The war that is. The debate about the war in Iraq these days strikes me a lot like the discussion that the rehab Nazi’s use in justifying the illegal and unconstitutional coercion of citizens into the ever growing and increasingly profitable AA based rehab industry. If you think for yourself-or
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Happyness…………
Is not residing here, thank you very much. I’m leaving for California on Sunday. Good news is the Padres are playing the Pirates while I am in town. I’m buying tickets! The bad news is that I have to go to Korea one day after I get back ( I’m
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Several days ago, I watched John McCain make the following statement: For the sake of argument, lets forget about the fact that the definition of victory has changed from what it was in 2003. Then it meant “ridding Iraq of WMD and creating a pro-western democracy in the heart of
Continue readingHappens all the time………
How many times has this happened to you? You rent a car on a business trip, loan it to a co-worker who subsequently loans it to a stripper. The stripper is pulled over and the car impounded. Your co-worker then rents the exact same type of car and passes it
Continue readingAbe-san’s death watch………..
Today the Asahi Shimbun had the biggest headline I have ever seen since the Niigata earthquake. It said when translated: Abe Sore Daijin(Prime Minister)-Quits. And now the explanations begin: A day after announcing his resignation, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a hospital Thursday morning to receive treatment for stomach and
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Harry Reid may be wishing he could move to Japan. I hope not. However, he may want to think about trading barbecue for sushi, since it seems that over here in Nihon being stubborn can be a way to get what you want : Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered
Continue readingSeptember 11……..I want my world back.
The world that was stolen from me and the rest of us. The silent majority who simply want to live and love, work and reap the rewards thereof, and want to enjoy the bright moments during our brief transit on this globe. I wrote this post a year ago-however it
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And a lunch time restaurant recommendation for Spike! On Saturday the S.O. and I set out for Tokyo. She had tickets for an exhibition in Ginza. It was the perfect antidote for having 2 days rained out by the typhoon. I insisted though that we take the trains through Shibuya
Continue readingNo post yesterday!
Whoever said, “Code is poetry“, should be shot! And thus you know what I was doing last night. Golf game sucked too!
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This is going to be the new “house” for my blog. For reasons I’m not too sure of, I have obtained a host and am working on getting a bigger and better version of the Far East Cynic blog up. ( Maybe then my readership numbers will increase-its either that
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