Far East Cynic

Congratulations President Elect Obama…..

It’s hard to imagine a more inspiring back-to-back of political addresses than McCain’s concession and Obama’s victory speech. Is this a great country or what? I’ve gotten a lot of e-mails from friends tonight bemoaning how the end of the world is upon us and Obama will take the nation

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This is cool-and it gives you a tune to hum on the way to work!

John Williams is a genius! His movie themes acapella-by one person!

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Two things I wish we could vote on today.

I’m off to go stand in line soon. Shopping Mall USA is expecting its largest turnout-ever. If there is one good thing about this election its that. I wish that I did not have to work today. Why is that? Most civilized countries vote on Sunday or give a day

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I’m not afraid…….

Of voting tomorrow………….. On so  many blogs, the predictions are of doom and gloom, of jack booted socialists taking money they did not earn, guns they did not purchase, and how taxes will rise and rise and rise.  There is real and unwarranted fear of some sort of beginning of

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Why it never sticks…..

If there is one thing that drives me nuts, it is the term RINO and its callous use by people who claim they love America, but clearly cannot stand Americans. RINO for those who don’t know its meaning stands for Republican in Name Only and is used as a derisive

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Something every one can agree on……

As pointed out by my Canadian counterpart. “That’s why I think the final weekend of the presidential election couldn’t be a better time for us to gather ’round, relax, and watch a Japanese girl with really big tits and an extraordinary little body working out.” Liberal or Conservative, Independent or

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Christmastime in the city………

The city of Tokyo that is: xmasby bbqkarubi Mitsukoshi department store has put up its annual Christmas tree. I’ve been to that store several times and its impressive. Should be part of any one’s Christmas trek-as well as Ebisu Gardens and Takshimaya Times square and Sakuragicho in Yokohama.

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Odds and ends…………..

I fell asleep early last night-not sure it is was from exhaustion or sheer depression. As I got to work yesterday morning I looked at my watch and realized that on the opposite side of the planet, people were just starting the climb up the hill here: Oh, I do

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So much for that cushy job in Washington…..

If McCain wins the election. Thomas P.M. Barnett, Author of The Pentagon’s New Map has bitten the hand that fed him: Obama’s task is the great unwinding of the Bush debacle, which Bush himself started these past two years, but which is likely to go four more. If Obama spends

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