‘Puter read with interest this Eugene Robinson opinion piece in this morning’s Washington Post. Mr. Robinson identifies what he perceives to be the Republicans’ failing: they don’t have a convincing narrative about the economy. Mr. Robinson then spends the remainder … Continue reading →
Oh good. Obama is now backing the Occupy protestors. And the liberals all said George Bush was a clueless idiot. This move could not be more wrong, based on the fact that the core protestors can’t stand Obama: he is … Continue reading →
So let us see if we understand this correctly. Michele Bachmann is against vaccinations, maybe, because some random stranger went up to her and claimed one caused mental retardation. The Czar is pained to say it, but this is not … Continue reading →
GorT has written about taxes, Keynesian economics, and the current economic situation before but I’m always impressed when I read pieces that add a new dimension to it. This is the case with the brilliant piece by Victor Hanson here. … Continue reading →
‘Puter has been up to his elbows in alligators at work of late, so posting has been light from him. What? Of course your Gormogons have side jobs. How else are we supposed to pay our bar tabs and keep … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been reading much about the debt ceiling debate over the past weeks. ‘Puter has come to the following conclusions. 1. The debt ceiling will be increased. It will be increased because it must be increased. And it must be … Continue reading →
Now a rumor is out that Congressman Weiner can’t resign because he is afraid of how he will pay his bills. He has no money sources outside his $174,000 a year salary. Really? His wife is working for free? Regardless, … Continue reading →
GD leaps into action with his exciting Kung Fu grip: Dread, awful, powerful, all-seeing Czar, I was 100% with you, right up until you dragged his poor, pregnant (according to the interwebs), suffering wife into the discussion. I totally agree … Continue reading →
There has been a little bit of consideration on both sides of the aisle that maybe Congressman Weiner deserves a pass on this incident. After all, this is a private matter between Congressman Weiner and his wife; it doesn’t affect … Continue reading →
Allow the Czar to congratulate GorT on a spot-on essay regarding Congressman Weiner. Ultimately, the summary of Weiner’s press conference was “I take full responsibility for my actions, but I will not resign.” Which means he does not take full … Continue reading →
If there’s one good thing about ‘Puter, it’s that he’s fair enough to call out shenanigans on the Right. If there’s two good things about ‘Puter, it would be news to us. More to the first point, we want our … Continue reading →
The Czar notices we have not touched Weiner’s wiener. Let us suppose the Congressman is innocent of sending an obscene photograph to a college girl. What we have is a member of Congress who has somehow been hacked. If someone … Continue reading →
The housing market has now entered the feared “double dip,” after rebounding slightly in the past few quarters. Liberal pundits and media are furiously spinning the seemingly unending stream of bad economic indicators as “unexpected.” Heck, Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit … Continue reading →
Two New York State Assemblymen have decided that rather than address the crushing state debt and inequitable state employee benefits situation, their time is better spent making “homeless dogs” the official state canine. ‘Puter thinks all of New York’s elected … Continue reading →
Liberals have recently taken to calling for nebulously defined “shared sacrifice.” Shared sacrifice has been trotted out by President Obama in support of his budget. Newly anointed DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) calls for shared sacrifice to reduce the … Continue reading →
That’s how the headlines should be reading. A horribly slanted news/opinion mashup at the Huffington Post admits as much, so you don’t have to take ‘Puter’s word for it. If Speaker Boehner and his Republican Caucus were smart, they’d offer … Continue reading →
We have seen recently what multiateralist, humanitarian foreign policy looks like. And in ‘Puter’s opinion, it looks like failure. Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s Morning Joe put it well when he referred to the Obama Administration’s foreign policy as treating the … Continue reading →
Wisconsin’s union lackeys, through Dane County (home of Madison) Democrat county district attorney Ismael Ozanne and Dane County Court judge Maryann Sumi, got a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of Gov. Scott Walker’s union -taming legislation. Here’s hoping Gov. Walker … Continue reading →
As Barbie once said, “Math is hard!” (Actually, Barbie said “Math class is tough!”, but ‘Puter likes the urban legend version better, so cope). Democrats are the Party of Barbie. Math may be beyond their collective grasp, but spending other … Continue reading →
Apropos of ‘Puter’s post below on New York’s odd fixation on bicycles, Dr. J writes in to remind ‘Puter of a basic fact. With the government, it’s all about the money. I suspect that this is just another way to … Continue reading →
New York is taking a beating. Business is fleeing the state. We have the highest or second highest overall tax burden depending on how you assess it. Our infrastructure is crumbling. Our youth get educated, then leave for greener pastures. … Continue reading →
Gormogon Operative JS sent a coded message to ‘Puter utilizing as a cipher the number of purely gratuitious shots of Teri Hatcher’s rack on Desperate Housewives. JS writes: Have you chimed in yet about Unions and Wisconsin? I would’ve thought … Continue reading →
All this discussion about budgeting got ‘Puter to thinking about all the implicit assumptions that go into spending other people’s money (i.e., tax revenue). ‘Puter believes that Americans need not accept the current paradigm, as it is designed to inexorably … Continue reading →
