JAB nails this one perfectly. Your Czarness, As you doubtless know, I read the lofty writings emanating from the Castle every single, solitary day. I also read Mr. Puter’s postings. [Ba-dum-bump!—ed] So naturally I read and committed to memory your … Continue reading →
Why, the ever-helpful CNN has compiled a list of Ten Things President Obama Must Do in the next ten weeks before the mid-term elections. Perhaps he could take one item per week? The list is not clear, because any time … Continue reading →
And here ‘Puter thought it was sheer incompetance and Obama idolatry that explained the decline in the NYT’s quality. Turns out it was the booze all along. Sadly, the booze explanation is less humiliating. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the … Continue reading →
You’ve made it clear that, deep down, you really don’t like the United States. In that, you are like many of your Ivy confrères, all those Harvard-Yale-Princeton types who find the spectacle of individual freedom playing itself out irredeemably vulgar. … Continue reading →
Time’s Joe Klein writes a little ditty called “Sky Still Not Falling,” which explains how President Obama should not be concerned with his lowest ever approval ratings. Klein makes many valid points: too-frequent polls result in a short-term understanding of … Continue reading →
According to President Obama’s Father’s Day proclamation, the insipid, politically correct text of which may be found at the link. Royal Physician Dr. J. writes in asking the following salient questions: Between the severe back pain and opium haze, were … Continue reading →
The Washington Post reports this morning that President Obama has quietly been chipping away at federal regulations that treat homosexuals differently. For example: Gay partners of federal workers will now receive long-term health insurance, access to day care and other … Continue reading →
What ‘Puter failed to mention was that the Volgi doled out compare and contrast assignments* today so here’s mine. I’m sure he’ll give me a B+ because I don’t include enough foreign languages. Event one: Mexican President Felipe Calderón was … Continue reading →
Dr. J, who must be typing on his laptop in a rowboat drifting down a boulevard somewhere, writes in again today asking The Notorious (President) BHO has nominated Ms. Kagan to the SCOTUS. As Solicitor General, she lost the landmark … Continue reading →
Dan Henninger from the WSJ has a great OpEd video below. He makes a number of excellent points, but the one I like the best and wish the regular news outlets would pick up on is that it is much … Continue reading →
Asks Friend of the Gormogons Jonah Goldberg over at Commentary. You’ll want to check it out, comment, etc. Possible commentary coming later… Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Remember all the hub-bub about the “illegal” wiretapping of international calls from or to people on terrorist watchlists? You had things like this and this. Since then the furor has died down and the Obama administration has actually defended and … Continue reading →
Interesting attempt to get a handle on the President’s psyche by Michael Knox Beran. Not sure it’s exactly right, but definitely worth pondering. The weird calm with which Obama contemplates this electoral debacle is consonant with the apparent serenity with … Continue reading →
In his SOTU address last night, President Obama stated his intention to press for repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. It’s really too bad the Republicans didn’t listen to ‘Puter back in June 2009, when he advocated … Continue reading →
The Washington Post’s website headline right now is a quote from President Obama’s State of the Union address last evening. That quote? “We were sent here to serve our citizens.” Now, mayhaps ‘Puter’s being hypersensitive on the issue, but he’s … Continue reading →
By ‘Puter GormogonAssociated Press Wannabe WASHINGTON (AP) — Throngs of Americans descended upon Washington today, demanding the resignation of President Obama and all 535 members of Congress. Armed with nothing more than copies of the United States Constitution, and accompanied … Continue reading →
Very clever. Via Jonah @ the Corner. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →If Bloomberg News is to be believed, President Obama’s new economic plan is to freeze (not cut) discretionary spending. Leaving aside for the moment the soon-to-come anguished cries from public sector unions that a spending freeze (not cut) will kill … Continue reading →
The reason both wings of American liberalism — congressional and mainstream media — were so surprised at the force of anti-Democratic sentiment is that they’d spent Obama’s first year either ignoring or disdaining the clear early signs of resistance: the … Continue reading →
President Obama, when asked about the Democrats’ plan to stall seating Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA)(Mmmmm. Schadenfreude.), categorically rejected the finagle. President Obama stated: Here’s one thing I know and I just want to make sure that this is off the … Continue reading →
As Gormogon readers know, hippies can be counted on for four things: (1) access to high quality weed; (b) reeking of patchouli; (q) hairy women; and (7) hating on the military. ‘Puter offers for your edification some facts whith which … Continue reading →
If he’s not, the White House press office better have a good excuse for releasing this photo: Via Ed Driscoll. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →‘Puter’s a little late to the party, as he’s been making Thanksgiving preparations around Castle Gormogon. You know, hanging festive garlands of severed ears, brining the emu, preparing the hearts of palm and pig intesting casserole. The usual stuff. But … Continue reading →
