Just Amazing
So the House passes a bill and it becomes obvious that over half of it is filler that is unlikely to be anything close to a stimulus. So the Senate jumpes in on the action now and what happens? Well, … Continue reading →
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.
Draw you own conclusions….
…mine aren’t too positive about this: Apparently a mere three weeks into office and you know what is a focus area for the Obama administration? The economy? Well, maybe with the Giant Technicolor Stimu-porkus Bill. Education? No. Health Care? Maybe, … Continue reading →
More evidence of our spreading the good word
Found at local parishes: and here… GorTGorT 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 … Continue reading →
Really?!? We need this?
Maybe I should check with Volgi before condemning this product to mockitude and see if its in the future for his clan. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the … Continue reading →
A Bright Light in a Dim Room
Sen (Dr.) Coburn (R-OK) is fighting the good fight. I caught up on my newspaper reading this morning and caught his excellent OpEd in the Wall Street Journal. Let me highlight a few of the salient points: less than 10% … Continue reading →
They really know what to do??
Given this following video, how can we believe that the democrat-led Congress knows how to help the economy? They ignored warnings from the Bush White House repeatedly. They claimed that FreddyMac and FannieMae were not in trouble. So now, we … Continue reading →
More Dick!
(That’s Philip K. Dick, you people) There’s word out there that one of the writers for Eagle Eye is working on a sequel script to “Bladerunner” (based on Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” originally published in … Continue reading →
More of the Honest, Ethical, Open Congress at “work”
Wind the time machine back a few years and recall that the big push was for consumers to buy more energy efficient appliances and fixtures with the benefit that they will save tens and hundreds of dollars on their utility … Continue reading →
What are we telling the world?
The Senate confirmed Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury. Of course, this is the same man who failed to pay his own taxes that we’re now putting in charge of the nation’s finances. So what is this telling the … Continue reading →
Hope Governing?
So much was debated over how President Obama would govern and how he would “heal the wounds and divisions” in the country. Now we are presented with the $300+ Billion stimulus bill which is getting choked down in democrat pork … Continue reading →
Unpolished and ill-prepared
I’m sure the first few days of a Presidency is stressful. However, for all the “change” that people wanted are they really getting it? Case in point #1: The Executive Order closing Gitmo. A criticism (valid in many ways) of … Continue reading →
More on the Celebrity Pledge
I have to admit, I didn’t make it through the entire 4+ minutes of the Celebrity Pledge video until today. It was hard to stomach…at least I thought so until I watchted the end. For those who want the quick … Continue reading →
I Pledge (to do more mocking)
Quite possibly the funniest take on the Celebrity Pledge piece cited earlier here and here. Kudos to IowaHawk! I wonder whether we’re truly going to get 4 years of this kind of fodder. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the … Continue reading →
Celebrity Pledge
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 … Continue reading →
Disfunctional Alcholoics
A sad story from Indonesia: Fourteen young Indonesian men died after drinking a cheap, home-brewed alcoholic cocktail, police said Monday. The men, in their 20s and 30s, died after consuming a mix of 90 percent alcohol, vanilla, ginseng and honey, … Continue reading →
What’s In a Name?
The Gormogons are big fans of hockey. “Give me the biscuit!” During a bit of some hockey research for a fantasy hockey league, I came across this fellow. I’m sure he gets all sorts of mocking. It’s just too too … Continue reading →
Crawling out from my hole
The Techie has been a bit busy as of late but I was able to come up for air here briefly to take a sidestep on the type of posts recently. I’d like to do a little Miss Manners bit … Continue reading →
The Other Fairness Doctrine
When Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and the newly elected republican majority entered Congress in 1995 with the “Contract for America”, they also authored rules that provided for the minority party’s opposition to be heard and acted upon. This included the ability … Continue reading →
Patience is a virtue
So I sit here in my wife’s office (a few minutes down the road from our house) on New Years’ Eve as we are currently without power thanks to the high winds hitting our area. I would spend some time … Continue reading →
Are we in for four years of this?
Apparently when a republican president has a exercise routine that most of us are probably envious of, it’s a bad thing. So bad, we get commentary from the media like: “What I mean is the fact that Bush has an … Continue reading →
Riddle me this, Batman
How is P.E. Obama going to reconcile his support from the far left with the reality he is facing and the programs he is pitching. Let’s take a specific domain that’s prominent in the news: the auto industry.The auto industry … Continue reading →
The ‘Puter has been sailing again
Two explorers have found a dagger-board schooner in Lake Ontario just west of Rochester, NY. It is apparently fairly well intact and sitting upright on the lake floor about 500 feet underwater. The mystery is that there have been no … Continue reading →
Others picking up on us?
