Not only…
…are the NorKs testing the waters with our new administration as mentioned here by the Volgi, but Iran is stepping up its game. Not only did it declare itself a nuclear a space power, but it continues to interfere in … Continue reading →
Yearly Archives: 2009
Riddle me this, Batman…
…after complaining about a $1 Trillion deficit and passing spending and “stimulus” packages that exceed that amount, how do you plan on paying for it? And, oh by the way, you still want to pay for additional health care, “renewable … Continue reading →
Frank(ly), You’re Full Of It
Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) takes this week’s award in chutzpah. Mr. Frank criticizes AIG’s bonus package stating, “these bonuses are going to people who screwed this thing up enormously.” Mr. Frank thereafter advocates firing the executives responsible. A few thoughts … Continue reading →
Evil Banker Villains!
Here we go again. The NAACP, an antiquated organization so without relevancy that it still relishes the term “colored people,” has accused HSBC and Wells Fargo of forcing blacks into high interest mortgages, while letting whites with identical qualifications evidently skate … Continue reading →
How do you say, “the rule of law” in Navajo?
Hoot’aal bibeehaz’áanii danilinigii. Which is just by the by. Your Volgi has a long-standing interest in American Indian affairs and commends this op-ed in today‘s WSJ, which advocates increased property rights and the extension of state laws on to Indian … Continue reading →
Pimpin’ ain’t easy, #5
Just a quick reply to XWL at Immodest Proposals: No, you’re not a Gormogon, but feel free to imply you might be, especially if the questioner is a Freemason. We wrong-foot them at every turn! That said, your enthusiasm for … Continue reading →
Shelby Steele on “Why the GOP Can’t Win With Minorities”
As always with Steele, a profoundly thoughtful essay. And here is conservatism’s great problem with minorities. In an era when even failed moral activism is redemptive — and thus a source of moral authority and power — conservatism stands flat-footed … Continue reading →
THE GORMOGONS COMMAND
If you like words in the slightest, go immediately to Iowahawk’s brilliant piece, “Orbitron Apocalypto: *Or, How I Became a Death-Cheating Toad in Mexico and Broke the Ancient Aztec Alien Curse Put on My Family by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s … Continue reading →
Wasn’t ‘Puter’s Fault
D.C., home of Mayor for Life Marion Barry, the crack wars and stagflation, is now the proud owner of a three percent HIV/AIDS infection rate. You stay classy, DC! And don’t pull this “It’s not their fault, ‘Puter. They’re just … Continue reading →
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,
Et lux perpetua luceat eis. Grant him eternal rest, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him. God bless Ron Silver. He was a man who understood viscerally the stakes in today’s struggle against evil. He was unafraid … Continue reading →
Just When You Think You’re Out
The Czar just got hold of a spec script for this new crime drama pilot that the Volgi has been working on. He made the Czar promise to keep this draft a secret, so the Czar will only share it … Continue reading →
Junior, Can You Paradigm?
Mark Steyn notes that once again, the Boomers keep to their paradigm and found a way to get someone else to pay the tab for their excesses. And why not the 20-somethings? After all, the Boomer’s parents are out of … Continue reading →
Send lawyers, guns, and money…
A quick addendum to the Czar’s post on the scandalously undercovered Mexican strife: it can’t be emphasized enough that the question of American weapons’ importantion into Mexico is problematic at best, and the administration’s use of it smells a lot … Continue reading →
Guns and Drugs and Money
POTUS Obama has reacted to the wild uptick in Mexican violence, in which over 7,000 people have been killed, by apparently taking responsibility for it. “The drugs are coming north; we’re sending funds and guns south—and as a consequence, these … Continue reading →
Robert Conquest’s proposed subtitle for…
…the revised edition of The Great Terror (buy it now) comes to mind, but I’m not arrogant enough to believe I have anything like Conquest’s authority to say it. But let’s just say that this piece on Iran’s gloating about … Continue reading →
Rogue Nations Test Obama
The NorKs are going to test an ICBM under the guise of a “satellite launch.” Japan in response threatened to shoot the NorK missile out of the sky. Iran had declared itself a nuclear and space power. Cuba and Venezuela … Continue reading →
Lileks, up to his elbows in blood
Like a samurai strapping on his katana after long exile in a village, James Lileks has whetted his fisking knife and left Amitai Etizoni in more pieces than Saucy Jack left Mary Kelly. Unlike the Whitechapel horror, this, however, is … Continue reading →
Resistance is Futile, Hello Kitty will assimilate you!
