Far East Cynic

Coolest campaign ads…..

Joe Manchin may be running away from the President like a screaming banshee-but he’s made some cool ads outlining the bleak future that awaits us. What is it with freaking laser beams and WV anway?

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About Wikileaks……….

Anyone who has read a lot at this blog knows that I have been fairly consistent in my opposition to the Iraq War. I was opposed to it from the run up to it in 2002-and I remain of the opinion that the war was a huge mistake. A human,

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Good luck at the rally.

I’m not a rally kind of person-I don’t think they accomplish much save for a chance to get out and meet people. I especially am not a fan of rallies where people dress up in stupid tri-corner hats and tell each other lies about American history and government. But if

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And now for something you really are not going to like.

The creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle has passed away. Criticize us boomers all you want-but we had some great cartoons. Also, on a another sad note, James McArthur-he of the phrase “Book ’em Dano!” passed away today. Man I feel old.

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How she thinks……..

Richard asked me a while back-what the S.O. thought about life in America. I promised a response. To appreciate the way her little mind thinks-it is important to understand a couple of key background facts. Otherwise the ideas won't make a lot of sense; or they will seem more hateful

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An error of caution…

Martin Wolf of the Financial Times has a pretty good diagnosis of why the folks have lost track of the context when it comes to the economy. Obama was just too damn cautious when he needed to be bold. Unfortunately, the Republicans have succeeded in persuading a large enough portion

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World Series time.

Sitting here watching the Giants kicking ass and taking names. Barry Bonds or no-I’m just going to have to root for them. They play real baseball in the National League after all.

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Principled conservatism…………..

UPDATE: Here is how they do it. And in a note to my commenters-“most election law is state law”. We’ll skip any discussion of “curb-stomping” and how its all the victim’s fault-so therefore the stomped should be doing the apologizing. Original Post: You know, if the teabaggers want to stop

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Pretty cool…

Cost of self financing your own campaign? 149 Million. Cost of selling your soul to the Tea Bag nation? Pretty damn high. Allow your opponent to hijack one of your own ads to make a point? Priceless.

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