotoad (AGTH),* PresidentObama, Democrats and the media expectus to unthinkingly believe them. ‘Puter’s sick and tired of know-nothings in the media – and even worse in government – spouting off about the debt limit, a subject which experience shows … Continue reading →
More polling news today, and the situation is even worse for media reporting. Breitbart.com perfectly sums up the media critique, so check it out. Bottom line is that Obama’s approval rating is now at 37%. The GOP and Democrats, people … Continue reading →
It has been just a week now that the government somewhat shut down, and at least one poll is trending as we had foreseen. Republicans are seeing their disapproval numbers increase by 7 points since September 29 to 70% disapproval. … Continue reading →
President Obama claims he is willing to negotiate with Republicans, but “We can’t do it with a gun held to the head of the American people.” The President was criticized for using the expression, but Jay Carney said that the … Continue reading →
Remember the Leftˆs portrayal of George W. Bush as an intellectual dullard who skated through major schools by the grace of who he was, rather than what he knew? And how he was surrounded by corrupt scoundrels barely smarter than … Continue reading →
Against quite long odds, the House GOP has decided to stick it to the Obama administration and will fund a continuing resolution minus the required Obamacare portion. This, despite condemnation from the President and Senate, as well as a great … Continue reading →
Republicans are pretty annoyed with each other over the Obamacare funding deadline. Many Republicans want to defund Obamacare by passing a continuing resolution that funds everything budgeted for the government except Obamacare. The problem is that while this will pass … Continue reading →
How can one begin to count up the number of times someone has said “This has been a bad week for President Obama.” This observation is not there to gloat—it is there to make us realize how bad a job … Continue reading →
Hey, this anti-war veteran posturing againstbaseless American military interventionsin far-flung lands to shore up a failing president looks kind of familiar, doesn’t he,Secretary Kerry? ‘Puter’s not fond of open-ended American military interventions in foreign countries, unless the interventions result from … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been sparse in his posting of late, with good reason. You see, it’s tradition in ‘Puter’s office that when he goes on vacation each and every miserable slob of an employee uses ‘Puter’s absence as an opportunity to dump … Continue reading →
At the Leaping Peacock the other night, BG and the Czar were discussing the political affiliation of a white supremacist when Borepatch walked up and sat down. Borepatch nodded to BG, turned to the Czar, and said, “Nice post the … Continue reading →
One of the things the Czar—and probably a few of you—finds quite frustrating about Barack Obama is not his ridiculously inept progressivism, his shoddy work ethic, and his lazy understanding of politics and history. Rather, it is how he has … Continue reading →
Either President Obama or his many followers are the most petty, thin-skinned, and ill-tempered man-children in politics. Of course, the Czar is referring to this ridiculous rodeo clown incident. This was never a problem before, when the rodeo clowns dressed … Continue reading →
It takes a few to make a patten. By our reckoning, Barack Obama is the fifth liberal progressive president, and like the other four, he has no coherent foreign policy outside of brute force. Here is our thinking: Woodrow Wilson … Continue reading →
Mr. West is Obama’s secretmortgage reform brain trust, originator of such great ideasas “Imma let you finish, butwhere’s my Hennessey at?” ‘Puter happened to be wandering aimlessly around the New York Times website when this article on President Obama’s forthcoming … Continue reading →
Dr. J. would like to wish President Bush a healthy and rapid recovery from his angioplasty and stenting today. This is an example of primary stenting of a type A lesion, no pre-dilation with a balloon. Easy peasy apple squeezy. … Continue reading →
In Sunday’s New York Times op-ed section, Steven Greenhouse shared an article on low wages paid to entry level and low skill employees. ‘Puter chose the term “article” rather than “opinion” in the preceding sentence because ‘Puter could not tell … Continue reading →
‘Puter received the following missive from Operative B.G. shortly after publishing his “Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics” post yesterday. It’s so good, ‘Puter’s running it unedited. Every single word you wrote is true (and in other news, water is wet, … Continue reading →
Kevin Cronin and REO Speedwagon secretlyadvance the grand plot of the omnipotent WhiteMale Patriarchy to keep Blacks down throughjudicious application of late 1970s rock music. In the immortal words of REO Speedwagon, ‘Puter’s had “enough of the falseness of a … Continue reading →
Island Dweller has his usual pair of related observations: Your majesty, Only a “consummate politician” could do this, after all those quaint little strolls on the beach…ID FoxNews home page6-29-13Associated Press Republicans accused New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie of getting … Continue reading →
Uh,huh. So this White House Down movie is not doing very well. It opened in fourth place behind two repeat films (it brought in only half as much as Monsters University, now in its second week) and well behind a … Continue reading →
For a while there, maybe as long as three weeks ago, some people were compiling lists of Obama-era scandals just to keep track of them. Indeed, it seemed every week another insulting or embarrassing leak was happening that showed what … Continue reading →