Looks like one of our favorites, Michelle Malkin, is vibing on the same thread as my earlier post. For a better written and thought-out piece, check her out here. Hat tip to her for pointing out that the 30th annual … Continue reading →
More Chicagobama Politics?
As mentioned below by the ‘Puter, all the Chicago / Illinois politicians are making visits on the Republic Doors & Windows sit-in. That is, all but Gov. Blagojevich (D). He’s enjoying a little stay behind bars for trying to sell … Continue reading →
iGor-mogons
A long time poking between the Gormogons is over computer equipment. Back in the day, GorT was sporting a Atari 800 with 64K RAM (non-standard memory cards used) and the Volgi was styling with an Apple ][e. Today I run … Continue reading →
Obama’s First International Challenge?
It is being reported today that Israel is preparing plans to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities without U.S. backing. While this might prove difficult as the U.S. controls the Iraqi airspace through which the Israeli attack fighter/bombers would have to fly, … Continue reading →
Really Bad Parking Lots
Ah, Thanksgiving. The time for gorging ourselves*, bantering with relatives, watching and maybe playing football, and shopping (unless one can avoid it). In preparation for the upcoming holiday (we need to bring the pumpkin pie) and the pending move-in to … Continue reading →
Maybe it won’t be Sec of State Clinton
It might behoove the Democrats (and many liberals in general) should read the Constitution. Today, we’ll focus on Article 1, Section 6: No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil … Continue reading →
More Reasons for not Bailing out the Auto Industry
Well besides the lovely car pictured on the right (that’s an AMC Gremlin), here is a huge reason not to provide bailouts to the auto industry: Thousands of laid-off auto workers get paid $31 an hour to sit around and … Continue reading →
Is the bloom off the rose?
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Change is here, we’ve elected hope into office. Such were the sentiments that democrats were cheering in early November. Let’s fast forward to the past few days. 30+ of the 47-some-odd posts in transition team … Continue reading →
Innovation is Key
I’m just waiting for Big Environment to put the kibosh on this effort: A small New Mexico startup company, Hyperion Power Generation, has plans to put small, tamper-proof, self-regulating nuclear reactors in people’s backyards…well, ok, maybe just somewhere in your … Continue reading →
Same ol’, same ol’…oh wait, I mean change!
“We’ve got 31 of the 47 people in the transition team”…so, what the American people wanted in this election is democrat retreads with a new figurehead. Gotcha. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to … Continue reading →
Death Spiral
No, it’s not the code name of my new project*. It’s what we’re facing here in the United States with the rumors of bailouts for the auto industry (as a follow up to ‘Puter’s post). This is an industry that … Continue reading →
How Does Hope Govern?
Rather than use the terminology by the Obama transition team spokesperson that Obama is ready to “rule”, I’ll stick with the belief that, as President, he will govern the country. To that end, how does his promises of hope, particularly … Continue reading →
Where’s Joan of Arc When We Need Her?
Finally the Catholic Church has announced that it is cutting off funds to ACORN. Apparently, the history of voter fraud associated with ACORN wasn’t enough to deter the Church (via the Catholic Campaign for Human Development [CCHD]) from creating relationships … Continue reading →
The Future of Conservatism
I’m not one to put my political or social beliefs on a bumpersticker. In fact, if you can summarize your beliefs in these areas on a bumpersticker, I’d be really worried. Having said this, I can summarize my feelings about … Continue reading →
Voting in Maryland
So I walked into my local voting place to do my civic duty in the mid-afternoon. The polling place was relatively empty. Of course, I reach for my wallet to pull out my driver’s license to prove who I am … Continue reading →
Your Ticket to Wonderland Awaits
It’s all good, I’m back from wonderful Nashville, TN from a business conference. Too much standing and talking during the day and wining and dining in the evenings…and then too many political emails overnight. In any event, I did receive … Continue reading →
Nightmare Cabinet — 3
GorT is up for mocking the Dems…heck, it’s a growth industry if you followed this train of thought. Honorable mention: Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as Communist…oh crap, I meant, Commerce Secretary. She knows commerce, heck she’s got all those sweet deals … Continue reading →
It’s All About Job Security
It should be clear to any long-term reader of this site, that my personal belief is that once “politician” became a career here in America, the American political system began a downward spiral. No longer was it well-intentioned citizens volunteering … Continue reading →
He Just Doesn’t Get It
Sure, we all want to cut wasteful, government spending (I’d look at the current Congress right now for a lot of that). We’re going to be in big trouble if he tries to pull all this off: If it gets … Continue reading →
Halloween 2009?
