Far East Cynic

Good Grief! For two hours can't we just all get along?

More Star Wars talk today, none of it good.Gaijin Biker has a post about the “hidden” meanings inside Star Wars, Episode III. According to the way he tells it, the movie is a veiled criticism of George W. Bush. He accuses George Lucas of “Laying on the Anti-Bush message with

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Kim Jong Il, missiles, nukes….yea I'm sleeping well at night!

The Japan Times reports that N. Korea fired a short range missile into the Sea of Japan Sunday. The Japanese Defense ministry also says its no big deal: Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda played down on Monday the seriousness of North Korea’s reported launch of a short-range missile, telling reporters

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Better business practices? Or are we just robbing Peter to pay for Paul's war?

There is an excellent article on the web site DefenseTech.Org that explains the way the “whackateers” who manage the DOD budget are mortgaging our future to pay for the war today. Namely by using supplemental appropriations and tying them to the ongoing wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations, the

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