The following is well worth reading – eGrumps, the writer – details his recent vacation following the example of our President. As you might have gathered in reading the newspapers or listening to the TV, or following the many blogs where the news seems slightly more reliable, depending, of course, on which blog you read. [...]

In an effort to protect American airliners, President Obama announced the formation of a dog corps, designed to sniff out trouble before it begins. This is the story of the first graduate. A man is seated in an airliner, which is about to take off when another man with a Labrador retriever occupies the empty [...]

To: Robert M. Groves, Director U. S. Census Dear Mr. Groves: I have previously posted about your (our)(America’s) problem with the census you are taking. (See my posts of March 18 and March 22) I wrote about the enclosure letter I received with the census form and the separate letter that your Department subsequently sent. [...]

Washington D. C. February 25, 2010                                                                   Special to eGrumps In an effort to defuse scathing criticism about the lack of transparency  in [...]

Washington D. C. February 11, 2010                  (exclusive to eGrumps) Strong criticism has been levied at Governor Pallin’s use of her hand to store crib notes for her speech at the Tea Party Convention. Various reasons for the criticism have been advanced including an allegation that she obviously [...]

Washington, D. C. (February 2, 2010)           (Not exclusive to eGrumps) A special slightly schizophrenic alert has been issued: February 2, 2010: In Nashua, New Hampshire President Obama stated “When times are tough….You don’t blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.” (I think most [...]

Washington, D. C. (January 8, 2010) (Special to eGrumps) The Department of Homeland Security after an exhaustive review of the “security measures” in place to protect our country is instituting a  novel approach to provide greater security for Americans. Legal Aliens, and Illegal Aliens residing in the United States. Citing the difficulty in not providing [...]

Washington D. C., November 27, 2009              (Commentary from eGrumps) eGrumps is proud to announce his highly prized “Senator-of-The-Year Award  – NOT” (so far)  to North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad for his comment about those opposed to trying KSM in a civilian court in New York City. It seems he [...]

eGrumps, the owner of the other subprime web site, http://pithycomments.com, has generously not objected to our posting the following which we stole from him, which he, of course,  stole from others. It’s Thanksgiving – hooray!! By special dispensation from eGrumps, all diets are automatically suspended until Friday, November 27, 2009. I knew you were waiting [...]

Washington, D. C., October 10, 2009    (Satirical Comment by eGrumps) President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for trying to bring peace to the world. His staff expressed surprise, but there is little doubt that all 34 Czars appointed by President Obama submitted his nomination to the Committee. An anonymous Czar stated that the [...]

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 [...]

(Washington D.C. June 20, 2009)(exclusive to eGrumps) The Administration, when asked at a press conference what factors they had used in determining whether America would “meddle” in the internal affairs of other countries gave a quite satsifactory explanation, they said.  Pressed as to why America has said it would not “meddle” in Iran, but apparently [...]

(Washington D.C, June 8, 2009) (exclusive to eGrumps) President Obama has come up with a plan to satisfy The United State’s debt to China. Expressing his concern over how this debt would ever be repaid, he has come up with an ingenious solution which, he said, was a win-win solution. In complete cancellation of America’s debt [...]

(Washington, D. C., June 6, 2009)(exclusive to eGrumps) The administration proudly announced that their proposed health care plan was financially very feasible. “This plan will work” said one spokesperson (who asked for anonynimity). Those who object to the plan have not considered the plan to reduce costs by limiting, or else reducing certain procedures. While [...]

(Sacramento,CA, June 2,2009)(Exclusive to eGrumps) In order to help solve the severe water shortage in the State of California, the Governor announced the formation of a new Shower Pool Department (“SPD”). The SPD would function like the existing car pool department. Each person who would like to take a shower with one or more other [...]

(Sacramento, CA, May 31,2009)(exclusive to eGrumps) In a desperate attempt to avoid bankruptcy, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, announced that the golden state of California was looking for a merger partner. He stated “Although we may be slightly tarnished because of a few small financial problems, California would make a great acquisition for another state,  a sovereign [...]

Washington D.C, May 29, 2009 (Exclusive to eGrumps) In an effort to fill out the Cabinet of Czars, President BHO appointed a  new Cyber Czar whose job it will be to protect cyberspace from foreign based attacks on the American computer communication infrastructure, thus protecting the security of the United States. In addition domestic attacks [...]

On April 12, 2009, after North Korea’s first missile launch, I wrote the following: “President Obama decided to take affirmative action against North Korea today. Expressing great admiration for the United Nations for planning to adopt a “presidential statement” on Monday condemning North Korea for their missile launch, he has ordered 100,000 paper copies of [...]

  The Army has a toast:  “To Absent Friends.” As I drove  past the National Veterans Administration Cemetery yesterday, I saw hundreds of boy and girl scouts, with their leaders, placing a flag on each grave. While driving past it today, I saw thousands of American flags, one flying over each grave, I thought of that [...]