GorTGorT 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. … Continue reading →
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Anyone else noticing the slight chill in the air (here in the DC Suburbs it was below 30 degrees when I left for work this morning)?? It looks like some people are and it looks like we’re in for a … Continue reading →
Maybe People Will Hear This
It looks like CNN is starting to pick up on the ACORN story. The YouTube clip shows a recent story where the first 2100 of 5000 applications turned in to Lake County, Ohio officials by ACORN were fraudulent. Eight members … Continue reading →
Is NATO Broken?
With the current economic crisis hitting all over the world and the sabre rattling from Russia, Germany has been placed into a keystone role with how NATO can operate. There is interest to allow Ukraine and Georgia membership into NATO … Continue reading →
Great Moments In Teaching, Episode #42,727
It appears that some American children’s curriculum includes a section on Barack Obama. Right in the Volgi’s backyard, 8th grade students in Racine, Wisconsin, have a literature textbook with 15 pages devoted to Barack Obama. No content of Reagan, Bush … Continue reading →
Weekend Debate
GorT has some wacky relatives which I think have been alluded to before. I firmly believe in the right of every American legal citizen to vote for who they want. I also believe that if you don’t vote, you shouldn’t … Continue reading →
More derrangement
Hat tip to What Would Tyler Durden Do? for the following: At her concert last night in New York City, Madonna said she would kick Sarah Palin’s ass if she didn’t, “get off my street”. Whatever the hell that means. … Continue reading →
Pay no attention…
… to the past of the man running for President (it’s all smoke and mirrors…or an “illluuuuuusion”). That’s what it seems like the press and the Obama supporters are pushing. I think I’ve been clear in the past that I … Continue reading →
As mentioned before (in passing), competition is coming out for the iPhone in a form that might be more broadly appealing. Now “the Woz” has a few choice thoughts on the iPod and the iPhone. GorT has long held, that … Continue reading →
Hopefully Someone is Listening to Newt
He’s a smart guy regardless of how polarizing he may be. He was able to get things done in Congress back with the “Contract for America”. In fact, it may be the last time a Congress was actually effective. A … Continue reading →
Mocking Bans
Is this what we can look forward to under an Obama/Biden administration? If you mock them or their supporters, you’ll get censored? After years of mocking of Bush, Cheney, etc. I’ve never heard of a report of Saturday Night Live … Continue reading →
The Future of US Space Exploration
With a little prodding from the Volgi, I decided to write about what we can look forward to with regards to our country’s space program. In light of the Chinese and Indians making advancements and the current economic situations, it … Continue reading →
Gormogonish Awards
A brief sidestep here from politics, world aggressions and crises – Much along the lines of the mocking that the Gormogons can appreciate, the 2008 Ig Nobel Awards were released. Peace: plants are people too. The peace award goes to … Continue reading →
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
“This leadership team will create the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history” – Speaker-Elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Press Release, November 16, 2006 In the ever growing list of examples why this is far from the most … Continue reading →
Getting down to brass tacks
I’m not a big fan of political spin by any party. This financial crisis that we’re facing is not Obama’s fault. And while maybe he could have been more vocal in his prior warnings and efforts to rein it in, … Continue reading →
Get Educated!
Every time I read Thomas Sowell, I’m impressed. I’ve wondered why some of my relatives lean to the political left, so this column seemed relevant. Just chill on the following quote from the column: It is hardly surprising that young … Continue reading →
Optimists
I wasn’t able to watch the first debate and all I’ve seen is the general spin of McCain won or Obama won for various reasons. In the end, it seemed like a wash. Later this weekend, I was sent an … Continue reading →
Follow up
As a brief follow up to this story, and without going into details, I do want to say that I’ve seen promise for various elements of the IC (Intelligence Community). Several agencies are suffering a generational continuity gap and parts … Continue reading →
Is Change another Clarence Walker?
