Far East Cynic

Live blogging game five….

S.O is watching " Antiques Roadshow" on the big TV. Accordingly I am in the bedroom watching the series. So , just like keeping score at the ball park-I thought I'd try something new.  Live blogging the game. Warning notice-profanity is likely to follow. First inning: Yankees come out with

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It is that weekend.

People looked at me like I was a space alien when I said, " I hope Tennessee upsets Alabama!". I might as well have said, " I'd like to have sex with your mother." It got about the same reaction. "You live in Alabama-why don't you root for Alabama? "

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I’m not so sure this is a good idea…..

You kick the living stuffing out of LDP. You sweep in a new government in Japan. You have frizzy hair. And one of the first things you do after becoming Prime Minister of Japan, is to pay a call on the suckiest team in baseball? My hapless Pirates! All I

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I'm not so sure this is a good idea…..

You kick the living stuffing out of LDP. You sweep in a new government in Japan. You have frizzy hair. And one of the first things you do after becoming Prime Minister of Japan, is to pay a call on the suckiest team in baseball? My hapless Pirates! All I

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Another sad reminder.

That the days are slipping by all too quickly. So many bloggers disparage us baby boomers. I’m a baby boomer and damn proud of it. One reason was because of all the good music I got hear growing up. Which is why I was very sad to hear of the

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A great summation

Of how far gone Americans are, is delivered by Munro Ferguson at Coming Anarchy: This post could be subtitled: Why I find American politics tedious. I steer clear of online political forums, read very few blatantly partisan blogs (though the few that do rest in my RSS reader are excellent)

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Meanwhile, over on Planet Teabag……

Sometimes you just have to take a break and laugh a little……..

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An attitude of gratitude……

I recieved one of those Glenn Beck inspired diatribes in an e-mail today. About how the country was going to hell in a hand basket, Nazis were at the gates of Birmingham and the hoof beats of the Apocalypse were just around the corner.  Please-can we just all take a

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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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