GorT is a science fiction fan and grew up with a variety of science fiction shows. These include some pretty bad ones like Automan, Battlestar Galactica (the bad one), V, and Space: 1999. Of course, Star Trek was a big … Continue reading →
!הַלְלוּיָהּ ! הַלְלוּיָהּ Alleluia alleluia!
B16 not only mends fences but builds bridges* with the rabbinate. Rabbis after pope meeting: Crisis over “The Jewish people, who were chosen as the elected people, communicate to the whole human family knowledge of and fidelity to the one, … Continue reading →
South Africa To The Rescue
South Africa has, after much intensive research, gleaned the solution to the Massachusetts lesbian marital rape conundrum below. Have men rape the lesbians to cure them of lesbianism. Holy cow, people. How messed up is this world getting? ‘Puter fears … Continue reading →
Gay Marriage, Hello Kitty Style
Good to see Massachusetts lesbians are availing themselves of all the privileges of marriage. Like attempting to forcibly inseminate your wife with your brother’s semen. Hope no one is eating lunch. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. … Continue reading →
Whose House Is It, Again?
Many of the foreclosees recently have bemoaned the fact that the evil bank “is taking my house.” Let’s examine that statement for a moment. Legally, if your name’s on the deed the house is yours. But if there’s a sizable … Continue reading →
More on nuclear power
I’ve been lax in posting more about nuclear power as of late. The Volgi even sent me a prompt which I’ll cite below. However, the main point that people should keep in mind when evaluating alternative power options is the … Continue reading →
Benedict XVI steps up
B16 does a great job in clearing the air of l’affaire Lefebvre (and especially the Richard Williams, Fuckwad, Esq., sub-problem). An unforeseen mishap for me was the fact that the Williamson case came on top of the remission of the … Continue reading →
Here we go.
Anyone follow the North Korean negotiating fiasco? The North Koreans, like the guy swinging a chair in the cafeteria on his first day in jail, do some crazy shit, and we say, “Hey, hey, hey, easy, easy. Let’s negotiate! Here’s … Continue reading →
NUCLEAR $^$*!!! POWER!
NOW! DAMMIT! The supposed problem of “nuclear waste” is entirely the result of a the decision in 1976 by President Gerald Ford to suspend reprocessing, which President Jimmy Carter made permanent in 1977. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like … Continue reading →
Ensign Girl of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Fear the kitteh! Is it still too close to WWII to make jokes? Anyway, the United States ended up taking care of the Nihon Kaigun. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims to be … Continue reading →
Obey Me
OBEY The Czar is no fool. He views the Live Traffic stats down at the bottom of the blog, here. He sees that the most popular blog, world-wide, is Creepy Despots. He also know you like it only because it … Continue reading →
The Czar’s Mailbag
We get letters, especially regarding this rant about modern journalism.Great piece on journalism…I think you could also have mentioned the professionalization of news reporting as a significant contributing factor to its decline. Being a reporter used to be decidedly non-elite … Continue reading →
Luckiest Man Alive. Or Is He?