The White House—that is, co-presidents Obama and Gibbs—are crowing that a Washington Post/ABC poll is proclaiming that 57% of Americans would consider a public healthcare option. To put it another way, which ABC would if Bush were President, “Nearly one … Continue reading →
Look, crazy Obama cultists. If you’re going to offend people by deifying President Obama, go big or go home. May ‘Puter recommend that school children in Chicago sing the third verse of O, Holy Night while kneeling before a likeness … Continue reading →
Mrs. GorT is familiar with the videotaping rights as she has done similar services (not of amateur presidential worship songs) for our kids’ school. When she started a number of years ago, she knew that parents had to sign waivers … Continue reading →
‘Puter takes note of the Burlington (NJ) Township Board of Education Meeting tonight. You remember, the place where second-graders performed a creepy, Mao-like cult of personality song extolling our Forty-fourth President. One of the parents is seeking answers as to … Continue reading →
You would think that a historian so well versed in President Wilson would run screaming for cover when thinking about President Obama. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was … Continue reading →
CNN reports that Americans are divided—probably another 80/20 tie, right Gort?—over whether President Obama has done enough to merit his Nobel Peace Prize. The CNN report reaffirms the Czar’s ongoing speculation that people fall into two camps: 1. People who … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s spent a little time this morning thinking about the Nobel Committee awarding President Obama the Peace Prize. The Committee’s stated rationale for bestowing the award on our President is to recognize his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and … Continue reading →
The Czar, frankly, is getting a wee-bit tired of the MSM pointing out (gasp) that comedians are getting away with making fun of Obama. From Conan O’Brien’s spot-on send-up of Michelle Obama to SNL’s increasingly less-than-realistic Fred Armisen/Obama impression, suddenly … Continue reading →
The Jerusalem Post has an editorial that discusses what would happen if Iran fully complied with nuclear restrictions. It is worth a read, but it is not necessary for you to do so to continue herein. The editorial makes the … Continue reading →
There’s an interesting article in today’s New York Times concerning availability and distribution of the swine flu vaccine. The most interesting part of the article was Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius’ comments. When asked about the confusion … Continue reading →
Whether you have personally experienced it or not, everyone pretty much gets the brother-in-law who keeps borrowing money with no intention of repaying it. Each time, though, there is a mighty excuse for why the last time did not work, … Continue reading →
What has President Obama actually accomplished while in office? The Czar is having a difficult time finding much. While spending time on Democratic and pro-Obama websites, there were quite a few lists that had much in common. But, alas, these … Continue reading →
The Obamas can celebrate another humiliating waste of his valuable time. Dropping incredible matters of international importance (like Afghanistan and Iran), the President raced to Copenhagen to push the Olympic site selection committee to pick Chicago as the site of … Continue reading →
…if this kind of stuff hadn’t been created left and right by his fanboys during the campaign, and the president hadn’t been talking himself up as the Redeemer of the Nation, I’d consider it out of bounds. But, since as … Continue reading →
The WorldNetDaily web site has posted a summary of the evidence that columnist Jack Cashill has gathered to question the true authorship of Barack Obama’s book, “Dreams From My Father.” The conclusion of his investigation is that Bill Ayers – … Continue reading →
President Obama has got to hate YouTube by now. For now we have video from last June (rapidly being pulled off YouTube, so the following link may be dead by the time you read this) featuring about 18 multiracial school … Continue reading →
He begins: During last year’s campaign, Sen. Joe Biden famously remarked that, if his ticket won, it wouldn’t be long before “the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy” on foreign affairs. Last week, President Obama, brilliantly wielding … Continue reading →
Despite the impressive but oddly emphatic promise to increase military presence in Afghanistan, CinC Obama is now holding off on sending additional troops at what Gen. Stanley McChrystal considers a critical moment. No doubt the President is going to base … Continue reading →
Tom Jocelyn at the Standard writes a good post today on the fact that “Obama’s Popularity Abroad Does Not Equal Gains for America.” In short: his personal popularity has not changed any of the complexes of problems with which President … Continue reading →
If this quote in the Guardian is right, then either someone flunked junior-high Civics, or the Administration’s opinion of itself is, uh, expansive? Obama has rejected the Pentagon’s first draft of the “nuclear posture review” as being too timid, and … Continue reading →
Lots of commentators are pointing out seemingly scary similarities between Woodrow Wilson and Barack Obama. Heck, they just say that because both are Progressives. In fact, there are lots of differences between Wilson and Obama. For example: Wilson lived most … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin has discovered an article by Aaron Klein on the WorldNetDaily web site that outlines regulatory Czar Cass Sunstein’s belief that President Obama, not the courts, should interpret the law. This would probably work if Obama were a dictator … Continue reading →
