Far East Cynic

Worth repeating……

Why do I have to hear the truth via an Australian ? A closely related rhetorical device — the idea that Americans or American values are “unique” — also deserves attention. For example, Emanuel describes individualism and equality of opportunity as “uniquely American.”1 Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), chairman of the

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If I ran the stimulus……..

I had to drive to Montgomery today. 3 hours down and three hours back. Spent all of 2+45 in the city itself. Came back and went to sleep for a couple of hours. Now I’m awake and probably won’t be able to go to sleep at a  normal hour. Today

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Quote of the day…..

 I got this in an e-mail today. Worth repeating: "PowerPoint has largely become affirmative action for the inarticulate"

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Something to be thankful for.

  Note to self.  Don’t book a 9:50 tee time when the temperature is over 97 degrees…………..  

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Can’t say as I disagree

Lexington finds some really lazy Americans. School Students: American children have it easier than most other children in the world, including the supposedly lazy Europeans. They have one of the shortest school years anywhere, a mere 180 days compared with an average of 195 for OECD countries and more than

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Can't say as I disagree

Lexington finds some really lazy Americans. School Students: American children have it easier than most other children in the world, including the supposedly lazy Europeans. They have one of the shortest school years anywhere, a mere 180 days compared with an average of 195 for OECD countries and more than

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This is interesting…..

Its not often I quote Fox News-since they forment a lot of the ill will in the country these days-but this is worth listening to:

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Its all fun and games….

Till some state trooper decides to track down his cheating ex-wife: Wisconsin police can attach GPS to cars to secretly track anybody’s movements without obtaining search warrants, an appeals court ruled Thursday. However, the District 4 Court of Appeals said it was “more than a little troubled” by that conclusion

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This deserves a long reply………

Because some things need context and explanation and its better to do it over here-than to try to explain it over there. To some degree all the upset over having a photo exercise with Air Force One over the New York City is manufactured outrage-on both sides of the political

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Takyuu

Is the word for Ping Pong in Japanese. The S.O. and I have been talking about getting a Ping Pong table ever since we went to Tapoco Lodge last summer. We had looked through catalogs and at the local sports stores and also at Sears. For the kind of table

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