Far East Cynic

Letterman needs to apologize

To A-Rod: I definitely think Letterman has to apologize. To A-Rod. I mean, just because he used steroids doesn’t mean his judgment is so clouded that he’d actually consider having sex with a Palin. Or an Alaskan. Or a Republican. Poor taste? Sexist? Politically incorrect? All I heard was a

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Memo to Mr. Beck…..

Today at the training I am particpating in-I walked out into the lobby so as to be re-united with my cell phone. On the TV was a worthless douchebag Glenn Beck talking to some cherry picked guest about how America was become the Western Hemisphere’s version of the Soviet Union. 

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Why the National Review Online survives…..

And why Jonah Goldberg has not been burned at the stake. (His book sucks by the way….). Because not every news magazine can be as good as The Economist. P.S. The Financial Times has Goldberg pegged pretty well too………

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Edward R. Murrow weeps………

At the state of American television news these days. In the movie Network-made in 1976-where Peter Finch plays a newsman who goes mad. In this fascinating vivisection of the American news media, British commentator Charlie  Booker has it pretty much right, what was absurdly funny in the movie has now

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I'll bet you thought I forgot………

Women’s history month. Not a chance. Here is a review session for those who love the month of March as much as I do.

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I’ll bet you thought I forgot………

Women’s history month. Not a chance. Here is a review session for those who love the month of March as much as I do.

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Another reason to veto the Omnibus bill….

Lexington, from the Economist, comes up with a few more reasons why Nancy Pelosi should be kicked in the crotch: The Californication of the Democratic Party carries all sorts of risks. The most obvious is that California has the most dysfunctional politics in the country. The Golden State has one

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Worth repeating……

David Frum outlines the dilemma that Republicans face : A man who is aggressive and bombastic, cutting and sarcastic, who dismisses the concerned citizens in network news focus groups as “losers.” With his private plane and his cigars, his history of drug dependency and his personal bulk, not to mention

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That’s outrageous…..

I had the misfortune of having to listen to some of Rush Limbaugh’s speech on the radio yesterday. I tried to hang on and listen as long as I could-but there came a point where I just could not stand it anymore. Rush Limbaugh does not care about people-except in

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That's outrageous…..

I had the misfortune of having to listen to some of Rush Limbaugh’s speech on the radio yesterday. I tried to hang on and listen as long as I could-but there came a point where I just could not stand it anymore. Rush Limbaugh does not care about people-except in

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