There are two competing schools of thought on this guy surviving his (alleged) throwing-himself-over-the-falls suicide attempt at Niagara Falls. (Canadian side. It’s more scenic, after all.) First, the GorT optimistic observation that “Man, this guy’s really lucky. God must have … Continue reading →
Old News
This isn’t even newsworthy. Heck, Bill Clinton’s entire presidency revolved around women. '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 carefully follows … Continue reading →
What Has Two Thumbs …
And should never, ever, in a million years be head of the Civil Division of the United State Department of Justice? This guy, one Tony Ward. Why? Mr. Ward was the defense attorney for The American Taliban, John Walker Lindh. … Continue reading →
More MSNBC Nonsense
So, apparently, it’s not the fourth estate’s job to inquire and prod about problems in politicians or political appointee’s past. We know that the White House and Congress doesn’t do a good job vetting it (see half a dozen posts … Continue reading →
Chutch!
In the aspen covered Rockies there’s a legend often toldOf a tenured native shaman with a cougar, grey and goldHe had two fists of fury and a Master of Arts DegreeFrom accredited Sangamon State University CHORUSHe was a Colorado kung … Continue reading →
Harvard MBAs and the Crisis
The ŒV and Czar have spent many a year in the company of high-powered MBAs, and commend to you this brutal takedown by one of their own. I might make a few comments in defense of what I always called … Continue reading →
Re: Hainan II
I was going to write something about the Chinese naval provocations, but my comrades have covered it all pretty well. If you hit the China or foreign-policy tag, you should find more than a few post about China’s destabilizing, hegemonic … Continue reading →
Screw all this political crap.
Let’s look at something important. Like the story conference between Spielberg, Lucas, and Lawrence Kasdan, for Raiders of the Lost Ark, which was transcribed and is now available online. If you’re not a film-writing geek like myself, you might not … Continue reading →
Teachers: Working For ¢hange
POTUS Obama has a plan to fix the American public school system. The Царица, by the way, is a public school teacher, and reacted quite negatively to this plan. Her opinion is that the Obama plan penalizes good teachers by … Continue reading →
Hainan II
China seems to have developed a tradition in which she welcomes a new US president by trying to provoke a military incident with the United States. The first President Bush had to address the June 1989 Tiananmen massacre, which severely … Continue reading →
In The Navy!
“Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.” — Chairman Mao ‘Puter expects to see a lot more of this for the duration of the Obama Administration. China is currently making great strides toward Mao’s … Continue reading →
How to Break the News
The Czar states, without fear of exaggeration, that this site is read by perhaps several, or even billions, of people. He is comfortable with humiliating or enraging some of them with this screed. Blame yon Volgi, who sent the Czar … Continue reading →
Scratch the surface
I’m sure we’ve all run into this person in our lives. You know him/her: the know-it-all who runs his or her mouth constantly without saying much because when you press them on a subject, you realize they are standing in … Continue reading →
You’re welcome! And thank you!
Ennuipundit clearly gets us. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Re: Another Non-Victory for the Scientific President [Updated]
The Volgi (who opposes embryonic stem-cell research for the Czar’s practical reasons—having read about teeth and hair showing up in a Parkinson’s patient’s brain in an ESC experiment—as well as the usual retrograde moral ones) also should note that Bush … Continue reading →
Another Non-Victory for the Scientific President
Ghettoputer, who is always right, has correctly assailed the media’s simple-minded affirmation of today’s “historic” order releasing the ban on embryonic stem cell research funding (thanks for the catch, Volgi!). The Czar uses quotation marks not because he is quoting, … Continue reading →
Batting 1000
No, not the T-1000 (pictured). This post marks the Gormogons’ 1000th post. I’m a big math guy and numbers can mean (or used to mean) so many different things. We’re averaging 4.44 posts per day (all quality, no fluff). I’ll … Continue reading →
Like All Things In Life
We laugh because they’re funny, and we laugh because they’re true. CNN en Espanol’s correspondent Mauricio Funes in El Salvador is now a presidential candidate. Mr. Funes sees himself as El Salvador’s Barack Obama. Intriguing, as Mr. Funes is the … Continue reading →
The Media Has Round Heels for President Obama
The Obama Administration is lifting the Bush Administration’s ban on federal funding of scientific research using embryonic stem cells other than from a few select lines. ABC News, however, takes it upon itself to parrot the Obama Administration’s position as … Continue reading →
Yet Another Union to Watch
The International Astronomy Union declares February no longer a month, courtesy Bad Astronomy. Short and fun, unlike February, which tends to be only short. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The … Continue reading →
Talk about an honorary Gormogon
Watch this video below now. First, he’s spot on. Second, he takes some nice shots at Congress, lawyers, etc. Third, he presents the case for innovation being key to our future in a much more eloquent and humorous way than … Continue reading →
Newt sees it too
As pointed out in numerous posts (just filter on the “Obama” tag) here, clearly the Gormogons believe in some variant of the following: (a) Obama is ill-prepared for the task at hand, (b) what Obama “promised” and preached during the … Continue reading →
Obama Over His Head?