Island Dweller could pretty well give the Czar a week off with his submissions! Here is one of three: Your illustrious majesty: A recent string-telephone conversation with Esteemed Associate, still in the bowels of the Federal beast, prompted me to … Continue reading →
Cole Porter, who understoodwitch hunts, would not be amusedby our president’s disregard of Americans’ right to be secure fromunwarranted government invasionof our personal lives. ‘Puter loves him some American standards, like Night and Day, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, which … Continue reading →
Only Trebek knows the secrets ‘Puterholds deep within his, tiny, shriveled,black heart. And within ‘Puter’sno-no hole, but that’s another story. Wow. ‘Puter gets buried under an avalanche of work for a few days and comes back to find some truly … Continue reading →
‘Puter believes the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne to be the least intellectually curious, most embarrassingly partisan opinion columnist writing today, bar none. Yes, bar none, including but not limited to crass, foul-mouthed New York Times “treasure” Maureen Dowd. To deride … Continue reading →
Liberals believe as an article of faith that liberals – and only liberals – support and defend the Bill of Rights. It’s those racist white male conservatives in horrid red flyover states that want keep women in the kitchen and … Continue reading →
The other day, at a commencement speech, michelle Obama stated: And then there’s this guy Barack Obama. … I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures, but he lost his first race for Congress, and now he … Continue reading →
Yeah, it’s been a bad week for egotistical,hubristic dipsticks everywhere. And it’sabout darned time. ‘Puter’s been off the grid for the past few days, mostly because his work computer got infected with malware.* ‘Puter also learned that his office servers … Continue reading →
As you repeatedly hear, the President is sick and tired of people politicizing everything to make him look bad. On the Fast and Furious Scandal: The Department of Justice orders gun dealers in the Southwest to sell weapons to obviously … Continue reading →
At last we now know what happened on September 11, 2012, in Benghazi. Press secretary Jay Carney explained it like this, if we put his statements in chronological order. A demonstration gathered outside the embassy, that quickly became a terror … Continue reading →
In April 1980, President Carter had reached a point he could no longer tolerate—52 Americans were still being held hostage in Tehran, Iran. He ordered a rescue mission. Contrary to popular right-wing culture, Carter did not do this as an … Continue reading →
The following quote is pretty much the consensus of anybody who knows anything about the Benghazi scandal: We are witnessing the beginning of the end of the Obama administration, and the cause is Benghazi. One cannot underestimate the severity of … Continue reading →
Have you noticed how much the Presidency has changed Barack Obama? Sure, you see those before and after pictures of Lincoln and Roosevelt, and so on, but the last five years have been pretty rough on the President physically: Obama … Continue reading →
Have you heard that NBA player Jason Collins is gay? Of course, you have. Did you hear that non-Obama administration figures have indeed solved the Benghazi murders of four Americans and know exactly who did it and where they can … Continue reading →
Imagine the surprise at the Washington Post when they conducted a poll with equally fawning ABC News and discovered that President Obama is tied with or slipping below George W. Bush on a variety of factors. Bush is up on … Continue reading →
The US Senate treated foolish, ill-consideredgun control legislation much as Eliot Ness treated Frank Nitti: both are currently waitingin the car. And good riddance. To hear those on the Left tell it, the Senate’s failure to pass gun control legislation yesterday … Continue reading →
Did you know Hillary Clinton is going to be President in 2016? And did you know that she is such a shoe-in that there is no point even considering a primary? Yes, it is only 2013 but the facts are … Continue reading →
If it walks like a tyrant, and talks like atyrant, it’s probably a tyrant. ‘Puter woke up this morning in the Castle’s archives, located several planes of existence below the Castle’s library. Or before the Castle’s library. Or among the … Continue reading →
The President is of course entitled to say any dumb thing he wants. But he lowers himself into idiocy with his speech about gun control. Most damning is his throwaway, cutesy-pie comment that if there was one thing we could … Continue reading →
Some buzz is going on about this show The Bible. It appears to be based on a book by the same name, but the Czar could not locate the author’s name. Okay, so maybe there will be a second season … Continue reading →
Lost in the excitement of Rand Paul’s extremist violent overthrow of the Senate the other day was The Dinner, as it is now known. Okay, okay—the Czar is aware that a lot of Tea Party Twitt’rhetoric is ripping into this … Continue reading →
Quick—name a President who did better in his second term than his first. Right. Now name a President who did at least as well in his second term as his first. Tough, eh? Well, obviously Bush and Clinton were heavily … Continue reading →
You kids too young to remember Watergate will probably not remember Bob Woodward (or Edward Woodward, for that matter). Woodward was one of the two reporters (the other was Carl Bernstein, or Leonard Bernstein, for that matter) who brought down … Continue reading →
The proper response to Democrats’ profligate spending is to callthem out, make them pay for their beloved programs withoutborrowing. Pictured, House Republicans after passing a balancedbudget bill, taunting the Democrat led Senate as “cabrons.” ‘Puter is sick and gosh-darned tired … Continue reading →