Updated: Guess who agrees with us? President Jimmy Carter declared Rep. Joe Wilson a racist on Tuesday, for calling President Obama a liar during the latter’s health care sales pitch last week. The White House, in a little recognized story, … Continue reading →
According to Breitbart.com, Obama, Clinton eat Italian after Obama’s NY speech. What did the poor bastard do to deserve that fate? I would think you would have to cook him over a medium heat as not to dry him out. … Continue reading →
No need to apologize to Baltimore. Regardless of the Nation’s Capital’s problems, the Charm City is still like school on Saturday. No class. Your Volgi is partially correct. ACORN’s tutorials on how to run a stable of prostitutes financed by … Continue reading →
One plain fact should outweigh all the words of Barack Obama and all the impressive trappings of the setting in which he says them: He tried to rush Congress into passing a massive government takeover of the nation’s health care … Continue reading →
While reviewing the political cartoons at Townhall.com today, this one really caught my attention. I think the cartoon’s artist is illustrating what for me is the inability to distinguish between indoctrination to a distinct set of political views and the … Continue reading →
I do like the ability to travel through time – it provides the chance to reflect on the changing times. For example, I recently went back to October 1991. President George H. W. Bush (Bush, Sr., if you will) had … Continue reading →
The Czar has read the President’s speech, which of course was posted far too late for schools to do anything about it. The Mandarin is aware of some school districts—and the Czar has similary heard—that school principals are saying “Screw … Continue reading →
Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Unemployment hits 9.7%, indicating that the recession—which the news media has declared over or, as of yesterday, showing signs of sure growth—is still very much with us. Stimulus spending has failed to produce tangible results. Cash for Clunkers proved to … Continue reading →
We love the words of our Presidents, especially the ones deemed so eloquent. [W]ere it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to … Continue reading →
Well, as you have likely heard by now, the Secretary of Education is pulling back on the Obama-related activities students are to partake in before, during, and after his address to the youth of America. Oh, and as ‘Puter reminded … Continue reading →
The Czar is getting good mail lately and thanks you all for it. Jennifer (you know her!) often visits the Castle, and generally leaves a fresh-baked pie in a neat cardboard box at our door, and rings the doorbell and … Continue reading →
Obama is now at 46% popularity. After 30 weeks. “Yeah, but that’s still higher than Bush.” True enough. But Bush took 159 weeks to get there. And Carter? Took him about 53 weeks to drop down to this point. Seems … Continue reading →
Download: Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sent a letter to all school principals that POTUS Obama will speak to school children on September 8 on an unprecedented internet feed. Millons of school children will stop their day, gather in classrooms … Continue reading →
Thank you for all your support and encouragement. Yes, the Czar has read all 1,017 pages of the HR 3200 bill, and you can read his assessment of it. As far as the Czar knows, everyone who has read the … Continue reading →
The Volgi wondered openly to the Czar whether Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is a sociopath or an intellectual feathweight, given how he seems able to reiterate the President as completely correct even when all the evidence produced in a question … 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 →
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 →
…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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
The beer summit, admittedly, went a little different than the Czar originally suggested. Some thoughts. SGT Crowley said that the summit was “productive and the two men plan to meet again.” In fact, the Czar hears, the two really hit … Continue reading →
As you know, President Obama has invited Cambridge Police SGT James Crowley and Harvard loudmouth Henry Louis Gates, Jr., to the White House for a “beer summit,” although no one seems to know what the goal of this meeting is … Continue reading →
What a pickle POTUS Obama finds himself in. His popularity is dropping—not as fast as conservative bloggers and commentators would have you believe—but the downward trend is quite obvious. This problem happened to Bill Clinton, too, if you recall. Each … Continue reading →
Here is a cautionary tale about letting government slowly take more and more of what you have worked hard to attain. Enjoy! The MandarinThe Mandarin, whose real name is 吏恆, joined the order in 1309, and introduced the Gormogons into … Continue reading →
Mike Goldfarb: This is the same Barack Obama who asked the entire federal government to come up with $100 million in savings over the next year and couldn’t deliver on deadline. Yet the military, actively engaged in two hot wars … Continue reading →
The ill-advised “Cash for Clunkers” is already turning out to be a typical Obama-administration deal. If you remember this, starting July 24, you can take your old POS lime green Fiero into a dealership and get an additional $4,500 back … Continue reading →
Feel free to pick which one of these is “an inexcusable waste of money.” The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in … Continue reading →