Says the Telegraph—jaw-droppingly. Read every paragraph: Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been “overwhelmed” by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest. British officials, … Continue reading →
Daylight Savings Time?
Clearly we need a Daylight Stimulus Time, says Mark Steyn. And, indeed, the Gormogons can report exclusively: “What I don’t think people should do is suddenly stuff photons in their mattresses and pull back completely from sunlight,” President Obama told … Continue reading →
Re: Hey, Catholic Church!
Since we’re doing some Catholic inside baseball*, I keep meaning to mention that the new (and to my mind improved) translation of the New Order of Mass (the Novus Ordo) in English is moving forward. (Why a new translation? Short … Continue reading →
Hey, Catholic Church!
GorT and family were sitting in Mass today at our local parish between some early teenagers )who obviously missed getting up for Mass earlier and were sent by their parents to this Mass and while unsupervised, two of them proceeded … Continue reading →
Leg Before Wicket
The Czar loves his Xbox 360, and is delighted that its international appeal is spreading. While fellow Gormogons disagree about soccer, baseball, and, well, soccer and baseball, the Gormogons agree on fictional endorsements, and are busy playing each other with … Continue reading →
Subprime Lending II: Electric Boogaloo
Here’s a little story in today’s Washington Post about foreseeable consequences. With the collapse of the subprime market, displaced borrowers are flocking to FHA mortgages. The FHA is in essence the government arm charged with subprime lending, and is currently the only … Continue reading →
Spring Forward
In the ‘Puter compound in Upstate, today is the least favorite day of the year. Even less favored than colonoscopy day. It’s the day when the gubbamint, for no real reason, steals an hour from ‘Puter. Can someone please explain … Continue reading →
Another new follower!
Ennuipundit, welcome aboard the S.S. Gormogon! We can’t tell you where we’re going, or where we’ve been, but we’re happy to have you with us! Cast off, Mr. ’Puter! Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. … Continue reading →
Brown Box Set, continued
GorT— Mark Steyn reminds us that movies are a particularly thoughtful gift for someone who can‘t see very well. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →“Why….won’t….this….play…..ARRRRGGGHHH!” A funny thought: the brilliant gift of the 25 DVDs given to British PM Brown by President Obama might be region encoded (region 1 to be specific which is North America, minus Mexico). Well, if Mr. Brown has a standard … Continue reading →
Боже мой!
