Celebrity Pledge - The Gormogons

Ok, the Celebrity Pledge (see below) is all well and good, but it prompts two questions in my mind:

1. Were these celebrities not working hard and not pitching in such that they need to pledge to do so? I might argue, yes, Hollywood has been rather lack-luster as of late. A glut of crappy reality TV, sitcoms with little imagination and more crassness, and movies that are re-hashes (rarely well done) of shows and movies of the past.

2. I think there are a good amount of people out there doing just what this pledge asks – volunteer your time, talent or treasure (a familiar motto to those of us in the Catholic Church), be a better father/mother, etc. Asking more of these people can be akin to squeezing blood from a stone. Generally these generous few are the ones who make our schools, communities, businesses, and country function. If (looking at my watch) President Obama does nothing else but create an environment where more people are encouraged to join these ranks, then I’ll salute him. However, my concern is that the new administration will “force” this participation by all with a focus on those already doing so. Be wary but be generous.

GorT

GorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the Gormogons’ bills, including subsidizing this website. Some of the products he has introduced from the future include oven mitts, the Guinness widget, Oxy-Clean, and Dr. Pepper. Due to his immense cybernetic brain, GorT is able to produce a post in 0.023 seconds and research it in even less time. Only ’Puter spends less time on research. GorT speaks entirely in zeros and ones, but occasionally throws in a ڭ to annoy the Volgi. He is a massive proponent of science, technology, and energy development, and enjoys nothing more than taking the Czar’s more interesting scientific theories, going into the past, publishing them as his own, and then returning to take credit for them. He is the only Gormogon who is capable of doing math. Possessed of incredible strength, he understands the awesome responsibility that follows and only uses it to hurt people.