The Czar has heard yet another radio advertisement for a group demanding the POTUS Obama deliver his birth certificate. Article Two, Section 1, of the United States Constitution requires that the President be a natural born US citizen. If he … Continue reading →
Your Volgi sent us this little link, which explores why scientists hate Republicans. The Czar appreciates the assumption that it is worthless asking whether or not scientists actually do hate Republicans—by God, actually they do. The article covers the Pew … Continue reading →
This liberal. President Obama voted against the Illinois version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act when a state senator. The Illinois proposal would have simply required doctors to provide medical care to an infant born alive after an unsuccessful … Continue reading →
As you’ll recall, Confucius* says “Buy more F-22s.” This question is heating up increasingly, with Congress and many military officers on the one side, and Secdef Gates and the White House on the other. Dodbuzz.com calls it A Battle for … Continue reading →
Hard to believe these are the same news stories. AP reports that the Congressional Budget Office Director concludes the Obamacare Bill will fail to slow the rise of health care costs. Fortunately, the story continues, bipartisan efforts and a revamping … Continue reading →
In today’s Wall Street Journal, international beat opinionator Bret Stephens has an interesting little column comparing Kenya’s corrupt (and corrupting) government to American government under our new Democrat majority. Francis is a tour guide and bus driver mentioned in President … Continue reading →
Your Volgi called it early. The Czar is starting to concede that POTUS Obama’s “get off your asses” speech in Ghana to Africa as a whole might prove to be a very good thing. Indeed, it might be the most … Continue reading →
Ghetto P., “the politics of personal destruction” is not original to Clinton or Obama. It was advocated by Saul Alinsky (the harmless-looking nerdy guy at right) on whom Hillary wrote an admiring thesis at Wellesley and who essentially invented the … Continue reading →
In his weekly radio address, POTUS Obama reminded everyone that injury happens fast to a body, but healing takes a while. The Czar agrees with his reminder that the economy is not going to be fixed overnight. Frankly, the Czar … Continue reading →
As mentioned previously, the African Colonial theory seems a little overdrawn to the Volgi. But, wow, was he pleasantly surprised at the quoted remarks President Obama delivered to African leaders saying, “Hey, colonialism’s just an excuse at this point. Knock … Continue reading →
The Czar was reminded of the Mandarin’s post on whether POTUS Obama qualified as an African Colonial, at least psychologically, as L. E. Ikenga suggests. The Czar is pretty sure that if he were, the President would not want anyone … Continue reading →
Is our offer to Russia (again). This time the president is stating it publicly: “I know Russia opposes the planned configuration for missile defence in Europe . . . I have made it clear that this system is directed at … Continue reading →
Probably no one noticed it except the Czar, but CNN has a nice summary of everything that’s wrong with the Obama administration. The story discusses how the GOP is starting to turn the flame up on the Obama economic recovery … Continue reading →
The upshot of all this is that the task of keeping Russia’s imperialist pretensions under control has just gotten harder. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →From The Guardian’s coverage of POTUS Obama’s trip to Russia, comes this: Without mentioning Russia by name, Obama spelled out the US’s commitment to “universal values.” These included the rule of law, the equal administration of justice, and competitive elections—all … Continue reading →
Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The Czar found a website called Democrats Against Obama, and wondered what it might contain. Information on our 44th president’s policies and misfires? Editorial commentary on his next steps? Plans to improve the Democratic party? Well. It does contain a … Continue reading →
With President Barack Obama’s trip to Moscow on Monday, you might expect Russia to avoid stirring up any trouble. Yet the Russian media are now abuzz with speculation about a new war in Georgia, and some Western analysts are voicing … Continue reading →
Lao Tzu (for whom the Volgi has always had a low tolerance and once hit him in the head with an empty port bottle) once wrote “The Dow which can be spoken of is not the eternal way.” Indeed, the … Continue reading →
AFP reports that each Brit will pay the equivalent of $1.15 to support the royal family this year. The Czar lost count, but how much will the average American pay more this year since the Obamas came into the White … Continue reading →
So…well, well, well. All your Volgi’s giving the president the benefit of the doubt on his potential strategic reasons for not commenting on Iran seems to be in vain, given his intemperate and despicable “meddling” in the situation in Honduras. … Continue reading →
Here is an interesting article from the June 25th, 2009 American Thinker web site by L.E. Ikenga that focuses on President Obama’s identification with the cultural and political mindset of postcolonial Africa. One can easily identify the policies and politics … Continue reading →
The Czar has not been following the Honduran coup situation closely enough for his tastes. He wishes there was more coverage on it, and is ashamed to admit this caught him by surprise. And the Czar assumes you have not … Continue reading →
They headline their Saturday editorial: Iran’s LessonsShouldn’t ‘realism’ mandate regime change? And they conclude: Still, by now it ought to be clear that the best chance to protect what Mr. Obama calls “core U.S. security interests” lies in a victory … Continue reading →