Confucius says: Can’t anybody play this game? So, you’ll remember the gift-giving fiascos of late. Guess what. It gets worse. At right is a picture of the “reset” button we gave the Russians in honor of Joe Biden’s immortal epigram. … Continue reading →
Innovation is key
Given previous postings, I think a reader will get the sense that a number of us here are in favor of allowing technological advancement which will empower growth in the country. I periodically check out the TED talks and came … Continue reading →
Great Moments in Teaching, Episode #42,729
‘Puter hasn’t revisited this topic recently, but this is just too good to pass up. In Utah, two female teachers were arrested for seducing their 13 year old student. Best part? Neither teacher knew they were sharing a partner. Good … Continue reading →
Episode IV: A New Jackass
Noted economist Jar Jar Binks stated yesterday, “Me sir thinks socialism am good, sir.” I guess Binks is as useful in his prognosticating as any economist has been to date. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. … Continue reading →
Copywrong
Regular readers will know the Czar of Muscovy is a strong supporter of scientific advancement, and that the Czar strongly disapproves of the popular portrayal of conservatives as scientific morons; the Czar also believes that the GOP, in particular, should … Continue reading →
Take me to your leader
So the geniuses in the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill with the following language: RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that as Pluto passes overhead through Illinois’ night skies, that it … Continue reading →
Assistant Chief of Protocol for Gift-Giving
Take out a help-wanted ad, for God’s sake. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Pimpin’ ain’t easy, #4
Welcome to our blogroll, Ennuipundit! (Great Watchmen post, incidentally.) Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Another state of soft-minded fools falls to Gormogonical schemes
The Commonwealth bows to the Thirteenth Imam. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Kiss kiss bang bang!
Jesus, I forgot that the other Gormogons are such freakin’ squishes on soccer.* At least we can all agree on the super-awesomeness that is the gun, right? RIGHT?! This is kinda cute: And there’s decent piece here on the Attorney … Continue reading →
State or DOD gets some propaz
The government of Kyrgyzstan is waffling on kicking us out of Manas AFB. I suspect means we’re doing a good job at saying, “Hey, look, you remember, oh, say, 1862–1991 when the Russians ran things around here? You sure you … Continue reading →
Word of the day: enthymeme
Which is contained in this Roger Kimball column. It also contains this great quote from the late David Stove, a Australian philosopher who was always interesting. [Either a feeling of universal benevolence or an uncompromising moralism] on its own is … Continue reading →
Charles Krauthammer…
…echoes the Volgi. Flattering for the Volgi, bad for America. “…The markets’ recent precipitous decline is a reaction not just to the absence of any plausible bank rescue plan, but also to the suspicion that Obama sees the continuing financial … Continue reading →
Wisdom
We do not need more material development, we need more spiritual development. We do not need more intellectual power, we need more moral power. We do not need more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more government, … Continue reading →
Sweaty Men Consensually Rubbing Together
‘Puter didn’t realize that The Gormogons had become a sports blog. Since we’re now opining on sport generally, ‘Puter’s weighing in. ‘Puter’s favorite sports to watch are, in descending order: (1) ice hockey; (2) college basketball in conference games and … Continue reading →
A Slighter Rebuttal
Allow the Czar to make a slight rebuttal to GorTechie’s otherwise brilliant post. This rebuttal is only to clarify some potentially disparaging remarks made about baseball, a “past time” near and dear to the Czar’s heart. We played it as … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s Rear View Mirror
‘Puter’s more than passingly familiar with the financial services industry, the industry being pummeled the hardest (and deservedly so) by the current downturn. As such, ‘Puter’s been thinking about the many companies that have failed, and any commonalities among them. … Continue reading →
A slight rebuttal
Let me make a rebuttal to the Volgi’s post here. And let me say that one could take Mr. Webb’s post as somewhat of tongue-in-cheek – but I’ll take him at his own words: “For those who think I jest…“. … Continue reading →
We might have to make this guy a Gormogon
Because of his magnificent, “How Soccer is Ruining America: A Jeremiad.” Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Always read Garry Kasparov
Great piece in the WSJ today. One doubts he’s seen the Volgi’s latest screed against Putin and our feckless Russian diplomacy, so it’s gratifying to see him making some of the same points. He goes further, however, in presenting evidence … Continue reading →
H·P·R·I
Offended by the Volgi’s comments about the low standards of discourse in much of the Muslim world? My bad: Another installment in my “why not let these people have a nuclear weapon, what can possibly go wrong” series. “The Zionists … Continue reading →
Hakujin!