President Obama proposed his 2012 budget today. The New York Times predictably gushes in a so-called “news” story about the proposal’s “cut and invest” strategy. Meanwhile, House Republicans bravely proposed cutting nearly $100 billion out of the remaining budget for … Continue reading →
Avid Gormogon readers know ‘Puter lives somewhere in the frozen tundra known as Upstate New York. Readers also know it takes a special kind of person to live Upstate. One who overlooks the little things, like crumbling infrastructure, sky high … Continue reading →
New York is going for it! No longer content to be a meager number 2 in the rankings for states with the worst tax burden, we’re kicking it up a notch! New York is now taxing all of the income … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s going to break a few of his own rules (including but not limited to: engaging in ad hominem attacks) in this post, so hang on. New York State Sen. James S. Alesi (R-55th) is a self-entitled asshole. There, ‘Puter’s … Continue reading →
Kevin D. Williamson at National Review’s blog The Exchequer has a post that ‘Puter really cannot improve upon. Mr. Williamson writes concerning the Republicans’ nascent plans to address looming state insolvencies: And I see one big opportunity: This is the … Continue reading →
As an update to ‘Puter’s post immediately below, in a shocking move, the Democrat leader of the Wisconsin State Senate voted with Republicans to vote down the Assembly approved giveaways. Unions and Democrats are said to be “stunned.” Well, good. … Continue reading →
Gormogon Operative MC writes in with the most recent display of Democrats’ brazen thievery. In order to pass 16 separate union contracts, Democrats in the Wisconsin legislature sprung one of their colleagues from the hoosegow so he could vote. Quoth … Continue reading →
In today’s Washington Post, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD8) lays out the Democrats’ best argument for reinstatement of the estate tax. As near as ‘Puter’s tiny brain can figure, the argument is this: 1. Rich people have money.2. Congress needs … Continue reading →
This is totally true. The Czar received this flyer in the mail last week. Thanks to the Capitol Fax Blog for scanning it in so we did not have to. That awful Mark Kirk! What a terrible conservative. He is, … Continue reading →
Posted without comment. At first I thought it was a slow news day at the Sun-Times, when I saw this headline Sunday morning: “State Senator Ricky Hendon calls Republican candidate for Governor Brady “idiotic, racist, sexist and homophobic.” Hmmm, I … Continue reading →
Ah, Barney Frank: the Congressman everybody loves to hate. If you really needed a stereotype of a Congress member who does everything wrong yet retains his or her job, Frank is a good one. The Boston Herald just discovered something … Continue reading →
Or, alternatively, the Great State of New York has a gubenatorial candidates’ debate. Watch, and marvel as a plastic-faced prostitute (actually, a madam) extols the virtues of legalized prostitution! Laugh, as a crazily bearded man wearing gloves constantly laments that … Continue reading →
Businesses aren’t hiring. Unemployment is stuck at nearly ten percent. Americans believe the recession is still in full swing, regardless of what the pointy heads at NBER say. The Obama Administration is talking about raising taxes. Unintended, though eminnently foreseeable, … Continue reading →
‘Puter was confronted with three stark examples of how liberal Democrats are unable to even contemplate that their legislation may have unexpected deleterious consequences. Exhibit 1, Dodd-Frank Financial Reform. A Democrat controlled Congress unites to pass sweeping financial services regulation. … Continue reading →
Our President, Commander in Chief and Supreme Exalted Master of the Obvious had his first press conference since May today. Ever-reliable Obama apologist Reuters headlines its puff piece on the presser thus: “Obama Says Koran Burning Can Badly Damage U.S. … Continue reading →
The State Department caved today, allowing United States citizens living on Iroquois reservations to travel under Iroquois passports rather than under United States passports, as all other United States citizens must. Well, holy crap. Thanks, Secretary Clinton and your brain-damaged … Continue reading →
Instead of Democrats paying off teachers’ unions with taxpayers’ money, how about giving teachers the same choice most taxpayers have been faced with? ‘Puter leaves aside for the moment the fact that shacklin payoffs to union supporters to a war … Continue reading →
“Congressman Eric Massa [(D-NY)]was a little bit crazy.” This from Esquire magazine’s July 1 edition according to the WaPo. Other interesting tidbits? OK. Here goes: 1. Rep. Massa contemplated suicide on several occasions. 2. Rep. Massa pulled a Kennedy and … Continue reading →
Judges and many other professionals are enjoined by ethics regulations to strive to avoid even the mere appearance of impropriety. That is, if you’re considering doing something that’s perfectly legal, but looks bad, you should not embark on that course … Continue reading →
New York’s budget is almost a month late. This despite (or perhaps because of) a $9 billion budget deficit. And what are ‘Puter’s elected betters doing? Passing a budget? Nope. They’re stealing our organs. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, a Westchester County … Continue reading →
It’s official. New York is the modern-day equivalent of 1930s Oklahoma, with its residents fleeing intolerable conditions for a better future in more hospitable climes. The crime of it all is that unlike Oklahoma in the 1930s, New York’s downfall … Continue reading →
Today we learn that Megan Williams, who claimed under oath that she was kidnapped, brutally raped and tortured, made the entire story up. The story then tiptoes around the fact that the woman may be recanting because she is mentally … Continue reading →
And so the plot thickens. According to the latest news from the Chicago Sun-Times web site, Kelly’s girlfriend has “lawyered up” and is no longer talking to the police. In addition to the silent girlfriend, the police are trying to … Continue reading →
