Far East Cynic

My solution to the TSA issue.

I ought to leave the topic alone, but….. It seems to me, the easiest way around this whole mess is to hire a lot more Hooters girls to do “pat downs” for male travelers. Something tells me the whining would drop in a New York minute. But what about the

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Exhibit A…

As to why we live in a world where Sarah Palin is viewed as anything but useless: This is from a Pew Center poll that shows again-what I have been saying for months. 50% of the electorate can’t be bothered to vote and of the remaining 50% only about 20%

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Speaking of cavity searches…….

Unable to post yesterday or today. Because: Time and the Roto-rooter man wait for no one. Usual posting will resume tomorrow.

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Coming to a children’s books store near you…..

And Rodney Dangerfield thought he did not get any respect!

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More on traveling……

One thing you get to do over the course of a career in the Navy is travel. A lot of times by ship-and if you are lucky, a lot of times by both military and civilian air travel. One of the things that has amazed me over the recent years

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Think about this too long-you will never get the picture out of your head.

A few days ago I pointed out that next Wednesday-the day before Thanksgiving had been designated, National Opt Out Day. Jeffery Goldberg ( not to be confused the pudgier, and much less intelligent, Jonah) has come up with a way to make the experience extra special for the TSA agent

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Go Steelers!

This is a week late-but still on the mark when it comes to the Steelers. Steelers vs Patriots tonight. Talk amongst yourselves. Maybe make fun of Curtis? 🙂 UPDATE:That game was just painful to watch. The o-line and d-line were decimated, and no pass rush whatsoever. The Patriots just took

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Its a good thing we will be driving.

Cause if we were flying-it will probably really suck next week.

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I’ll take “pompous, religious zealots” for a $100 Alex.

My Canadian counterpart does a fine job this morning taking apart our new Galtian overlords. I like to think of conservatism and libertarianism as informed philosophies. Republicanism wants to be seen as anything but, so fuck them. Perhaps that makes me an elitist. I like to think it does.

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