I love, love, love this story. Hmm…. but does he really think it means “Samurai” or “Dragon soul”? The story is a bit inconsistent. Or does he really know his tattoo 外人 really means “foreigner” and is he just yanking … Continue reading →
Good Relations With the Gormogons I Have
It’s weird how relevent the Gomorgons website is to every single thing the Czar thinks about. His six-year-old Царевич has recently completed a Lenten sacrifice by watching all six Star Wars episodes in their entirety (that means without wandering off … Continue reading →
More Amateur Hour?
America needs a good, functional intelligence community now more than ever. With the fiscal problems looming, there is cause for concern for instability and aggression from a variety of fronts. One only has to look back at some of the … Continue reading →
Black conservatives… [Updated]
…have a new magazine! Obviously, it’s not just for blacks or conservatives, but Freedom’s Journal is conservatism approached from a distinctly black viewpoint. Very slick—in the good sense—attractive, smart, and well-written. Check it out. May it prosper and last! Update: … Continue reading →
Now he tells us?
Stephen Schwartz, who’s written for years (not inaccurately) about the tolerant, cosmopolitan Islam of the Balkans may have to insert “historically” before “tolerant,” as he provides evidence that in both Bosnia (subscriber-only for now) and Kosovo, the forces of radical … Continue reading →
T. Coddington van Voorhees III returns!
With his unique brand of Republican analysis! During our Bermuda summit many gambits were proposed to win back America’s elite electoral precincts from the left; sponsoring various hip hop colloquia at the better Ivies, supporting integration of gays into Nascar, … Continue reading →
Obama, Sidwell, Hypocrisy, and Two Kids on the Bubble
So, your Volgi is on record as saying that the Obamas’ sending their kids to Sidwell while opposing school choice is pardonable hypocrisy. I’m starting to rethink. Because apparently the one government program that needs to be cut in the … Continue reading →
’Puter Grammaticus
I’m shocked that Ghettoputer, in his pointing to a story about a D.C. bus driver’s sucker-punching McGruff the Crime Dog (or, more accurately, the cop in the costume. Tough for you, Busman.), didn’t impress upon the world his long-held theory … Continue reading →
Take A Bite Out Of This!
GorT goes berserk, making little children cry. As an aside, the whole incident reminds ‘Puter of that absolutely disturbing CSI episode about PAFCon (plushies and furries convention, for those not in the know like The Volgi), wherein grown folks get … Continue reading →
And ’Puter weeps…
…for the loss of his hero in this one. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →GorT is already setting his DVR…
…for this remake. Finally, a chance for him to break out the old red jumpsuit… Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Inconceivable!
Are we about to fall victim to one of the classic blunders? The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia,and only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is … Continue reading →
Pimpin’ ain’t easy, #3
The Gormogons want to thank the lovely and talented Emily Grace of Kick-Boxing Rhinos for linking to us, and we’re returning the favor. Welcome to the blogroll, Emily! Stop by, hit the “follow” button. We need more cute girls around … Continue reading →
Gettin’ funky while Rome burns?
So I remember G.H.W. Bush being pilloried for zipping around in a cigarette boat during Desert Storm, and G.W. said he gave up playing golf as it’d look bad during wartime. Now, I understand that only Republicans behave like callous, … Continue reading →
Обама, нет! [Updated]
Your Volgi is having trouble rousing himself to write about the Obama Administration‘s apparent, asinine gambit of writing to the Russian government and offering to remove the missile-defense systems we’ve worked so hard to get installed in Poland and the … Continue reading →
Okay, Don’t Listen
An update to this post. A day after nonsense allegations that racism is the reason openly self-confessed corrupt Senator Roland Burris enjoys single digit approval ratings, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has suddenly backed off his demand for a special election … Continue reading →
What Happened?
In celebration of Black History Month (‘Puter’s always late), ‘Puter offers the following quote from fellow D.C. Area native (although, forcibly so) and Upstater by Choice, Mr. Frederick Douglass. I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, … Continue reading →