By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 27, 2009 in Current Affairs, Economy, Gay Rights, Political Strategy | 54 Comments
In defining myself politically, I like to think of myself as representing a civilized consensus that does not fall into any particular political camp. More specifically: On social issues, I am a liberal. As I said in my video “Why I should be President (I am the Very Model of a Modern Intellectual)”, I am [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 24, 2009 in Current Affairs | 33 Comments
The reasons for that headline are, as I state in the video: I am the very model of a modern intellectual I always know what’s wrong and right; I’m never ineffectual I’m tolerant of peccadillos cultural and sexual provided they don’t frighten children, horses or marsupials (yes I know marsupials doesn’t rhyme exactly, but this [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 24, 2009 in Current Affairs | 19 Comments
I am not a great fan of literary narratives that stray too far into the supernatural, but Dean Koontz has succeeded in seducing me with the quality and invention of his narratives, which he churns out with the regularity of a modern-day Dickens (a writer admired by Koontz as well as myself and will be [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 20, 2009 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Media, Radio, Media, Television | 200 Comments
In response to a passing comment in an earlier piece on NQ about the debate over global warning, one of the readers responded that the issue was settled, and suggested that all independent serious scientists were unanimous in their conclusions that the “fact” of global warming could not be disputed. Yet here is a video [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 18, 2009 in Current Affairs, Economy, Infrastructure | 17 Comments
Just to help put a broader perspective on the problems of America and the Earth in general, here’s a video entitled “ANDROMEDA” that focuses on the Cosmos, of which the Earth is such an infinitesimally small part. Whatever happens on the surface of our planet, it continues to spin through space just as it has [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 18, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Nancy Pelosi, OldGrumpyGuy, Open Thread | 43 Comments
This recording was apparently unearthed in Australia. Written in 1915, with words by Thomas Hoier and music by Jimmie Morgan, it was recorded in 1929, the year that saw the start of the Great Depression. It raises some interesting questions, particularly for someone like me who arrived on these shores rather late in life. One [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 17, 2009 in 9/11, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jews, Jihadists, Terrorism | 180 Comments
Anyone (like Barack Obama) entertaining ideas of western democracies establishing friendly relations with the radicals of the Islamic world should watch this video. While watching the inflammatory rhetoric of the speaker, remember that this is not a jahidist from Iran but a professor from Kuwait – a country with every reason to be grateful to [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 15, 2009 in Current Affairs | 43 Comments
In my latest video on great writers I discuss D.H. Lawrence, with whom I identified as a cultural nomad and a general outsider from the mainstream. I have pointed out in a number of videos and writings on my Youtube channel and here on NQ that I have no affiliation with any particular political party, [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 14, 2009 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Earmarks, Economic Stimulus, Emperor's Clothing Syndrome, Nancy Pelosi, TARP, stimulus tax package | 22 Comments
In Uppity’s earlier piece on “You’ve Been Stimulated” she presents John Boehner’s video about the indecent speed with which the “stimulus package” was passed. No doubt I will have the Obots screaming again about being partisan in siding with a Republican spokesman about the “stimulus package”, but GOP Congressional leader John Boehner raises a very [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 13, 2009 in Current Affairs, Democracy, Earmarks, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Nancy Pelosi | 229 Comments
This video, featuring Congressman Jack Kingston from Georgia, would be very funny if it wasn’t so scary. In it he talks, among other things, about Nancy Pelosi’s $30 million earmark to save California rats! For those who are suffering economic hardships, Kingston suggests you go to Los Angeles and borrow some money from these rats, [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 11, 2009 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs | 123 Comments
With her latest pronouncements Cher has added her name to the list of botoxed bigots who populate the self-congratulatory circle of mutual masturbators in Tinseltown. In asking how anyone could possibly be a Republican, she insulted half of America and displayed that kind of smug, self-satisfied, holier-than-thou attitude typical of the not-so-liberal celebrity left.
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 9, 2009 in Current Affairs, Earmarks, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Employment, Energy Policy, Iran | 78 Comments
I have to confess that I was very impressed by Obama’s handling of his first Press conference and by what he had to say. One sentence that really got me onside was when he stated that the country could not afford to let Congress “play political games” as was its usual tendency. I immediately thought [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 8, 2009 in Humor, OldGrumpyGuy, Political Correctness | 49 Comments
Just as the world can be divided into those who prefer Mozart to Bach and those who don’t, so the world can be divided into those who prefer F. Scott Fitzgerald over Ernest Hemingway and those who don’t. In my series on the great composers, I found that some of those who preferred Bach over [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 7, 2009 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Nancy Pelosi, Obama's Broken Promises | 186 Comments
It has now become inescapably apparent: The emperor indeed has no clothes. Obama is a man with no vision, no real understanding of the problems he faces, and no real solutions to offer. It seems he is simply a poser with a gift for rhetoric and an ability to get himself elected. That is all. [...]
By Old Grumpy Guy on Feb 5, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democracy, Depression, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Humor, Nancy Pelosi | 47 Comments
Did you see what Nancy Pelosi had to say about the dire job situation in America? In case you didn’t catch it, she said that 500 million Americans lose their jobs every month that the economic downturn lasts. That means the country has lost at least 2 billion jobs since the recession began. Even allowing [...]
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