So is Hubert Chang’s claim true? Google has exploded and continues to do so taking on a multitude of competitors (mostly Microsoft) in a variety of fields: search technology, web-based email, web-based applications, photo sharing, maps, location-based services, data centers, … Continue reading →
Note: When in a hole, stop digging
Sen. Obama is running ads and preaching that the Fannie Mae / Freddy Mac debacle and subsequent bailouts are due to failed Bush policies. Now, I won’t defend the current administration as being fiscally conservative. In fact, I agree with … Continue reading →
Reserve my seats now
Ok, while GungaDin, I mean Ricky Tiki Tavi, I mean Rin Tin Tin is interesting, I’d like to offer up the following movie as the next must see movie. Maybe it’s all the Philip K. Dick novels I read as … Continue reading →
Voting for the JV
I was doing a little light reading in between coughing fits and stumbled upon* today’s article in The Week by Gormogon favorite David Frum. I’ll clip a few highlights here, but it’s worth the extra click or two to pop … Continue reading →
Ramblings of a Mad Man
GorT’s been under the weather for the past 2 weeks with a nasty cough – I’ll spare everyone the gory details. So I’m glad to be back and while I’ve seen, read and heard way too much to post about … Continue reading →
Bitter much?
The Tina Fey spoof of Sarah Palin on SNL last weekend was good…heck, even Sarah Palin noticed the resemblance and dressed as Tina Fey on Halloween. However, it looks like the un-funny Chevy Chase has a little to say about … Continue reading →
ABC was ahead of the time
As the Atlantis shuttle rolls towards the launchpad for the STS-125 mission, NASA is dealing with a growing concern about space debris. Over the years, discarded boosters, satellites, etc. have accumulated in various orbits around the earth. Generally, the shuttle … Continue reading →
How Dirty is Cleveland?
Sure, we can make the jokes about burning rivers, etc. but now there’s this story: Adam “Pacman” Jones said the Browns did a lot of cheap stuff in Sunday’s game. DB Nick Sorenson (5th year out of Virginia Tech) grabbing … Continue reading →
Blinded by Their Own Hypocrisy
As a follow up to my earlier post about this, it seems that democrats will go pretty far to advance their agenda. We have the Code Pink (or Pinkos) demonstrators at the RNC who appear to have gained entry either … Continue reading →
Equality?
With comments like the following (h/t to Politico.com), how in the world do the democrat supporters not appear hypocritical: Liberal radio host Ed Schultz used the words “bimbo alert” to refer to Palin – where’s the denouncements? “Her first priority … Continue reading →
There’s a reason…
…that the Clintons’ are on record saying the most fair treatment they received was by Fox News. You got crap like the moron pictured (the one in the dress if you need help) spouting off on other news channels. I … Continue reading →
Aziz, more light!
Ok, with that weak reference to Luke Perry’s fine acting skills in The Fifth Element, I wanted to rant about CFLs. That is Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs. Did you know that 400 senators and representatives voted last December to ban incandescent … Continue reading →
Still at the kids table
The democrats will learn someday that being petty, complaining about everything under the sun, and labeling everyone isn’t a winning strategy. After the McCain campaign aired the congratulatory ad, the Obama camp first responded to the naming of Gov Palin … Continue reading →
The Prognosticator Does it Again
In two separate family discussions over the last week, GorT has put forward the idea of Sarah Palin (pictured) as the best choice for McCain’s VP. It appears this morning that it has been proven true. It is my opinion … Continue reading →
Where have all the good men gone?
I was doing some light surfing today and came across this article. I’ve been to TR Island – it’s very enjoyable. I’ve been to many national parks and forests that are here largely in part to President Teddy Roosevelt. He … Continue reading →
Engage!
I’m a big fan of telling people and the government to get out of the way of innovation. There is so much that can be accomplished when the bureaucrats don’t throw up roadblocks. Therefore, I present these two articles on … Continue reading →
Ok, the Olympics are over and done and it was a good time regardless of the rhythmic-synchronized-judged “sports”, fakery, propaganda, etc. But the drama continues. Kudos to the folks over at Stryde Hax on continuing to pursue this underage Chinese … Continue reading →
Me, me, me
Admittedly, I’m not a Clinton (Hillary or Bill) fan by any means and I tend to be rather disenchanted by the current slate of American politicians. I tend to believe that when “politician” became a career and not just a … Continue reading →
Can you read this now?
So while all the talking heads blather on about the DNC in Denver, I thought I’d do a little reading. Luckily, I found this OpEd piece by a personal favorite, Dr. Thomas Sowell (a remarkable man). He raises a good … Continue reading →
“I’ve Got a Really Bad Feeling About This”
As mentioned earlier, GorT and family went to the see Star Wars: The Clone Wars in the theater. My seven-year old son is fixated on Star Wars. As readers will probably learn over time here, I’m rather easy on most … Continue reading →
As long as they don’t go…
…with Popobawa, then maybe I’ll let me kids watch The Secret Saturdays. GorT and family went to see The Clone Wars (stay tuned for my review of that movie) last night. One of the pre-previews (you know what I’m talking … Continue reading →
Exhibitionist?