Probably not well. History likes to divide presidential analysis into two camps, at least in the Czar’s experience. Sometimes history immediately dumps on the guy: Carter, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, for example, generally were excoriated while they were still sliding … Continue reading →
You know what other moron drinks water on stage in front of the entire world, plainly indicating his unfitness for the highest office in the land ? President Obama, that’s who. As Freud would say, sometimes a drink is just a drink. 'PuterAlways right, … Continue reading →
Even a liberal-friendly polling organization like Pew is announcing that 53% of Americans think the federal government is threatening our freedom. And yet 51% of us voted for the guy taking them away. Anywhere from two-thirds to three-quarters of Americans … Continue reading →
When experts reconstruct disasters, they continually highlight how a series of minor events can compound into a gigantic collapse later on. A safety switch is left off a day before an unusual cold snap occurs; an inspector calls in sick, … Continue reading →
Tough as nails, smart as a whipand beautiful, to boot. Thanks,President Obama, for reminding uswhat competent government officialslook like! In President Obama’s oddly angry and confrontational Inaugural Address yesterday, he spoke the following lines: We are true to our creed … Continue reading →
History will vindicate my memory.—James Buchanan The worst president ever.—History The suggested gun rights legislation should be of enormous interest to political bird watchers like yourselves. Perhaps you don’t own or even care about firearms; even so, what’s happening now … Continue reading →
For those of you who read our site here, but do not follow us on Twitter, you might be wondering what our reactions to the ObamaScare report were. “No, no, Jimmy!” Relax—it’s a Photoshop, Mr. President. Briefly: a tremendous waste … Continue reading →
It’s A TRAP! Dr. J. has spoken before about President Obama being emboldened after his narrow election victory. He got his Republican sanctioned tax-hike without spending cuts and he is looking to continue with his Progressive agenda, by hook or … Continue reading →
President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. No President – not me or any of my predecessors could have repaired all the damage in just four years. Also sprach Bill Clinton to the nation at the … Continue reading →
Despite Democrats’ protestations to thecontrary, the United States’ run-in with thedebt ceiling does not require default on America’s issued debt. The media and most of America has its collective undies in a bunch fretting about the debt ceiling. Don’t worry … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been busier today than a three legged cat trying to bury its turd on a frozen pond. As such, it is only within the last hour that ‘Puter’s had the opportunity to review the news revolving around America’s latest … Continue reading →
The MandarinThe Mandarin, whose real name is 吏恆, joined the order in 1309, and introduced the Gormogons into England during the 18th Century. The Mandarin enjoys spending time with his pet manticore, Βάρἰκος, or Barry (who can be found in … Continue reading →
Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer!Also, speaking of crises, why theheck are you hung like a Ken doll? Since Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) does not understand the concept of “negotiating against yourself,” ‘Puter finds it necessary to step … Continue reading →
The Czar cannot stress this enough: the Republicans have a major opportunity to make Democrats look like idiots. And the time has come for that to happen, too. Right now, most of the major US media outlets are telling the … Continue reading →
She has Dr. J.’s vote. Apparently our friends at Time Magazine (remember when that was a relevant news organ?) nominated Dr. J.’s favorite Jesuit educated law student, Sandra Fluke. Other nominees include the inaugural participation trophy winner, Vice President Joe Biden, … Continue reading →
GorT had a wonderful Thanksgiving (minus I-freaking-95 from Richmond to DC on Saturday evening) and with a little downtime and unwinding on Friday evening, I watched Obama 2016, the movie, with my in-laws. It has an interesting premise … Continue reading →
The Czar is still so irate and humorless with the electorate that he is still willing to yield the floor. Today’s essay has once again been contributed by long-time minion Island Dweller. Dread and awful Czar:Being a life member of … Continue reading →
Pundits have spilled far too much ink recently telling us what Republicans did wrong in this election cycle. It’s well past time to take a closer look at what Democrats did wrong this election cycle, and what it means for … Continue reading →
The Czar is still so irate and humorless with the electorate that he is perfectly willing to yield the floor. Todays essay has been contributed by long-time minion Island Dweller. The Czar always expected Japan would need to expand beyond … Continue reading →
These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and … Continue reading →
May her last colors never run. The Czar really wanted to avoid posting anything today except an analysis of why Obama lost. You would have enjoyed reading it; the Czar certainly enjoyed writing it back in September. Suffice it to … Continue reading →
First-time writer, presumably long-time reader RStJ writes in with a disturbing notion: Good evening! I read the post with the mail from MC this evening, and also caught up and read the other posts about Benghazi. I have heard another … Continue reading →
