Washington, D.C., September 29, 2009 (Satire Commentary by eGrumps) With the Commanding General in Afghanistan, on 60 Minutes, saying he had only talked to the President once, President Obama requested that the General meet him in Copenhagen to discuss Afghanistan. While he was in Copenhagen to discuss Chicago’s bid to host the Olympics, he felt [...]
A few of Murphy’s Laws: eGrumps Law: Compared to eGrumps, Murphy is a genius”. Murphy’s Comment: “For once I agree with that idiot, eGrumps. He’s smarter than I thought.” Murphy’s Law of Thermodynamics: Everything gets worse under pressure. Murphy’s Constant: Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value. Some of Murphy’s Technology Laws: [...]
In all the debate about who has health insurance, who does not, why he or she does or does not have health insurance- eGrumps submits the wrong question is being asked. The basic issue is whether some are not getting adequate health care, not who has medical insurance or not, and if they are not, what [...]
In the drive to get Obamacare enacted in some form, President Obama in his speach, said the 30,000,000 “cannot” get health insurance. Peter Orszag, head of the Office of Management and Budget, said that figure was based upon “Census Bureau data.” Wrong, wrong, wrong – the Census Bureau does not report who “cannot” get health [...]
This was “borrowed” from www.pithycomment.com. It’s worth repeating: When you think of the debt the next generation must pay off, it is no wonder a baby yells when it is born. ____________________________________________________________
Washington, D. C. , September 18, 2009 (Commentary by eGrumps) When eGrumps was young, sometime in the Middle Ages, his Mother used to say to him when he exaggerated, or(gasp!) even lied to her, that he was full of prunes. I don’t know the derivation of that phrase, I can only guess what it means, [...]
eGrumps favorite (often ignored by eGrumps): When all else fails, read the instructions. Nothing is as easy as it looks. Every solution breeds new problems. After all is said and done, a hell-of-a lot more is said than done. If mathematically you end up with a wrong answer, try multiplying by the page number. All [...]
Washington, D.C. September 13, 2009 (Commentary by eGrumps) President Obama has stated that by cutting out all of the waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare program, enough will be saved to pay for ObamaCare, no matter what form ObamaCare will take. A careful review of the facts by eGrumps has concluded that if eGrumps [...]
Washingto, D. C. September 7, 2009 In response to President Obama’s speech to the Little Tykes of America (aka school children), eGrumps has been asked to address them in their classrooms, the same as the President is going to do. I have been advised by the organizing committee that I am free to say what [...]
Sacramento, CA, September 2, 2009 (Commentary by eGrumps) Administrative Alert: Because of the save-the-environment-from-imminent-disaster movement eGrumps has decided to twiterize this report. Abbreviations will be used to save letters. Since letters are soon to be declared an endangered species, eGrumps wants to get ahead of the curve. The eGrumps Editorial Board decided it was not feasible [...]