Check out this statement. Nice. GorTGorT 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’ … Continue reading →
More Olymp-i-mock-i-tude
Well, a few more days have passed since GorT’s last Olympic update and it’s time for some more mocking. First, kudos to the folks over at Stryde Hax hacking around the ‘net to find out the truth at the bottom … Continue reading →
Three Years in the Making
News is flying around the ‘net that Sims creator’s Will Wright and the Maxis/EA team have promoted their new game to gold (for those non-techies out there, this means that it’s close to final production where we’ll see it soon…as … Continue reading →
Maybe this will fix it…
It appears that Apple is struggling to fix the 3G issues with the iPhone. (Hat tip to engadget for the details) Version 2.0.2 of the iPhone software would help the reception, dropped calls, etc. plaguing the version 2.0 3G users. … Continue reading →
Olympic Updates
Just a few updates on the Olympics after my travels have concluded. First, my in-laws just returned from China. They were able to attend the opening ceremonies and a number of the events. It was an amazing opportunity and the … Continue reading →
We’re blinding them by science
Besides the fact that Michael Phelps is physically pretty close to the perfect swimmer (length of legs, torso, size of hands, feet, double joints, etc.) the US Swim Team also has science on their side. Hear that, kids? Science. Go … Continue reading →
Olympimockitude
People, let’s focus a bit here on some Olympic mockery that I’ve been lax (ok, I’ve been on vacation and still am, but a quiet house early in the morning lends itself to some mockery, I guess) on reporting. First, … Continue reading →
I pity these uninformed people
More and more frequently we are seeing people leaping to conclusions without applying any reasonable amount of the scientific method. (I could provide a simple chart explaining it to those who need it, but I figure the readers could do … Continue reading →
Peaches, Fireworks, this exit
The title is an homage to my fellow blogger who quipped the above as what the South Carolina , my current blogging location, motto should be. Maybe I should stay here. Upon returning to Maryland, I’d have to validate the … Continue reading →
Duping, not doping, the issue in Beijing?
So it appears that NBC and the Chinese have done some things with the Olympic presentations that might be less that openly honest. First, according to various sources, the fireworks during the opening ceremony were faked at least for the … Continue reading →
No, not the red button….
…in September the Large Hadron Collider overseen by CERN in a facility near Geneva, Switzerland will go operational. Now they aren’t going to start splitting or smashing atoms right away but the conspiracy theorists are out there already. We’ll keep … Continue reading →
Riddle me this, Batman!
Too cool….I spent 10-15 minutes today “geeking” out on this site. Too much fun. GorTGorT 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 … Continue reading →
Break out those HPs!
The upmanship continues! The Volgi missed the mark as I was too young to have the HP-35. I do, however, own the HP-28S and the HP-48S. Maybe I’ll loan each out to my fellow Gormogons so they can work out … Continue reading →
Maybe there’s oil down here…
You put three guys together on a blog and there is some desire to “one up” each other. So, I’m going to submit the following as trumping the Volgi’s “post on Delusional Idiocy of the Week. According to Sen. Obama, … Continue reading →
Your payraise is terminated!
During my usual course of perusing various websites, I came across this story on Slashdot. I find it humorous on a number of levels: First, COBOL…seriously. Second, they only started to try to revamp the system 10 years ago (that’s … Continue reading →
An Awesome, Awesome Moment
Pictured are two of the classiest guys to ever play in the National Football League and they were finally, formally recognized (one way later than he should have been) in Canton, Ohio this past weekend. Both speeches were moving, I … Continue reading →
Olympics Pre-watch
I’m a big fan of the Olympics, I watch just about any Olympic event, yes, any…try me. Plus, it’s a great excuse to enjoy HiDef channels. Hopefully, NBC won’t disappoint by showing Law & Order:ReRun while there are plenty of … Continue reading →
First, I think we’re in a dearth of good leadership (maybe it’s the cycle we’re in) in general and I’m not a big fan of how the American political system has created “politician” as a career. Second, maybe the execution … Continue reading →
Maybe I’m naïve…
…but I just don’t see how climate change (and I believe man has little impact on it – see here and here and here) is a racial issue but some people are trying to make it one. Isn’t this just … Continue reading →